John Saxon has died.

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John Saxon, ‘Enter the Dragon,’ ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ Actor, Dies at 83

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, has died. He was 83.

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[captp]

RIP John

 

[Billski]

RIP, Mr. Saxon.

 

[dmshaver]

RIP, Mr. Saxon. Thank you for entertaining us.

 

[emkeane]

Sad day. RIP Mr. Saxon.

 

[WetShaveVet]

The quintessential bad guy. Thank you for the entertainment. RIP.

 

[chuckman]

Enjoyed his acting no matter the role.

 

[Benzadmiral]

After Star Wars redefined special effects in SF films, I remember thinking, "They can do Larry Niven's Ringworld now!" And John Saxon would have made a great Louis Wu.

 

[_MementoMori_]

Rest in peace. I often mix up him and Michael Ironside in my mind. Big fan of both of those guys. Thanks for the movies, John.

 

[babydials]

Ladydials was upset, she had a crush on him in the 70s and 80s.

 

[Seraphim]

After Star Wars redefined special effects in SF films, I remember thinking, "They can do Larry Niven's Ringworld now!" And John Saxon would have made a great Louis Wu.

Boy, I loved Larry Niven’s books! Rinworld, World of Ptsvs(whatever) and collections of short stories.

 

[sternej]

Dug his acting, one of my favorites of his movies was "Battle Beyond the Stars."

 

[Benzadmiral]

Boy, I loved Larry Niven’s books! Rinworld, World of Ptsvs(whatever) and collections of short stories.

Niven is one of my favorite writers, period. His early work in particular, with action-adventure and humor, would make dynamite movies, but nobody in H'wood reads any more, it seems.

LN did venture in the Hollywood world in 1973. He proposed a story for the animated Star Trek series, and Dorothy Fontana thought his concept, black holes, might be a little hard to get across for Saturday morning TV (and in 24 minutes of screen time, too). So she and Gene Roddenberry suggested Niven adapt his own early "The Soft Weapon" for the show. He did, and it is one of the classics of Trek.

We could do the aliens believably now, too. Imagine Idris Elba voicing Speaker-to-Animals the kzin!