John Saxon
Gender: Male
Born: 5th August 1936 (currently 75 years old)
Nationality: Italy, United States of America
TV programs: The Bold Ones: The New Doctors, Lucky Luke
Movies: A Nightmare on Elm Street, Black Christmas, Enter the Dragon, Tenebrae, The Electric Horseman, Mitchell, Battle Beyond the Stars, Fast Company, Napoli violenta, The Appaloosa, Planet Earth, Strange New World, Desire, Hellmaster, Queen of Blood, This Happy Feeling, Running Scared, The Glove, Beyond Evil, Night Caller from Outer Space, No Escape, No Return, War Hunt, The Swiss Conspiracy, Bottom Feeders, La ragazza che sapeva troppo, Beverly Hills Cop III, Fever Pitch, Aftershock, Wes Craven's New Nightmare, Posse from Hell, Running Wild, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, Solomon Northup's Odyssey, Genesis II, Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation, One Dollar Too Many, Nightmare Beach, Joseph's Gift, Raid on Entebbe, Cannibal Apocalypse, The Ravagers, Portrait in Black, Tunnels, The Cardinal, The Unforgiven, War Wolves, Scorpion with Two Tails, The Plunderers, The Craving Heart, The Road Home, The Party Crashers, The Big Score, Trapped Ashes, Wrong Is Right, Winchester '73, Joe Kidd, Pelts, Cry Tough, Death of a Gunfighter, My Mom's A Werewolf, Blood Beach, Outta Time, Shalimar, Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy, ClarkWORLD, Chi Kung: The Healing Workout with Dr. Jerry Alan Johnson, Bruce Lee: Path of the Dragon, Mystery Science Theater 3000: Mitchell, Agostino, The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist, The Reluctant Debutante, The Restless Years
John Saxon (born August 5, 1936) is an American actor who has worked on over 200 projects during the span of sixty years. Saxon is most known for his work in horror films such as A Nightmare on Elm Street and Black Christmas, both of which feature Saxon as a policeman in search of the killer. He is also known for his role as Roper in the 1973 film Enter the Dragon, in which he starred with Bruce Lee and Jim Kelly.
Saxon, an Italian American, was born Carmine Orrico in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Anna (née Protettore) and Antonio Orrico, a dock worker. He attended New Utrecht High School and graduated in 1953 with Stanley Abramson. He then studied acting with famous acting coach Stella Adler and broke into films in the mid-1950s, playing teenage roles. According to Robert Hofler's 2005 biography, The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson: The Pretty Boys and Dirty Deals of Henry Willson, agent Willson saw Saxon's picture on the cover of a detective magazine and immediately contacted the boy's family in Brooklyn. He brought the 16-year-old Orrico to Hollywood and renamed him Saxon.
After his first sizable role, as a juvenile delinquent in “Running Wild” (1955), he supported Esther Williams
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