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John Saxon
Highest Rated: 95% A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Lowest Rated: 11% Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)
Birthday: Aug 5, 1936
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
One of the most dependable and recognizable character actors of the 20th century, John Saxon played intense men of action on both sides of the law in a wide range of films, including "The Appaloosa" (1966), "Enter the Dragon" (1973) and "The Electric Horsemen" (1979). A teen idol in the 1950s, his darkly handsome looks allowed him to tackle a wide variety of ethnic types, from Arab princes in "The Big Fisherman" (1959) to Mexican bandits in Joe Kidd (1972) and Italian mobsters and cops in a long list of gangster films from that country. His team-up with Bruce Lee in "Enter the Dragon" and the proto-slasher "Black Christmas" (1974) gave him cult cache, which led to a second career as a horror star from the 1970s onward, most notably in "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (1984). Still active in his seventies, Saxon remained an audience favorite for tough guys, bad men and those who generally meant business.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Genghis Khan: The Story of a Lifetime | Chiledu (Character) | - | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 8% | War Wolves | Tony Ford (Character) | - | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | So You Want Michael Madsen? | Unknown (Character) | - | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | God's Ears | Lee Robinson (Character) | - | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stanley's Girlfriend | Leo (Character) | - | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Craving Heart | Richard Tom (Character) | - | 2006 |
| 71% | 62% | The Road Home | Michael Curtis (Character) | - | 2003 |
| 20% | 33% | Outta Time | James Darabont (Character) | $4.1K | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | 14% | Living in Fear | Rev. Leo Hausman (Character) | - | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Final Payback | Police Chief George Moreno (Character) | - | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Party Crashers | Mr. Foster (Character) | - | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Joseph's Gift | Jacob Keller (Character) | - | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Criminal Minds | Unknown (Character) | - | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lancelot: Guardian of Time | Wolvencroft (Character) | - | 1997 |
| 63% | 76% | From Dusk Till Dawn | FBI Agent Stanley Chase (Character) | $24.4M | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Killers Within | Detective Lewis (Character) | - | 1995 |
| 11% | 35% | Beverly Hills Cop III | Orrin Sanderson (Character) | $41.5M | 1994 |
| 79% | 66% | Wes Craven's New Nightmare | Lt. Donald Thompson (Character) | $18.1M | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Killing Obsession | Dr. Sachs (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | No Escape, No Return | James Mitchell (Character) | - | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jonathan of the Bears | Fred Goodwin (Character) | - | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | 10% | Hellmaster | Professor Jones (Character) | - | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up | Charles Searage (Character) | - | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | 14% | Animal Instincts | Ingrid (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 17% | Maximum Force | Captain Fuller (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 0% | The Baby Doll Murders | John Maglia (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Payoff | Rafael Concion (Character) | - | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Blackmail | Gene (Character) | - | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | 29% | The Final Alliance | Ghost (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | 38% | Blood Salvage | Clifford Evans (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Arrival | Agent Mills (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Heroes Die Hard | Jim Kingstreet (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | 68% | The Last Samurai | Haroun Al-Hakim (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | 20% | Aftershock | Oliver Quinn (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Criminal Act | Herb Tamplin (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | 15% | Welcome to Spring Break | Strycher (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crossing the Line | Jack Kagan (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | 34% | My Mom's a Werewolf | Harry Thropen (Character) | - | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | 16% | Death House |
Colonel Gordon Burgess (Character), Director |
- | 1988 |
| 67% | 68% | A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors | Lt. Donald Thompson (Character) | $44.1M | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | 32% | Hands of Steel | Francis Turner (Character) | - | 1986 |
| 14% | 25% | Fever Pitch | Sports editor (Character) | $343.2K | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | 42% | Half Slave, Half Free | Epps (Character) | - | 1984 |
| 95% | 84% | A Nightmare on Elm Street | Lt. Thompson (Character) | $57.3M | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | 16% | Prisoners of the Lost Universe | Kleel (Character) | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | 8% | The Big Score | Davis (Character) | - | 1983 |
| 81% | 78% | Tenebrae | Bullmer (Character) | - | 1982 |
| 27% | 38% | Wrong Is Right | Homer Hubbard (Character) | - | 1982 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Scorpion With Two Tails | Arthur Barnard (Character) | - | 1982 |
| 13% | 24% | Blood Beach | Captain Pearson (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Running Scared | Captain Munoz (Character) | - | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | 18% | Beyond Evil | Larry Andrews (Character) | - | 1980 |
| 60% | 41% | Savage Apocalypse | Norman Hopper (Character) | - | 1980 |
| 64% | 57% | The Electric Horseman | Hunt Sears (Character) | - | 1979 |
| 89% | 30% | Fast Company | Phil Adamson (Character) | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | 32% | Raiders of Shalimar | Colonel Columbus (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | 9% | The Bees | John Norman (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | 17% | The Glove | Sam Kellog (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | 63% | Raid on Entebbe | Maj. Gen. Benny Peled (Character) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | 56% | The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist | Frank Di Maggio (Character) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | 55% | Moonshine County Express | J.B. Johnson (Character) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Violent Protection | Francesco Capuano (Character) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | .44 Specialist | Altman (Character) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mark Strikes Again | Altman (Character) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 79 Park Avenue | Harry Vito (Character) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cross Shot | Commissario Jacovella (Character) | - | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | 57% | Shadows in an Empty Room | Sgt. Ned Matthews (Character) | - | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Violent Naples | Francesco Capuano (Character) | - | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | 26% | The Swiss Conspiracy | Robert Hayes (Character) | - | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | 11% | Strange New World | Captain Anthony Vico (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | 29% | Mitchell | Walter Deaney (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crossfire | Dave Ambrose (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Planet Earth | Dylan Hunt (Character) | - | 1974 |
