. His roles have included acting in
. He has appeared in many television programs including
and was raised in an Armenian American community. His father, Haig Mosesian, was an
. Haig's career began somewhat by accident. As a youth, his rapid physical growth interfered with his
, prompting him to take dancing lessons. At the age of seven, he was a paid dancer in a children’s
s, prompting his parents to buy him a drum set, on which he mastered a wide range of musical styles, including swing,
. He found it easy to earn money with his music, and signed a recording contract one year out of high school. Haig went on to record the single "Full House" with the T-Birds in 1958 which shot to #4 on the charts.
When Sid was in high school, the head of the drama department was Alice Merrill, who encouraged him to pursue an acting career. Merrill was a famous
actress who maintained her contacts in the business. During his senior year, a play was produced in which Merrill double cast the show, to have one of her Hollywood friends assess the actors in order to select the final cast. The Hollywood contact who saw Haig perform was
, a big musical comedy star from the 1940s, who chose Sid for a prominent role in the play. Two weeks later, he returned to see the show and advised Sid to continue his education in the San Fernando Valley and consider acting as a career. Two years later, Sid enrolled in the
. Haig later moved to Hollywood with long time friend and
, which launched Haig's more-than-40-year acting career in over 50 films and 350 television episodes. He became a staple in Hill's films, such as
. Haig was also a regular player for producer-director
. He appeared in
. His television credits include appearances in such programs as
Sid Haig retired in 1992 on account of getting typecast: "I just didn’t want to play stupid heavies anymore. They just kept giving me the same parts but just putting different clothes on me. It was stupid, and I resented it, and I wouldn’t have anything to do with it". Haig did not work in acting for five years, instead training and becoming a certified
. During this time, he was offered the role of Marsellus Wallace (later to be played by
's second film. At the time, Sid was concerned that low budget television had been ruining his career and at seeing the shooting script and the short number of days dedicated for each location he passed on the project. This is something that he's always regretted. Then, in 1997, Tarantino wrote the part of the judge in
, as Captain Spaulding. The role revived Haig's acting career, earning him a "Best Supporting Actor" award in the 13th Annual
Chainsaw Awards, and induction into the Horror Hall of Fame. His image as Captain Spaulding has become iconic in today's
. Haig reprised his role as Spaulding in Zombie’s sequel to
For this film, he received the award for "Best Actor" in the 15th Annual Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, as well as sharing the award for "Most Vile Villain" at the First Annual Spike TV
as The Firefly Family. He was also nominated as "Best Butcher" in the Fuse/Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, but lost to
Recently, Sid Haig reunited with Rob Zombie once again, albeit briefly, in the director's
, in the role of cemetery caretaker Chester Chesterfield. Sid Haig has also confirmed that he will reprise the role of Captain Spaulding in Rob Zombie's new animated film
| Year |
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| 1960 |
The Host |
The Fugitive |
Jack Hill Jack Hill is an American film director, noted for his work in the exploitation film genre.A full biography of his work, in which Hill was closely involved, entitled Jack Hill: The Exploitation and Blaxploitation Master, Film by Film was written by British critic Calum Waddell and will be released...
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Short film |
| 1962 |
The Firebrand |
Diego |
Maury Dexter |
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| 1965 |
Beach Ball |
Drummer for Righteous Brother |
Lennie Weinrib Lennie Weinrib was an American actor, voice actor and writer. He is best known for playing the title role in the children's television show H.R...
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| 1966 |
Blood BathBlood Bath is a 1966 horror film directed by Jack Hill and Stephanie Rothman. William Campbell stars as an artist with vampiric tendencies who kills beautiful women and dumps their bodies into a vat of boiling wax in his studio...
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Abdul the Arab |
Jack Hill Jack Hill is an American film director, noted for his work in the exploitation film genre.A full biography of his work, in which Hill was closely involved, entitled Jack Hill: The Exploitation and Blaxploitation Master, Film by Film was written by British critic Calum Waddell and will be released...
, Stephanie RothmanStephanie Rothman is a film director, producer and screenwriter, known for her low-budget independent exploitation films made in the 1960s and 1970s. She was the first female to be awarded the Directors Guild of America fellowship. Her commercially successful film The Student Nurses broke ground...
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| 1967 |
It's a Bikini World It's a Bikini World is an American motion picture released in 1967. The film stars Tommy Kirk, Deborah Walley and Bobby "Boris" Pickett of "Monster Mash" fame...
