Jim Siedow 1405763 218985479 2008-06-13T01:48:07Z 67.121.125.212 {{Infobox actor | image = Draytontexas.jpg | caption = Siedow as Drayton Sawyer in ''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 2'', 1986 | birthdate = [[June 12]], [[1920]] | birthplace = [[Cheyenne]], [[Wyoming]] | deathdate = [[November 20]], [[2003]] | deathplace = [[Houston, Texas]] }} '''Jim Nash Siedow''' ([[June 12]], [[1920]] - [[November 20]], [[2003]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[actor]], best known for his role in ''[[The Texas Chain Saw Massacre]]''. 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 [[United States Army Air Corps|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, an obscure one titled ''The Windsplitter'', 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]], an 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''. Siedow died in Houston from [[emphysema]] complications. ==External links== *{{imdb name|id=0796842|name=Jim Siedow}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Siedow, Jim}} [[Category:1920 births]] [[Category:2003 deaths]] [[Category:American film actors]] [[Category:American military personnel of World War II]] [[Category:Deaths from emphysema]] [[Category:People from Cheyenne, Wyoming]] [[Category:Wyoming actors]]