John Saxon

Highest Rated: 100% It Should Happen to You (1954)

Lowest Rated: 0% Blood Beach (1981)

Birthday: Aug 5, 1935

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA

John Saxon never intentionally set out to be a Brando clone, but his resemblance to Marlon Brando was something he was born with, so what was there to do? A student of Stella Adler at the Actor's Studio, Saxon's first film was Running Wild (1955). Thanks to "hunk" assignments in films like The Restless Years (1957), The Reluctant Debutante (1958), and Summer Youth (1958), Saxon was briefly the object of many a teenage crush. He shed himself of his heartthrob image in the early '60s with a string of unsympathetic roles, making a leading man comeback of sorts as Bruce Lee's co-star in the immensely popular Enter the Dragon (1973). Fans could watch Saxon's expertise as an actor increase (and his hairline recede) during his three-year (1969-1972) stint as Dr. Ted Stuart on the NBC television series The Bold Ones. He later appeared as a semiregular on the prime-time TV soaper Dallas. In 1988, John Saxon made his directorial debut with the low-budget feature Death House.

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
No Score Yet	Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s	Actor	—	2012
No Score Yet	Cry Tough	Actor	—	2011
No Score Yet	ClarkWorld	Actor	—	2009
No Score Yet	War Wolves	Ford	—	2009
No Score Yet	God's Ears	Actor	—	2008
No Score Yet	The Craving Heart	Richard Tom	—	2008
33%	Trapped Ashes	Leo	—	2006
No Score Yet	Masters of Horror	Actor	—	2006
57%	Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen	Actor	—	2005
71%	Pitcher And The Pin-Up (Road Home)	Actor	—	2005
17%	Outta Time	Darabont	—	2002
No Score Yet	The Intercepting Fist	Actor	—	2001
No Score Yet	Living in Fear	Rev. Leo Hausman	—	2001
No Score Yet	The Party Crashers	Mr. Foster	—	1999
No Score Yet	Final Payback	George	—	1999
No Score Yet	Joseph's Gift	Jacob Keller	—	1999
No Score Yet	Tunnels	Actor	—	1998
No Score Yet	Bruce Lee: Path of the Dragon	Actor	—	1998
No Score Yet	Lancelot: Guardian of Time	Actor	—	1997
62%	From Dusk Till Dawn	FBI Agent Stanley Chase	—	1996
No Score Yet	House Made of Dawn	Actor	—	1996
No Score Yet	Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story	Richard Brooks	—	1995
79%	Wes Craven's New Nightmare	Himself	—	1994
9%	Beverly Hills Cop III	Orrin Sanderson	—	1994
No Score Yet	Killing Obsession	Dr. Sachs	—	1994
No Score Yet	No Escape, No Return	James Mitchell	—	1993
No Score Yet	Maximum Force	Captain Fuller	—	1992
No Score Yet	The Baby Doll Murders	John Maglia	—	1992
No Score Yet	Bees	Actor	—	1992
No Score Yet	Frame-Up II	Charles Searage	—	1992
No Score Yet	Hellmaster	Professor Jones	—	1992
No Score Yet	Animal Instincts	Otto Van Horne	—	1992
No Score Yet	Blackmail	Gene	—	1991
No Score Yet	The Pay Off	Rafael Concion	—	1991
No Score Yet	The Arrival	Agent Mills	—	1991
20%	Crossing the Line	Jack Kagan	—	1990
No Score Yet	Blood Salvage	Clifford Evans	—	1990
No Score Yet	The Last Samurai	Haroun Al-Hakim	—	1990
No Score Yet	The Final Alliance	Ghost	—	1989
No Score Yet	Crossing the Line	Actor	—	1989
No Score Yet	Aftershock	Oliver Quinn	—	1989
No Score Yet	The Pay Off	Actor	—	1989
No Score Yet	My Mom's a Werewolf	Harry Thropen	—	1988
No Score Yet	Welcome to Spring Break (Nightmare Beach)	Strycher	—	1988
No Score Yet	Criminal Act	Herb	—	1988
