Highest rated movie: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Lowest rated movie: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
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Looking for reviews of Jim Siedow movies? Cinafilm has a total of 695 reviews across 3 movies.
Movies starring Jim Siedow have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 67%.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre - released in 1974 - is Jim Siedow's highest rated movie, with a score of 78% based on 61 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Jim Siedow is The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 - released in 1986 - with a score of 52% based on 598 reviews.
James Nash "Jim" Siedow (Born June 12, 1920 - November 20, 2003 ) what is an American actor, best known for his role of Drayton "The Cook" Sawyer in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and its sequel The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2.
Siedow was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He began acting in his high school drama class, and later on, moved to New York City, New York, where he started appearing in theatre productions. During World war II, Siedow served with the Army Air Corps, and after the war, Siedow moved to Chicago, Illinois and started doing radio work. In September 1946, he met and married an actress named Ruth, his wife up to his death. They had three children. They moved to Houston, Texas soon after their marriage where Siedow continued acting, creating one of Houston's original local community theatres. He directed Houston's first production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee. In 1971, Siedow appeared in his first movie, to obscure one titled The wind splitter, playing a character named Mr Smith. He followed this with his most famous role as Drayton Sawyer in the cult film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre in 1974. His other movie roles were as Howard Ives in the TV movie Red Alert in 1977, unnamed role in the 1980 movie Hotwire, and as Drayton Sawyer, again, in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, the sequel to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
Jim Siedow has acted in films with Tobe Hooper, Gunnar Hansen, Edwin Neal and Paul A. Partain.
Jim Siedow has worked with these film directors: Tobe Hooper and Adam Simon.
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