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John Saxon
★ Acting

John Saxon

1935 – 2020 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA · Active 1944–2015

John Saxon, born in Brooklyn in 1935, made a significant impact in the realm of cult cinema with his roles in films like Black Christmas (1974) and Queen of Blood (1966). His career began as a contract actor for Universal Pictures, but it was during the 1970s that Saxon became a familiar face in horror and exploitation films. Known for portraying law enforcement figures, he brought a unique intensity to characters in Shadows in an Empty Room (1976) and The Bees (1978). With over 200 projects to his name, Saxon's contributions to cult cinema remain influential.

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The Glove

The Glove

1979 ★ 5.3
as Sam Kellog

A bounty hunter is offered $20,000 - off the record - for the capture of a very large man who dons body armor and steel-plated gauntlets for his regular beatings of some unfortunate individuals.

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Filmography

213 credits
2010s 5 credits
2015
Black Christmas Legacy as Self (archive footage)
Movie ★ 8.0
2015
The Dentros as George Dentro
Movie
2010
Movie ★ 6.1
2000s 24 credits
2009
War Wolves as Tony Ford
Movie ★ 3.2
2009
Clarkworld as Self
Movie ★ 10.0
2009
Movie ★ 8.0
2009
The Mercy Man as Father McMurray
Movie
2009
Old Dogs as Lee Robinson
Movie ★ 5.6
2008
God's Ears as Lee Robinson
Movie
2006
Movie ★ 8.0
2006
Trapped Ashes as Leo (segment "Stanley's Girlfriend")
Movie ★ 5.1
2006
The Craving Heart as Richard Tom
Movie ★ 3.3
2006
Pelts as Jeb 'Pa' Jameson
Movie ★ 5.6
2006
Movie ★ 4.0
2005
Masters of Horror as Jeb 'Pa' Jameson
TV ★ 7.1
2004
Movie ★ 6.5
2003
Pitcher and the Pin-Up as Michael Curtis
Movie ★ 6.1
2002
Movie ★ 5.0
2002
Outta Time as Darabont
Movie ★ 3.0
2002
Movie
2001
Night Class as Murphy
Movie ★ 3.3
2001
Final Payback as Police Chief George Moreno
Movie ★ 4.6
2001
Movie ★ 8.4
2000
Living in Fear as Rev. Leo Hausman
Movie ★ 4.6
2000
Movie ★ 6.1
2000
TV ★ 7.6
1990s 37 credits
1999
Movie ★ 9.0
1999
Joseph's Gift as Jacob Keller
Movie ★ 7.0
1998
Movie ★ 7.7
1998
The Party Crashers as Mr. Foster
Movie ★ 3.3
1998
Bottom Feeders as Antonio DiPaolo Jr.
Movie ★ 7.5
1998
Movie ★ 6.8
1997
Movie ★ 4.3
1996
From Dusk Till Dawn as FBI Agent Stanley Chase
Movie ★ 7.0
1995
Jonathan of the Bears as Fred Goodwin
Movie ★ 5.9
1995
The Killers Within as Detective Lewis
Movie ★ 7.5
1995
TV ★ 6.5
1994
Beverly Hills Cop III as Orrin Sanderson
Movie ★ 5.9
1994
Wes Craven's New Nightmare as John Saxon / Lt. Donald Thompson
Movie ★ 6.5
1994
Movie ★ 6.5
1994
Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up as Charles Searage
Movie ★ 5.5
1994
Killing Obsession as Dr. Sachs
Movie ★ 3.8
1993
Movie ★ 3.3
1993
No Escape, No Return as James Mitchell
Movie ★ 6.0
1992
Animal Instincts as Otto Van Horne
Movie ★ 5.0
1992
Lucky Luke 2 as The Man in Black (archive footage)
Movie ★ 5.5
1992
Hellmaster as Professor Jones
Movie ★ 4.5
1992
Maximum Force as Captain Fuller
Movie ★ 4.8
1992
TV ★ 5.9
1992
Melrose Place as Henry Waxman
TV ★ 5.9
1992
Lucky Luke as The Man in Black
TV ★ 5.9
1991
The Arrival as Agent Miils
Movie ★ 4.4
1991
Blackmail as Gene
Movie ★ 3.9
1991
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as Self (archive footage)
