When Grandpa proves too decrepit to kill Sally with a hammer, Drayton, the Hitchhiker and Leatherface attempt to aid him, but only succeed in losing grasp on Sally, who flees out a window, he is the only one of the three brothers who does not pursue her choosing instead to stay behind with Grandpa.ĭrayton reappears The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, more than a decade after the events of the first film.
Taking Sally to his home, Drayton torments her alongside his siblings, Leatherface ( Gunnar Hansen) and Nubbins the Hitchhiker ( Edwin Neal), before deciding to let the family patriarch, Grandpa (John Dugan), kill her.
Having been chased by Leatherface previously, she is highly hysterical after her shocking experience. Drayton's malevolent nature is revealed later in the film, when he beats Sally Hardesty ( Marilyn Burns) unconscious and captures her after she approaches him seeking help when her friends disappear and her brother Franklin ( Paul A. In fact, the original film neglects to name any villain other than Leatherface, and also never mentions Drayton, then "The Cook," as being one of their brothers, implying through behavior that he was meant to be their father.ĭrayton Sawyer makes his debut appearance in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, in which he first appears as the proprietor of a gas station and barbecue (with an unnamed car door window washer as an employee), where a group of teenagers stop while passing through the area. It is of immediate note, that despite being said to be a brother to Leatherface and The Hitchhiker, he is much older than them. It's assumed that like the rest of the Sawyer clan, he used to work in the now-closed slaughterhouse in Newt, Muerto County, before opening the gas station he is found working at by the events of the first movie. Virtually nothing is known about Drayton's early life.