Jim Siedow
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{{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}}
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[[Category:1920 births]]
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[[Category:American film actors]]
[[Category:American military personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:Deaths from emphysema]]
[[Category:People from Cheyenne, Wyoming]]
[[Category:Wyoming actors]]