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Roger Corman
Actor, Producer, Director, Writer
Born April 5, 1926 (96 years)
Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926) is an American film director, producer, and actor. He has been called "The Pope of Pop Cinema" and is known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film. Many of Corman's films are based on works that have an already-established critical reputation, such as his cycle of low-budget cult films adapted from the tales of Edgar Allan Poe.
In 1964, Corman—admired by members of the French New Wave and Cahiers du Cinéma—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 is a longtime member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2009, he was awarded an Honorary Academy Award "for his rich engendering of films and filmmakers".
Corman mentored and gave a start to many young film directors such as Francis Ford Coppola, Ron Howard, Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Demme, Peter Bogdanovich, Joe Dante, John Sayles, and James Cameron, and was highly influential in the New Hollywood filmmaking movement of the 1960s and 1970s. He also helped to launch the careers of actors like Peter Fonda, Jack Nicholson, Dennis Hopper, Bruce Dern, Sylvester Stallone, Diane Ladd, and William Shatner. Corman has occasionally taken minor acting roles in the films of directors who started with him, including The Silence of the Lambs, The Godfather Part II, Apollo 13, The Manchurian Candidate, and Philadelphia.
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Filmography
| 2016 | Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive · as Unknown |
| 2013 | |
| 2013 | Extraordinary Tales · as Prince Prospero (voice) (segment 'The Masque of the Red Death') |
| 2012 | Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader · as Dean Hinkle |
| 2010 | Sharktopus · as Beach Bum |
| 2010 | Dinoshark · as Dr. Frank Reeves |
| 2008 | Rachel Getting Married · as Wedding Guest |
| 2007 | Searchers 2.0 · as Producer (Flashback) |
| 2004 | The Manchurian Candidate · as Mr. Secretary |
| 2003 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action · as Hollywood Director |
| 2000 | Scream 3 · as Studio Executive |
| 1997 | The Second Civil War · as Sandy Collins |
| 1997 | The Practice (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1995 | Apollo 13 · as Congressman |
| 1994 | Runaway Daughters · as Mr. Randolph |
| 1993 | Philadelphia · as Mr. Laird |
| 1993 | Body Bags · as Dr. Bregman |
| 1992 | The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 · as Senator #2 |
| 1991 | The Silence of the Lambs · as FBI Director Hayden Burke |
| 1990 | Beverly Hills, 90210 (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1989 | Lords of the Deep · as Corporate executive (uncredited) |
| 1984 | Swing Shift · as Mr. MacBride |
| 1982 | The State of Things · as The Lawyer |
| 1981 | The Howling · as Man in Phone Booth |
| 1977 | The Godfather Saga (TV Series) · as Senator #2 |
| 1976 | Cannonball · as District Attorney |
| 1974 | The Godfather Part II · as Senator #2 |
| 1969 | Target: Harry · as Man on Payphone |
| 1966 | Blood Bath · as Antonio Sordi (in flashback) |
| 1961 | Atlas · as Greek Soldier (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Ski Troop Attack · as Unknown |
| 1960 | Battle of Blood Island · as Soldier on Hilltop |
| 1959 | The Wasp Woman · as Hospital Doctor |
| 1958 | War of the Satellites · as Ground Control (uncredited) |
| 1958 | The Cry Baby Killer · as Joe - TV Truck Man (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Day the World Ended · as Nelson - Louise's Fiancée in Framed Photograph (uncredited) |
| 1954 | The Fast and the Furious · as Roadblock State Trooper |
| 1954 | Monster from the Ocean Floor · as Tommy |