John Saxon
John Saxon (born Carmine Orrico; August 5, 1935) is an American actor and martial artist who has 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.
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Born | Carmine Orrico August 5, 1935 Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1954–2015 |
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Children | Antonio Saxon |
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 would establish 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).
Early life
Saxon, an Italian American,[2] was born Carmine Orrico in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Antonio Orrico, a dock worker, and Anna (née Protettore).[3] He attended New Utrecht High School, graduating in 1953. He then studied acting with famous acting coach Stella Adler. He started acting in movies during 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 Henry Willson saw Saxon's picture on the cover of a detective magazine and immediately contacted the boy's family in Brooklyn.[4] With his parents' permission, the 17-year-old Orrico contracted with Willson, and he was renamed John Saxon.[5] He contracted with Universal Studios in April 1954 at $150 a week.[6] John Saxon is proficient in Judo and Shotokan Karate.[7]
Career
Universal Pictures
Saxon spent 18 months at Universal before the studio first used him for a movie.[8] His first significant role was a juvenile delinquent in Running Wild (1955), co-starring Mamie Van Doren.
He was then given a good role in The Unguarded Moment (1956), playing a youth who seemingly stalks Esther Williams. During February 1956 Universal exercised its option on Saxon and he was paid $225 a week.[6]
Teen idol
Saxon had the main part in a low budget teen movie, Rock, Pretty Baby (1956) which became an unexpected success and established Saxon as a teen idol. Universal executives were pleased, and Ross Hunter announced he would be in Teach Me How To Cry.[9] First Saxon quickly reprised his Rock, Pretty Baby role in a sequel, Summer Love (1958). By now he was getting about 3,000 fan letters a week.[10]
He then made Teach Me How to Cry with Sandra Dee which was retitled The Restless Years (1958).
Universal put him in an "A film", This Happy Feeling (1958), directed by Blake Edwards, where Saxon romanced Debbie Reynolds in support of Curt Jurgens. MGM borrowed him to appear opposite Sandra Dee in The Reluctant Debutante (1958), for director Vincente Minnelli, which was widely seen. Saxon was billed third, beneath Rex Harrison and Kay Kendall.
He had a support role in a large budget Biblical drama about Simon Peter, The Big Fisherman (1959) for director Frank Borzage, featuring Howard Keel. It was a financial disappointment.
With United Artists Saxon had the main role in Cry Tough (1959), a movie about juvenile delinquents.
Saxon worked with another major director, John Huston, in the Western, The Unforgiven (1960), playing an Indian in support of Burt Lancaster and Audrey Hepburn.
Back at Universal, he remained in a supporting role for Portrait in Black (1960), reunited with Dee, with Lana Turner and Anthony Quinn.
He was essentially a juvenile delinquent cowboy in The Plunderers (1960), tormenting Jeff Chandler. He played in the Westerns Posse from Hell (1961) with Audie Murphy and guest featured in television series like General Electric Theater and The Dick Powell Theatre.[11]
"I want to do all sorts of character parts," he said in 1960.[12]
Saxon played a serial killer soldier in War Hunt (1962), and had a small role in the comedy success Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962).
Europe
Saxon traveled to Italy to make Agostino (1962).
In 1963 Saxon co-featured with Letícia Román in Mario Bava's Italian giallo movie The Girl Who Knew Too Much.
He returned to Hollywood to perform in Otto Preminger's The Cardinal (1963) and an episode of Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre then was back to Europe for The Cavern (1964).
The Ravagers (1965) was filmed in the Philippines; Night Caller from Outer Space (1965) was a science fiction movie filmed in Britain.
