John Saxon (actor)

Saxon has also appeared in many Italian films, mainly in the "Spaghetti Western" and police thriller genres. He was appointed CBE in 1956 and became a Companion of Honour in 2001. He appeared mostly in supporting roles, but was top-billed in his most famous film Enter the Dragon (1973), which actually starred Bruce Lee. Scofield played Mark Van Doren, father of Charles Van Doren, the man at the center of the scandal, and received a nomination for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. In his early career, Saxon worked with many notable directors including Vincente Minnelli, Blake Edwards, John Huston, Frank Borzage, and Otto Preminger, but despite this, never developed into a major star. In 1994 he starred in Quiz Show, a film directed by Robert Redford about the quiz show scandal in the United States in the 1950s. He studied acting with famous acting coach Stella Adler and broke into films in the mid-50s, playing teenage roles. He has won several awards for his stage appearances, including a Tony for the original stage version of A Man for All Seasons, and was Salieri in the original stage production of Amadeus in 1979.

He was born Carmine Orrico the son of Antonio and Anna Orrico, in Brooklyn, New York. Although his range is considerable, he has tended to be selective, preferring classical roles to those which might have won him more popular acclaim. John Saxon (born August 5, 1935) is an Italian-American actor. He began his stage career in 1940, and was soon being compared with Laurence Olivier. Scofield is not well-known to cinema-goers, despite having won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in A Man for All Seasons (1966). David Paul Scofield (born January 21, 1922) is an English actor who was born in Sussex.