71%	A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors	Lt. John Thompson	—	1987
No Score Yet	Death House	Col. Burgess Director	—	1987
91%	Something Wild	Executive Producer	—	1986
No Score Yet	Vendetta dal futuro (Hands of Steel) (Atomic Cyborg) (Arms of Steel) (Return of the Terminator)	Francis Turner	—	1986
14%	Fever Pitch	Sports editor	—	1985
94%	A Nightmare on Elm Street	Lt. Thompson	—	1984
No Score Yet	Solomon Northup's Odyssey	Actor	—	1984
No Score Yet	Invasion of the Flesh Hunters	Actor	—	1984
No Score Yet	The Big Score	Davis	—	1983
No Score Yet	Prisoners of the Lost Universe	Kleel	—	1983
76%	Tenebre (Unsane)	Bullmer	—	1982
No Score Yet	Una di troppo	Actor	—	1982
30%	Wrong Is Right	Homer Hubbard	—	1982
No Score Yet	Assassinio al cimitero etrusco (Scorpion with Two Tails) (Murder in an Etruscan Cemetery)	Arthur	—	1982
0%	Blood Beach	Captain Pearson	—	1981
45%	Battle Beyond the Stars	Sador	—	1980
60%	Apocalypse Domani (Cannibal Apocalypse)	Norman Hopper	—	1980
No Score Yet	Beyond Evil	Larry Andrews	—	1980
64%	The Electric Horseman	Hunt Sears	—	1979
No Score Yet	The Glove	Sam Kellog	—	1979
88%	Fast Company	Phil Adamson	—	1979
No Score Yet	Judgement of Solomon	Actor	—	1979
No Score Yet	Running Scared	Captain Munoz	—	1979
No Score Yet	Shalimar (Deadly Thief) (Raiders of the Sacred Stone)	Actor	—	1978
No Score Yet	The Bees	John Norman	—	1978
No Score Yet	Blackout (New York Blackout)	Screenwriter	—	1978
No Score Yet	Il cinico, l'infame, il violento (The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist)	Frank Di Maggio	—	1977
No Score Yet	Raid on Entebbe	Peled	—	1977
No Score Yet	Moonshine County Express	J.B. Johnson	—	1977
No Score Yet	Napoli violenta	Actor	—	1976
No Score Yet	Strange Shadows in an Empty Room (Una Magnum Special per Tony Saitta)	Sgt. Matthews	—	1976
No Score Yet	The Swiss Conspiracy	Robert Hayes	—	1976
No Score Yet	Italia a mano armata (A Special Cop in Action)	Actor	—	1976
No Score Yet	Mitchell	Walter Deaney	—	1975
No Score Yet	Strange New World	Captain Anthony Vico	—	1975
71%	Black Christmas	Lt. Fuller	—	1974
No Score Yet	Planet Earth	Actor	—	1974
95%	Enter the Dragon	Roper	—	1973
80%	Joe Kidd	Luis Chama	—	1972
No Score Yet	Snatched	Paul Maxvill	—	1972
83%	Death of a Gunfighter	Trinidad	—	1969
No Score Yet	I Tre che sconvolsero il West - vado, vedo e sparo (I Came, I Saw, I Shot)	Actor	—	1968
No Score Yet	Winchester '73	Dakin McAdam	—	1967
No Score Yet	Night Caller from Outer Space	Jack Costain	—	1966
No Score Yet	The Doomsday Flight	George Ducette	—	1966
No Score Yet	The Appaloosa	Chuy	—	1966
17%	Queen of Blood	Allan Brenner	—	1966
No Score Yet	The Ravagers	Capt. Kermit Dowling	—	1965
50%	The Cardinal	Benny Rampell	—	1963
71%	Evil Eye (La ragazza che sapeva troppo)	Dottor Marcello Passi	—	1963
No Score Yet	Journey to a Hanging	Actor	—	1963
80%	Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation	Byron	—	1962
No Score Yet	War Hunt	Pvt. Raymond Endore	—	1962
No Score Yet	Posse from Hell	Seymour Kern	—	1961
No Score Yet	The Plunderers	Rondo	—	1960
No Score Yet	Portrait in Black	Blake Richards	—	1960
60%	The Unforgiven	Johnny Portugal	—	1960
No Score Yet	The Big Fisherman	Voldi	—	1959
50%	The Reluctant Debutante	David Parkson	—	1958
No Score Yet	This Happy Feeling	Bill Tremaine	—	1958
No Score Yet	Rock, Pretty Baby	Jimmy Daley	—	1956
100%	It Should Happen to You	Boy Watching Argument in Park	—	1954
No Score Yet	Agostino	Actor	—

