John Saxon has passed away at age 84. I can't remember the first things I saw him in, but I think he was the first serious actor I recognized by name. I was surprised when I first saw his name in the opening credits of Enter the Dragon.
When he first met Bruce Lee, Bruce told him about the TV show, Kung Fu, that it was his idea, that he was going to star in it himself, but the network wanted a white actor to star. John Saxon didn't tell him him that he had been offered the part himself. He was Italian-American and in those grim days, he played a lot of non-white roles.
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