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Roger Corman

Roger Corman

Production · Born 1926-04-05 · Detroit, Michigan, USA

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Biography

Roger William Corman (April 5, 1926 – May 9, 2024) was an American film director, producer and actor. Known under various monikers such as "The Pope of Pop Cinema", “The King of The B’s”, "The Spiritual Godfather of the New Hollywood", and "The King of Cult", he was known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film. Many of the more than 500 features directed or produced by Corman were low-budget films that later attracted a cult following, such as The Little Shop of Horrors (1960), The Intruder (1962), X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes (1963), and the counterculture films, The Wild Angels (1966) and The Trip (1967). House of Usher (1960) became the first of eight films directed by Corman that were adapted from the tales of Edgar Allan Poe, and which collectively came to be known as the "Poe Cycle". In 1964, Corman became the youngest filmmaker to have a retrospective at the Cinémathèque française, as well as in the British Film Institute and the Museum of Modern Art. He was the co-founder of New World Pictures, the founder of New Concorde and was a longtime member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2009, he was awarded an Academy Honorary Award "for his ri…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) — FBI Director Hayden Burke
  2. The Godfather Part II (1974) — Senator #2
  3. Apollo 13 (1995) — Congressman
  4. Philadelphia (1993) — Mr. Laird
  5. Scream 3 (2000) — Studio Executive
  6. The Manchurian Candidate (2004) — Mr. Secretary
  7. Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) — Hollywood Director
  8. The Howling (1981) — Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)
  9. Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990) — Roger Corman
  10. Rachel Getting Married (2008) — Wedding Guest
  11. Body Bags (1993) — Dr. Bregman
  12. Conan (2010) — Self - Guest
  13. Sharktopus (2010) — Beach Bum
  14. The Movies That Made Us (2019) — Self
  15. Extraordinary Tales (2015) — Prince Prospero (voice) (segment 'The Masque of the Red Death')
  16. Cannonball (1976) — District Attorney
  17. The Wasp Woman (1959) — Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
  18. The Practice (1997) — John Matlin
  19. Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019) — Self
  20. Swing Shift (1984) — Mr. MacBride
  21. Corman's World (2011) — Self - Filmmaker
  22. The State of Things (1982) — The Lawyer
  23. E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
  24. Day the World Ended (1955) — Nelson - Louise's Fiancée in Framed Photograph (uncredited)
  25. Dinoshark (2010) — Dr. Frank Reeves
  26. Nightmares in Red, White and Blue (2009) — Self
  27. Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader (2012) — Dean Hinkle
  28. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003) — Self
  29. The Second Civil War (1997) — Sandy Collins
  30. Machete Maidens Unleashed! (2010) — Self
  31. Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four (2015) — Himself
  32. Lords of the Deep (1989) — Corporate executive (uncredited)
  33. A Decade Under the Influence (2003) — Self
  34. The Fast and the Furious (1954) — Roadblock State Trooper (uncredited)
  35. War of the Satellites (1958) — Ground Control (uncredited)
  36. Biography (1987) — Self
  37. Blood Bath (1966) — Antonio Sordi (in flashback) (uncredited)
  38. With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story (2010) — Self
  39. Dr. Jack & Mr. Nicholson (2019) — Self
  40. Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007) — Self

Directed

  1. The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) — Director
  2. The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) — Director
  3. House of Usher (1960) — Director
  4. The Masque of the Red Death (1964) — Director
  5. The Raven (1963) — Director
  6. X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963) — Director
  7. Tales of Terror (1962) — Director
  8. The Haunted Palace (1963) — Director
  9. The Tomb of Ligeia (1964) — Director
  10. The Terror (1963) — Director
  11. A Bucket of Blood (1959) — Director
  12. The Premature Burial (1962) — Director
  13. Frankenstein Unbound (1990) — Director
  14. The Wasp Woman (1959) — Director
  15. The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967) — Director
  16. The Intruder (1962) — Director
  17. The Trip (1967) — Director
  18. Bloody Mama (1970) — Director
  19. Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957) — Director
  20. The Wild Angels (1966) — Director
  21. Day the World Ended (1955) — Director
  22. Not of This Earth (1957) — Director
  23. Tower of London (1962) — Director
  24. Last Woman on Earth (1960) — Director
  25. It Conquered the World (1956) — Director
  26. Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961) — Director
  27. The Secret Invasion (1964) — Director
  28. Machine-Gun Kelly (1958) — Director
  29. The Undead (1957) — Director
  30. Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It. (1970) — Director
  31. Von Richthofen and Brown (1971) — Director
  32. The Beast with a Million Eyes (1955) — Director
  33. War of the Satellites (1958) — Director
  34. A Time for Killing (1967) — Director
  35. Swamp Women (1956) — Director
  36. Gunslinger (1956) — Director
  37. The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent (1957) — Director
  38. Five Guns West (1955) — Director
  39. Teenage Cave Man (1958) — Director
  40. She Gods of Shark Reef (1958) — Director