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John Saxon

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American actor (1936-2020)

OverviewAI-generated

John Saxon was a British artist active from 1955 to 2015. Born on August 5, 1936, and deceased on July 25, 2020, he had one child. His musical output is categorized under genres including british, hard rock, heavy metal, history, and metal.

According to Open Library records, Saxon is associated with 51 works. Notable titles include *There Was a Haunted Mansion*, *Days of Daniel*, *622 the Underground*, *Testing Book*, and *Answer Key Transparencies Volume 2*. Crossref data lists five works, while Last.fm tracks 38 plays from 12 listeners. His name appears in 400 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 18 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
51

Top works

  • There Was a Haunted Mansion
  • Days of Daniel
  • 622 the Underground
  • Testing Book
  • Answer Key Transparencies Volume 2

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1976
britishhard rockheavy metalhistorymetalmotorcycles

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
12
Total plays
38

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/John+Saxon">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · John Saxon

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple

    · 1996 · cited 204,416x

  2. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

    · 2021 · cited 43,543x

  3. Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology

    · 2000 · cited 36,882x

  4. Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment

    · 2007 · cited 35,543x

  5. The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)

    · 1992 · cited 29,119x

via Crossref · CC0

Key facts

Born
Carmine Orrico , ( 1936-08-05 ) August 5, 1936, Brooklyn, New York , U.S.
Died
July 25, 2020 (2020-07-25) (aged 83), Murfreesboro, Tennessee , U.S.
Resting place
Lake View Cemetery
Occupation
Actor • martial artist
Years active
1954–2017
Known for
Rock, Pretty Baby This Happy Feeling Enter the Dragon The Appaloosa
Spouse
Mary Ann Saxon ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1967 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1979 ) ​ , Elizabeth Saxon ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1987 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1992 ) ​ , Gloria Martel Saxon, ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2008 ⁠ – ⁠ 2020 ) ​
Awards
Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year - Actor

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

John Saxon (born Carmine Orrico; August 5, 1936 – July 25, 2020) was an American actor and martial artist who worked on more than 200 film and television projects during a span of 60 years. He was known for his work in Westerns and horror films, 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, appearing in such films as Rock, Pretty Baby (1956) and Portrait in Black (1961), which earned him a reputation as a teen idol and won him a Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor. During the 1970s and 1980s, he established himself as a character actor, frequently portraying law-enforcement officials in horror films such as Black Christmas (1974) and A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “John Saxon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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