Roger Corman
Known for: Production
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.
Filmography
Series
Conan
Self - Guest
2010
Series
Beverly Hills, 90210
Roger Corman
1990
Series
The Practice
John Matlin
1997
Series
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975
Film
The Godfather Part II
Senator #2
1974
Series
Biography
Self
1987
Series
The Movies That Made Us
Self
2019
Series
Rebel Highway
Mr. Randolph
1994
Series
The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs
Self
2019
Series
The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs
2019
Film
Apollo 13
Congressman
1995
Series
Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
2022
Film
Scream 3
Studio Executive
2000
Film
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Hollywood Director
2003
Film
The Silence of the Lambs
FBI Director Hayden Burke
1991
Film
Philadelphia
Mr. Laird
1993
Film
The Manchurian Candidate
Mr. Secretary
2004
Film
The Howling
Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)
1981
Film
Rachel Getting Married
Wedding Guest
2008
Series
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
Self
2020
Series
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
Self
2010
Series
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Series
A History of Horror
Self
2010
Film
Corman's World
Self - Filmmaker
2011
Series
100 Years of Horror
Self - Interview
1996
Film
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
Self
2010
Film
The Second Civil War
Sandy Collins
1997
Film
Body Bags
Dr. Bregman
1993
Series
Sodankylä Forever
Self
2010
Film
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Self
2007
Film
Cannonball
District Attorney
1976
Film
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
Self
2020
Series
Spector
Self
2022
Film
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
(archive footage)
2020
Film
Sharktopus
Beach Bum
2010
Film
Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema
Self
2021
Film
Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader
Dean Hinkle
2012
Film
Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows
Self
2007
Film
That Guy Dick Miller
Self
2014
Film
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
Self - Producer, The Fantastic Four (1994)
2008
Film
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
2003
Film
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Self
2021
Film
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Self
2007
Film
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Self
2003
Film
War of the Satellites
Ground Control (uncredited)
1958
Film
Lords of the Deep
Corporate executive (uncredited)
1989
Film
Martin Scorsese, the Italian-American Master
Self (archive) - filmmaker, producer
2024
Film
The Fast and the Furious
Roadblock State Trooper (uncredited)
1954
Film
The State of Things
The Lawyer
1982
Film
Memory: The Origins of Alien
Self
2019
The Horror Hall of Fame II
Self - Inductee
1991
Film
Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective
Self
2011
Film
The Wasp Woman
Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
1959
Film
A Century of Cinema
Self
1994
Film
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four
Himself
2015
Film
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
Self
1998
Film
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
Self
2020
Film
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Self
2007
Film
Martin Scorsese Directs
Self
1990
Film
Horror Cafe
Self
1990
Film
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
Self
2004
Film
Day the World Ended
Nelson - Louise's Fiancée in Framed Photograph (uncredited)
1955
Film
Dinoshark
Dr. Frank Reeves
2010
Film
All the Love You Cannes!
Self
2002
Film
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
Self
1978
Film
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Self
2001
Film
The Perfect Scary Movie
Self
2005
Film
The Sci-Fi Boys
Self
2006
Film
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
Self
2009
Film
The Independent
Roger Corman
2000
Film
Runaway Daughters
Mr. Randolph
1994
Film
Direct Your Own Damn Movie!
Self
2009
Film
Tales of the Uncanny
Self
2020
Film
Out of the Blue and Into the Black
Self
1987
Film
Swing Shift
Mr. MacBride
1984
Film
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1
Self
2020
Film
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
Self
2001
Film
Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
Self
2004
Film
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis
Self
2020
Film
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
Self
2010
Film
La última película de Jess Franco
Self
2013
Film
Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain
Self
1997
Film
Extraordinary Tales
Prince Prospero (voice) (segment 'The Masque of the Red Death')
2015
Film
Sleepless Nights: Revisiting the Slumber Party Massacres
Himself (archive footage)
2010
Film
Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
Self
2011
Film
Blood Bath
Antonio Sordi (in flashback) (uncredited)
1966
Film
Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies
Himself
2001
Film
Cry Baby Killer
Joe - TV Truck Man (uncredited)
1958
Film
First Works
Self
1989
Film
Dr. Jack & Mr. Nicholson
Self
2019
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
Self (uncredited)
2002
Film
Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins
Self
2014
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
Self
1991
Film
The Dark Side of Hollywood
1998
Film
Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man
Self
2010
Film
Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman
Self
2009
Film
Bloody And Groovy Baby! A Tribute to Sam Raimi's Evil Dead 2
Self
2018
Film
Influence And Appreciation: A Martin Scorsese Tribute
Self
2007
Series
CULT-TASTIC: Tales From The Trenches With Roger And Julie Corman
Himself
2019
Film
Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man
Himself
2001
Film
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
2017
Film
Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror
Self
2010
The True Story of Hannibal
Self - Producer
2005
Film
Some Nudity Required
Himself
1998
Film
The Wicker Man Enigma
Himself
2001
Film
The Young Racers
Man Outside Monaco Hotel (uncredited)
1963
Series
The Last Drive-In Live: A Tribute to Roger Corman
Himself
2024
Film
SEGAL
Self
2025
Film
Hollywood Boulevard II
Roger Corman
1989
Film
Mary Woronov: Cult Queen
Self
Film
Tidal Wave
President of the United States (voice)
1975
Film
Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties
Self
2001
Film
It Came From Connemara!
Self
2014
Film
Horror!!!
Self
1964
Film
Atlas
Greek Soldier (uncredited)
1961
Film
The Horror of It All
Self
1983
Film
Monster from the Ocean Floor
Tommy (uncredited)
1954
Film
Popatopolis
Himself
2009
Film
Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
2005
Film
I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni
Self
Film
Battle of Blood Island
Soldier on Hilltop (uncredited)
1960
Film
Sharksploitation
Self
2024
Film
It Was a Colossal Teenage Movie Machine: The AIP Story
Self
2015
Film
From Manila with Love
Himself
2011
Film
Target: Harry
Man on Phone
1969
Film
Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur
Self
2017
Film
Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the American Drive-in Movie
2013
Film
Z Dead End
Rumored
Corman's Comedy of Poe
Himself
2003
Film
Naked Paradise
Office Worker (uncredited)
1957
Film
The Phantom Eye
Dr. Gorman
1999
Film
Behind the Swinging Blade
Self
2014
Remembering 'The Intruder'
Self
2001
Film
Lost Explorer
Jean
2023
Film
Greetings from Tromaville!
Self
2017
Chiller Theatre Fiend Club Show: Volume 2
Self
1996
Film
Hot Car Girl
Cop Who Finds Note (uncredited)
1958
Film
Olivera & Corman: Hollywood en Argentina
Entrevistado
Film
The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters
Self
1994
Hollywood Gangster
Self
2008
Film
The Fanex Files, Volume 2: Samuel Z. Arkoff
Himself
2008
Film
Kings of Cult
self
2015
Film
Ski Troop Attack
German Officer (uncredited)
1960
Film
In Hock & Staying There
Himself
Film
Corman's Eyedrops Got Me Too Crazy
Self
2020
Film
Searchers 2.0
Producer (Flashback)
2010
Film
Il cinema secondo Corman
Self
2025
Film
The Devil Ant
Himself
1999
Film
Wasp Woman: Murder of a B-movie Queen
Himself
2025
Film
Ivan, the TerrirBle
Self (archive footage)
2020
Ticket to Hollywood
Self
1984