Cast
John Saxon
Acting
Cast
John Saxon
Known for
Acting
Born
1935-08-05
From
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died
2020-07-25
Also known as Carmine Orrico
Biography
John Saxon (born Carmine Orrico; August 5, 1935 โ July 25, 2020) was an American actor and martial artist who worked on more than 200 projects during a span of 60 years. Saxon is known for his work in Westerns and horror movies, often playing police officers and detectives. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Saxon studied acting with Stella Adler before beginning his career as a contract actor for Universal Pictures, playing in such movies as Rock, Pretty Baby (1956) and Portrait in Black (1961). During the 1970s and 1980s, he established himself as a character actor, frequently portraying law enforcement officials in horror movies such as Black Christmas (1974), Dario Argento's Tenebrae (1982), and A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). In addition to his roles in horror movies, Saxon co-starred with Bruce Lee in the martial arts movie Enter the Dragon (1973), and has supporting roles in the westerns Death of a Gunfighter (1969) and Joe Kidd (1972), as well as the adventure thriller Raid on Entebbe (1977). In the 1990s, Saxon occasionally appeared in movies, with small roles in Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994) and From Dusk till Dawn (1996). Saxon died of pneumonia in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on July 25, 2020.
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7.3
MOVIE1984
A Nightmare on Elm Street
as Lt. Donald Thompson
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7.0
MOVIE1996
From Dusk Till Dawn
as FBI Agent Stanley Chase
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7.4
MOVIE1973
Enter the Dragon
as Roper
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6.5
MOVIE1994
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
as John Saxon / Lt. Donald Thompson
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5.9
MOVIE1994
Beverly Hills Cop III
as Orrin Sanderson
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4.9
MOVIE1992
Animal Instincts
as Otto Van Horne
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7.0
MOVIE1974
Black Christmas
as Lt. Fuller
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6.2
MOVIE1960
The Unforgiven
as Johnny Portugal
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5.2
MOVIE1989
Criminal Act
as Herb Tamplin
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6.7
MOVIE1987
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
as Thompson
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5.4
MOVIE1980
Battle Beyond the Stars
as Sador
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4.2
MOVIE2001
Final Payback
as Police Chief George Moreno
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6.4
MOVIE1972
Joe Kidd
as Luis Chama
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4.4
MOVIE1988
Zombie Death House
as Colonel Gordon Burgess
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4.7
MOVIE1975
Fight to the Death
as Mariano Beltrรกn
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5.6
MOVIE2009
Old Dogs
as Lee Robinson
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5.4
MOVIE1969
Istanbul Express
as Cheval
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7.1
MOVIE1954
A Star Is Born
as Movie Premiere Usher (uncredited)
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5.6
MOVIE2006
Pelts
as Jeb 'Pa' Jameson
MOVIETBA
New Line: Independent Legacies
as Self (archive footage)
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6.8
MOVIE1982
Tenebre
as Bullmer
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8.0
MOVIE2006
Stanley's Girlfriend
as Leo
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4.8
MOVIE1992
Maximum Force
as Captain Fuller
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7.0
MOVIE1985
Brothers-in-Law
as Royal Cane
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6.1
MOVIE1979
The Electric Horseman
as Hunt Sears
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5.0
MOVIE1976
The Swiss Conspiracy
as Robert Hayes
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6.5
MOVIE2004
Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
as Self
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4.9
MOVIE1977
Moonshine County Express
as J.B. Johnson
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6.0
MOVIE1976
Raid on Entebbe
as Maj. Gen. Benny Peled
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4.8
MOVIE1958
This Happy Feeling
as Bill Tremaine
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7.1
MOVIE1954
It Should Happen to You
as Boy Watching Argument in Park (uncredited)
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6.2
MOVIE1961
Posse from Hell
as Seymour Kern
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6.6
MOVIE1963
The Cardinal
as Benny Rampell
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3.2
MOVIE2001
Night Class
as Murphy
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6.2
MOVIE1969
Death of a Gunfighter
as Lou Trinidad
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6.7
MOVIE1958
The Reluctant Debutante
as David Parkson
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5.5
MOVIE1989
Nightmare Beach
as Strycher
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7.8
MOVIE2010
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
as Self
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6.1
MOVIE2003
Pitcher and the Pin-Up
as Michael Curtis
