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Roger Corman

Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926) is an American film producer, director and actor. He has mostly worked on low-budget films. Some of Corman's work has an established critical reputation, such as his cycle of films derived from the tales of Edgar Allan Poe, and he has won an Honorary Academy Award for his body of work. Corman is also an occasional actor, taking minor roles in such films as The Silence of the Lambs, The Godfather Part II, Apollo 13 and Philadelphia. A documentary about Roger Corman's life and career entitled Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel premiered at Sundance in 2011. Corman has been a mentor to young film directors including Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard, Peter Bogdanovich, Jonathan Demme, James Cameron, Curtis Hanson, John Sayles, and many others. He has also helped launch the careers of actors including Jack Nicholson, Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Talia Shire and Robert De Niro. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roger Corman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Apr 5, 1926 In Detroit, Michigan, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
114
First Appeared:
In the movie Z Dead End
Latest Project:
Movie Sharksploitation 2024-10-12
Known For
Poster of It Was a Colossal Teenage Movie Machine: The AIP Story
Poster of From Manila with Love
Poster of Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Poster of Remembering 'The Intruder'
Filmography
Movie Segal Self 2025
Movie I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni Self 2025
Movie Z Dead End Rumored 2025
Movie Sharksploitation Self 2024-10-12
Series Spector Self 2022-11-06
Movie Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! Self (archive footage) 2021-02-13
Movie A Ship of Madness: Deeper and Higher with Pazucus Self 2021-04-09
Movie Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema Self 2021-01-19
Movie Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster Self 2021-09-17
Movie Corman's Eyedrops Got Me Too Crazy Self 2020-01-27
Movie Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi Self 2020-05-19
Movie Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp Self 2020-06-23
Movie Tales of the Uncanny Self 2020-10-31
Movie AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #3: SEQUELITIS Self 2020-05-06
Movie Memory: The Origins of Alien Self 2019-01-24
Movie Dr. Jack & Mr. Nicholson Self 2019-07-21
Series CULT-TASTIC: Tales From The Trenches With Roger And Julie Corman Himself 2019-11-15
Movie Bloody And Groovy Baby! A Tribute to Sam Raimi's Evil Dead 2 2018-12-11
Movie Greetings from Tromaville! Himself 2017-11-30
Movie Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive 2017-04-29
Movie Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four Himself 2015-07-10
Movie It Was a Colossal Teenage Movie Machine: The AIP Story Himself 2015-12-01
Movie Kings of Cult self 2015-09-02
Movie That Guy Dick Miller Self 2014-03-07
Movie Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins Self 2014-10-12
Movie Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the American Drive-in Movie 2013-06-07
Movie La última película de Jess Franco Self 2013-10-11
Movie Extraordinary Tales Prince Prospero (voice) (segment 'The Masque of the Red Death') 2013-02-28
Movie Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader Dean Hinkle 2012-08-25
Movie From Manila with Love Himself 2011-06-21
Movie Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective Self 2011-04-14
Movie Corman's World Self - Filmmaker 2011-12-16
Movie Produce Your Own Damn Movie! Self 2011-09-13
Movie Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man Self 2010-03-27
Movie Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror Self 2010-12-26
Movie Dinoshark Dr. Frank Reeves 2010-03-13
Movie With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story Self 2010-07-24
Movie Sodankylä Forever Self 2010-08-05
Movie Machete Maidens Unleashed! Self 2010-10-15
Series Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood Self 2010-11-01
Movie Sleepless Nights: Revisiting the Slumber Party Massacres Himself (archive footage) 2010-10-05
