Drayton Sawyer

Aliases The Cook The Old Man Relatives Leatherface (Brother) Grandpa Sawyer(Grandpa) Nubbins Sawyer (Brother) Chop Top Sawyer (Brother) Gender Male Occupation Cook Owner of Last Chance Gas Station Year of Birth 1921 Age 65 Status Deceased Year of Death 1986 (Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2) Cause of Death exploded by a grenade (suicide)

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. While Leatherface and the Hitchhiker pursue her, Drayton chooses instead to stay behind with grandpa. The more humane side of Drayton is revealed when he states "I just can't take no pleasure in killing" after Hitchhiker accuses him of doing nothing but cooking while he and Leatherface do all the killing.Drayton Sawyer makes his debut appearance in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, in which he first appears as the proprietor of the Last Chance Gas Station, a gas station and barbecue (with an unnamed car door window washer as an employee), where a group of teenagers (Sally Hardesty, her brother Frankin Hardesty, her boyfriend Jerry, Kirk, and his girlfriend Pam) stop while passing through the area. Drayton's malevolent nature is revealed later in the film, when he beats Sally unconscious and captures her after she approaches him seeking help when her friends disappear and her brother Franklin gets killed by Leatherface. Having been chased by Leatherface previously, she is highly hysterical after her shocking experience. Taking Sally to his home, Drayton torments her alongside Leatherface and Nubbins the Hitchhiker, before deciding to let the family patriarch, Grandpa, kill her.

In The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, Drayton reappears, now living in an abandoned amusement park in by the name of Texas Battle Land, due to the intense police investigation sparked by the events of the first film, with what remains of his family, Leatherface, Nubbins, and Grandpa Sawyer. Now a two time award-winning chili cook selling his meat at a Cook-of, Drayton appears far more unhinged than in the previous film, happily joining in on his family's murderous frenzies, which previously disturbed him somewhat. Drayton dies, off-screen, at the end of the film, when, during the fight between Leatherface and Lieutenant "Lefty" Enright, he accidentally ate a bomb and explodes prematurely.