Actor
John Dugan
Born January 1, 1940 in Brazil, Indiana, USA
27 films
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.
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First watchThe Texas Chain Saw Massacre19747.3as GrandfatherFive friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way, they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within.View filmEssential films
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27 films as actor- TBAGreat White Throne JudgmentGod
- TBAThe MangledUncle Bates
- 2026Skate to HellPauly
- 2025Lookout Weekend: Cruel Summer IVJohn
- 2024Game of Death: The Six Doors to HellGrandpa Higgins
- 2024Cruel Summer III: Pray for FallSaxon
- 2022Harlow's HauntHarlow Greer
- 2022The Once and Future SmashJohn Dugan
- 2022The MacabreMr. Macabre
- 2022Attack of the Killer Chickens: The MoviePrime Minister Dugan
- 2021Holy Shit Man!Actor (voice)
- 2020Harp BrothersMajor William Love
- 2019Rock, Paper, ScissorsUncle Charles
- 2018Deviant BehaviorMurphy
- 2016Belly TimberGrandpa McCormick
- 2015The Devil Dogs of Kilo CompanyCol. Talaska (Voice)
- 2015Bite SchoolHenry
- 2014The BoogeymanDr. Harper
- 2014All Sinner's NightVietnam Veteran
- 2013Butcher BoysClerk
- 2013The HospitalOfficer Chapman
- 2013Texas Chainsaw 3DGrandfather
- 2008Hell-ephoneCaptain of the Guard
- 2007ShudderWilkes
- 1995The Return of the Texas Chainsaw MassacreCop at Hospital
- 1980Double ExposureNeil
- 1974The Texas Chain Saw MassacreGrandfather