Roger Corman Biography (1926-)

Full name, Roger William Corman; born April 5, 1926, in Detroit, MI; son of William (an engineer) and Anne Corman; brother of Gene Corman (a producer); married Julie Ann Halloran (a film producer), December 26, 1969 (some sources cite 1970); children: Catherine Ann, Roger Martin, Brian William, Mary Tessa.Addresses: Office: Concorde/New Horizons, 11600 San Vincente Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90049.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Producer, director, film executive, actor, screenwriter
Birth Details: April 5, 1926; Detroit, Michigan, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
Coproducer, Highway Dragnet, Allied Artists, 1954
Producer, The Fast and the Furious, American Releasing, 1954
Producer, The Monster from the Ocean Floor (also known as It Stalked the Monster Floor, It Stalked the Ocean Floor, and Monster Maker), Lippert, 1954
Executive producer and director, The Beast with a Million Eyes (also known as The Beast with 1,000,000 Eyes), American Releasing, 1955
Producer and director, Apache Woman, Associated Releasing, 1955
Producer and director, Five Guns West, American Releasing, 1955
Producer and director, Swamp Women (also known as Swamp Diamonds and Cruel Swamp), Favorite Films of California, 1955
Producer and director, The Day the World Ended, American International Pictures, 1956
Producer and director, Gunslinger (also known as The Yellow Rose of Texas), Associated Releasing, 1956
Producer and director, It Conquered the World (also known as ItConquered the Earth), American International Pictures, 1956
Producer and director, The Oklahoma Woman, American Releasing, 1956
Producer and director, Attack of the Crab Monsters, Allied Artists, 1957
Producer and director, Carnival Rock, Howco, 1957
Producer and director, Naked Paradise (also known as Thunder over Hawaii), American International Pictures, 1957
Producer and director, Not of This Earth, Allied Artists, 1957
Producer and director, Rock All Night, American International Pictures, 1957
Producer and director, Sorority Girl (also known as The Bad One, Sorority House, and Confessions of a Sorority Girl), American International Pictures, 1957
Producer and director, Teenage Doll (also known as The Young Rebels), Allied Artists, 1957
Producer and director, The Undead, American International Pictures, 1957
Producer and director, The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent (also known as The Saga of the Viking, Undersea Monster, Viking Women, and The Viking Women and the Sea Serpent), American International Pictures, 1958
Producer and director, Machine Gun Kelly, American International Pictures, 1958
Producer and director, She-Gods of Shark Reef (also known as Shark Reef), American International Pictures, 1958
Producer and director, Teenage Caveman (also known as Out of the Darkness and Prehistoric World), American International Pictures, 1958
Producer (with Jack Rabin and Irving Block) and director, War of the Satellites, Allied Artists, 1958
Executive producer, Stake Out on Dope Street, Warner Bros., 1958
Executive producer, The Cry Baby Killer, Allied Artists, 1958
Executive producer, Hot Car Girl, Allied Artists, 1958
Executive producer, Night of the Blood Beast (also known as TheCreature from Galaxy 27 and The Monster from Galaxy 27), AmericanInternational Pictures, 1958
Executive producer, The Brain Eaters (also known as The Brain Snatcher, Keeper, and Keepers of the Earth), American International Pictures, 1958
Executive producer, Paratroop Command, American International Pictures, 1958
Executive producer, The Wild Ride, Filmgroup, 1958
Producer and director, A Bucket of Blood, American International Pictures, 1959
(With Edward L. Alperson and brother, Gene Corman) Producer and director,I, Mobster (also known as The Mobster and I Mobster ... TheLife of a Gangster), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1959
Producer, T-Bird Gang (also known as The Pay-Off), Filmgroup, 1959
Executive producer, Crime and Punishment U.S.A., Allied Artists, 1959
Executive producer, High School Big Shot (also known as The Young Sinners), Filmgroup, 1959
Executive producer, Attack of the Giant Leeches (also known as Attack of the Blood Leeches, Demons of the Swamp, The Giant Leeches, and She Demons of the Swamp), American International Pictures, 1960
Producer and director, The Wasp Woman (also known as The Bee Girl and Insect Woman), Allied Artists, 1960
Producer and director, Atlas, Filmgroup, 1960
Producer and director, The House of Usher (also known as The Fall of the House of Usher), American International Pictures, 1960
Producer and director, The Last Woman on Earth, Filmgroup, 1960
Producer and director, Ski Troop Attack, Filmgroup, 1960
Executive producer, Beasts from the Haunted Cave, Filmgroup, 1960
Executive producer, Battle of Blood Island, Filmgroup, 1960
Producer and director, Creature from the Haunted Sea, Filmgroup, 1961
Producer and director, The Little Shop of Horrors, Filmgroup, 1961
