A Nightmare on Elm Street1984
As Lt. Donald Thompson
TMDb 7.4 / 10
John Saxon
Born
John Saxon (born Carmine Orrico; August 5, 1935 – July 25, 2020) was an American actor and martial artist who worked on more than 200 projects during a span of 60 years. Saxon is known for his work in Westerns and horror movies, often playing police officers and detectives. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Saxon studied acting with Stella Adler before beginning his career as a contract actor for Universal Pictures, playing in such movies as Rock, Pretty Baby (1956) and Portrait in Black (1961). During the 1970s and 1980s, he established himself as a character actor, frequently portraying law enforcement officials in horror movies such as Black Christmas (1974), Dario Argento's Tenebrae (1982), and A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). In addition to his roles in horror movies, Saxon co-starred with Bruce Lee in the martial arts movie Enter the Dragon (1973), and has supporting roles in the westerns Death of a Gunfighter (1969) and Joe Kidd (1972), as well as the adventure thriller Raid on Entebbe (1977). In the 1990s, Saxon occasionally appeared in movies, with small roles in Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994) and From Dusk till Dawn (1996). Saxon died of pneumonia in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on July 25, 2020.
Filmography (150)
From Dusk Till Dawn1996
As FBI Agent Stanley Chase
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Enter the Dragon1973
As Roper
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Beverly Hills Cop III1994
As Orrin Sanderson
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Wes Craven's New Nightmare1994
As John Saxon / Lt. Donald Thompson
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Old Dogs2009
As Lee Robinson
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Unforgiven1960
As Johnny Portugal
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Cardinal1963
As Benny Rampell
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Black Christmas1974
As Lt. Fuller
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Joe Kidd1972
As Luis Chama
TMDb 6.4 / 10
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors1987
As Thompson
TMDb 6.7 / 10
A Star Is Born1954
As Movie Premiere Usher (uncredited)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Animal Instincts1992
As Otto Van Horne
TMDb 5.1 / 10
The Appaloosa1966
As Chuy
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Blood Beach1980
As Captain Pearson
TMDb 4.8 / 10
How Bruce Lee Changed the World2009
As Self
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Battle Beyond the Stars1980
As Sador
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy2010
As Self
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Tenebre1982
As Bullmer
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Death of a Gunfighter1969
As Lou Trinidad
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Posse from Hell1961
As Seymour Kern
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Trapped Ashes2006
As Leo (segment "Stanley's Girlfriend")
TMDb 5.1 / 10
It Should Happen to You1954
As Boy Watching Argument in Park (uncredited)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
My Mom's a Werewolf1989
As Harry Thropen
TMDb 4.8 / 10
The Electric Horseman1979
As Hunt Sears
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Maximum Force1992
As Captain Fuller
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker1991
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Raid on Entebbe1976
As Maj. Gen. Benny Peled
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Wrong Is Right1982
As Homer Hubbard
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Bees1978
As John Norman
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Portrait in Black1960
As Blake Richards
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Istanbul Express1969
As Cheval
TMDb 5.4 / 10
The Girl Who Knew Too Much1963
As Dr. Marcello Bassi
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Queen of Blood1966
As Allan Brenner
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation1962
As Byron Grant
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Joseph's Gift1999
As Jacob Keller
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Pelts2006
As Jeb 'Pa' Jameson
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Fast Company1979
As Phil Adamson
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Nightmare Beach1989
As Strycher
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Criminal Act1989
As Herb Tamplin
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Fight to the Death1975
As Mariano Beltrán
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Violent Naples1976
As Francesco Capuano
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Reluctant Debutante1958
As David Parkson
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Aftershock1990
As Oliver Quinn
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Hands of Steel1986
As Francis Turner
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist1977
As Frank Di Maggio
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Unbeatable Bruce Lee2001
As Self
TMDb 8.4 / 10
Scorpion with Two Tails1982
As Arthur Barnard
TMDb 4.7 / 10
War Wolves2009
As Tony Ford
TMDb 3.4 / 10
Night Class2001
As Murphy
TMDb 3.4 / 10
Final Payback2001
As Police Chief George Moreno
TMDb 4.2 / 10
The Best of the Martial Arts Films1990
As Self - Host
TMDb 8.8 / 10
Blood Salvage1990
As Clifford Evans
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Prisoners of the Lost Universe1983
As Kleel
TMDb 3.6 / 10
Zombie Death House1988
As Colonel Gordon Burgess
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Moonshine County Express1977
As J.B. Johnson
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Planet Earth1974
As Dylan Hunt
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Pitcher and the Pin-Up2003
As Michael Curtis
TMDb 6.1 / 10
A Special Cop in Action1976
As Albertelli
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Intruders1970
As Billy Pye
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Glove1979
As Sam Kellog
TMDb 5.1 / 10
War Hunt1962
As Pvt. Raymond Endore
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Bottom Feeders
Bottom Feeders1998
As Antonio DiPaolo Jr.
