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John Paxton
Actor 1920 - 2011

John Paxton

Kansas City, Missouri USA

John Paxton (July 14, 1920 – November 17, 2011) was an American actor. He was the father of actor Bill Paxton.

Filmography

Every title this person appears in

11 titles
Oz the Great and Powerful

Oz the Great and Powerful

Sam Raimi 2013 2h 10m 6.5

Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus illusionist and con-artist, is whisked from Kansas to the Land of Oz where the inhabitants assume he's the great wizard of prophecy, there to save Oz from the clutches of evil.

Drag Me to Hell

Drag Me to Hell

Sam Raimi 2009 1h 39m 6.9

A loan officer ordered to evict an old woman from her home finds herself the recipient of a supernatural curse, which turns her life into a living hell. Desperate, she turns to a seer to try and save her soul, while evil forces work to push her to a breaking point.

Spider-Man 3

Spider-Man 3

Sam Raimi 2007 2h 19m 6.8

In the third film from the Spider-man trilogy Peter Parker has finally decides to reconcile his love for Mary Jane and his job as a superhero. Yet dark clouds are on the horizon for Spider-man and they are not only from villans Sandman and Venom but from within. Spider-man must face a new evil.

Spider-Man 2

Spider-Man 2

Sam Raimi 2004 2h 7m 7.3

Spider-man is in a slump. His superhero career is affecting his everyday life and he decides he’s had enough and puts away his costume. Yet his urge to serve and protect comes back as Dr. Octopus is causing panic in New York City and Spider-Man must return to protect the people he loves.

Spider-Man

Spider-Man

Sam Raimi 2002 2h 1m 7.4

The first Spider-Man movie from a series by Director Sam Raimi telling the story of how a nerdy high school student turns into a wall climbing muscle packed super human and the beginning of his new hobby/career of stopping crime. Also in this film is the creation of Spiderman’s villain Green Goblin.

Frailty

Frailty

Bill Paxton 2001 1h 40m 6.8

A mysterious man arrives at the offices of an FBI agent and recounts his childhood: how his religious fanatic father received visions telling him to kill people who were in fact "demons."

A Simple Plan

A Simple Plan

Sam Raimi 1998 2h 1m 7.5

Captivated by the lure of sudden wealth, the quiet rural lives of two brothers erupt into conflicts of greed, paranoia and distrust when over $4 million in cash is discovered at the remote site of a downed small airplane.

Last Man Standing

Last Man Standing

Walter Hill 1996 1h 41m 6.2

A drifting gunslinger-for-hire finds himself in the middle of an ongoing war between the Irish and Italian mafia in a Prohibition era ghost town.

Barb Wire

Barb Wire

David Hogan 1996 1h 38m 3.9

Pamela Anderson stars as a bar owner/mercenary Barb Wire. She becomes involved in a scheme about contact lenses that can help a scientist get across the American border to expose a governmental cover-up.

Psycho Cop Returns

Psycho Cop Returns

Adam Rifkin 1993 1h 25m 5.0

Psychopath cop decides to kill everyone who he thinks has broken the law.

Brain Dead

Brain Dead

Adam Simon 1990 1h 25m

A psychological thriller from the writer of the original "Twilight Zone!" In a showdown of man vs. machine, Martin plunges into a chaotic nightmare trying to save his mind from the megalomaniacal corporation!

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