Producer and director, The Pit and the Pendulum (also known as Pit and the Pendulum), American International Pictures, 1961
Executive producer, Night Tide, American International Pictures, 1961
Executive producer, The Mermaids of Tiburon (also known as TheAqua Sex), Filmgroup, 1961
Producer and director, The Intruder (also known as I Hate YourGuts, Shame, and The Stranger), Pathe-America, 1961
Producer and director, The Premature Burial, American International Pictures, 1962
Producer and director, Tower of London, United Artists, 1962
Producer of American version, Battle beyond the Sun (also known asNebo zovyot, The Heavens Call, The Sky Calls, and The Sky Is Calling), American International Pictures, 1962
Producer and director, Tales of Terror (also known as Poe's Tales of Terror and Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Terror), American International Pictures, 1962
Producer and director, The Haunted Palace (also known as The Haunted Village and Edgar Allan Poe's The Haunted Palace), AmericanInternational Pictures, 1963
Producer and director, "X"--The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (also known as The Man with the X-Ray Eyes and X), American InternationalPictures, 1963
(With Charles Hannawalt and R. Wright Campbell) Producer, Dementia 13 (also known as The Haunted and the Hunted), American InternationalPictures, 1963
Producer and director, The Raven, American International Pictures,1963
Producer and director, The Terror (also known as The Castle ofTerror, The Haunting, and Lady of the Shadows), American International Pictures, 1963
Producer and director, The Young Racers, American International Pictures, 1963
(Uncredited) Coproducer, Operacija Ticijan, 1963
Producer and director, The Masque of the Red Death, American International Pictures, 1964
Producer and director, The Secret Invasion, United Artists, 1964
Producer and director, The Tomb of Ligeia (also known as Last Tomb of Ligeia, Ligeia, Edgar Allan Poe's The Tomb of Ligeia, and Tomb of the Cat), American International Pictures, 1965
Executive producer, The Girls on the Beach, Paramount, 1965
Executive producer, Ski Party, American International Pictures, 1965
Executive producer, Beach Ball, Paramount, 1965
(Uncredited) Executive producer, The Shooting, filmed in 1965, released by Proteus/Favorite Films, 1971
Executive producer, Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (also known as Prehistoric Planet and Voyage to a Prehistoric Planet), 1965
(Uncredited; with Norman D. Wells) Producer, Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (also known as Gill Woman and Gill Women of Venus), Filmgroup, 1966
Producer and director, The Wild Angels, American International Pictures, 1966
Executive producer, Blood Bath (also known as Track of the Vampire), American International Pictures, 1966
Executive producer, Queen of Blood (also known as Flight to a Far Planet, The Green Woman, Planet of Blood, Planet of Terror, and Planet of Vampires), American International Pictures, 1966
(Uncredited) Producer, Ride in the Whirlwind, Favorite Films/JackH. Harris, 1966
(Uncredited) Producer, The Navy vs. the Night Monsters (also knownas Monsters of the Night and The Night Crawlers), 1966
Producer and director, The St. Valentine's Day Massacre, TwentiethCentury-Fox, 1967
Producer and director, The Trip, American International Pictures,1967
Executive producer, Targets, Paramount, 1967
Executive producer, Devil's Angels, American International Pictures, 1967
(Uncredited; with Phil Karlson) Director, A Time for Killing (alsoknown as The Long Ride Home), Columbia, 1967
Executive producer, Wild Racers, American International Pictures,1967
Executive producer, Naked Angels, Crown International, 1969
Executive producer, Pit Stop, Crown International, 1969
(Uncredited; with Cy Endfield) Director, De Sade (also known as Das Ausschweifende Leben des Marquis de Sade and Die Liebesabenteuerdes Marquis Sade), American International Pictures/Transcontinental, 1969
(As Harry Neill) Director, Target: Harry (also known as How toMake It and What's in It for Harry?), 1969
Executive producer, The Dunwich Horror, American International Pictures, 1970
Producer and director, Bloody Mama, American International Pictures, 1970
Producer and director, Gas-s-s-s! (also known as Gas!; or, It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It, Gas!, and Gas-s-s-s; or, It May Become Necessary to Destroy the World in Order toSave It), American International Pictures, 1970
Executive producer and director, Von Richtofen and Brown (also known as The Red Baron), United Artists, 1970
Executive producer, Paddy (also known as Goodbye to the Hill), Allied Artists, 1970
(Uncredited) Executive producer, Student Nurses, New World, 1970
Executive producer, Angels Die Hard! (also known as Rough Boys), New World, 1970
Producer, Ivanna (also known as Altar of Blood, Blood Castle, Killers of the Castle of Blood, Scream of the Demon Lover, and Il castello dalle porte di fuoco), 1970
