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Larry Buchanan (1923–2004)

Director | Producer | Writer

Self-described schlockmeister Larry Buchanan was born Marcus Larry Seale, Jr. on January 31, 1923. Orphaned at an early age, he was sent to a Baptist orphanage. After graduating from high school in Dallas, the 18-year-old turned down a scholarship to study the ministry at Baylor University to accept an apprenticeship in the props department with 20th Century-Fox Studios... See full bio »

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Marcus Larry Seale Jr.
in Lost Prairie, Texas, USA

Died:

(age 81) in Tucson, Arizona, USA
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2004 The Copper Scroll of Mary Magdalene (documentary) (co-director)
 
1989 Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn
 
1984 Down on Us
 
1981 The Loch Ness Horror
 
1979 Mistress of the Apes
 
1978 Hughes and Harlow: Angels in Hell
 
1976 Goodbye, Norma Jean
 
1970 A Bullet for Pretty Boy
 
1970 Strawberries Need Rain
 
1969 'It's Alive!' (TV movie)
 
1968 The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde
 
1968 Comanche Crossing
 
1968 Hell Raiders (TV movie)
 
1967 Creature of Destruction (TV movie)
 
1967 In the Year 2889 (TV movie)
 
1967 Mars Needs Women (TV movie)
 
1967 Sam
 
1966 Curse of the Swamp Creature (TV movie)
 
1966 Zontar: The Thing from Venus (TV movie)
 
1965 High Yellow
 
1965 The Eye Creatures (TV movie)
 
1964 The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
 
1964 Under Age
 
1964 Naughty Dallas
 
1963 Free, White and 21
 
1963 Common Law Wife (uncredited)
 
1961 The Naked Witch
 
1952 Grubstake
 
1951 The Cowboy (short)
 
Show ShowProducer (24 titles)
2004 The Copper Scroll of Mary Magdalene (documentary) (producer)
 
1989 Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn (producer)
 
1984 Down on Us (producer - uncredited)
 
1981 The Loch Ness Horror (producer)
 
1978 Hughes and Harlow: Angels in Hell (producer)
 
1976 Goodbye, Norma Jean (producer)
 
1970 A Bullet for Pretty Boy (producer)
 
1970 Strawberries Need Rain (producer)
 
1969 Sex and the Animals (documentary) (producer)
 
1969 'It's Alive!' (TV movie) (producer)
 
1968 The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde (producer)
 
1968 Comanche Crossing (producer)
 
1968 Hell Raiders (TV movie) (producer)
 
1967 Creature of Destruction (TV movie) (producer)
 
1967 In the Year 2889 (TV movie) (producer)
 
1967 Mars Needs Women (TV movie) (producer)
 
1967 Sam (producer)
 
1966 Curse of the Swamp Creature (TV movie) (producer)
 
1966 Zontar: The Thing from Venus (TV movie) (producer - uncredited)
 
1965 The Eye Creatures (TV movie) (producer)
 
1964 Naughty Dallas (producer)
 
1963 Free, White and 21 (producer)
 
1952 Grubstake (producer)
 
1951 The Cowboy (short) (producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (23 titles)
1989 Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn (writer)
 
1984 Down on Us (written by)
 
1981 The Loch Ness Horror
 
1979 Mistress of the Apes (written by)
 
1978 Hughes and Harlow: Angels in Hell (writer)
 
1976 Goodbye, Norma Jean
 
1970 A Bullet for Pretty Boy (story)
 
1970 Strawberries Need Rain
 
1969 'It's Alive!' (TV movie) (uncredited)
 
1968 The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde (writer)
 
1968 Comanche Crossing (writer)
 
1967 Sam
 
1967 Mars Needs Women (TV movie)
 
1966 Zontar: The Thing from Venus (TV movie) (screenplay)
 
1965 High Yellow
 
1964 The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
 
1964 Under Age
 
1964 Naughty Dallas
 
1963 Free, White and 21 (writer)
 
1961 The Naked Witch (written by)
 
1952 Grubstake
 
1951 The Cowboy (short)
 
1950 The Gabby Hayes Show (TV series)
 
Show ShowEditor (13 titles)
1989 Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn
 
1970 Strawberries Need Rain
 
1969 Sex and the Animals (documentary)
 
1969 'It's Alive!' (TV movie)
 
1968 Comanche Crossing
 
1967 In the Year 2889 (TV movie) (uncredited)
 
1967 Mars Needs Women (TV movie)
 
1967 Sam
 
1964 The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
 
1964 Under Age
 
1963 Free, White and 21
 
1961 The Naked Witch
 
1951 The Cowboy (short)
 
Show ShowActor (6 titles)
1969 'It's Alive!' (TV movie)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
1967 Mars Needs Women (TV movie)
Narrator of Planetarium Film (uncredited)
 
1951 The Cowboy (short)
 
1951 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV series)
– Lover's Leap (1951)
 
1950 The Gabby Hayes Show (TV series)
 
1950 The Gunfighter
Bit Part (uncredited)
 
1952 The Marrying Kind (assistant director)
 
1950 The Men (assistant director - uncredited)
 
Show ShowCinematographer (1 title)
1951 The Cowboy (short)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (1 title)
1950 The Gabby Hayes Show (TV series) (musical director)
 

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Directed the fictionalized account of the "trial" of President John F. Kennedy's assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, had he lived, aptly titled The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald, and Down on Us, which depicted a secret government plot behind the deaths of rock idols Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison. See more »

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