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Coleman Francis
Actor, Director, Producer, Writer, Editor
Died January 15, 1973 (53 years)
Coleman C. Francis was an American actor, writer, producer and director. He was best known for his film trilogy consisting of The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961), The Skydivers (1963) and Red Zone Cuba (1966), all three of which were filmed in the general vicinity of Santa Clarita, California. Hallmarks of Francis' films include preoccupation with light aircraft and parachuting, coffee or cigarettes serving as props or centers of conversation and vigilante-style gunning down of suspects without trial at the films' conclusions.
Filmography
| 1970 | Beyond the Valley of the Dolls · as Rotund Drunk |
| 1968 | The Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters · as Big Ed Narzak / Mr. Miller |
| 1967 | Mondo Hollywood: Hollywood Laid Bare! · as Unknown |
| 1966 | Red Zone Cuba · as Griffin / Narrator |
| 1965 | Motorpsycho! · as Harry Bonner |
| 1961 | The Beast of Yucca Flats · as Narrator / Gas Station Attendant / Newspaper Customer |
| 1961 | Gunfight at Black Horse Canyon · as 1st Man |
| 1960 | From the Terrace · as Office Worker |
| 1960 | Cimarron · as Mr. Geer |
| 1959 | T-Bird Gang · as Capt. Prell |
| 1958 | Stakeout on Dope Street · as Detective |
| 1958 | The Rifleman (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1957 | M Squad (TV Series) · as Moving Man |
| 1957 | Tombstone Territory (TV Series) · as Burt Graves |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) · as 1st Man |
| 1955 | This Island Earth · as Express Deliveryman |
| 1955 | Highway Patrol (1955) (TV Series) · as Henchman |
| 1955 | Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1954 | Killers from Space · as Guy in Power Plant Answering Phone |
| 1953 | She Couldn't Say No · as Minor Role |
| 1952 | The Girl in White · as Orderly |
| 1951 | Dragnet (1951) (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1950 | The Tattooed Stranger · as Stonecutter |