Executive producer, Angels Hard as They Come (also known as Angels, Angels Warriors, Angels as Hard as They Come, and Angels, Hell on Harleys), New World, 1971
Executive producer, Private Duty Nurses, New World, 1971
Executive producer, The Big Doll House (also known as Bamboo Dolls House, Woman's Penitentiary, Women in Cages, and Women's Penitentiary III), New World, 1971
Executive producer, The Velvet Vampire (also known as CemeteryGirls and Through the Looking Glass), New World, 1971
Executive producer, Women in Cages (also known as Women's Penitentiary III), New World, 1971
Producer, Boxcar Bertha, American International Pictures, 1972
Executive producer, The Big Bird Cage (also known as Women's Penitentiary II), New World, 1972
Executive producer, The Unholy Rollers (also known as Leader ofthe Pack), American International Pictures, 1972
Executive producer, Night Call Nurses, New World, 1972
Executive producer, Fly Me, New World, 1972
Executive producer, The Hot Box (also known as Hell Cats),New World, 1972
Executive producer, Night of the Cobra Woman (also known as Movini's Venom), New World, 1972
Executive producer, The Final Comedown, New World, 1972, recut version released as Blast!, 1976
Producer, The Cremators (also known as Dune Rollers), 1972
Executive producer, Twilight People (also known as Beasts and Island of the Twilight People), 1972
Executive producer, Sweet Kill (also known as The Arousersand A Kiss from Eddie), 1972
(Uncredited) Executive producer, The Dirt Gang, 1972
(With Gene Corman) Producer, I Escaped from Devil's Island (also known as Escape de la Isla del Diablo), United Artists, 1973
Executive producer, The Young Nurses, New World, 1973
Executive producer, The Arena, New World, 1973
Executive producer, The Student Teachers, New World, 1973
Executive producer, Tender Loving Care (also known as Naughty Nurses), New World, 1973
Producer, La planete sauvage (also known as Divoka planeta, The Fantastic Planet, Planet of Incredible Creatures, and The Savage Planet), 1973
Producer, Big Bad Mama, New World, 1974
Executive producer, TNT Jackson, New World, 1974
Executive producer, The Woman Hunt (also known as The Highest Bidder), New World, 1974
Executive producer, Candy Stripe Nurses (also known as Sweet Candy), New World, 1974
Executive producer, Caged Heat (also known as Caged Femalesand Renegade Girls), New World, 1974
Executive producer, Street Girls, New World, 1974
(With Sam Gellman) Producer, Born to Kill (also known as Cockfighter, Gamblin' Man, and Wild Drifter), New World, 1974
Producer, Capone, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1975
Producer, Death Race 2000, New World, 1975
Executive producer, Summer School Teachers, New World, 1975
Executive producer, Darktown Strutters (also known as Get Downand Boogie), New World, 1975
Executive producer, Crazy Mama, New World, 1975
Executive producer, Cover Girl Models, New World, 1975
Producer, Grotesque, 1975
Executive producer, Cannonball (also known as Carquake), New World, 1976
Producer, Eat My Dust!, New World, 1976
(With Evelyn Purcell) Producer, Fighting Mad, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1976
Executive producer, Hollywood Boulevard, New World, 1976
Executive producer, Jackson County Jail (also known as The Innocent Victim), New World, 1976
Executive producer, Nashville Girl (also known as Country MusicDaughter and New Girl in Town), New World, 1976
Executive producer, Moving Violation, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1976
Executive producer, God Told Me To (also known as Demon), New World, 1976
Executive producer, Dynamite Women (also known as The Great Texas Dynamite Chase), New World, 1976
Producer, Lumiere, New World, 1976
Producer, Thunder and Lightning (also known as Thunder on the Highway), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1977
Producer, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, New World, 1977
Executive producer, Black Oak Conspiracy, New World, 1977
Executive producer, Grand Theft Auto, New World, 1977
Executive producer, Moonshine County Express, New World, 1977
Executive producer, Maniac (also known as Assault on Paradise, Ransom, and The Town That Cried Terror), New World, 1977
Executive producer, A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich, New World, 1977
Producer, Tigress (also known as Ilsa, the Tigress of Siberia), 1977
Producer, Avalanche, New World, 1978
Producer and (uncredited) director, Deathsport, New World, 1978
Executive producer, Piranha, New World, 1978
Executive producer, The Bees, New World, 1978
(With Saul Krugman) Producer, Fast Charlie ... The Moonbeam Rider(also known as Fast Charlie and the Moonbeam), Universal, 1979
Producer, Saint Jack, New World, 1979
Executive producer, Rock 'n' Roll High School, 1979
Executive producer, Up from the Depths, 1979
Executive producer, Ginga Tetsudo Three-Nine (also known as Galaxy Express, Galaxy Express 999, Galaxy Express 999: The Signature Edition, and Ginga Tetsudo 999), 1979
(U.S. sequences) Executive producer, L'isola degli uomini pesce (also known as The Fish Men, Island of Mutations, Island of the Fishmen, Screamers, and Something Waits in the Dark), 1979