In 1966, he featured in Curtis Harrington's science fiction/horror classic Queen of Blood with Basil Rathbone and Dennis Hopper, then played opposite Marlon Brando in The Appaloosa (1966), winning a Golden Globe Best Supporting Actor nomination for his portrayal of a Mexican bandit. Saxon recalls, "This was to me a terrific role and something I was ready for, but he [Brando] was despondent. He said he had lent a whole bunch of money to his father, and what he was saying to me was that his father ruined his life by losing all of his money. He was kind of bored in the picture."[5]
The Doomsday Flight (1966) was a made-for-television movie. In an interview in 1966 he said "I never felt comfortable being a teenage dreamboat... I regard myself as a craftsman."[13]
He portrayed Marco Polo in episode 26 of The Time Tunnel ("Attack of the Barbarians"), originally broadcast on March 10, 1967, and was a guest actor on Bonanza in 1967 ("The Conquistadores"). In episode 19, season 5 of The Virginian ("The Modoc Kid") Saxon appeared in the title role alongside a young actor, appearing in one of his first speaking roles, Harrison Ford. And in 1969 he appeared in ("My Friend, My Enemy").
Saxon was in a sex comedy for Sam Katzman, For Singles Only (1968) and played in some Westerns, One Dollar Too Many (1968), Death of a Gunfighter (1969), "The Men From Shiloh" (rebranded name for The Virginian (1971), and Joe Kidd (1972) (again playing a Mexican, this time a revolutionary named Luis Chama). I Kiss the Hand (1973) was a thriller made in Italy.
He spent three years playing Dr. Theodore Stuart for the television series The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969–1972).
Enter the Dragon
He played the martial artist Roper in 1973's Enter the Dragon, Bruce Lee's first major role in a Hollywood feature. He was in action movies: Mitchell (1974), The Swiss Conspiracy (1975), Strange Shadows in an Empty Room (1976), Napoli violenta (1976), Mark Strikes Again (1976), A Special Cop in Action (1976), Cross Shot (1976), The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist (1977).
In 1974 he played police Lieutenant Fuller in the Canadian production of Black Christmas; from 1974–76, he appeared in The Six Million Dollar Man, first as Major Frederick Sloan and then as Nedlick. This role also extended into The Bionic Woman. The actor's likeness was later used for the Kenner action-figure doll called 'Maskatron' which was based on the series.
In 1976, Saxon portrayed a homicidal vampire-like strangler in the Season Two Starsky & Hutch episode, 'Vampire'. Raid on Entebbe (1977) was a prestige television movie for him. Moonshine County Express was a big success for Roger Corman's New World Pictures; Saxon made another for that company, The Bees (1978). He appeared in a Bollywood movie, Shalimar (1978) then it was back to exploitation: Fast Company (1979), The Glove (1979).
Saxon played Hunt Sears, chief of a breakfast cereal conglomerate, opposite Robert Redford and Jane Fonda in the 1979, Oscar-nominated film The Electric Horseman.
1980s–present
He appeared in the 1982 television movie Rooster, and played in the last week of the game show Whew! His extensive television credits include two years as Tony Cumson on Falcon Crest (1982, 1986–1988) as well as the recurring role of Rashid Ahmed on Dynasty (1982–1984).
He played twice, in different roles, in The A-Team in 1983 and 1985. He played the role of Captain Radl in the two-part Wonder Woman episode "The Feminine Mystique" in 1976.
Saxon has played in many Italian movies, mainly in Italian western and police thriller genres. Titles from these genres include One Dollar Too Many (1968) and Napoli violenta (1976). He also was the second incarnation of Dylan Hunt from the Gene Roddenberry shows named Planet Earth and Strange New World.
He then played 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; in Battle Beyond the Stars (1980) as Sador; in Cannibal Apocalypse (1980) where he played a Vietnam veteran tormented because his worthless pal bit him and years later, he is starting to get the urge to do the same; in Prisoners of the Lost Universe as an alternate-universe warlord, and in Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) as the heroine's (Nancy Thompson's) father. He reprised his role in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) and Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994) as he played himself in a dual role. He also made his directorial debut in 1987 with the horror movie Zombie Death House, which starred Dennis Cole and Anthony Franciosa. He starred in Maximum Force (1992) as Captain Fuller and also played in From Dusk till Dawn (1996).
In recent years, he has been in a number of independent movies and has played in several television series, including CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and the Showtime series Masters of Horror.
