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John Saxon (born Carmine Orrico; August 5, 1935 – 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.
John Saxon
The President
for The President in Getting Rid of Mr. Straker (1976)
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After MI5 Agent John Cossett (George Lazenby) goes missing while on a mission. His superior Jonathan Kingsley (David Niven) assigns up-and-coming agent Rod Straker (Roger Moore) to track down Cossett's whereabouts, despite Straker's fear of heights, clumsiness and not being able to shoot strait. When Straker finds Cossett's dead body in a cave near Italy, Kingsley decides to pass over John Cossett's mission to Straker instead, so Kingsley decides to train Straker in all that is needed to handle the mission, such as playing poker, getting into car chases, fighting henchmen, etc with the help of Kingsley's assistants, Kathy Martin (Jaclyn Smith) and Ellie Moore (Farrah Fawcett) . Straker then is assigned to investigate Cesare Magnesco (Orson Welles), who is suspected to be behind a global crime ring, and planning to sterilize the entire Earth, then personally repopulate the planet with beautiful women he has kidnapped and is holding in suspended animation. The only way for Straker to find more about Magnesco's plans is through his mistress, Alice Wood (Raquel Welch), who is unaware of Magnesco's ambitions.