Executive producer, Battle beyond the Stars, New World, 1980
(Uncredited) Producer, Humanoids from the Deep (also known as Humanoids of the Deep, Monster, and Monsters), 1980
(With Marc Stiegler) Producer, Galaxy of Terror (also known as An Infinity of Terror, Mindwarp, Planet of Horrors, and Quest), New World, 1981
(With Gale Hurd) Producer, Smokey Bites the Dust, New World, 1981
Producer and executive producer, The Territory (also known as Le Territoire), 1981
(With Mary Ann Fisher) Producer, Forbidden World (also known as Mutant), New World, 1982
Producer, Sorceress (also known as Los Barbaros), 1982
Executive producer, Android, 1982
(New footage) Producer, White Star (also known as Let It Rock), 1983
Executive producer, Deathstalker (also known as El cazador de la muerte), 1983
Producer, Love Letters (also known as My Love Letters), NewWorld, 1983
Producer, Space Raiders (also known as Star Child), New World, 1983
Executive producer, The Warrior and the Sorceress, 1983
Executive producer, Suburbia (also known as The Wild Side and Rebel Streets), New World, 1983
Producer, Hell's Angels Forever, 1983
Executive producer, Deathstalker, New World, 1984
Executive producer, Oddballs (also known as All Shook Up!),1984
Executive producer, Barbarian Queen (also known as Queen of theNaked Steel and Reina salvaje), Concorde, 1985
Executive producer, Streetwalkin' (also known as City Streets and Cookie), Concorde, 1985
Executive producer, School Spirit, 1985
Executive producer, Wizards of the Lost Kingdom (also known as El mago del reino perdido), 1985
(With Alex Sessa) Producer, Cocaine Wars (also known as Vice Wars and La muerte blanca), Concorde, 1986
(Uncredited) Executive producer, House (also known as House: Ding Dong, You're Dead), 1986
Executive producer, Chopping Mall (also known as Killbots),1986
Executive producer, Eye of the Eagle, 1986
Executive producer, Amazons (also known as Amazonas), 1986
(Uncredited) Executive producer, Sorority House Massacre (also known as Don't Let Go), 1987
(Uncredited) Executive producer, House II: The Second Story, 1987
(Uncredited) Executive producer, Saigon Commandos, 1987
(With Ginny Nugent) Producer, Munchies, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/UnitedArtists, 1987
Executive producer, Stripped to Kill, Concorde, 1987
Executive producer, Sweet Revenge, United Artists, 1987
Executive producer, Hour of the Assassin, Concorde, 1987
Producer, Slumber Party Massacre II, Concorde, 1987
Executive producer, Summer Camp Nightmare (also known as The Butterfly Revolution), Concorde, 1987
Executive producer, Death Stalker II (also known as El cazadorde la muerte and Deathstalker II: Duel of the Titans), 1987
Producer, Nightfall, Concorde, 1988
Executive producer, Watchers, Universal, 1988
Executive producer, Dangerous Love, Concorde, 1988
Producer, Big Bad Mama II, Concorde, 1988
Producer, The Drifter, Concorde, 1988
Producer, Daddy's Boys, Concorde, 1988
Executive producer, Crime Zone, Concorde, 1988
Executive producer, The New Gladiators, 1988
Executive producer, Beach Balls (also known as Beachballs),1988
Executive producer, Andy Colby's Incredibly Awesome Adventure (also known as Andy and the Airwave Rangers, Andy Colby's Incredible Adventure, and Andy Colby's Incredible Video Adventure), 1988
Executive producer, Emmanuelle VI (also known as Emmanuelle 6), 1988
Executive producer, The Lawless Land, 1988
(New World Pictures) Executive producer, Apprentice to Murder, 1988
(With Sessa) Producer, Two to Tango (also known as Matar es morir un poco), Concorde, 1989
Producer, Time Trackers, Concorde, 1989

Producer, The Terror Within, Concorde, 1989
Producer, Bloodfist, Concorde, 1989
Producer, Lords of the Deep, Concorde, 1989
Executive producer, Stripped to Kill II: Live Girls (also known asStripped to Kill II), Concorde, 1989
Producer, Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II, 1989
Executive producer, Transylvania Twist, 1989
Executive producer, The Lawless Land, Concorde, 1989
Executive producer, Heroes Stand Alone, Concorde/New Horizons, 1989
Executive producer, Dance of the Damned, 1989
Executive producer, Deathstalker III: Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell (also known as Deathstalker 3 and Deathstalker 3: Warriors from Hell), 1989
Executive producer, Warlock, 1989
Producer, To Die Standing (also known as Crackdown), 1990
Executive producer, Last Stand at Lang Mei (also known as Eye of the Eagle 3), 1990
Executive producer, Welcome to Oblivion (also known as Ultra Warrior), 1990
Executive producer, Streets, 1990
Executive producer, Full Fathom Five, 1990
Executive producer, A Cry in the Wild, 1990
Executive producer, Back to Back, 1990
Producer, Overexposed, Concorde, 1990
Producer, The Masque of the Red Death (also known as Edgar Allan Poe's Masque of the Red Death), Concorde, 1990
Producer, The Haunting of Morella, Concorde, 1990
Producer and director, Frankenstein Unbound (also known as Roger Corman's Frankenstein Unbound), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1990
