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John Saxon has died.
Posted on 7/25/20 at 10:35 pm
Posted on 7/25/20 at 10:35 pm
Roper, from Enter the Dragon, as well as many other things.
Hollywood Reporter
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John Saxon, the rugged actor who kicked around with Bruce Lee in Enter the Dragon and appeared in three Nightmare on Elm Street movies for director Wes Craven, died Saturday. He was 83.
Saxon died of pneumonia in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, his wife, Gloria, told The Hollywood Reporter.
An Italian-American from Brooklyn, Saxon played characters of various ethnicities during his long career.
His portrayal of a brutal Mexican bandit opposite Marlon Brando in The Appaloosa (1966) earned him a Golden Globe, and he had a recurring role on ABC's Dynasty as Rashid Ahmed, a powerful Middle East tycoon who romanced Alexis Colby (Joan Collins). And on another 1980s primetime soap, CBS' Falcon Crest, he played the father of Lorenzo Lamas' character.
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Posted on 7/25/20 at 10:42 pm to blueboy
Loved him in A Nightmare on Elm Street. R.I.P.
Posted on 7/25/20 at 10:48 pm to blueboy
He was a very reliable, underappreciated actor.
He played the lead in a little-known but effective film by the Sanders brothers, supported by a much inferior actor who later became famous.
He played the lead in a little-known but effective film by the Sanders brothers, supported by a much inferior actor who later became famous.
Posted on 7/25/20 at 10:50 pm to blueboy
He could’ve been a James Bond.
Posted on 7/25/20 at 10:59 pm to blueboy
Posted on 7/25/20 at 11:08 pm to PeteRose
quote:Are you saying he was considered for the role? I've never heard that.
He could’ve been a James Bond
You may be thinking of John Gavin (the boyfriend in Psycho, Caesar in Spartacus), who was actually signed to play Bond in Diamonds Are Forever. But Connery changed his mind and decided he'd do the film after all, so Gavin was simply paid off and replaced.
Gavin would later serve, I kid you not, as ambassador to Mexico under Reagan.
Posted on 7/26/20 at 12:13 am to Kafka
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So he was basically Rick Dalton.
Posted on 7/26/20 at 1:08 am to blueboy
He was great in Twister and Apollo 13. RIP in peace.
Posted on 7/26/20 at 7:50 am to GeorgeTheGreek
he was in a movie that is responsible for one of the greatest MST3K shows of all time. Mitchell
Posted on 7/26/20 at 8:03 am to blueboy
He was a very solid character actor who had a great long run in Hollywood. RIP.
Posted on 7/26/20 at 9:56 am to Arksulli
R.I.P.
Posted on 7/26/20 at 12:55 pm to blueboy
I always wondered if Burt Reynolds started getting roles he might have gotten.
They both did Mexican well.
They both did Mexican well.
Posted on 7/26/20 at 1:00 pm to blueboy
Never liked him. He did his job too well. He was the smarmy bad guy in every 70’s detective and police drama. He made me distrust him.
Posted on 7/26/20 at 8:09 pm to blueboy
I had forgotten about his turn in Dynasty.
Loved him in Elmstreet. RIP
Loved him in Elmstreet. RIP
Posted on 7/26/20 at 8:31 pm to Big Scrub TX
He had an odd cameo is From Dusk Til Dawn. I think QT was a big fan.
Posted on 7/26/20 at 9:50 pm to blueboy
His filmography must be a mile-long. I'd swear he guest starred on every single television show made from 1965-1980.
Posted on 7/26/20 at 10:37 pm to blueboy
I remember him from Enter the Dragon and The Six Million-Dollar Man.
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