Movie ★ 8.0
1991
Payoff as Rafael Concion
Movie ★ 4.3
1991
Movie ★ 6.8
1990
Blood Salvage as Clifford Evans
Movie ★ 5.6
1990
Aftershock as Oliver Quinn
Movie ★ 4.6
1990
Movie ★ 6.3
1990
Movie ★ 8.7
1990
Crossing the Line as Jack Kagan
Movie ★ 5.2
1990
The Last Samurai as Haroun Al-Hakim
Movie ★ 7.0
1980s 40 credits
1989
My Mom's a Werewolf as Harry Thropen
Movie ★ 4.8
1989
Criminal Act as Herb Tamplin
Movie ★ 5.2
1989
Movie ★ 5.5
1988
Zombie Death House as Colonel Gordon Burgess
Movie ★ 4.4
1988
Monsters as Ben O'Connell
TV ★ 7.1
1987
Movie ★ 6.7
1986
Hands of Steel as Francis Turner
Movie ★ 5.3
1986
Matlock as John Franklin
TV ★ 7.1
1985
Fever Pitch as Sports Editor
Movie ★ 4.3
1985
Brothers-in-Law as Royal Cane
Movie ★ 7.0
1985
TV ★ 7.2
1984
A Nightmare on Elm Street as Lt. Donald Thompson
Movie ★ 7.3
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Marco Gambini
TV ★ 7.5
1984
Finder of Lost Loves as Zach Donahue
TV ★ 6.8
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Bernardo Bonelli
TV ★ 7.5
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Jerry Lydecker
TV ★ 7.5
1983
Movie ★ 3.6
1983
Movie ★ 6.0
1983
TV ★ 7.5
1983
The A-Team as Martin James
TV ★ 7.5
1983
The A-Team as Kalem
TV ★ 7.5
1983
TV ★ 6.5
1983
Scarecrow and Mrs. King as Dirk Fredericks
TV ★ 6.6
1982
Wrong Is Right as Homer Hubbard
Movie ★ 5.6
1982
Scorpion with Two Tails as Arthur Barnard
Movie ★ 4.8
1982
Desire as Joe Hale
Movie ★ 10.0
1982
One Too Many as Sergio Puccini
Movie ★ 7.0
1982
Tenebre as Bullmer
Movie ★ 6.8
1982
Rooster as Jerome Brademan
Movie ★ 4.5
1982
Lo Scorpione a Due Code as Arthur Barnard
Movie
1982
Hotel as Jack Curtis
TV ★ 6.8
1981
Golden Gate as Monty Sager
Movie ★ 9.0
1981
Falcon Crest as Tony Cumson
TV ★ 5.7
1980
Cannibal Apocalypse as Norman Hopper
Movie ★ 5.5
1980
Movie ★ 5.4
1980
Blood Beach as Captain Pearson
Movie ★ 4.9
1980
Beyond Evil as Larry Andrews
Movie ★ 4.2
1980
Running Scared as Captain Munoz
Movie ★ 5.0
1980
Magnum, P.I. as Ed Russler
TV ★ 7.3
1970s 50 credits
1979
Movie ★ 6.1
1979
Fast Company as Phil Adamson
Movie ★ 5.1
1979
The Glove as Sam Kellog
Movie ★ 5.1
1978
Shalimar as Colonel Columbus
Movie ★ 6.1
1978
The Bees as John Norman
Movie ★ 4.7
1978
The Immigrants as Alan Brocker
Movie ★ 6.0
1978
Fantasy Island as Roger Sullivan
TV ★ 6.5
1978
The Immigrants as Alan Brocker
TV
1977
Movie ★ 6.6
1977
Movie ★ 4.9
1977
79 Park Avenue as Harry Vito
TV ★ 5.2
1977
The Fantastic Journey as Consul Tarant
TV ★ 6.2
1976
Raid on Entebbe as Maj. Gen. Benny Peled
Movie ★ 6.0
1976
The Swiss Conspiracy as Robert Hayes
Movie ★ 5.0
1976
Movie ★ 4.6
1976
Shadows in an Empty Room as Sgt. Ned Matthews
Movie ★ 5.8
1976
Violent Naples as Francesco Capuano
Movie ★ 6.4
1976
Movie ★ 6.1
1976
Cross Shot as Commissario Jacovella
Movie ★ 6.5
1976
Once an Eagle as Capt. Townshend
TV ★ 6.8
1976
Quincy, M.E. as Publisher Charles Desskasa
TV ★ 7.5
1975
Mitchell as Walter Deaney
Movie ★ 3.3
1975
Strange New World as Capt. Anthony Vico
Movie ★ 4.3
1975
Fight to the Death as Mariano Beltrán
Movie ★ 4.7
1975
Crossfire as Dave Ambrose
Movie ★ 8.0
1975
Wonder Woman as Captain Radl
TV ★ 7.0
1975
Starsky & Hutch as René Nadasy
TV ★ 7.3
1974
Black Christmas as Lt. Fuller
Movie ★ 7.0
1974
Planet Earth as Dylan Hunt
Movie ★ 5.8
1974
Can Ellen Be Saved? as James Hallbeck
Movie ★ 4.6
1974