Producer, Watchers II, 1990
Executive producer, Silk 2, Concorde/New Horizons, 1990
Executive producer, Primary Target, Concorde/New Horizons, 1990
Producer, Dune Warriors, 1990
Executive producer, Deathstalker IV: Match of Titans (also known as Deathstalker IV and Deathstalker IV: The Darkest Hour), 1990
Producer, Slumber Party Massacre III (also known as Stab in theDark), 1990
Executive producer, Sorority House Massacre II (also known as Night Frenzy and Nighty Nightmare), 1990
Executive producer, Play Murder for Me (also known as Negra medianoche), 1990
Executive producer, Curse of the Crystal Eye, 1991
Producer, Bloodfist II, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists Home Video, 1991
Executive producer, The Terror Within II (also known as The Terror Within 2), 1991
Executive producer, Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever, 1991
Executive producer, Hollywood Boulevard II (also known as Backto Hollywood Boulevard), 1991
Executive producer, Futurekick, 1991
Executive producer, Homicidal Impulse (also known as Killer Instinct), 1991
Producer, Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight (also known as Forcedto Fight), New Horizons Home Video, 1991
Executive producer, Dead Space, 1991
Producer, Immortal Sins (also known as Besos en la oscuridad, Veil of Dreams, and Vengeance with a Kiss), 1991
Executive producer, Ultraviolet, 1992
Executive producer, Quake! (also known as Aftershock), 1992
Executive producer, Munchie, 1992
Executive producer, In the Heat of Passion, 1992
Executive producer, Final Judgment, 1992
Executive producer, Dance with Death, 1992
Executive producer, Body Chemistry II: Voice of a Stranger (also known as Voice of a Stranger), 1992
Executive producer, Bloodfist IV: Die Trying, 1992
Executive producer, Blackbelt, 1992
Executive producer, The Berlin Conspiracy, 1992
Executive producer, The Assassination Game (also known as Crisis in the Kremlin), 1992
Producer, Field of Fire, HBO Video, 1992
Executive producer, Body Waves, New Horizons Home Video, 1992
Producer, Final Embrace, 1992
Executive producer, Ultra Warrior (also known as Welcome to Oblivion), 1992
Producer, Raiders of the Sun, 1992
Producer, Dracula Rising, Concorde, 1993
Executive producer, To Sleep with a Vampire, 1993
Executive producer, Stepmonster, 1993
Executive producer, Live by the Fist, 1993
Executive producer, Little Miss Millions (also known as Home for Christmas and Little Miss Zillions), 1993
Executive producer, Firehawk, 1993
Executive producer, Dragonfire, 1993
Executive producer, Carnosaur, 1993
Executive producer, 800 Leagues down the Amazon (also known as Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon), 1993
Executive producer, The Skateboard Kid, 1993
Executive producer, The Liars' Club, 1993
Producer, Kill Zone, 1993
Executive producer, Curse of the Crystal Eye, 1993
Executive producer, Bloodfist V: Human Target (also known as Human Target), 1993
Executive producer, Blackbelt II (also known as Blackbelt II: Fatal Force), 1993
Producer, Angelfist, 1993
Executive producer, Fire on the Amazon (also known as Lost Paradise), 1993
Executive producer, Watchers III, New Horizons Home Video, 1994
Executive producer, Unborn II (also known as Baby Blood II), New Horizons Home Video, 1994
Executive producer, In the Heat of Passion II (also known as Behind Closed Doors and Unfaithful), New Horizons Home Video, 1994
Executive producer, Cheyenne Warrior, Concorde/New Horizons, 1994
Executive producer, Stranglehold, 1994
Producer, One Man Army (also known as Kick & Fury), 1994
Executive producer, No Dessert Dad, Til You Mow the Lawn, 1994
Executive producer, New Crime City (also known as Angeles 2020), 1994
Executive producer, The Fantastic Four, 1994
Executive producer, Dinosaur Island, 1994
Executive producer, Demon Keeper, 1994
Executive producer, Deadly Desire (also known as Saturday NightSpecial and The Abduction of Crystal Blue), 1994
Executive producer, Bloodfist VI: Ground Zero (also known as Assault at Ground Zero and Ground Zero), 1994
Executive producer, Angel of Destruction (also known as FuriousAngel), 1994
Executive producer, Point of Seduction: Body Chemistry III (also known as Body Chemistry 3: Point of Seduction), 1994
Executive producer, Revenge of the Red Baron (also known as Plane Fear), 1994
Executive producer, Carnosaur II (also known as Carnosaur 2), New Horizons Home Video, 1995
Executive producer, One Night Stand, Concorde/New Horizons, 1995
Executive producer, Dillinger and Capone, New Horizons Home Video,1995
Executive producer, The Crazysitter (also known as Two Much Trouble), New Horizons Home Video, 1995
Executive producer, The Spy Within (also known as Flight of theDove), New Horizons Home Video, 1995
Executive producer, Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys (also known as Demolition Day), New Horizons Home Video, 1995
Executive producer, Where Evil Lies, 1995
Executive producer, Last Chance, 1995
