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Patrice says on 24/Nov/09
My uncle is 8O years, and he's still 5'11, as he was 30 or 40 years ago. It's dangerous to be an actor. You are 6 ft when you're young, but suddenly 5'5 a few years later.
Remo says on 1/Oct/09
How is he 5'8 today. Mamun looks, at least half an inch taller than him (i am aware of the angle, in favor of mamun) in the pic. He's more like 5'7.5 today, 5'9, in his prime. That would put Bruce lee around 5'6ish Jon 183cm says on 1/Oct/09
he looked 5'11" in enter the dragon! shame hes only 5'8" now. still a legend Rika says on 1/Oct/09
Men can start losing height by their 50's. My grandpop was 5'10 in his prime. Now at 70, he's 5'6.
Man, John Saxon aged quite badly, kinda sucks. In his prime he did appear to have that 5'10 average guy look. Even next to 6'2 Jim Kelly. RisingForce says on 1/Oct/09
Yeah, the 5'8" stuff for Bruce doesn't make much sense. He was 1.5" shorter than 5'8.5" Chuck Norris. Bruce was more like 5'7". Brad says on 4/Sep/09
5' 9" when I met him 10+ years ago, had Bruce Lee by 3" in Enter The Dragon with ease when he was 5' 10" in '73. Shane says on 18/Mar/09
Met and worked out with John Saxon at Stanford University in 1990. He was close to 5'10 barefoot. I believe in his youth 5'11 is possible given his stated back injuries. I know other Army Airborne guys that have lost two inches before age thurty from spinal compression. runt says on 19/Dec/08
I just realized he was in Nightmare On Elm Street back in '84 with 5-9 Johnny Depp. Does anybody have the movie and if so did he look taller than Depp? Ed(1) says on 13/Dec/08
I'm curious to know exactly how he lost 2.5 inches in height? That's a lot to lose! He definitely looked 5ft8 when I saw him afew years ago, yet in Enter the Dragon he looked a solid 5ft10-5ft11. Weird? Suzi says on 12/Dec/08
Good God! He's STILL gorgeous! glenn says on 8/Dec/08
thats one building that can call you short.lol. Brad says on 7/Dec/08
Cobain had bad posture due to some problem with his back. He wore worn out Chuck Taylors. He always looked short but really wasn't as short as people thought....not to mention being by a bass playing building. Mamun says on 5/Dec/08
Yes I agree James !
Regards
Mamun glenn says on 5/Dec/08
brad-for you to pin down cobain like that is impressive.cause he is mentioned at a low of 5-6 once to 5-7 mainly and 5-8 sometimes.rarely mentioned higher.but courtney did say 5-10.he was tricky.cause to me,he seemed close to my height at times.but then i realised,hey this guy is slouching big time.hunched over like the hunchback.i couldnt understand why my 5-9,5-10 friends were calling him short when cobain was similiar in height to them. glenn says on 5/Dec/08
did saxon really shrink to 5-8?.sounds too low.though there is proof on tops.but pics,even mine,can be decieving.everyone is matching my 5-9 sighting too.he keeps shrinking? Brad says on 4/Dec/08
I agree on tons of celebs....I see tons 4 times a year at Ray Courts' Burbank shows. Cruise is 5' 8". Cobain was HARD....he slumped and looked shorter than he was. I'll ask Saxon in Feb. about Lee. Ed(1) says on 4/Dec/08
He looked 5ft8.5-5ft9 tops in shoes when I saw him a few years ago! I was probably standing around 6ft0.5 in the shoes I was wearing and I was easily around 4 inches taller then him! I was shocked too because I expected him to be at least 5ft10 or more and stockier built. He just came across as a small, frail, older man. glenn says on 4/Dec/08
brad is very accurate when he sees celebs.its a shame he is stubborn otherwise when not meeting or seeing them.otherwise for a 6-5 guy he is extremely accurate.so i have to respect him for that much.he agreed at my cobain estimate (5-9.5),cruise at 5-8,etc. Ras says on 2/Dec/08
2.5 inches is too much, maybe if he was 85+. Brad says on 2/Dec/08
Good judge with Lee in ETD...both in fighting Chinese flats. glenn says on 2/Dec/08
i agree.5-9. Brad says on 2/Dec/08
5' 9" when I met him. leonari says on 1/Dec/08
I doubt he was close to 5'11 way back. 5'10" makes more sense since I believe Bruce Lee was around 5'7". Joe says on 1/Dec/08
he's 5'9 still people. RICHARD says on 1/Dec/08
He's 73 now so I believe he shrunk 2 inches. He didn't look as short as Bruce Lee in Enter the Dragon,but as someone else said he was a bit stocky so that made him look only 5-9. I believe he's now 5-8 but his peak was a strong 5-10.