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4.3
MOVIE1985
Fever Pitch
as Sports Editor
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6.0
MOVIE1983
The Big Score
as Davis
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5.3
MOVIE1986
Hands of Steel
as Francis Turner
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8.0
MOVIE1972
House Made of Dawn
as Tosamah
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10.0
MOVIE2009
Clarkworld
as Self
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8.4
MOVIE2001
The Unbeatable Bruce Lee
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8.0
MOVIE2009
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
as Self
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5.6
MOVIE1982
Wrong Is Right
as Homer Hubbard
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7.7
MOVIE1998
The GREATEST : Bruce Lee
as Comentador
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9.0
MOVIE1999
Welcome to Primetime
as Self
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6.8
MOVIE1998
The Path of the Dragon
as Self
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4.9
MOVIE1980
Blood Beach
as Captain Pearson
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5.1
MOVIE2006
Trapped Ashes
as Leo (segment "Stanley's Girlfriend")
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6.1
MOVIE1976
A Special Cop in Action
as Albertelli
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6.6
MOVIE1968
Western, Italian Style
as Self
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7.7
MOVIE2012
Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s
as Self
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6.5
MOVIE1962
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
as Byron Grant
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4.6
MOVIE1974
Can Ellen Be Saved?
as James Hallbeck
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5.5
MOVIE1980
Cannibal Apocalypse
as Norman Hopper
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7.5
MOVIE1998
Bottom Feeders
as Antonio DiPaolo Jr.
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3.3
MOVIE1998
The Party Crashers
as Mr. Foster
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6.4
MOVIE1966
The Appaloosa
as Chuy
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6.4
MOVIE1962
War Hunt
as Pvt. Raymond Endore
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MOVIE1979
Fast Company
as Phil Adamson
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5.2
MOVIE1966
Queen of Blood
as Allan Brenner
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6.5
MOVIE1966
The Doomsday Flight
as George Ducette
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6.4
MOVIE1976
Violent Naples
as Francesco Capuano
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3.3
MOVIE1993
The Baby Doll Murders
as John Maglia
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6.3
MOVIE1990
The Final Alliance
as Ghost
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6.5
MOVIE1956
The Unguarded Moment
as Leonard Bennett
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5.9
MOVIE1995
Jonathan of the Bears
as Fred Goodwin
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5.7
MOVIE1960
Portrait in Black
as Blake Richards
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5.0
MOVIE1988
Stephen King's Monster Stories
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5.0
MOVIE1970
The Intruders
as Billy Pye
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6.5
MOVIE1970
Company of Killers
as Dave Poohler
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6.0
MOVIE1978
The Immigrants
as Alan Brocker
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7.0
MOVIE1990
The Last Samurai
as Haroun Al-Hakim
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4.2
MOVIE1980
Beyond Evil
as Larry Andrews
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5.0
MOVIE1980
Running Scared
as Captain Munoz
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4.3
MOVIE1975
Strange New World
as Capt. Anthony Vico
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3.3
MOVIE1975
Mitchell
as Walter Deaney
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5.5
MOVIE1992
Lucky Luke 2
as The Man in Black (archive footage)
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6.9
MOVIE1963
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
as Dr. Marcello Bassi
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3.4
MOVIE2009
War Wolves
as Tony Ford
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3.6
MOVIE1983
Prisoners of the Lost Universe
as Kleel
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4.8
MOVIE1989
My Mom's a Werewolf
as Harry Thropen
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7.0
MOVIE1958
The Restless Years
as Will Henderson
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4.3
MOVIE1997
Lancelot: Guardian of Time
as Wolvencroft
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5.6
MOVIE1965
The Night Caller
as Dr. Jack Costain
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6.3
MOVIE1960
The Plunderers
as Rondo
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5.1
MOVIE1959
The Big Fisherman
as Voldi
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6.6
MOVIE1977
The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist
as Frank Di Maggio
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6.7
MOVIE1967
Winchester '73
as Dakin McAdam
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4.4
MOVIE1991
The Arrival
as Agent Miils