Executive producer, Droid Gunner (also known as Cyberzone and Phoenix 2), 1995
Executive producer, Caged Heat 3000, 1995
Executive producer, Bloodfist VII (also known as Manhunt),1995
Executive producer, Baby Face Nelson, 1995
Executive producer, Reflections on a Crime (also known as Reflections in the Dark), 1995
Executive producer, Twisted Love, 1995
Executive producer, One Night Stand (also known as Before the Night), 1995
Executive producer, Rumble in the Streets, Concorde, 1996
Executive producer, Bloodfist VIII: Trained to Kill (also known asHard Way Out), Concorde, 1996
Executive producer, Black Rose of Harlem (also known as MachineGun Blues and Pistol Blues), New Horizon Picture Corp., 1996
Executive producer, Bio-Tech Warrior, 1996
Producer, Ladykiller (also known as Scene of the Crime), 1996
Executive producer, Carnosaur 3: Primal Species (also known as Primal Species), 1996
Executive producer, Alien Terminator (also known as Alien Species), 1996
Executive producer, Time under Fire (also known as Beneath theBermuda Triangle), 1996
Executive producer, Urban Justice (also known as Blood Money and Under Oath), 1997
Executive producer, Stripteaser II, 1997
Executive producer, Starquest II (also known as Mind Breakers and Galactic Odyssey), 1997
Executive producer, Shadow Dancer (also known as Physical Attraction), 1997
Executive producer, The Sea Wolf (also known as Jack London's The Sea Wolf), 1997
(Uncredited) Executive producer, Overdrive, Concorde, 1997
Executive producer, The Haunted Sea, Concorde, 1997
Executive producer, Falling Fire (also known as The Cusp and Three Minutes to Impact), 1997
Executive producer, Eruption (also known as Volcano Run andVolcan en llamas), 1997
Executive producer, Don't Sleep Alone, 1997
Executive producer, Detonator, 1997
Executive producer, Crossroads of Destiny (also known as Jailbreak), Concorde, 1997
Executive producer, Club Vampire, Concorde, 1997
Executive producer, Circuit Breaker, 1997
Executive producer, Mortal Challenge, 1997
Executive producer, Operation Cobra, 1997
Executive producer, Born Bad, 1997
Executive producer, Black Thunder, Concorde/New Horizons, 1997
Executive producer, The Protector, Concorde, 1997
Executive producer, Scene of the Crime, Concorde, 1997
Executive producer, Star Portal, 1997
Executive producer, Inferno (also known as Operation Cobra), 1997
Executive producer, White Wolves III: Cry of the White Wolf, Concorde, 1997
Executive producer, Future Fear, 1998
Producer, Vatican Air Two, 1998
Executive producer, Stray Bullet, Concorde, 1998
Producer, A Very Unlucky Leprechaun, Concorde, 1998
Executive producer, Criminal Affairs, Concorde, 1998
Executive producer, My Brother's War (also known as Flashpoint), Concorde, 1998
Producer, Running Woman, Concorde, 1998
Executive producer, Watchers Reborn, Concorde, 1998
Executive producer, Detonator, 1998
Executive producer, Desert Thunder, New Horizons Home Video, 1998
Executive producer, Knocking on Death's Door, Concorde, 1999
Executive producer, Born Bad, Concorde, 1999
(Uncredited) Executive producer, Macon County Jail (also known asJailbreak), 1999
Producer, The Haunting of Hell House (also known as The GhostlyRental and Henry James' The Haunting of Hell House), New HorizonsHome Video, 1999
Producer, The White Pony, New Horizons Home Video, 1999
Executive producer, Shepherd (also known as Cybercity), 1999
Executive producer, The Protector, New Horizons, 1999
Executive producer, Cybermaster (also known as Shepherd II), New Horizons Home Video, 1999
Producer, Dangerous Curves (also known as Stray Bullet II),New Horizons Home Video, 2000
Executive producer, Kyoko (also known as Because of You), 2000
Producer, The Doorway, New Concorde, 2000
Executive producer, Termination Man, 2000
Producer, The Suicide Club (also known as Game of Death, Robert Louis Stevenson's The Game of Death, and Robert Louis Stevenson's The Suicide Club), Concorde, 2000
Producer, Nightfall (also known as Isaac Asimov's Nightfall), Concorde/New Horizons, 2000
Producer, Moving Target, New Concorde, 2000
Executive producer, The Arena (also known as Gladiatrix), Concorde/New Horizons, 2001
Producer, Raptor, New Concorde, 2001
Executive producer, Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song (documentary),Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2001
(Uncredited) Executive producer, Hard As Nails, New Concorde, 2001
Executive producer, Escape from Afghanistan, New Concorde Home Entertainment, 2002
Executive producer, Wolfhound, New Concorde, 2002
Director, Captain Justice, 2002
Executive producer, Sting of the Black Scorpion, New Concorde, 2002
Executive producer and director, Slaughter Studios, Concorde/New Horizons, 2002
Executive producer, Shakedown, New Horizons, 2002
Executive producer, Firefight, New Concorde, 2003
Executive producer, Barbarian, New Concorde, 2003
Executive producer, DinoCroc, New Concorde Home Entertainment, 2004
Executive producer, Rage and Discipline, New Concorde, 2004
Also worked as producer and director of the uncompleted films The Little Guy and Reception, both 1957.