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Big Fisherman1959
As Voldi
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities
Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities1995
As Self
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Fever Pitch1985
As Sports Editor
TMDb 4.3 / 10
The Last Samurai1990
As Haroun Al-Hakim
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Shadows in an Empty Room1976
As Sgt. Ned Matthews
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Jonathan of the Bears1995
As Fred Goodwin
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s2012
As Self
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Clarkworld2009
As Self
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Winchester '731967
As Dakin McAdam
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Strange New World1975
As Capt. Anthony Vico
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Living in Fear2000
As Rev. Leo Hausman
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Running Scared1980
As Captain Munoz
TMDb 4.9 / 10
The Swiss Conspiracy1976
As Robert Hayes
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Can Ellen Be Saved?1974
As James Hallbeck
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Golden Gate1981
As Monty Sager
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Arrival1991
As Agent Miils
TMDb 4.4 / 10
The Big Score1983
As Davis
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Running Wild1955
As Vince Pomeroy
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Hellmaster1992
As Professor Jones
TMDb 4.5 / 10
The Green Fog2018
As Self
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Plunderers1960
As Rondo
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Beyond Evil1980
As Larry Andrews
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Solomon Northup's Odyssey1991
As Epps
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Cannibal Apocalypse1980
As Norman Hopper
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Summer Love1958
As Jimmy Daley
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Payoff1991
As Rafael Concion
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen2004
As Self
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Path of the Dragon1998
As Self
TMDb 6.8 / 10
This Happy Feeling1958
As Bill Tremaine
TMDb 4.8 / 10
The Killers Within1995
As Detective Lewis
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The GREATEST : Bruce Lee1998
As Comentador
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Bruce Lee: The Immortal Dragon1994
As Self
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Lancelot: Guardian of Time1997
As Wolvencroft
TMDb 4.3 / 10
House Made of Dawn1972
As Tosamah
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Doomsday Flight1966
As George Ducette
TMDb 6.5 / 10
One Dollar Too Many1968
As Clay Watson
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Cross Shot1976
As Commissario Jacovella
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Unguarded Moment1956
As Leonard Bennett
TMDb 6.5 / 10
No Escape, No Return1993
As James Mitchell
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Final Alliance1990
As Ghost
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Baby Doll Murders1993
As John Maglia
TMDb 3.3 / 10
New Line: Independent Legacies
New Line: Independent LegaciesRelease date TBA
As Self (archive footage)
The Restless Years1958
As Will Henderson
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Mr. Kingstreet's War1973
As Mr. Kingstreet
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Killing Obsession1994
As Dr. Sachs
TMDb 3.8 / 10
Welcome to Primetime1999
As Self
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Cry Tough1959
As Miguel Antonio Enrico Francisco Estrada
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Mitchell1975
As Walter Deaney
TMDb 3.3 / 10
The Party Crashers1998
As Mr. Foster
TMDb 3.3 / 10
Blackmail1991
As Gene
TMDb 3.9 / 10
Lucky Luke 21992
As The Man in Black (archive footage)
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Brothers-in-Law1985
As Royal Cane
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Shalimar1978
As Colonel Columbus
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Company of Killers1970
As Dave Poohler
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen2010
As John
TMDb 6.1 / 10
For Singles Only1968
As Bret Hendley
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Cavern1964
As Joe Cramer
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Family Killer1973
As Gaspare Ardizzone
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Rock, Pretty Baby1956
As Jimmy Daley
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Crossing the Line1990
As Jack Kagan
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre2000
As Self
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Dentros2015
As George Dentro
Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up1994
As Charles Searage
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Ravagers1965
As Capt. Kermit Dowling
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Stanley's Girlfriend
Stanley's Girlfriend2006
As Leo
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Crossfire1975
As Dave Ambrose
TMDb 8.0 / 10
'Cannibal Apocalypse' Redux
'Cannibal Apocalypse' Redux2002
As Sarge
Agostino1962
As Renzo
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Snatched1973
As Paul Maxvill
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Night Caller1965
As Dr. Jack Costain
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Blood and Steel: The Making of Enter the Dragon2004
As Self
TMDb 8.7 / 10
Location: Hong Kong with Enter the Dragon1973
As Self
God's Ears2008
As Lee Robinson
The 12 Days of Black Christmas2006
As Self
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Linda1973
As Jeff Braden
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Rooster1982
As Jerome Brademan
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Outta Time2002
As Darabont
TMDb 3.0 / 10
Black Christmas Legacy2015
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Black Christmas Revisited2002
As Self
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Western, Italian Style1968
As Self
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Stephen King's Monster Stories1988
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Desire1982
As Joe Hale
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Craving Heart
The Craving Heart2006
As Richard Tom
TMDb 3.3 / 10
One Too Many1982
As Sergio Puccini
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Mark Strikes Again1976
As Altman
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Mercy Man2009
As Father McMurray
Lo Scorpione a Due Code1982
As Arthur Barnard
Filmography and biography: TMDb