4.250.0.210 06:49, 20 December 2006 (UTC)John Saxon (born Carmine Orrico on August 5, 1935 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor. August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (218th in leap years), with 148 days remaining. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

John is the son of Antonio and Anna Orrico. He studied acting with famous acting coach Stella Adler and broke into films in the mid-50s, 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 Orrico'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. Stella Adler (February 10, 1901 – December 21, 1992) was an American actress, and for decades was regarded as Americas foremost acting teacher. ...

In his early career, Saxon worked with many notable directors including Vincente Minnelli, Blake Edwards, John Huston, Frank Borzage, and Otto Preminger but, despite this, never developed into a major star. He appeared primarily in supporting roles, and won a Golden Globe Best Supporting Actor nomination for his portrayal of a Mexican bandit in the 1966 film The Appaloosa. He was top-billed in his most famous film Enter the Dragon (1973), although that film's main actor was Bruce Lee. In 1975 he starred in several episodes of the ABC produced mega-hit series "The Six Million Dollar Man" playing the role of Major Frederick Sloan. This role also extended into "The Bionic Woman". The actors likeness was later used for the Kenner action-figure doll called 'Maskatron' which was based on the series. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Statue of John Huston, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico John Marcellus Huston (August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director and actor. ... Frank Borzage (April 23, 1893 - June 19, 1962) was an American film director and actor famed for his mystical romanticism. ... Otto Ludwig Preminger (December 5, 1906 – April 23, 1986) was a film director. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... The Appaloosa is a 1966 film starring Marlon Brando, Anjanette Comer and John Saxon, who was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of a Mexican bandit. ... Enter the Dragon (《龍爭虎鬥》 aka. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Part of The Bionic series The Six Million Dollar Man was an American television series about a cyborg working for a U.S. secret service called OSI. The show was based on the novel Cyborg by Martin Caidin, and aired on the ABC network from 1973 to 1978. ... Part of The Bionic series The Bionic Woman was a television series which spun off from The Six Million Dollar Man. ...

Saxon has also appeared in many Italian films, mainly in the spaghetti western and police thriller genres. More recently, Saxon may be best known as a supporting player in horror films, most notably Bob Clark's underrated but highly influential Black Christmas (1974) as the relatively smart leader of a bunch of dumb cops; in Dario Argento's Tenebrae (1982) as the writer hero's shifty agent; in Mitchell (1975) as the murderous union lawyer and prostitute provider Walter Deaney; and in Wes Craven's A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984) as the heroine's father. Movie poster for Once Upon a Time in the West Spaghetti Western is a nickname for a broad sub-genre of Western film that emerged in the mid-1960s, so named because most of them were produced by Italian studios. ... Maurizio Merli on the DVD cover for Napoli violenta (1976) Poliziotteschi is a nickname for a sub-genre of crime and action film that emerged in Italy in the late 1960s and became popular in the 1970s. ... Black Christmas (1974) is a Canadian horror film, directed by Bob Clark. ... Dario Argento. ... Tenebrae (also known as Tenebre) is a 1982 Italian horror thriller film written and directed by Dario Argento. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Wesley Earl Craven (born August 2, 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American film director and writer best known as the creator of many horror films, including the famed Nightmare on Elm Street series featuring the redoubtable Freddy Krueger character. ... A Nightmare on Elm Street was the first film in the A Nightmare on Elm Street series of slasher films. ...

In recent years he has been seen in a number of independent films and has appeared in several television series, perhaps most notably CSI: Crime Scene Investigation & more recently the hit Showtime series Masters Of Horror. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is a popular Alliance Atlantis/CBS police procedural television series, running since October 2000, about a team of forensic scientists. ... Showtime is a subscription television brand used by a number of channels and platforms around the world, but primarily refers to a group of channels in the United States. ... Masters of Horror is an American television series created by director Mick Garris for the Showtime cable network. ...

External links

• John Saxon at the Internet Movie Database