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Also Known As Roger William Corman
Born April 5, 1926 • Detroit • Michigan
Died May 9, 2024 (aged 98) • Santa Monica • California
Notable Works “A Bucket of Blood” • “Bloody Mama” • “Five Guns West” • “Frankenstein Unbound” • “House of Usher” • “Monster from the Ocean Floor” • “The Cry Baby Killer” • “The Intruder” • “The Little Shop of Horrors” • “The Masque of the Red Death” • “The Pit and the Pendulum” • “The Raven” • “The Trip” • “The Wild Angels”

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Roger Corman smiling and wearing glasses, a blue shirt, and a dark jacket at the Los Angeles premiere of Flags of Our Fathers.
Roger Corman stands smiling inside the open mouth of a large man-eating plant prop on the set of The Little Shop of Horrors (1960).
Vincent Price, in ornate costume, holds a raven on his arm in a scene from the 1963 film The Raven, set in a richly decorated room.
Vincent Price as Prince Prospero in The Masque of the Red Death, dressed in medieval costume with a falcon perched on his arm.
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