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5.8
MOVIE1974
Planet Earth
as Dylan Hunt
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6.8
MOVIE1991
Solomon Northup's Odyssey
as Epps
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3.8
MOVIE1994
Killing Obsession
as Dr. Sachs
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5.1
MOVIE1979
The Glove
as Sam Kellog
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4.7
MOVIE1978
The Bees
as John Norman
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7.0
MOVIE1999
Joseph's Gift
as Jacob Keller
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5.8
MOVIE1976
Shadows in an Empty Room
as Sgt. Ned Matthews
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6.0
MOVIE1993
No Escape, No Return
as James Mitchell
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6.1
MOVIE2010
Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen
as John
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5.8
MOVIE1964
The Cavern
as Joe Cramer
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4.6
MOVIE2000
Living in Fear
as Rev. Leo Hausman
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5.0
MOVIE1976
Mark Strikes Again
as Altman
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5.8
MOVIE1962
Agostino
as Renzo
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7.3
MOVIE1968
One Dollar Too Many
as Clay Watson
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3.0
MOVIE2002
Outta Time
as Darabont
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5.6
MOVIE1990
Blood Salvage
as Clifford Evans
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8.7
MOVIE2004
Blood and Steel: The Making of Enter the Dragon
as Self
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5.2
MOVIE1990
Crossing the Line
as Jack Kagan
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5.8
MOVIE1973
Snatched
as Paul Maxvill
MOVIE2008
God's Ears
as Lee Robinson
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7.5
MOVIE1955
Running Wild
as Vince Pomeroy
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8.0
MOVIE1991
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as Self (archive footage)
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7.5
MOVIE1995
The Killers Within
as Detective Lewis
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4.6
MOVIE1990
Aftershock
as Oliver Quinn
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6.1
MOVIE2018
The Green Fog
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4.3
MOVIE1991
Payoff
as Rafael Concion
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6.3
MOVIE1973
Mr. Kingstreet's War
as Mr. Kingstreet
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6.5
MOVIE1976
Cross Shot
as Commissario Jacovella
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8.0
MOVIE2015
Black Christmas Legacy
as Self (archive footage)
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5.5
MOVIE1994
Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up
as Charles Searage
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6.1
MOVIE1978
Shalimar
as Colonel Columbus
MOVIE2009
The Mercy Man
as Father McMurray
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5.0
MOVIE2002
Black Christmas Revisited
as Self
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6.0
MOVIE1956
Rock, Pretty Baby
as Jimmy Daley
MOVIE1982
Lo Scorpione a Due Code
as Arthur Barnard
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9.0
MOVIE1981
Golden Gate
as Monty Sager
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6.1
MOVIE1959
Cry Tough
as Miguel Antonio Enrico Francisco Estrada
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8.7
MOVIE1990
The Best of the Martial Arts Films
as Self - Host
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5.5
MOVIE1958
Summer Love
as Jimmy Daley
MOVIE1973
Location: Hong Kong with Enter the Dragon
as Self
MOVIE2002
'Cannibal Apocalypse' Redux
as Sarge
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4.8
MOVIE1982
Scorpion with Two Tails
as Arthur Barnard
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6.7
MOVIE1968
For Singles Only
as Bret Hendley
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8.0
MOVIE1975
Crossfire
as Dave Ambrose
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6.5
MOVIE1965
The Ravagers
as Capt. Kermit Dowling
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3.3
MOVIE2006
The Craving Heart
as Richard Tom
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6.5
MOVIE1994
Bruce Lee: The Immortal Dragon
as Self
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6.1
MOVIE1973
Family Killer
as Gaspare Ardizzone
MOVIE2015
The Dentros
as George Dentro
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3.9
MOVIE1991
Blackmail
as Gene
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8.0
MOVIE1973
Linda
as Jeff Braden
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10.0
MOVIE1995
Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities
as Self
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6.1
MOVIE2000
Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre
as Self
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4.0
MOVIE2006
The 12 Days of Black Christmas
as Self
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4.5
MOVIE1992
Hellmaster
as Professor Jones
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4.5
MOVIE1982
Rooster
as Jerome Brademan
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10.0
MOVIE1982
Desire
as Joe Hale
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7.0
MOVIE1982
One Too Many
as Sergio Puccini