Acting · Brazil, Indiana, USA · Born January 1, 1940
He is best known for his role in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) andTexas Chainsaw 3D (2013) as Grandpa Sawyer. He also did a cameo as a police man at the end of Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation(1994). John took time off away from the public and the cameras until the 2000s, when he started making appearances and acting in independent films again.[1]John has most recently been seen in The Hospital opposite actor/stuntman Jim O'Rear. 2015 starred in Tony Moran's biopic Horror Icon: Inside Michael’s Mask with Tony Moran.
MovieSkate to Hell
2026
as Pauly
MovieLookout Weekend: Cruel Summer IV
2025
as John
MovieDinner with Leatherface
2024
as Self
MovieGame of Death: The Six Doors to Hell
2024
as Grandpa Higgins
MovieCruel Summer III: Pray for Fall
2024
as Saxon
MovieStale Popcorn & Sticky Floors
2023
as Self
MovieHarlow's Haunt
2022
as Harlow Greer
MovieThe Once and Future Smash
2022
as John Dugan
MovieThe Macabre
2022
as Mr. Macabre
MovieAttack of the Killer Chickens: The Movie
2022
as Prime Minister Dugan
MovieHoly Shit Man!
2021
as Actor (voice)
MovieRondo and Bob
2020
as Self
MovieHarp Brothers
2020
as Major William Love
MovieRock, Paper, Scissors
2019
as Uncle Charles
MovieDeviant Behavior
2018
as Murphy
MovieBelly Timber
2016
as Grandpa McCormick
MovieThe Devil Dogs of Kilo Company
2015
as Col. Talaska (Voice)
MovieBite School
2015
as Henry
MovieHorror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran
2015
as Self
MovieThe Boogeyman
2014
as Dr. Harper
MovieAll Sinner's Night
2014
as Vietnam Veteran
MovieButcher Boys
2013
as Clerk
MovieThe Hospital
2013
as Officer Chapman
MovieTexas Chainsaw 3D
2013
as Grandfather
MovieHell-ephone
2008
as Captain of the Guard
Shudder
2007
as Wilkes
MovieThe American Nightmare
2000
as Self
MovieThe Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
1995
as Cop at Hospital
MovieThe Texas Chainsaw Massacre: A Family Portrait
1988
as Himself
Double Exposure
1980
as Neil
MovieThe Texas Chain Saw Massacre
1974
as Grandfather
Great White Throne Judgment
as God
MovieThe Mangled
as Uncle Bates