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Daddy |
Stephanie Rothman Stephanie Rothman is a film director, producer and screenwriter, known for her low-budget independent exploitation films made in the 1960s and 1970s. She was the first female to be awarded the Directors Guild of America fellowship. Her commercially successful film The Student Nurses broke ground...
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| 1967 |
Point Blank Point Blank is a 1967 crime film directed by John Boorman and starring Lee Marvin and Angie Dickinson, adapted from the classic pulp novel The Hunter by Donald E. Westlake, writing as Richard Stark...
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First Penthouse Lobby Guard |
John BoormanJohn Boorman is an English filmmaker, currently based in Ireland, best known for his feature films such as Point Blank, Deliverance, Excalibur, Hope and Glory, The General and Zardoz.-Early life:...
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| 1968 |
Spider Baby Spider Baby is a 1968 black comedy horror film, written and directed by Jack Hill. It stars Lon Chaney, Jr. as Bruno, the chauffeur and caretaker of three orphaned siblings who suffer from "Merrye Syndrome", which causes them to mentally, socially, and physically regress backwards down the...
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Ralph |
Jack Hill Jack Hill is an American film director, noted for his work in the exploitation film genre.A full biography of his work, in which Hill was closely involved, entitled Jack Hill: The Exploitation and Blaxploitation Master, Film by Film was written by British critic Calum Waddell and will be released...
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| 1968 |
The Hell with Heroes |
Crespin |
Joseph Sargent Joseph Sargent is an American film director. He has directed many television movies, but his best known feature film works are probably White Lightning, MacArthur, Nightmares and Jaws: The Revenge, with his most popular film being The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. He has won four Emmy Awards...
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| 1969 |
Pit Stop |
Hawk Sidney |
Jack Hill Jack Hill is an American film director, noted for his work in the exploitation film genre.A full biography of his work, in which Hill was closely involved, entitled Jack Hill: The Exploitation and Blaxploitation Master, Film by Film was written by British critic Calum Waddell and will be released...
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| 1969 |
Che! Che! is a 1969 American Biographical film starring Omar Sharif as Marxist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara. It follows Guevara from when he first landed in Cuba in 1956 to his death in Bolivia in 1967, although the film does not portray the formative pre-Cuban revolution sections of Che's life...
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Antonio |
Richard Fleischer Richard O. Fleischer was an American film director.-Early life:Fleischer was born in Brooklyn, the son of Essie and animator/producer Max Fleischer...
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| 1970 |
C.C. and Company |
Crow |
Seymour Robbie |
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| 1971 |
THX 1138This article is about the 1971 film. For the high fidelity sound company, see THX.THX 1138 is a 1971 science fiction film directed by George Lucas, from a screenplay by Lucas and Walter Murch...
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NCH |
George LucasGeorge Walton Lucas, Jr. is an American film producer, screenwriter, director and chairman of Lucasfilm Ltd. He is best known for being the creator of the epic sci-fi franchise Star Wars and joint creator of the archaeologist-adventurer character Indiana Jones...
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| 1971 |
The Big Doll House The Big Doll House is a 1971 women in prison film starring Pam Grier, Judy Brown, Roberta Collins, Brooke Mills, and Pat Woodell. The film follows six female inmates throughout daily life in a gritty, unidentified supra-tropical prison...
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Harry |
Jack Hill Jack Hill is an American film director, noted for his work in the exploitation film genre.A full biography of his work, in which Hill was closely involved, entitled Jack Hill: The Exploitation and Blaxploitation Master, Film by Film was written by British critic Calum Waddell and will be released...
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| 1971 |
Diamonds Are ForeverDiamonds Are Forever is the seventh spy film in the James Bond series, and the sixth to star Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film is based on Ian Fleming's 1956 novel of the same name, and is the second of four James Bond films directed by Guy Hamilton...
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Slumber Inc. Attendant |
Guy Hamilton Guy Hamilton is a noted English film director.Hamilton was born in Paris, France where his English parents were living. Remaining in France during the Nazi occupation, he was active in the French Resistance...
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| 1972 |
The Big Bird Cage The Big Bird Cage is a 1972 exploitation film of the "women in prison" subgenre. It serves as a non-sequel follow-up to the 1971 film The Big Doll House...
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Django |
Jack Hill Jack Hill is an American film director, noted for his work in the exploitation film genre.A full biography of his work, in which Hill was closely involved, entitled Jack Hill: The Exploitation and Blaxploitation Master, Film by Film was written by British critic Calum Waddell and will be released...