The Six Million Dollar Man as Maj. Frederick Sloan
TV ★ 7.3
1974
TV ★ 7.3
1974
The Rockford Files as Dave Delaroux
TV ★ 7.6
1974
Petrocelli as Richie Martin
TV ★ 7.2
1973
Mr. Kingstreet's War as Mr. Kingstreet
Movie ★ 6.3
1973
Movie ★ 7.4
1973
Family Killer as Gaspare Ardizzone
Movie ★ 6.1
1973
Linda as Jeff Braden
Movie ★ 8.0
1973
Snatched as Paul Maxvill
Movie ★ 5.8
1972
Joe Kidd as Luis Chama
Movie ★ 6.4
1972
Movie ★ 8.0
1972
Banyon as Johnny Clay
TV ★ 8.0
1972
Banacek as Harry Harland
TV ★ 8.5
1972
The Streets of San Francisco as Vincent 'Vince' Hagopian Jr.
TV ★ 7.0
1972
Kung Fu as Raven
TV ★ 7.7
1970
The Intruders as Billy Pye
Movie ★ 5.0
1970
Company of Killers as Dave Poohler
Movie ★ 6.5
1970
TV ★ 7.6
1970
TV ★ 7.8
1960s 34 credits
1969
Death of a Gunfighter as Lou Trinidad
Movie ★ 6.2
1969
Movie ★ 5.4
1969
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors as Dr. Theodore Stuart
TV ★ 4.8
1968
One Dollar Too Many as Clay Watson
Movie ★ 7.3
1968
Movie ★ 6.6
1968
For Singles Only as Bret Hendley
Movie ★ 6.7
1968
Hawaii Five-O as Harry Clive
TV ★ 7.2
1968
TV ★ 7.0
1968
It Takes a Thief as Dead Man
TV ★ 7.2
1967
Winchester '73 as Dakin McAdam
Movie ★ 6.7
1967
Ironside as Eric Saginor
TV ★ 6.9
1966
Movie ★ 6.4
1966
Queen of Blood as Allan Brenner
Movie ★ 5.2
1966
The Doomsday Flight as George Ducette
Movie ★ 6.5
1966
The Time Tunnel as Marco Polo
TV ★ 7.6
1965
The Night Caller as Dr. Jack Costain
Movie ★ 5.6
1965
The Ravagers as Capt. Kermit Dowling
Movie ★ 6.5
1964
The Cavern as Joe Cramer
Movie ★ 5.8
1963
The Cardinal as Benny Rampell
Movie ★ 6.6
1963
The Girl Who Knew Too Much as Dr. Marcello Bassi
Movie ★ 6.9
1963
TV ★ 5.9
1963
Burke's Law as Bud Charney
TV ★ 6.3
1963
Burke's Law as Gil Lynch
TV ★ 6.3
1962
War Hunt as Pvt. Raymond Endore
Movie ★ 6.7
1962
Movie ★ 6.5
1962
Agostino as Renzo
Movie ★ 5.8
1962
The Virginian as Dell Stetler
TV ★ 6.5
1962
The Virginian as Ben Oakes
TV ★ 6.5
1962
The Virginian as Sgt. Terence Mulcahy
TV ★ 6.5
1961
Posse from Hell as Seymour Kern
Movie ★ 6.2
1961
TV ★ 5.8
1960
The Unforgiven as Johnny Portugal
Movie ★ 6.2
1960
Portrait in Black as Blake Richards
Movie ★ 5.6
1960
Movie ★ 6.3
1950s 20 credits
1959
Cry Tough as Miguel Antonio Enrico Francisco Estrada
Movie ★ 6.1
1959
Movie ★ 5.1
1959
Bonanza as Chief Jocova
TV ★ 7.5
1959
Bonanza as Blas
TV ★ 7.5
1959
Bonanza as Steven Friday
TV ★ 7.5
1958
The Reluctant Debutante as David Parkson
Movie ★ 6.7
1958
The Restless Years as Will Henderson
Movie ★ 7.0
1958
This Happy Feeling as Bill Tremaine
Movie ★ 4.8
1958
Summer Love as Jimmy Daley
Movie ★ 5.5
1956
The Unguarded Moment as Leonard Bennett
Movie ★ 6.5
1956
Rock, Pretty Baby as Jimmy Daley
Movie ★ 6.0
1955
Running Wild as Vince Pomeroy
Movie ★ 7.5
1955
Gunsmoke as Virgil Stanley
TV ★ 6.7
1955
Gunsmoke as Pedro Manez
TV ★ 6.7
1955
Gunsmoke as Gristy Calhoun
TV ★ 6.7
1955
Gunsmoke as Dingo
TV ★ 6.7
1955
Gunsmoke as Cal Strom, Jr.
TV ★ 6.7
1954
A Star Is Born as Movie Premiere Usher (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.1
1954
It Should Happen to You as Boy Watching Argument in Park (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.1
1953
TV ★ 6.8
1940s 2 credits
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
TV ★ 7.2
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Audience Member
TV ★ 7.2
Crew Credits
1980s 1 credit
1988
Movie ★ 4.4