He was a special guest on the Creation Entertainment - Weekend of Horrors 2010 on 21 May in Los Angeles.[14]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1954 | It Should Happen to You | Boy Watching Argument in Park | Uncredited |
1954 | A Star Is Born | Movie Premiere Usher | Uncredited |
1955 | Running Wild | Vince Pomeroy | |
1956 | The Unguarded Moment | Leonard Bennett | |
1956 | Rock, Pretty Baby | Jimmy Daley | |
1957 | Summer Love | Jimmy Daley | |
1958 | This Happy Feeling | Bill Tremaine | |
1958 | The Reluctant Debutante | David Parkson | |
1958 | The Restless Years | Will Henderson | |
1959 | Cry Tough | Miguel Antonio Enrico Francisco Estrada | |
1959 | The Big Fisherman | Prince Voldi | |
1960 | The Unforgiven | Johnny Portugal | |
1960 | Portrait in Black | Blake Richards | |
1960 | The Plunderers | Rondo | |
1961 | Posse from Hell | Seymour Kern | |
1962 | War Hunt | Pvt. Raymond Endore | |
1962 | Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation | Byron Grant | |
1962 | Agostino | Renzo | |
1963 | The Girl Who Knew Too Much | Dr. Marcello Bassi | |
1963 | The Cardinal | Benny Rampell | |
1964 | The Cavern | Pvt. Joe Cramer | |
1965 | The Ravagers | Capt. Kermit Dowling | Also known as: In the Philippines: Only the Brave Know Hell |
1965 | The Night Caller | Dr. Jack Costain | |
1966 | Queen of Blood | Allan Brenner | |
1966 | The Appaloosa | Chuy | Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor — Motion Picture [15] |
1966 | The Doomsday Flight | George Ducette | Television film |
1967 | Winchester '73 | Dakin McAdam | Television film |
1968 | Istanbul Express | Cheval | Television film |
1968 | For Singles Only | Bret Hendley | |
1968 | One Dollar Too Many | Clay Watson | |
1969 | Death of a Gunfighter | Lou Trinidad | |
1971 | "The Men From Shiloh (rebranded name of The Virginian | Sgt. Terence Mulcahy | TV western |
1971 | Mr Kingstreet's War | Jim Kingstreet | |
1972 | Joe Kidd | Luis Chama | |
1973 | I Kiss the Hand | Gaspare Ardizzone | |
1973 | Enter the Dragon | Roper | |
1974 | Planet Earth | Dylan Hunt | |
1974 | Black Christmas | Lt. Ken Fuller | |
1975 | Metralleta 'Stein' | Mariano Beltrán | |
1975 | Mitchell | Walter Deaney | |
1976 | The Swiss Conspiracy | Robert Hayes | |
1976 | Strange Shadows in an Empty Room | Sgt. Ned Matthews | |
1976 | Violent Naples | Francesco Capuano | |
1976 | Mark Strikes Again | Inspector Altman | |
1976 | A Special Cop in Action | Jean Albertelli | |
1976 | Cross Shot | Commissioner Jacovella | |
1977 | Raid on Entebbe | Gen. Benny Peled | |
1977 | The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist | DiMaggio | |
1977 | Moonshine County Express | J.B. Johnson | |
1977 | Tre soldi e la donna di classe | ||
1978 | The Bees | John Norman | |
1978 | Shalimar | Col. Columbus | |
1979 | Fast Company | Phil Adamson | |
1979 | The Glove | Sam Kellog | |
1979 | The Electric Horseman | Hunt Sears | |
1980 | Beyond Evil | Larry Andrews | |
1980 | Cannibal Apocalypse | Norman Hopper | |
1980 | Battle Beyond the Stars | Sador | |
1980 | Running Scared | Captain Munoz | |
1981 | Blood Beach | Captain Pearson | |
1982 | Wrong Is Right | Homer Hubbard | |
1982 | Una di troppo | Sergio Puccini the notary | |
1982 | Scorpion with Two Tails | Arthur Barnard | |
1982 | Tenebrae | Bullmer | |
1982 | Desire | Joe Hale | |
1983 | Prisoners of the Lost Universe | Kleel | |
1983 | The Big Score | Davis | |
1984 | A Nightmare on Elm Street | Lt. Donald Thompson | |
1985 | Fever Pitch | Sports editor | |