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| 1973 |
The No Mercy Man |
Pill Box |
Daniel Vance |
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| 1973 |
Black Mama, White Mama Black Mama, White Mama is a 1972 women in prison film with elements of blaxploitation, starring Pam Grier and Margaret Markov, and directed by Eddie Romero.-Plot:...
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Django |
Jack Hill Jack Hill is an American film director, noted for his work in the exploitation film genre.A full biography of his work, in which Hill was closely involved, entitled Jack Hill: The Exploitation and Blaxploitation Master, Film by Film was written by British critic Calum Waddell and will be released...
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| 1973 |
Wonder WomanWonder Woman is a DC Comics superhero created by William Moulton Marston. First appearing in All Star Comics #8 , she is one of three characters to have been continuously published by DC Comics since the company's 1944 inception .Wonder Woman is a member of an all-female tribe of Amazons...
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Gregorious |
Robert Vincent O'Neill |
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| 1973 |
Emperor of the North PoleEmperor of the North Pole is a 1973 American movie starring Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, and Keith Carradine. It was re-released under the shorter title Emperor of the North, and is better known under the latter name....
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Grease Tail |
Robert Aldrich Robert Aldrich was an American film director, writer and producer, notable for such films as Kiss Me Deadly, The Big Knife, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, The Flight of the Phoenix, Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte and The Dirty Dozen.-Biography:Robert Burgess Aldrich was born in Cranston, Rhode...
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| 1973 |
Coffy Coffy is a 1973 blaxploitation film written and directed by American filmmaker Jack Hill.The story is about a black female vigilante, played by Pam Grier....
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Omar |
Jack Hill Jack Hill is an American film director, noted for his work in the exploitation film genre.A full biography of his work, in which Hill was closely involved, entitled Jack Hill: The Exploitation and Blaxploitation Master, Film by Film was written by British critic Calum Waddell and will be released...
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| 1973 |
Beyond Atlantis |
East Eddie |
Eddie Romero Eddie Romero is an acclaimed and influential Filipino film director, film producer and screenwriter, considered one of the finest in the Cinema of the Philippines.Romero was named National Artist of the Philippines in 2003....
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| 1973 |
The Woman Hunt |
Silas |
Eddie Romero Eddie Romero is an acclaimed and influential Filipino film director, film producer and screenwriter, considered one of the finest in the Cinema of the Philippines.Romero was named National Artist of the Philippines in 2003....
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| 1973 |
The Don Is Dead |
The Arab |
Richard Fleischer Richard O. Fleischer was an American film director.-Early life:Fleischer was born in Brooklyn, the son of Essie and animator/producer Max Fleischer...
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| 1974 |
Busting Busting is a 1974 film. It was directed by Peter Hyams and stars Elliott Gould and Robert Blake as police officers. The film is episodic, depicting the two cops teaming on several different cases with varying degrees of success but then everything centers on them trying to bust one main criminal...
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Rizzo's Bouncer |
Peter HyamsPeter Hyams is an American screenwriter, director and cinematographer, probably best known for directing the 1984 sci-fi adventure 2010 , Capricorn One, the comic book adaptation Timecop and the Arnold Schwarzenegger horror/action blockbuster End of Days.-Family:Hyams was born in New York...
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| 1974 |
Foxy Brown |
Hays |
Jack Hill Jack Hill is an American film director, noted for his work in the exploitation film genre.A full biography of his work, in which Hill was closely involved, entitled Jack Hill: The Exploitation and Blaxploitation Master, Film by Film was written by British critic Calum Waddell and will be released...
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| 1974 |
Savage Sisters |
Malavael |
Eddie Romero Eddie Romero is an acclaimed and influential Filipino film director, film producer and screenwriter, considered one of the finest in the Cinema of the Philippines.Romero was named National Artist of the Philippines in 2003....
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| 1976 |
Swashbuckler Swashbuckler is a romantic adventure film produced in the U.S. by Universal Studios and released in 1976. It is a story that takes place in Jamaica in 1718 about a band of buccaneer pirates, led by Captain “Red” Ned Lynch, pitted against a greedy overlord, evil Lord Durant...
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Bald Pirate |
James Goldstone James Goldstone was an American director of both television and theatrical films during the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s....