Movie Sharktopus Beach Bum 2010-09-25
Series A History of Horror Self 2010-10-11
Movie Popatopolis Himself 2009-06-10
Movie Nightmares in Red, White and Blue Self 2009-08-06
Movie Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman Himself 2009-02-25
Movie Hollywood Gangster Self 2008-12-27
Movie Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound Self - Producer, The Fantastic Four (1994) 2008-06-10
Movie The Fanex Files, Volume 2: Samuel Z. Arkoff Himself 2008-10-28
Movie Rachel Getting Married Wedding Guest 2008-09-03
Movie Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story Self 2007-11-08
Movie Searchers 2.0 Producer (Flashback) 2007-08-31
Movie Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project Self 2007-10-13
Movie Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows Self 2007-09-02
Movie Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman Self 2007-05-16
Movie The Sci-Fi Boys Self 2006-04-27
Movie Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood 2005-12-02
Movie The Perfect Scary Movie Self 2005-10-29
Movie The Manchurian Candidate Mr. Secretary 2004-07-30
Movie Mario Bava: Operazione paura Self 2004-04-30
Movie Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen Self 2004-09-04
Movie Looney Tunes: Back in Action Hollywood Director 2003-11-14
Movie A Decade Under the Influence Self 2003-04-25
Movie Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood Self 2003-03-09
Movie All the Love You Cannes! Self 2002-05-16
Movie Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies Himself 2001-04-02
Movie Remembering 'The Intruder' Himself 2001-03-27
Movie It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures Self 2001-05-01
Movie Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' Self 2001-08-21
Movie Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man Himself 2001-12-29
Movie The Wicker Man Enigma Himself 2001-10-01
Movie Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties Self 2001-09-04
Movie Scream 3 Studio Executive 2000-02-04
Movie The Independent Roger Corman 2000-11-10
Movie The Phantom Eye Dr. Gorman 1999-10-30
Movie The Dark Side of Hollywood 1998-05-13
Movie Some Nudity Required Himself 1998-10-16
Movie Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs Self 1998-01-01
Series The Practice Unknown 1997-03-04
Movie The Second Civil War Sandy Collins 1997-12-04
Movie Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain Self 1997-10-12
Series E! True Hollywood Story Unknown 1996-08-21
Movie Apollo 13 Congressman 1995-06-30
Movie The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters Self 1994-04-12
Movie Runaway Daughters Mr. Randolph 1994-08-12
Movie A Century of Cinema Self 1994-01-01
Movie Philadelphia Mr. Laird 1993-12-22
Movie Body Bags Dr. Bregman 1993-08-08
Movie Hollywood Boulevard II Roger Corman 1991-01-30
Movie The Silence of the Lambs FBI Director Hayden Burke 1991-02-14
Movie Martin Scorsese Directs Self 1990-06-16
Series Beverly Hills, 90210 Unknown 1990-10-04
Movie Horror Cafe Self 1990-04-11
Movie Lords of the Deep Corporate executive (uncredited) 1989-06-02
Movie First Works Self 1989-10-10
Movie Swing Shift Mr. MacBride 1984-04-13
Movie The Horror of It All Self 1983-02-23
Movie The State of Things The Lawyer 1982-03-22
Movie The Howling Man in Phone Booth (uncredited) 1981-01-21
Movie Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel Self 1978-04-06
Movie Cannonball District Attorney 1976-07-06
Movie The Godfather Part II Senator #2 1974-12-20
Movie Target: Harry Man on Phone 1969-05-23
Movie Blood Bath Antonio Sordi (in flashback) 1966-03-02
Movie Atlas Greek Soldier (uncredited) 1961-05-01
Movie Ski Troop Attack German Officer (uncredited) 1960-04-08
Movie Battle of Blood Island Soldier on Hilltop (uncredited) 1960-04-08
Movie The Wasp Woman Hospital Doctor 1959-10-30
Movie The Cry Baby Killer Joe - TV Truck Man (uncredited) 1958-08-15
Movie War of the Satellites Ground Control (uncredited) 1958-05-18
Movie Naked Paradise Office Worker (uncredited) 1957-01-01
Movie Day the World Ended Nelson - Louise's Fiancée in Framed Photograph (uncredited) 1955-12-01
Movie The Fast and the Furious Roadblock State Trooper 1954-11-01
Movie Monster from the Ocean Floor Tommy 1954-05-21