Film Appearances
(Uncredited) Tommy, Monster from the Ocean Floor (also known as It Stalked the Monster Floor, It Stalked the Ocean Floor, and Monster Maker), 1954
(Uncredited) Roadblock state trooper, The Fast and the Furious, 1954
(Uncredited) Nelson, Louise's fiancee in frame photograph, Day the World Ended, 1956
Office worker, Naked Paradise (also known as Thunder over Hawaii), American International Pictures, 1957
Technician, War of the Satellites, Allied Artists, 1958
(Uncredited) Joe, the TV truck man, The Cry Baby Killer, Allied Artists, 1958
(Uncredited) Cop who finds note, Hot Car Girl, 1958
(Uncredited) Doctor in hospital, The Wasp Woman (also known as The Bee Girl and Insect Woman), Allied Artists, 1960
The Last Woman on Earth, Filmgroup, 1960
(Uncredited) Ski Troop Attack, Filmgroup, 1960
(Uncredited) Battle of Blood Island, 1960
Creature from the Haunted Sea, Filmgroup, 1961
The Little Shop of Horrors, Filmgroup, 1961
(Uncredited) Greek soldier, Atlas, 1961
The Young Racers, American International Pictures, 1963
Second senator, The Godfather, Part II (also known as Mario Puzo's The Godfather, Part II), Paramount, 1974
District attorney, Cannonball (also known as Carquake), NewWorld, 1976
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel (documentary), Blackwood Films, 1978
(Uncredited) Man in the phone booth, The Howling, Avco Embassy, 1981
(Uncredited) Lawyer, The State of Things (also known as O estado das coisas and Der Stand der Dinge), Artificial Eye, 1982
Mr. MacBride, Swing Shift, Warner Bros., 1984
Lords of the Deep, Concorde, 1989
Himself, Hollywood Boulevard II (also known as Back to Hollywood Boulevard), Concorde, 1989
The President, Ultra Warrior (also known as Welcome to Oblivion), 1990
FBI director Hayden Burke, The Silence of the Lambs, Orion, 1991
Body Waves, New Horizons Home Video, 1992
The president, Ultra Warrior (also known as Welcome to Oblivion), 1992
Mr. Laird, Philadelphia, TriStar, 1993
A Century of Cinema, 1994
Himself, Conversations with Vincent, 1994
Congressman, Apollo 13 (also known as Apollo 13: The IMAX Experience), Universal, 1995
Himself, 100 Years of Horror: Witchcraft and Demons (documentary),Passport Video, 1996
Himself, 100 Years of Horror: The Monster Makers (documentary), Passport Video, 1996
Himself, 100 Years of Horror: The Evil Unseeable (documentary), Passport Video, 1996
Himself, 100 Years of Horror: The Count and Company (documentary),Passport Video, 1996
Himself, 100 Years of Horror: The Aristocrats of Evil (documentary), Passport Video, 1996
Himself, 100 Years of Horror: Sorcerers (documentary), Passport Video, 1996
Himself, 100 Years of Horror: Scream Queens (documentary), Passport Video, 1996
Himself, 100 Years of Horror: Maniacs (documentary), Passport Video, 1996
Himself, 100 Years of Horror: Freaks (documentary), Passport Video, 1996
Himself, Monte Hellman: American Auteur (documentary short film),Vanguard Cinema, 1997
Some Nudity Required, Only Child, 1998
Himself, The Independent, Arrow Releasing, 2000
Studio executive, Scream 3, Dimension Films, 2000
Himself, A Galaxy Far Far Away, 2001
Himself, The Wicker Man Enigma (documentary short film), 2001
Himself, Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies, 2001
Himself, Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of "The Silence of the Lambs" (documentary), MGM/UA Home Entertainment, 2001
Himself, Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood, 2003
Hollywood director, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, Warner Bros., 2003
Himself, A Decade under the Influence, 2003
Himself, The Trip: Tune In, Trip Out, 2003
Former US President, The Manchurian Candidate, Paramount, 2004
Himself, From Spiders to Switchblades, 2005
Television Work
Series
Executive producer and creator, Black Scorpion (also known as Roger Corman Presents Black Scorpion), Sci-Fi Channel, 2001
Television Executive Producer
Pilots
The Georgia Peaches, CBS, 1980
Miniseries
The Phantom Eye (also known as Roger Corman's The Phantom Eye), AMC, 1999
Movies
Outside Chance (also known as Jackson County Jail), CBS, 1978
"Hellfire" (also known as "Blood Song," "Haunted Symphony," and "Symphony"), Roger Corman Presents, Showtime, 1995
"Wasp Woman" (also known as "Forbidden Beauty"), Roger Corman Presents, Showtime, 1995
"Virtual Seduction" (also known as "Addicted to Love"), Roger Corman Presents, Showtime, 1995
"Terminal Virus" (also known as "Last Chance"), Roger Corman Presents, Showtime, 1995
"Suspect Device," Roger Corman Presents, Showtime, 1995
"Sawbones" (also known as "Prescription for Murder"), Roger Corman Presents, Showtime, 1995
"Piranha," Roger Corman Presents, Showtime, 1995
"Not of This Earth," Roger Corman Presents, Showtime, 1995
"Not like Us," Roger Corman Presents, Showtime, 1995
"A Bucket of Blood" (also known as "Dark Secrets" and "The Death Artist"), Roger Corman Presents, Showtime, 1995
"Bram Stoker's Burial of the Rats" (also known as "Burial of the Rats"),Roger Corman Presents, Showtime, 1995
"Black Scorpion" (also known as "Of Unknown Origins"), Roger Corman Presents, Showtime, 1995