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| 1980 |
Loose Shoes Loose Shoes is a 1980 comedy film directed by Ira Miller and featuring Bill Murray. The film is presented as a series of movie trailers with titles such as The Howard Huge Story, Skate-boarders from Hell and The Invasion of the Penis Snatchers....
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Lone Stranger |
Ira Miller |
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| 1981 |
Underground Aces |
Faoud |
Robert Butler Robert N. Butler was an American politician and physician. He served as Adjutant General of Virginia in the War of 1812, and was State Treasurer of Virginia 1846–53....
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| 1981 |
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash Chu Chu and the Philly Flash is a 1981 comedy film starring Alan Arkin, Carol Burnett, Jack Warden, Ruth Buzzi, and Danny Aiello. It was released in 1981 by 20th Century Fox. Arkin plays a down-his-luck former baseball player and Burnett plays a Carmen Miranda-style performer...
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Vince |
David Lowell Rich David Lowell Rich is an American film director and producer. He has directed nearly 100 films and TV episodes between 1950 and 1987.He was born in New York, New York.-Selected filmography:* Chu Chu and the Philly Flash...
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| 1981 |
Galaxy of TerrorGalaxy of Terror is a science fiction/horror film starring Edward Albert, Erin Moran, Robert Englund, Ray Walston, Zalman King, Grace Zabriskie and Sid Haig and directed by Bruce D. Clark. It was produced by New World Pictures, distributed by United Artists and released in 1981...
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Quuhod |
Bruce D. Clark |
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| 1982 |
The Aftermath |
Cutter |
Steve Barkett |
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| 1982 |
40 Days of Musa Dagh |
Turkish general |
Sarky Mouradian |
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| 1987 |
Commando Squad |
Iggy |
Fred Olen Ray Fred Olen Ray is an American filmmaker. He is the producer, director, and screenwriter of low to medium-budget feature films in many genres, including horror, science fiction, action/adventure, softcore sex films and crime dramas. He has also produced a few feature films for a family audience.In...
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| 1988 |
Warlords Warlords may refer to:* The plural of warlord, a name for a figure who has military authority but not legal authority over a subnational region.* "WARLORDS", the call sign of a United States Navy Helicopter squadron based in Ayase city, Japan....
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The Warlord |
Fred Olen Ray Fred Olen Ray is an American filmmaker. He is the producer, director, and screenwriter of low to medium-budget feature films in many genres, including horror, science fiction, action/adventure, softcore sex films and crime dramas. He has also produced a few feature films for a family audience.In...
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| 1989 |
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II |
Donar |
Charles B. Griffith Charles B. Griffith was a Chicago-born screenwriter, best known for writing Roger Corman productions such as A Bucket of Blood, The Little Shop of Horrors, and Death Race 2000....
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| 1990 |
The Forbidden Dance The Forbidden Dance is a drama film starring former Miss USA Laura Harring.The film was written, produced, and released very quickly in order to cash in on what some thought was a Lambada dance craze. The script was commissioned in December 1989, written in ten days, and filming began within a...
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Joa |
Greydon Clark Greydon Clark is an American film writer, director, producer, and actor. His career spans several decades and genres, although the majority of his work has been low-budget productions in the action/horror genres...
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| 1990 |
Genuine Risk Genuine Risk was a chestnut mare who won the 1980 Kentucky Derby and was the first filly to ever finish in the money in all three U.S. Triple Crown races. Ridden by Jacinto Vasquez, she finished second in the Preakness and Belmont Stakes...
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Curly |
Kurt Voss Kurt Voss is an American film director and screenwriter. He often works with fellow UCLA alumni Allison Anders. His credits include Border Radio, Poison Ivy , Ghost on the Highway , Down and Out with the Dolls and Sugar Town.Kurt Voss is a founding member of the West Coast punk band "The Hindi...
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| 1992 |
Boris and Natasha |
Colonel Gorda |
Charles Martin Smith Charles Martin Smith is an American film actor, writer, and director.-Early life:Smith was born in Van Nuys, California. His father, Frank Smith, was a film cartoonist and animator, while his uncle Paul J. Smith was an animator as well as a director for the Walter Lantz Studios...
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| 1997 |
Jackie BrownJackie Brown is a 1997 crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It is an adaptation of the novel Rum Punch by American novelist Elmore Leonard, but reworks it to create an homage to 1970s blaxploitation films. The film stars Pam Grier, Robert Forster, Robert De Niro, Samuel L. Jackson,...