1986 | Hands of Steel | Francis Turner | |
1987 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors | Donald Thompson | credited as Special Appearance |
1987 | House Made of Dawn | Tosamah | |
1987 | Death House | Colonel Gordon Burgess | |
1988 | The Last Samurai | ||
1988 | Nightmare Beach | Strycher | |
1989 | My Mom's a Werewolf | Harry Thropen | |
1989 | Criminal Act | Herb Tamplin | |
1990 | Aftershock | Oliver Quinn | |
1990 | The Final Alliance | Ghost | |
1990 | Crossing the Line | Jack Kagan | |
1990 | Blood Salvage | Clifford Evans | |
1991 | The Arrival | Agent Mills | |
1992 | Maximum Force | Captain Fuller | |
1992 | Hellmaster | Professor Jones | |
1993 | The Baby Doll Murders | John Maglia | |
1993 | No Escape No Return | James Mitchell | |
1993 | Jonathan of the Bears | Fred Goodwin | |
1994 | Beverly Hills Cop III | Orrin Sanderson | |
1994 | Killing Obsession | Dr. Sachs | |
1994 | Wes Craven's New Nightmare | Himself/Donald Thompson | |
1994 | Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up | Charles Searage | |
1996 | From Dusk till Dawn | FBI Agent Stanley Chase | |
1997 | The Killers Within | Detective Lewis | |
1997 | Lancelot: Guardian of Time | Wolvencroft | |
1998 | The Party Crashers | Mr. Foster | |
1998 | Joseph's Gift | Jacob Keller | |
1999 | Criminal Minds | Antonio DiPaolo Jr. | |
2001 | Final Payback | Police Chief George Moreno | |
2001 | Night Class | Murphy | |
2002 | Outta Time | James Darabont | |
2003 | The Road Home | Michael Curtis | |
2006 | The Craving Heart | Richard Tom | |
2006 | Trapped Ashes | Leo | Segment: "Stanley's Girlfriend" |
2008 | God's Ears | Lee Robinson | |
2009 | Old Dogs | Paul | |
2009 | War Wolves | Tony Ford | |
2009 | The Mercy Man | Father McMurray | |
2010 | Genghis Khan | Chiledu | |
2015 | The Extra | Victor Vallient |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1955 | Medic | Danny Ortega | — "Walk with Lions" |
1961 | General Electric Theater | Martin Glass | — "Cate in the Cradle" |
1962 | The Dick Powell Theatre | Nick Giller | — "A Time to Die" |
1963–64 | Burke's Law | Gil Lynch / Bud Charney | 2 episodes
— "Who Killed Cable Roberts" (1963) — "Who Killed the Horne of Plenty?" (1964) |
1964 | Another World | Edward Gerard #1 | (1985-1986) |
1964–66 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Mario Silvetti / Augie | 2 episodes
— "Echo of Evil" (1964) — "After the Lion, Jackals" (1966) |
1965–75 | Gunsmoke | Gristy Calhoun / Pedro Manez / Virgil Stanley / Cal Strom, Jr. / Dingo | 5 episodes
— "Dry Road to Nowhere" (1965) — "The Avengers" (1965) — "The Whispering Tree" (1966) — "The Pillagers" (1967) — "The Squaw" (1975) |
1966 | Dr. Kildare | Richard Ross | 2 episodes
— "The Art of Taking a Powder" — "Read the Book and Then See the Picture" |
1966 | The Doomsday Flight | George Ducette | TV Movie |
1967 | The Time Tunnel | Marco Polo | — "Attack of the Barbarians" |
1967 | Winchester 73 | Dakin McAdam | TV Movie |
1967 | Cimarron Strip | Screamer | — "Journey to a Hanging" |
1967 | Garrison's Gorillas | Janus | — "20 Gallons to Kill" |
1967–69 | Bonanza | Chief Jocova / Blas / Steven Friday | 3 episodes
— "Black Friday" (1967) — "The Conquistadores" (1967) — "My Friend, My Enemy" (1969) |
1967–70 | Ironside | Eric Saginor / Carter | 2 episodes
— "An Inside Job" (1967) — "Ransom" (1970) |
1967–71 | The Virginian | Sergeant Terence Mulcahy / Ben Oakes / Dell Stetler | 3 episodes
— "The Modoc Kid" (1967) — "Vision of Blindness" (1968) — "The Regimental Line" (1971) |