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
63%	Masters of Horror 2005-2007	Actor	2006 2005
No Score Yet	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 2000-2015	Walter Gordon	2005 2001
No Score Yet	Melrose Place 1992-1999	Waxman	1995 1994
No Score Yet	Murder, She Wrote 1984-1996	Marco Jerry Lydecker	1994 1988 1984
No Score Yet	In the Heat of the Night 1988-1995	Sykes	1991
No Score Yet	Matlock 1986-1995	John Franklin	1991
No Score Yet	The A-Team 1983-1987	Korem Martin James	1985 1983
No Score Yet	Magnum, P.I. 1980-1988	Russler	1984
No Score Yet	Fantasy Island 1978-1984	Dr. Sullivan	1978
No Score Yet	Starsky & Hutch 1975-1979	Rene Nadasy	1976
No Score Yet	The Rockford Files 1974-1980	Dave	1976
100%	Wonder Woman (1976) 1975-1979	Radl	1976
No Score Yet	Gunsmoke 1955-1975	Manez Tebbetts Virgil Stanley Gristy Calhoun Cal	1975 1974 1967 1966 1965
No Score Yet	The Mary Tyler Moore Show 1970-1977	Mike	1974
No Score Yet	The Streets of San Francisco 1972-1977	Vince Hagopian	1973
No Score Yet	Kung Fu 1972-1975	Bounty Hunter	1972
No Score Yet	Night Gallery 1970-1973	Ianto	1972
No Score Yet	Ironside 1967-1975	Carter	1970 1967
No Score Yet	Bonanza 1959-1973	Jacova Blas Friday	1969 1967
No Score Yet	It Takes a Thief 1968-1970	Dead Man	1968
No Score Yet	American Playhouse 1982-1996	Epps
No Score Yet	The Bold Ones 1968-1973	Dr. Ted Stuart

Quotes from John Saxon's Characters

Lt. John Thompson:

It's really you. I've killed you once before, you son of a bitch.

Lt. Thompson:	What was she doing there?
Marge Thompson:	Hello to you, too, Donald.
Lt. Thompson:	(sarcastically) - Marge.
Lt. Thompson:	(sarcastically) Marge.

Nancy Thompson:	(to her father) - The killer's still loose you know?
Nancy Thompson:	(to her father) The killer's still loose you know?
Lt. Thompson:	You're saying somebody else killed Tina? Who?
Nancy Thompson:	I don't know who he is, but he's burned and he wears a weird hat and a red and green sweater, really dirty. And he uses these knives, like giant fingernails...
Nancy Thompson:	I don't know who he is, but he's burned and he wears a weird hat and a red and green sweater, really dirty. And he uses these knives, like giant fingernails.
Lt. Thompson:	(to Marge) - You better keep her home, for a few days, until she really gets over the shock of this.
Lt. Thompson:	(to Marge) You better keep her home, for a few days, until she really gets over the shock of this.
Marge Thompson:	I've got something better. I'm going to get her some help.

Nancy Thompson:	(At the police station) - You know Tina...she dreamed this was gonna happen.
Nancy Thompson:	(At the police station) You know Tina, she dreamed this was gonna happen.
Lt. Thompson:	What?
Nancy Thompson:	She had a nightmare that someone was trying to kill her...That's why we were there mom. She just didn't wanna sleep alone.
Nancy Thompson:	She had a nightmare that someone was trying to kill her. That's why we were there mom. She just didn't wanna sleep alone.

Nancy Thompson:	Hi, daddy. I know what happened.
Lt. Thompson:	I haven't been upstairs yet.
Nancy Thompson:	Yeah, but you know he's dead, right?
Lt. Thompson:	Yeah, apparently he's dead.
Nancy Thompson:	Listen, Daddy, I've got a proposition for you. Listen very carefully, please.
Lt. Thompson:	Nancy.
Nancy Thompson:	I'm going to go and get the guy who did it, and I want you to be there to arrest him when I bring him out. Okay?
Lt. Thompson:	Just tell me who did it; I'll go get him, baby.
Nancy Thompson:	Fred Krueger did it, Daddy. And only I can get him. It's my nightmare he comes to.

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