Actor

John Dugan

January 1, 1940 · Brazil, Indiana, USA

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.

Notable work

7.3
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
as Grandfather
5.5
Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013)
as Grandfather
4.6
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1995)
as Cop at Hospital

Often works with

Edwin Neal
5 titles together
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Texas Chainsaw 3D, Butcher Boys
J
Jim O'Rear
4 titles together
The Hospital, Shudder, Cruel Summer III: Pray for Fall
Marilyn Burns
3 titles together
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Texas Chainsaw 3D, Butcher Boys
Gunnar Hansen
3 titles together
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Texas Chainsaw 3D, Shudder
Scott Tepperman
3 titles together
The Hospital, Cruel Summer III: Pray for Fall, Lookout Weekend: Cruel Summer IV
Sue Rock
2 titles together
Texas Chainsaw 3D, The Mangled

Full filmography · 25

The Mangled
as Uncle Bates
Upcoming
Skate to Hell
as Pauly
2026
Lookout Weekend: Cruel Summer IV
as John
2025
Game of Death: The Six Doors to Hell
as Grandpa Higgins
2024
Cruel Summer III: Pray for Fall
as Saxon
2024
Harlow's Haunt
as Harlow Greer
2022
The Once and Future Smash
as John Dugan
2022
The Macabre
as Mr. Macabre
2022
Attack of the Killer Chickens: The Movie
as Prime Minister Dugan
2022
Holy Shit Man!
as Actor (voice)
2021
Harp Brothers
as Major William Love
2020
Rock, Paper, Scissors
as Uncle Charles
2019