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Larry Cohen was born July 15, 1941, in Kingston, New York, a small town north of New York City. At a young age, his family moved to the Riverdale section of the Bronx, and he eventually majored in film at the historic City College of New York, graduating in 1963. An independent maverick who got his start in studio-based television... See full bio »

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Lawrence G. Cohen
in Kingston, New York, USA
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2009 The Gambler, the Girl and the Gunslinger (TV movie) (written by)
 
2009 Messages Deleted (written by)
 
2008 Maniac Cop (short) (characters)
 
2008 Connected (original story)
 
2008 It's Alive (1974 screenplay / screenplay)
 
2007 Captivity (screenplay / story)
 
2004 Cellular (story)
 
2002 Phone Booth (written by)
 
1998 Misbegotten (screenplay)
 
1998 The Defenders: Choice of Evils (TV movie) (story / teleplay)
 
1997 The Ex (screenplay)
 
1997 Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave (TV movie) (teleplay)
 
1996 Invasion of Privacy (written by)
 
1996 Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice (TV movie) (teleplay)
 
1996 Uncle Sam (video) (written by)
 
1995 The Invaders (TV movie) (television series)
 
1995 The Expert (uncredited)
 
1995 As Good as Dead (TV movie) (written by)
 
1995 NYPD Blue (TV series)
– Dirty Socks (1995) (writer)
 
1993 Guilty as Sin (written by)
 
1993 Body Snatchers (screen story)
 
1993 Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (characters / written by)
 
1990 Maniac Cop 2 (characters / written by)
 
1990 The Ambulance (written by)
 
1989 Wicked Stepmother (written by)
 
1988 Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge (TV movie)
 
1988 Maniac Cop (written by)
 
1987 Deadly Illusion
 
1987 Best Seller (written by)
 
1987 A Return to Salem's Lot (screenplay / story)
 
1987 It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (based on characters created by / written by)
 
1985 The Stuff (written by)
 
1984 Perfect Strangers
 
1984 Special Effects (written by)
 
1984 Scandalous (story)
 
1983 Women of San Quentin (TV movie) (story)
 
1982 Q
 
1982 I, the Jury (screenplay)
 
1981 Full Moon High (written by)
 
1980 The American Success Company (screenplay / story)
 
1978 It Lives Again (based on characters created for the screen by / written by)
 
1978 Sparrow (TV movie) (creator)
 
1977 The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (written by)
 
1976 God Told Me To (original screenplay)
 
1975 Man on the Outside (TV movie)
 
1975 Griff (TV series)
– Man on the Outside (1975) (writer)
 
1974 It's Alive (written by)
 
1973-1974 Columbo (TV series)
– An Exercise in Fatality (1974) (story)
– Candidate for Crime (1973) (story)
– Any Old Port in a Storm (1973) (story)
 
1974 Shootout in a One-Dog Town (TV movie) (story)
 
1973 Hell Up in Harlem (written by)
 
1973 Black Caesar (written by)
 
1972 Cool Million (TV series)
– Pilot (1972) (writer)
 
1972 Bone
 
1972 Call Holme (TV movie) (developer)
 
1971 In Broad Daylight (TV movie)
 
1970 El Condor (screenplay)
 
1969 Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (screenplay / story)
 
1969 Scream Baby Scream (screenplay / as Laurence Robert Cohen / story / as Laurence Robert Cohen)
 
1968 The Legend of Custer (suggested by)
 
1967-1968 The Invaders (TV series)
– Inquisition (1968) (creator)
– The Life Seekers (1968) (creator)
– The Pursued (1968) (creator)
– The Miracle (1968) (creator)
– The Vise (1968) (creator)
See all 43 episodes »
 
1967 Custer (TV series)
– Blazing Arrows (1967) (series suggested)
– War Lance and Saber (1967) (series suggested)
– To the Death (1967) (series suggested)
 
1967 Coronet Blue (TV series)
– The Flip Side of Timmy Devon (1967) (creator)
– Six Months to Mars (1967) (creator)
– The Presence of Evil (1967) (creator)
– Saturday (1967) (creator)
– A Charade for Murder (1967) (creator)
See all 13 episodes »
 