"The Alien Within" (also known as "Of Unknown Origins"), Roger CormanPresents, Showtime, 1995
Star Quest, Sci-Fi Channel, 1995
Vampirella, Showtime, 1996
Lady Killer, Showtime, 1996
Black Scorpion II: Aftershock (also known as Black Scorpion: Ground Zero), Showtime, 1996
"The Unspeakable" (also known as "Criminal Pursuit" and "Shadow of a Scream"), Roger Corman Presents, Showtime, 1996
"Subliminal Seduction" (also known as "The Corporation," "Flash Frame," and "Mind Storm"), Roger Corman Presents, Showtime, 1996
"Last Exit to Earth," Roger Corman Presents, Showtime, 1996
"Humanoids from the Deep," Roger Corman Presents, Showtime, 1996
Death Game (also known as Mortal Challenge), Showtime, 1996
"Alien Avengers" (also known as "Welcome to Planet Earth"), Roger Corman Presents, Showtime, 1996
House of the Damned (also known as Escape to Nowhere and Spectre), Showtime, 1996
Inhumanoid, Showtime, 1996
Marquis de Sade (also known as Dark Prince), Showtime, 1996
When the Bullet Hits the Bone, Showtime, 1996
"Spacejacked," Roger Corman Presents, The Movie Channel, 1997
"Alien Avengers II" (also known as "Aliens among Us" and "Welcome to Planet Earth II"), Roger Corman Presents, The Movie Channel, 1997
"Falling Fire" (also known as "3 Minutes to Impact" and "The Cusp"), Roger Corman Presents, The Movie Channel, 1998
"Galactic Odyssey," Roger Corman Presents, The Movie Channel, 1998
Avalanche Alley, 2001
Television Appearances
Miniseries
Himself, A-Z of Horror (documentary; also known as Clive Baker's A-Z of Horror), 1997
Dr. Gorman, The Phantom Eye (also known as Roger Corman's The Phantom Eye), AMC, 1999
Movies
Dr. Bregman, "Eye," John Carpenter Presents Body Bags (also knownas John Carpenter Presents "Body Bags" and John Carpenter Presents"Mind Games"), Showtime, 1993
Mr. Randolph, Runaway Daughters (also known as Rebel Highway), Showtime, 1994
Sandy Collins, The Second Civil War, HBO, 1997
Specials
Guest, The Horror of It All, PBS, 1983
The Horror Hall of Fame, syndicated, 1990
The Horror Hall of Fame II, syndicated, 1991
Himself, Reflections on "Citizen Kane" (documentary), 1991
A Day in the Life of Hollywood, Showtime, 1992
The Real Frankenstein: An Untold Story (documentary), ABC, 1995
The Roger Corman Special, Sci-Fi Channel, 1995
Interviewee, Anatomy of Horror, UPN, 1995
The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters, PBS, 1996
Canned Ham: Bowfinger (documentary), Comedy Central, 1999
Hollywood's Hot Wheels (documentary), AMC, 1999
Ron Howard: Hollywood's Favorite Son (documentary), Arts and Entertainment, 1999
The Wild Ride of Outlaw Bikers (documentary), Arts and Entertainment, 1999
Himself, David Carradine: The E! True Hollywood Story (documentary), E! Entertainment Television, 2000
Himself, Claudia Jennings: The E! True Hollywood Story (documentary; also known as Fast Life/Untimely Death: Playmate Claudia Jennings: TheE! True Hollywood Story), E! Entertainment Television, 2000
Himself, A&E Biography: Vincent Price--The Versatile Villain (documentary), Arts and Entertainment, 2000
(Uncredited) Himself, Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties (documentary), TCM, 2001
Himself, Burnt Offering: The Cult of the Wicker Man, 2001
Himself, It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures, AMC, 2001
(Uncredited) Himself, Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (documentary), AMC, 2002
Himself, Biography Special: The Fondas (documentary), 2004
Episodic
"Dennis Hopper," Crazy about the Movies, Cinemax, 1991
"Fade In, Fade Out," Beverly Hills, 90210, Fox, 1996
John Matlin, "Judge and Jury," The Practice, 1999
Also appeared as himself, "Roger Corman," The Directors.
WRITINGS
Screenplays
The Terror (also known as The Castle of Terror and Ladyof the Shadows), American International Pictures, 1963
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype, 1980
(With F. X. Feeney) Frankenstein Unbound (also known as Roger Corman's Frankenstein Unbound; based on a novel by Brian Aldiss), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1990
Slaughter Studios, 2002
Books
(With Jim Jerome) How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime, 1990

Further Reference

ADAPTATIONS

The films Highway Dragnet, released by Allied Artists in 1954, andThe Fast and the Furious, distributed by American Releasing in 1954,were both based on stories by Corman.

OTHER SOURCES

Books

De Franco, J. P., The Movie World of Roger Corman, Chelsea House Publishers, 1979
Encyclopedia of World Biography Supplement, Volume 21, Gale Group,2001
Frank, Alan, The Films of Roger Corman: Shooting My Way Out of Trouble, B. T. Batsford, Ltd., 1998
Gray, Beverly, Roger Corman: An Unauthorized Biography of the Godfather of Indie Filmmaking, Renaissance Books, 2000
McCarthy, Todd & Charles Flynn, King of the Bs, Dutton, 1975
McGee, Mark Thomas, Roger Corman: The Best of the Cheap Acts, McFarland & Co., Inc., 1988
Naha, Ed, Films of Roger Corman, 1982
Naha, Ed, Roger Corman: Brilliance on a Budget, Arco Press, 1982
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, St. James Press, 2000

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