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Judge |
Quentin TarantinoQuentin Jerome Tarantino is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and actor. In the early 1990s he was an independent filmmaker whose films used nonlinear storylines and aestheticization of violence...
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| 2003 |
House of 1000 Corpses House of 1000 Corpses is a 2003 exploitation horror film written and directed by Rob Zombie, and is his directorial debut. It was released in the United States on April 11, 2003 by Lions Gate Entertainment.- Plot :...
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Captain Spaulding |
Rob Zombie Robert Bartleh Cummings , better known by his stage name, Rob Zombie, is a Grammy-nominated American musician, film director, screenwriter and film producer. He founded the metal band White Zombie....
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| 2003 |
Kill Bill Vol. 2 |
Jay |
Quentin TarantinoQuentin Jerome Tarantino is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and actor. In the early 1990s he was an independent filmmaker whose films used nonlinear storylines and aestheticization of violence...
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| 2005 |
The Devil's RejectsThe Devil's Rejects is a 2005 horror film written and directed by Rob Zombie. It is the sequel to his 2003 film House of 1000 Corpses. The movie is about the family of psychopathic killers from the previous film now on the run...
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Captain Spaulding/Cutter |
Rob Zombie Robert Bartleh Cummings , better known by his stage name, Rob Zombie, is a Grammy-nominated American musician, film director, screenwriter and film producer. He founded the metal band White Zombie....
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| 2005 |
House of the Dead 2 |
Professor Curien |
Michael Hurst Michael Eric Hurst, ONZM the eldest of four brothers. He is a New Zealand actor, director and writer, mostly on stage and television...
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| 2006 |
Night of the Living Dead 3D Night of the Living Dead 3D is a 2006 horror film made in 3-D. It is the second remake of the 1968 horror classic Night of the Living Dead. The first was released in 1990 and was directed by Tom Savini from a revised screenplay by George A. Romero. Unlike the first remake, no one involved with the...
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Gerald Tovar, Jr. |
Jeff Broadstreet Jeff Broadstreet is an American film director. He directed the 2006 remake of Night of the Living Dead , titled Night of the Living Dead 3-D. Broadstreet has also directed films like Sexbomb , Area 51: The Alien Interview , Megalomania , and Dr. Rage ....
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| 2006 |
Little Big Top |
Seymour |
Ward Roberts |
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| 2007 |
Dead Man's HandThe dead man's hand is a two-pair poker hand, namely "aces and eights". The hand gets its name from the legend of it being the five-card-draw hand held by Wild Bill Hickok at the time of his murder...
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Roy 'The Word' Donahue |
Charles Band |
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| 2007 |
HalloweenHalloween is a 2007 American horror film written, directed, and produced by Rob Zombie. The film is a remake/reimagining of the 1978 horror film of the same name, and the ninth film in the Halloween film series. The film stars Malcolm McDowell as Dr...
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Chester Chesterfield |
Rob Zombie Robert Bartleh Cummings , better known by his stage name, Rob Zombie, is a Grammy-nominated American musician, film director, screenwriter and film producer. He founded the metal band White Zombie....
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| 2007 |
Brotherhood of BloodBrotherhood of Blood is a 2007 horror film, starring Victoria Pratt, Sid Haig and Ken Foree, directed by Peter Scheerer and Michael Roesch. The movie had its world premiere at the prestigious Sitges Film Festival in Sitges, Spain in October 2007....
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Pashek |
Michael Roesch Michael Roesch is a film director, film producer and screenwriter. He collaborates on his movies with fellow filmmaker Peter Scheerer.A movie aficionado since he was a kid, Michael Roesch started shooting short 8 mm movies at age 12...
, Peter ScheererPeter Scheerer is a film director, film producer and screenwriter. He collaborates on his movies with fellow filmmaker Michael Roesch....
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| 2009 |
Razor |
Sam |
James P. Lay |
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| 2009 |
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto The Haunted World of El Superbeasto is an animated comedy film that also combines elements of a horror and thriller film. It is based upon the comic book series created by Rob Zombie that follows the character of El Superbeasto and his sidekick sister, Suzi-X, voiced by Sheri Moon.-Plot:The film...
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Captain Spaulding |
Mr. Lawrence, Carey Yost |
Voice-only |
| 2009 |
Dark Moon Rising |
Crazy Louis |
Dana Mennie |
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| 2010 |
Go Straight to Hell |
Dr. Phillips |
Edward G. Norris |
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