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.
Shudder
(Wilkes)
Hell-ephone
(Captain of the Guard)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: A Family Portrait
(Himself)
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
(Cop at Hospital)
All Sinner's Night
(Vietnam Veteran)
The American Nightmare
(Self)
Texas Chainsaw 3D
(Grandfather)
Butcher Boys
(Clerk)
The Devil Dogs of Kilo Company
(Col. Talaska (Voice))
Deviant Behavior
(Murphy)
The Hospital
(Officer Chapman)
The Weedhacker Massacre
Bite School
(Henry)
The Macabre
(Mr. Macabre)
Great White Throne Judgment
(God)
Game of Death: The Six Doors to Hell
(Grandpa Higgins)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
(Grandfather)
Cruel Summer III: Pray for Fall
(Saxon)
Skate to Hell
(Pauly)
The Boogeyman
(Dr. Harper)
The Mangled
(Uncle Bates)
Rock, Paper, Scissors
(Uncle Charles)
Stale Popcorn & Sticky Floors
(Self)
Harp Brothers
(Major William Love)
The Once and Future Smash
(John Dugan)
Rondo and Bob
(Self)
Holy Shit Man!
(Actor (voice))