Roger William Corman 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.
Movie | Z Dead End | Rumored | 2025 |
Movie | Remembering 'The Intruder' | Himself | 2025 |
Movie | Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema | Self | 2021-01-19 |
Movie | A Ship of Madness: Deeper and Higher with Pazucus | Self | 2021-04-09 |
Movie | AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #3: SEQUELITIS | Himself | 2020-05-06 |
Movie | AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #1 | Himself | 2020-04-08 |
Movie | Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi | Self | 2020-05-19 |
Movie | Tales of the Uncanny | Self | 2020-10-31 |
Movie | Corman's Eyedrops Got Me Too Crazy | himself | 2020-01-27 |
Movie | Dr. Jack & Mr. Nicholson | Himself | 2019-07-21 |
Movie | Memory: The Origins of Alien | Himself | 2019-01-24 |
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 | Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive | 2017-04-29 | |
Movie | Greetings from Tromaville! | Himself | 2017-11-30 |
Movie | It Was a Colossal Teenage Movie Machine: The AIP Story | Himself | 2015-12-01 |
Movie | Kings of Cult | self | 2015-09-02 |
Movie | Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four | Himself | 2015-07-10 |
Movie | It Came From Connemara! | Himself | 2014-07-09 |
Movie | That Guy Dick Miller | Himself | 2014-03-07 |
Movie | Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the American Drive-in Movie | 2013-06-07 | |
Movie | Extraordinary Tales | Prince Prospero (voice) (segment 'The Masque of the Red Death') | 2013-02-28 |
Movie | La última película de Jess Franco | Himself | 2013-10-11 |
Movie | Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader | Dean Hinkle | 2012-08-25 |
Movie | Corman's World | himself | 2011-12-16 |
Movie | Produce Your Own Damn Movie! | Self | 2011-09-13 |
Movie | From Manila with Love | Himself | 2011-06-21 |
Movie | Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective | Himself | 2011-04-14 |
Movie | Dinoshark | Dr. Frank Reeves | 2010-03-13 |
Movie | Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man | Self | 2010-03-27 |
Movie | With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story | Himself | 2010-07-24 |
Movie | Sodankylä Forever | Self | 2010-08-05 |
Movie | Sharktopus | Beach Bum | 2010-09-25 |
Series | A History of Horror | 2010-10-11 | |
Movie | Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror | Himself | 2010-12-26 |
Movie | Sleepless Nights: Revisiting the Slumber Party Massacres | Himself (archive footage) | 2010-10-05 |
Series | Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood | Self | 2010-11-01 |
Movie | Machete Maidens Unleashed! | Himself | 2010-10-15 |
Movie | Nightmares in Red, White and Blue | Himself | 2009-08-06 |
Movie | Popatopolis | Himself | 2009-06-10 |
Movie | Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman | Himself | 2009-02-25 |
Movie | Hollywood Gangster | Self | 2008-12-27 |
Movie | The Fanex Files, Volume 2: Samuel Z. Arkoff | Himself | 2008-10-28 |
Movie | Rachel Getting Married | Wedding Guest | 2008-09-03 |
Movie | Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound | Himself | 2008-06-10 |
Movie | Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman | Himself | 2007-05-16 |
Movie | Searchers 2.0 | Producer (Flashback) | 2007-08-31 |
Movie | Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows | Himself - Interviewee | 2007-09-02 |
Movie | Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story | Himself | 2007-11-08 |
Movie | Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | Himself | 2007-10-13 |
Movie | The Sci-Fi Boys | Himself | 2006-04-27 |
Movie | Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood | 2005-12-02 | |
Movie | The Perfect Scary Movie | Himself | 2005-10-29 |
Movie | Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen | Self | 2004-09-04 |
Movie | The Manchurian Candidate | Mr. Secretary | 2004-07-30 |
Movie | Mario Bava: Operazione paura | Himself | 2004-04-30 |
Movie | Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood | Himself | 2003-03-09 |
Movie | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | Hollywood Director | 2003-11-14 |
Movie | A Decade Under the Influence | Himself | 2003-04-25 |
Movie | All the Love You Cannes! | Himself | 2002-05-16 |
Movie | Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties | Himself | 2001-09-04 |
Movie | Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' | Interviewee | 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 | It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures | Himself | 2001-05-01 |
Movie | Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies | Himself | 2001-04-02 |
Movie | The Independent | Himself | 2000-11-10 |
Movie | Scream 3 | Studio Executive | 2000-02-04 |
Movie | The Phantom Eye | Dr. Gorman | 1999-10-30 |
Movie | Some Nudity Required | Himself | 1998-10-16 |
Movie | The Dark Side of Hollywood | 1998-05-13 | |
Movie | Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs | Self | 1998-01-01 |
Series | The Practice | Unknown | 1997-03-04 |
Movie | Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain | Himself | 1997-10-12 |
Movie | The Second Civil War | Sandy Collins | 1997-12-04 |
Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
Movie | Apollo 13 | Congressman | 1995-06-30 |
Movie | Runaway Daughters | Mr. Randolph | 1994-08-12 |
Movie | The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters | Himself | 1994-04-12 |
Movie | A Century of Cinema | Himself | 1994-01-01 |
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 | Himself | 1991-01-30 |
Movie | Horror Cafe | Himself | 1990-04-11 |
Series | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Unknown | 1990-10-04 |
Movie | Martin Scorsese Directs | Himself | 1990-06-16 |
Movie | Lords of the Deep | Corporate executive | 1989-06-02 |
Movie | First Works | 1989-10-10 | |
Movie | Swing Shift | Mr. MacBride | 1984-04-13 |
Movie | The Horror of It All | Himself | 1983-02-23 |
Movie | The State of Things | The Lawyer | 1982-03-22 |
Movie | The Howling | Man in Phone Booth | 1981-01-21 |
Movie | Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel | Himself | 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 | 1961-05-01 |
Movie | Battle of Blood Island | Soldier on Hilltop (uncredited) | 1960-04-08 |
Movie | Ski Troop Attack | 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 | 1958-05-18 |
Movie | Naked Paradise | Office Worker | 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 |