Person

John Dugan

Acting · Born 1940-01-01 · Brazil, Indiana, USA

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.

Known for

Filmography

2026Skate to HellPauly
2025Lookout Weekend: Cruel Summer IVJohn
2024Dinner with LeatherfaceSelf
2024Game of Death: The Six Doors to HellGrandpa Higgins
2024Cruel Summer III: Pray for FallSaxon
2023Stale Popcorn & Sticky FloorsSelf
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)
2020Rondo and BobSelf
2020Harp BrothersMajor William Love
2019Rock, Paper, ScissorsUncle Charles
2018Deviant BehaviorMurphy
2016Belly TimberGrandpa McCormick
2015The Devil Dogs of Kilo CompanyCol. Talaska (Voice)
2015Bite SchoolHenry
2015Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony MoranSelf
2014The BoogeymanDr. Harper
2014All Sinner's NightVietnam Veteran
2013Butcher BoysClerk
2013The HospitalOfficer Chapman
2013Texas Chainsaw 3DGrandfather
2008Hell-ephoneCaptain of the Guard
2007ShudderWilkes
2000The American NightmareSelf
1995The Return of the Texas Chainsaw MassacreCop at Hospital
1988The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: A Family PortraitHimself
1980Double ExposureNeil
1974The Texas Chain Saw MassacreGrandfather
—Great White Throne JudgmentGod
—The MangledUncle Bates

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