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Roger Corman
Actor, Producer, Director, Writer, Additional Credits
Born April 5, 1926Died May 9, 2024 (98 years)
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 rich engendering of films and filmmakers".
Corman was also famous for handling the U.S. distribution of many films by noted foreign directors, including Federico Fellini (Italy), Ingmar Bergman (Sweden), François Truffaut (France) and Akira Kurosawa (Japan). He 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, Diane Ladd, and William Shatner.
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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 rich engendering of films and filmmakers".
Corman was also famous for handling the U.S. distribution of many films by noted foreign directors, including Federico Fellini (Italy), Ingmar Bergman (Sweden), François Truffaut (France) and Akira Kurosawa (Japan). He 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, Diane Ladd, and William Shatner.
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| 2022 | Charles Band's Full Moon Freakshow (TV Series) |
| 2016 | |
| 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 | |
| 2008 | Rachel Getting Married · as Wedding Guest |
| 2007 | Searchers 2.0 · as Producer (flashback) |
| 2005 | |
| 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 John Matlin |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series) |
| 1995 | Apollo 13 · as Congressman |
| 1994 | Runaway Daughters · as Mr. Randolph |
| 1994 | Rebel Highway (TV Series) · as Mr. Randolph |
| 1993 | Philadelphia · as Mr. Laird |
| 1993 | |
| 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) |
| 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 (uncredited) |
| 1977 | The Godfather: A Novel for Television (TV Series) · as Senator #2 |
| 1976 | Cannonball! · as District Attorney |
| 1975 | Tidal Wave · as President Of The United States (voice) |
| 1974 | The Godfather Part II · as Senator #2 |
| 1969 | Target: Harry · as Man On Phone |
| 1966 | Blood Bath · as Antonio Sordi (in Flashback) |
| 1963 | The Young Racers · as Man Outside Monaco Hotel |
| 1961 | Atlas · as Greek Soldier (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Ski Troop Attack · as German Officer (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Battle of Blood Island · as Soldier On Hilltop (uncredited) |
| 1959 | The Wasp Woman · as Hospital Doctor |
| 1958 | The Cry Baby Killer · as Joe - Tv Truck Man (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Hot Car Girl · as Cop Who Finds Note |
| 1958 | War of the Satellites · as Ground Control (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Naked Paradise · as Office Worker (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 |