He was 3 inches over Lee in Enter the Dragon so 5-10 back in 1973,now 5-8 in 2008. el toppo says on 1/Dec/08
wow. 2.5 inches! is that possible? glenn says on 24/Nov/08
interesting find hollywood fan.i feel 5-8 is too low for him.5-9 now.then again he mustve lost more.i havnt seen him since 1996. hollywoodfan says on 23/Nov/08
He was in an episode of "The Six Million Dollar Man" years ago and played 'Fred Sloan' (& the robot who impersonated 'Fred Sloan'; There's a scene in the episode where "Sloan" is measured and he's exactly at the 5'11" 1/2 mark. Then again, he was wearing shoes/boots. Don't know how much of a heel the footwear had. Gonzalo says on 7/Aug/08
I saw him yesterday in the film The unforgiven. He looked clearly shorter than Burt Lancaster, about 7-8 cms minimum. But Lancaster sometimes looks as tall as 1`87-88 although he probably was shorter than that, 1`85 Ed says on 20/Nov/06
There is no way Saxon is 5ft9 now barefoot, I was absolutely shocked when I saw him at a convention a while back. I knew he would be older and maybe a little smaller, but he was small. I'd say 5ft7.5 to 5ft 8 barefoot and maybe near 5ft9 with shoes, and frail looking. He was a pretty stocky guy in Enter the Dragon, and still looked it in The Nightmare on Elm Street movies, but now not the case. Maybe he was 5ft9ish in his prime. Glenn says on 20/Nov/06
Dunken-Frank2,I think,posted pics of a black and white movie where he did look tallish. Dunken says on 19/Nov/06
to Glenn: people say he looked 5'11 in his prime because he did look close to 4 inches taller than 5'6.5/5'7 Bruce Lee in Enter the Dragon, 30+ years ago. Glenn says on 19/Nov/06
Saxon seemed 5-9 to me.but why do a couple of people say he was 5-11 in his prime? was he really and he shrunk? Electric06 says on 16/Nov/06
My assumption for him is correct 5'9.5" in his prime. 5'8.5" today. He went through a lot of shrinkage. This supports the idea that Bruce Lee was around 168-69cm. Glenn says on 4/Oct/06
Thanks Backstage and Ed at backing me on my claims that Saxon is shorter than expected. Ed says on 31/Aug/06
Saw Saxon at a convention, and I was shocked how small he was, I'd say 5ft8ish barefoot, even his body frame was small. I was expecting a 5ft10 to 5ft11 stocky built guy. A lot has changed since his Enter the dragon days. Glenn says on 19/Jul/06
Explains why he looked 5-9 when I met him.another victory on my accuracy.I did see early career pics where he looked a shocking 6ft.Cesar is 6-3. MarkO says on 18/Jul/06
If you have a tape of season 1 of The Six Million Dollar Man, check out Day of The Robot episode, with Saxon. At one point, he stand against one of those police measuring chart type things (facing front, and in profile). If memory serves me, he equalled the 5'10 mark, I assume, with shoes. However, who knows how well placed the measuring chart was. Cesar Romero as the Joker can be found against a similar chart in photos on Ebay. It makes him look 6'6, and I'm sure that's not true. Talltaleteller says on 2/May/06
Bruce Lee was never 5'7 to begin with. so 5'10 is the max for the sax-man's prime. Ken says on 27/Apr/06
Saxon was never a quite a full 5'10. 5'9.5 back then - 5'8.5 today Joel says on 10/Apr/06
Maybe 5'8,5'9 today. Back then 5'9-5'10. Chris says on 7/Apr/06
Dean is obviously crouching over or leaning against the pillar in that photo... ForensicNYC says on 5/Apr/06
He was 5'10" in "Enter The Dragon"...he was 3" taller than Bruce Lee who was 5'7"...they wore Kung Fu sneakers which didn't give much height... |
