Biography
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.
Acted in 24
2020s
- 2026
- 2025
- 2024
Game of Death: The Six Doors to Hell
Grandpa Higgins
Cruel Summer III: Pray for Fall
Saxon
- 2022
Harlow's Haunt
Harlow Greer
The Macabre
Mr. Macabre
Attack of the Killer Chickens: The Movie
Prime Minister Dugan
- 2021
Holy Shit Man!
Actor (voice)
- 2020
Harp Brothers
Major William Love
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
Deviant Behavior
Murphy
- 2016
Belly Timber
Grandpa McCormick
- 2015
The Devil Dogs of Kilo Company
Col. Talaska (Voice)
Bite School
Henry
- 2014
The Boogeyman
Dr. Harper
All Sinner's Night
Vietnam Veteran
- 2013
The Hospital
Officer Chapman
2000s
- 2008
Hell-ephone
Captain of the Guard
1970s
- 1974
No release date
The Mangled
Uncle Bates
Appearances6
2020s
- 2024
Dinner with Leatherface
Self
- 2023
Stale Popcorn & Sticky Floors
Self
- 2020
Rondo and Bob
Self
2010s
- 2015
Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran
Self
2000s
- 2000
The American Nightmare
Self
1980s
- 1988
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: A Family Portrait
Himself