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.

Known For

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Texas Chainsaw 3D

The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Skate to Hell

The Hospital

Rock, Paper, Scissors

The American Nightmare

Dinner with Leatherface

All Movies (33)

• Skate to Hell2026 · as Pauly
• Lookout Weekend: Cruel Summer IV2025 · as John
• Dinner with Leatherface2024 · as Self
• Game of Death: The Six Doors to Hell2024 · as Grandpa Higgins
• Cruel Summer III: Pray for Fall2024 · as Saxon
• Stale Popcorn & Sticky Floors2023 · as Self
• Harlow's Haunt2022 · as Harlow Greer
• The Once and Future Smash2022 · as John Dugan
• The Macabre2022 · as Mr. Macabre
• Attack of the Killer Chickens: The Movie2022 · as Prime Minister Dugan
• Holy Shit Man!2021 · as Actor (voice)
• Rondo and Bob2020 · as Self
• Harp Brothers2020 · as Major William Love
• Rock, Paper, Scissors2019 · as Uncle Charles
• Deviant Behavior2018 · as Murphy
• Belly Timber2016 · as Grandpa McCormick
• The Devil Dogs of Kilo Company2015 · as Col. Talaska (Voice)
• Bite School2015 · as Henry
• Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran2015 · as Self
• The Boogeyman2014 · as Dr. Harper
• All Sinner's Night2014 · as Vietnam Veteran
• Butcher Boys2013 · as Clerk
• The Hospital2013 · as Officer Chapman
• Texas Chainsaw 3D2013 · as Grandfather
• Hell-ephone2008 · as Captain of the Guard
• Shudder2007 · as Wilkes
• The American Nightmare2000 · as Self
• The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre1995 · as Cop at Hospital
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: A Family Portrait1988 · as Himself
• Double Exposure1980 · as Neil
• The Texas Chain Saw Massacre1974 · as Grandfather
• Great White Throne Judgment— · as God
• The Mangled— · as Uncle Bates