1968 | It Takes a Thief | Dead Man | — "A Thief Is a Thief" |
1968 | The Name of the Game | Peter Max | — "Collector's Edition" |
1968 | Istanbul Express | Cheval | TV Movie |
1969 | The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | Dr. Theodore Stuart | recurring role (29 episodes) |
1970 | Company of Killers | Dave Poohler | TV Movie |
1970 | The Intruders | Billy Pye | TV Movie |
1972 | The Sixth Sense | Dr. Harry Auden | — "Lady, Lady, Take My Life" |
1972 | Night Gallery | Ianto (segment "I'll Never Leave You – Ever") | — "I'll Never Leave You – Ever / There Aren't Any More MacBanes" |
1972 | Kung Fu | Raven | — "King of the Mountain" |
1972 | Banyon | Johnny Clay | — "The Clay Clarinet" |
1972 | Norman Corwin Presents | unknown role | — "The Better It Looks, the Worse It Is" |
1973 | Snatched | Paul Maxvill | TV Movie |
1973 | The Streets of San Francisco | Vincent "Vince" Hagopian, Jr. | — "A Collection of Eagles" |
1973 | The Rookies | Farley | — "Cauldron" |
1973 | Linda | Jeff Braden | TV Movie |
1973 | Police Story | Rick Calvelli | — "Death on Credit" |
1974 | Banacek | Harry Harland | — "The Vanishing Chalice" |
1974 | Can Ellen Be Saved? | James Hallbeck | TV Movie |
1974 | Planet Earth | Dylan Hunt | TV Movie |
1974 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Mike Tedesca | — "Menage-a-Phyllis" |
1974–76 | The Six Million Dollar Man | Nedlick / Major Frederick Sloan | 2 episodes
— "Day of the Robot" (1974) — "The Return of Bigfoot: Part 1" (1976) |
1975 | Crossfire | Dave Ambrose | TV Movie |
1975 | Strange New World | Captain Anthony Vico | TV Movie |
1975 | Petrocelli | Richie Martin | — "Mark of Cain" |
1976 | The Rockford Files | Dave Delaroux | — "A Portrait of Elizabeth" |
1976 | The Bionic Woman | Nedlick | — "The Return of Bigfoot: Part 2" |
1976 | Starsky and Hutch | Rene Nadasy | — "The Vampire" |
1976 | Wonder Woman | Captain Radl | 2 episodes |
1976 | Once an Eagle | Captain Townshend | Miniseries (4 episodes) |
1976 | Raid on Entebbe | General Benny Peled | TV Movie |
1977 | Most Wanted | Randall Mason | — "The Insider" |
1977 | The Fantastic Journey | Consul Tarant | — "A Dream of Conquest" |
1977 | Westside Medical | Bob Farrow | — "Intensive Care" |
1977 | Quincy M.E. | Publisher Charles Desskasa | — "Sullied By Thy Name" |
1977 | Harold Robbins' 79 Park Avenue | Harry Vito | Miniseries (3 episodes) |
1978 | The Immigrants | Alan Brocker | TV Movie |
1978 | Greatest Heroes of the Bible | Adonijah | — "The Judgement of Solomon" |
1978–84 | Fantasy Island | Michael Anderson / Cyrano de Bergerac / Monsieur Berandt Sabatier / Evan Watkins / Professor Harold DeHaven / Colin McArthur / Dr. Roger Sullivan | 6 episodes |
1979 | Hawaii Five-O | Harry Clive | — "The Bark and the Bite" |
1980 | Vega$ | Michael Jennings | — "Aloha, You're Dead" |
1981 | Golden Gate | Monty Sager | TV Movie |
1982 | Rooster | Jerome Brademan | TV Movie |
1982–84 | Dynasty | Rashid Ahmed | Recurring role (6 episodes) |
1982–88 | Falcon Crest | Tony Cumson | Recurring role (32 episodes) |
1983 | Savage in the Orient | Nick Costa | TV Movie |
1983 | Hardcastle and McCormick | Martin Cody | — "Rolling Thunder" |
1983 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Dirk Fredericks | 2 episodes
— "The First Time" — "Saved by the Bells" |
1983–85 | The A-Team | Kalem / Martin James | 2 episodes
— "Children of Jamestown" (1983) — "Moving Targets" (1985) |
1984 | Magnum P.I. | Ed Russler | — "Jororo Farewell" |