| 68% | 76% | Black Christmas | Lt. Ken Fuller (Character) | - | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Vanishing Chalice | Harry Harland (Character) | - | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Can Ellen Be Saved? | James Hallbeck (Character) | - | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mafia War | Unknown (Character) | - | 1973 |
| 88% | 91% | Enter the Dragon | Roper (Character) | - | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Linda | Jeff Braden (Character) | - | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Snatched | Paul Maxvill (Character) | - | 1973 |
| 80% | 54% | Joe Kidd | Luis Chama (Character) | - | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mr. Kingstreet's War | Jim Kingstreet (Character) | - | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Intruders | Billy Pye (Character) | - | 1970 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Company of Killers | Dave Poohler (Character) | - | 1970 |
| 83% | 54% | Death of a Gunfighter | Lou Trinidad (Character) | - | 1969 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Collector's Edition | Peter Max (Character) | - | 1969 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | For Singles Only | Bret Hendley (Character) | - | 1968 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Istanbul Express | Cheval (Character) | - | 1968 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Came, I Saw, I Shot | Clay Watson (Character) | - | 1968 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | Winchester '73 | Dakin McAdam (Character) | - | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Magnificent Thief | Unknown (Character) | - | 1967 |
| 17% | 19% | Planet of Blood | Allan Brenner (Character) | - | 1966 |
| No Score Yet | 46% | The Appaloosa | Chuy (Character) | - | 1966 |
| No Score Yet | 36% | The Doomsday Flight | George Ducette (Character) | - | 1966 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | The Ravagers | Capt. Kermit Dowling (Character) | - | 1965 |
| No Score Yet | 45% | Night Caller From Outer Space | Dr. Jack Costain (Character) | - | 1965 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Cavern | Pvt. Joe Cramer (Character) | - | 1965 |
| 71% | 68% | The Evil Eye | Dr. Marcello Bassi (Character) | - | 1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Journey to a Hanging | Screamer (Character) | - | 1963 |
| 80% | 69% | Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation | Byron (Character) | - | 1962 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | War Hunt | Pvt. Raymond Endore (Character) | - | 1962 |
| No Score Yet | 29% | Posse From Hell | Seymour Kern (Character) | - | 1961 |
| 40% | 50% | Portrait in Black | Blake Richards (Character) | - | 1960 |
| 60% | 60% | The Unforgiven | Johnny Portugal (Character) | - | 1960 |
| No Score Yet | 14% | The Plunderers | Rondo (Character) | - | 1960 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Restless Years | Will Henderson (Character) | - | 1959 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cry Tough | Miguel Antonio Enrico Francisco Estrada (Character) | - | 1959 |
| No Score Yet | 44% | The Big Fisherman | Prince Voldi (Character) | - | 1959 |
| 50% | 73% | The Reluctant Debutante | David Parkson (Character) | - | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Summer Love | Jimmy Daley (Character) | - | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | This Happy Feeling | Bill Tremaine (Character) | - | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rock, Pretty Baby | Jimmy Daley (Character) | - | 1957 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Running Wild | Vince Pomeroy (Character) | - | 1956 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Unguarded Moment | Leonard Bennett (Character) | - | 1956 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63% | 85% | Masters of Horror | Unknown (Character) | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 82% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Walter Gordon (Guest Star) | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story | Richard Brooks (Character) | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | Jerry Lydecker (Guest Star) | 1984 1988 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Falcon Crest | Tony Cumson (Character) | 1981-1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ray Bradbury Theater | Dudley Stone (Character) | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hotel | Jack Curtis (Guest Star) | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown (Character) | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | The A-Team | Kalem (Guest Star) | 1983 1985 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Finder of Lost Loves | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fantasy Island | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1978-1979 1981 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dynasty | Rashid Ahmed (Guest Star) | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | 95% | Magnum, P.I. | Ed Russler (Guest Star) | 1984 |
| 100% | 79% | Wonder Woman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Starsky and Hutch | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Six Million Dollar Man | Nedlick (Guest Star) | 1974 1976 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bionic Woman | Nedlick (Guest Star) | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rockford Files | Dave Delaroux (Guest Star) | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Petrocelli | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Cal Strom, Jr. (Guest Star) | 1965-1967 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Mike Tedesco (Guest Star) | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Banacek | Harry Harland (Guest Star) | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Police Story | Rick Calvelli (Character) | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rookies | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Streets of San Francisco | Vincent 'Vince' Hagopian Jr. (Guest Star) | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sixth Sense | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Virginian | Sgt. Terence Mulcahy (Guest Star) | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's My Line? | Guest | 1970 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 1969 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Name of the Game | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1968 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Garrison's Gorillas | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cimarron Strip | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Kildare | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |