Larry Buchanan

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Larry Buchanan (born Marcus Larry Seale Jr.) (January 31, 1923 – December 2, 2004) was a film director, producer and writer, who proclaimed himself a "schlockmeister". Many of his titles have landed on "worst movie" lists, but all at least broke even and many made a profit. Buchanan was born in Mexia, Texas. He was orphaned as a baby, and was raised in Dallas in an orphanage. It was while growing up there that he became fascinated with the movies which were shown in the orphanage's theater. He considered becoming a minister, but visited Hollywood and landed a job in the props department at 20th Century Fox. He made movies for the United States Army Signal Corps during World War II. In the early 1950s, Buchanan began producing, writing, editing and acting in his own movies. The first was The Cowboy in 1951. He is perhaps best known for exploitation, science fiction, and other genre films, including Free, White and 21, High Yellow, The Naked Witch, The Loch Ness Horror, and Mistress of the Apes. Among Buchanan's work, eight direct-to-television films he wrote, produced, and directed under his own Azalea Films production entity in the mid- and…

Directed

1. The Eye Creatures (1967) — Director
2. In the Year 2889 (1969) — Director
3. Zontar: The Thing from Venus (1967) — Director
4. The Naked Witch (1960) — Director
5. Mars Needs Women (1968) — Director
6. Curse of the Swamp Creature (1968) — Director
7. It's Alive (1969) — Director
8. The Loch Ness Horror (1981) — Director
9. Creature of Destruction (1967) — Director
10. Mistress of the Apes (1979) — Director
11. Goodbye, Norma Jean (1976) — Director
12. Common Law Wife (1961) — Director
13. A Bullet for Pretty Boy (1970) — Director
14. Down on Us (1984) — Director
15. Free, White and 21 (1963) — Director
16. Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn (1989) — Director
17. The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1964) — Director
18. Strawberries Need Rain (1971) — Director
19. Naughty Dallas (1964) — Director
20. High Yellow (1965) — Director
21. The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde (1968) — Director
22. Hughes and Harlow: Angels in Hell (1978) — Director
23. Hell Raiders (1969) — Director
24. Under Age (1964) — Director
25. Grubstake (1952) — Director
26. Sam (1967) — Director
27. Comanche Crossing (1968) — Director
28. The Cowboy (1951) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Gunfighter (1950) — Bit Part (uncredited)
2. Mars Needs Women (1968) — Narrator of Planetarium Film (voice)
3. Naughty Dallas (1964) — Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
4. The Cowboy (1951)