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:
- 108
- First Appeared:
- In the movie I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni
- Latest Project:
- Movie Mary Woronov: Cult Queen 2026
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Mary Woronov: Cult Queen | 2026 | |
| Movie | I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni | Self | 2026 |
| Movie | Z Dead End | Rumored | 2026 |
| Movie | Sharksploitation | Self | 2024-10-12 |
| 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 | A Ship of Madness: Deeper and Higher with Pazucus | Self | 2021-04-09 |
| Movie | Corman's Eyedrops Got Me Too Crazy | Self | 2020-01-27 |
| Movie | AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #1 | Self | 2020-04-08 |
| Movie | Ivan, the TerrirBle | Self (archive footage) | 2020-09-01 |
| Movie | Tales of the Uncanny | Self | 2020-10-31 |
| Movie | Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp | Self | 2020-06-23 |
| Movie | Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi | Self | 2020-05-19 |
| 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 | Kings of Cult | self | 2015-09-02 |
| Movie | It Was a Colossal Teenage Movie Machine: The AIP Story | Himself | 2015-12-01 |
| Movie | Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four | Himself | 2015-07-10 |
| Movie | That Guy Dick Miller | Self | 2014-03-07 |
| Movie | Behind the Swinging Blade | Self | 2014-05-19 |
| Movie | Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins | Self | 2014-10-12 |
| 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 | Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the American Drive-in Movie | 2013-06-07 | |
| Movie | Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader | Dean Hinkle | 2012-08-25 |
| Movie | Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective | Self | 2011-04-14 |
| Movie | Corman's World | Self - Filmmaker | 2011-12-16 |
| Movie | From Manila with Love | Himself | 2011-06-21 |
| Movie | Produce Your Own Damn Movie! | Self | 2011-09-13 |
| Movie | Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror | Self | 2010-12-26 |
| Movie | Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man | Self | 2010-03-27 |
| Movie | Dinoshark | Dr. Frank Reeves | 2010-03-13 |
| Movie | With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story | Self | 2010-07-24 |
| Movie | Sharktopus | Beach Bum | 2010-09-25 |
| Series | Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood | Self | 2010-11-01 |
| Movie | Machete Maidens Unleashed! | Self | 2010-10-15 |
| Series | A History of Horror | Self | 2010-10-11 |
| Movie | Sleepless Nights: Revisiting the Slumber Party Massacres | Himself (archive footage) | 2010-10-05 |
| Movie | Sodankylä Forever | Self | 2010-08-05 |
| Movie | Popatopolis | Himself | 2009-06-10 |
| Movie | Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman | Himself | 2009-02-25 |
| Movie | Nightmares in Red, White and Blue | Self | 2009-08-06 |
| Movie | Hollywood Gangster | Self | 2008-12-27 |
| Movie | Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound | Self - Producer, The Fantastic Four (1994) | 2008-06-10 |
| Movie | Rachel Getting Married | Wedding Guest | 2008-09-03 |
| Movie | Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman | Self | 2007-05-16 |
| Movie | Influence And Appreciation: A Martin Scorsese Tribute | Self | 2007-08-14 |
| Movie | Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows | Self | 2007-09-02 |
| Movie | Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story | Self | 2007-11-08 |
| Movie | Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | Self | 2007-10-13 |
| Movie | Searchers 2.0 | Producer (Flashback) | 2007-08-31 |
| 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 | Mario Bava: Operazione paura | Self | 2004-04-30 |
| Movie | The Manchurian Candidate | Mr. Secretary | 2004-07-30 |
| Movie | Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen | Self | 2004-09-04 |
| Movie | Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood | Self | 2003-03-09 |
| Movie | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | Hollywood Director | 2003-11-14 |
| Movie | A Decade Under the Influence | Self | 2003-04-25 |
| Movie | All the Love You Cannes! | Self | 2002-05-16 |
| Movie | Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies | Himself | 2001-04-02 |
| Movie | It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures | Self | 2001-05-01 |
| 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 | Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' | Self | 2001-08-21 |
| Movie | The Independent | Roger Corman | 2000-11-10 |
| Movie | Scream 3 | Studio Executive | 2000-02-04 |
| Movie | Some Nudity Required | Himself | 1998-10-16 |
| Movie | Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs | Self | 1998-01-01 |
| Movie | The Dark Side of Hollywood | 1998-05-13 | |
| Movie | Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain | Self | 1997-10-12 |
| Movie | The Second Civil War | Sandy Collins | 1997-12-04 |
| Series | The Practice | Unknown | 1997-03-04 |
| Movie | Apollo 13 | Congressman | 1995-06-30 |
| Movie | Runaway Daughters | Mr. Randolph | 1994-08-12 |
| Movie | Philadelphia | Mr. Laird | 1993-12-22 |
| Movie | Body Bags | Dr. Bregman | 1993-08-08 |
| Movie | The Silence of the Lambs | FBI Director Hayden Burke | 1991-02-14 |
| Movie | Hollywood Boulevard II | Roger Corman | 1991-01-30 |
| Series | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Unknown | 1990-10-04 |
| Movie | Martin Scorsese Directs | Self | 1990-06-16 |
| 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 |