
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.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
1974 · as Grandfather

Texas Chainsaw 3D
2013 · as Grandfather

The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
1995 · as Cop at Hospital

Skate to Hell
2026 · as Pauly

Rondo and Bob
2020 · as Self

Shudder
2007 · as Wilkes

The American Nightmare
2000 · as Self

Rock, Paper, Scissors
2019 · as Uncle Charles

Butcher Boys
2013 · as Clerk

Dinner with Leatherface
2024 · as Self

Cruel Summer III: Pray for Fall
2024 · as Saxon

Game of Death: The Six Doors to Hell
2024 · as Grandpa Higgins

Attack of the Killer Chickens: The Movie
2022 · as Prime Minister Dugan

The Once and Future Smash
2022 · as John Dugan

The Hospital
2013 · as Officer Chapman

Harp Brothers
2020 · as Major William Love

Bite School
2015 · as Henry

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: A Family Portrait
1988 · as Himself