1984 | Masquerade | Joey Savane | — "The French Correction" |
1984 | Finder of Lost Loves | Commander Zach Donahue | — "White Lies" |
1984 | American Playhouse Presents | Epps | — "Solomon Northup's Odyssey" |
1984–1994 | Murder, She Wrote | Bernardo Bonelli / Marco Gambini / Jerry Lydecker | 3 episodes
— "Hooray for Homicide" (1984) — "A Very Good Year for Murder" (1988) — "Proof in the Pudding" (1994) |
1985 | Half Nelson | unknown role | — "Diplomatic Immunity" |
1985 | Brothers-in-Law | Royal Cane | TV Movie |
1985 | Glitter | The Author | — "The Matriarch" |
1987 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Garth December | — "The Specialty of the House" |
1987 | Hotel | Jack Curtis | — "Fallen Angel" |
1989 | The Ray Bradbury Theatre | Dudley Stone | — "The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone" |
1991 | Monsters | Benjamin O'Connell | — "The Waiting Room" |
1991 | Matlock | John Franklin | — "The Parents" |
1991 | Payoff | Rafael Concion | TV Movie |
1991 | Blackmail | Gene | TV Movie |
1991 | In the Heat of the Night | Dalton Sykes | — "Liar's Poker" |
1992 | Lucky Luke | The Man in Black | — "Magia Indiana" |
1994–95 | Melrose Place | Henry Waxman | recurring role (4 episodes) |
1995 | Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story | Richard Brooks | TV Movie |
1996 | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues | Straker | — "Escape" |
1997 | California | Don Rafael Guevara | — "Episode #1.1" |
2001 | Living in Fear | Reverend Leo Hausman | TV Movie |
2005 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Walter Gordon | — "Grave Danger: Part 1" |
2006 | Masters of Horror | Jeb "Pa" Jameson | — "Pelts" |
2009 | War Wolves | Tony Ford | TV Movie |
References
- Ortega, Albert L. "Hollywood Show 2014". Getty Images.
- Hopper, Hedda (1 September 1957). "John Saxon's The Brooklyn Italian Type". The Hartford Courant. Retrieved 2007-12-10.
- "John Saxon Biography (1935-)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
- Hofler, Robert (2005). The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson: The Pretty Boys and Dirty Deals of Henry Willson. Carroll & Graf. ISBN 978-0786716074.
- King, Susan (October 21, 2012). "John Saxon, Hollywood cool guy, remembers his 'Dragon' days". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2015-01-23.
- "Contracts of Two Young Film Players Approved: Mutual Congratulations Mark Meeting of Rena Clark and John Saxon in Court". Los Angeles Times. 16 February 1956. p. A1.
- Jacques, Steve (1 August 1973). "John Saxon's Greatest Challenge". Black Belt: 14–18. Retrieved 5 March 2019 – via Google Books.
- Hopper, Hedda (1 Sep 1957). "Saxon Draws Diverse Roles: Diverse Characters Played by John Saxon". Los Angeles Times. p. D1.
- Louella Parsons: Bobo Rockefeller Invests in a Movie The Washington Post and Times Herald 22 Dec 1956: B13.
- Beck, Joan (4 July 1960). "John Saxon, Handsome, Moody Teen-Age Idol". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. A1.
- Is He the One Who'll Become Scott, John L. Los Angeles Times 11 Dec 1960: B6.
- John Saxon, Handsome, Moody Teen-Age Idol Beck, Joan. Chicago Daily Tribune 4 July 1960: a1.
- Alpert, Don (27 Mar 1966). "John Saxon—Teen Dreamboat on Calmer Seas". Los Angeles Times. p. B4.
- Barton, Steve (22 April 2010). "Creation Weekend of Horrors - Get Your Tickets Before They're All Gone!". DreadCentral. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
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