John Dugan
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.
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Acting History
2026
Skate to Hell as Pauly
2025Lookout Weekend: Cruel Summer IV as John
2024Dinner with Leatherface as Self
2024Game of Death: The Six Doors to Hell as Grandpa Higgins
2024Cruel Summer III: Pray for Fall as Saxon
2023Stale Popcorn & Sticky Floors as Self
2022Harlow's Haunt as Harlow Greer
2022The Once and Future Smash as John Dugan
2022The Macabre as Mr. Macabre
2022Attack of the Killer Chickens: The Movie as Prime Minister Dugan
2021Holy Shit Man! as Actor (voice)
2020Rondo and Bob as Self
2020Harp Brothers as Major William Love
2018Deviant Behavior as Murphy
2017Rock, Paper, Scissors as Uncle Charles
2016Belly Timber as Grandpa McCormick
2015The Devil Dogs of Kilo Company as Col. Talaska (Voice)
2015Bite School as Henry
2015Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran as Self
2014The Boogeyman as Dr. Harper
2014All Sinner's Night as Vietnam Veteran
2013Butcher Boys as Clerk
2013The Hospital as Officer Chapman
2013Texas Chainsaw 3D as Grandfather
2008Hell-ephone as Captain of the Guard
2007Shudder as Wilkes
2000The American Nightmare as Self
1995The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre as Cop at Hospital
1988The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: A Family Portrait as Himself
1980Double Exposure as Neil
1974The Texas Chain Saw Massacre as Grandfather
—Great White Throne Judgment as God
—The Mangled as Uncle Bates