1966 I Deal in Danger
 
1966 The Rat Patrol (TV series)
– The Blind Man's Bluff Raid (1966) (written by)
 
1966 Return of the Seven (written by)
 
1966 Blue Light (TV series)
– The Friendly Enemy (1966) (creator)
– Field of Dishonor (1966) (creator)
– The Key to the Code (1966) (creator)
– The Other Fuhrer (1966) (creator)
– The Deserters (1966) (creator)
See all 17 episodes »
 
1965-1966 Branded (TV series)
– Kellie (1966) (creator)
– Cowards Die Many Times (1966) (creator)
– Headed for Doomsday (1966) (creator)
– The Assassins: Part 2 (1966) (creator)
– The Assassins: Part 1 (1966) (creator)
See all 48 episodes »
 
1966 Blade Rider, Revenge of the Indian Nations
 
1965 Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV series)
– Kill No More (1965) (story / teleplay)
 
1963-1965 The Defenders (TV series)
– The Unwritten Law (1965) (written by)
– Go Between (1964) (written by)
– May Day! May Day! (1964) (written by)
– The Secret (1964) (written by)
– The Captive (1963) (written by)
See all 9 episodes »
 
1964-1965 The Fugitive (TV series)
– Scapegoat (1965) (story)
– Escape into Black (1964) (writer)
 
1964 Espionage (TV series)
– Medal for a Turned Coat (1964) (writer)
 
1963 The Doctors and the Nurses (TV series)
– The Gift (1963) (writer)
– Party Girl (1963) (writer)
– Night Sounds (1963) (writer)
 
1963 Arrest and Trial (TV series)
– My Name Is Martin Burnham (1963) (writer)
 
1963 Sam Benedict (TV series)
– Accomplice (1963) (writer)
 
1961 Checkmate (TV series)
– Nice Guys Finish Last (1961) (writer)
 
1961 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
– The Golden Thirty (1961) (writer)
 
1961 'Way Out (TV series)
– False Face (1961) (writer)
 
1960 Zane Grey Theater (TV series)
– Killer Instinct (1960) (writer)
 
1958 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
– Night Cry (1958) (written by)
– The Eighty Seventh Precinct (1958) (adaptation)
 
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2006 Masters of Horror (TV series)
– Pick Me Up (2006)
 
1996 Original Gangstas
 
1995 As Good as Dead (TV movie)
 
1990 The Ambulance
 
1989 Wicked Stepmother
 
1987 Deadly Illusion
 
1987 A Return to Salem's Lot
 
1987 It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
 
1985 The Stuff
 
1984 Perfect Strangers
 
1984 Special Effects
 
1982 Q
 
1981 See China and Die (TV movie)
 
1981 Full Moon High
 
1978 It Lives Again
 
1977 The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
 
1976 God Told Me To
 
1974 It's Alive
 
1973 Hell Up in Harlem
 
1973 Black Caesar
 
1972 Bone
 
Show ShowProducer (20 titles)
1995 As Good as Dead (TV movie) (producer)
 
1993 Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (co-producer)
 
1991 Delirious (producer - as Lawrence J. Cohen)
 
1990 Maniac Cop 2 (producer)
 
1989 Wicked Stepmother (executive producer)
 
1988 Maniac Cop (producer)
 
1987 A Return to Salem's Lot (executive producer)
 
1987 It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (executive producer)
 
1985 The Stuff (executive producer)
 
1982 Q (producer)
 
1981 Full Moon High (producer)
 
1978 It Lives Again (producer)
 
1977 The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (producer)
 
1976 God Told Me To (producer)
 
1974 It's Alive (producer)
 
1973 Hell Up in Harlem (producer)
 
1973 Black Caesar (producer)
 
1972 Bone (producer)
 
1965 Never Too Young (TV series) (executive producer)
 
1965 Branded (TV series) (producer)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
1974 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (production executive)
 
1966 Blue Light (TV series) (executive script consultant - 17 episodes, 1966) (executive story consultant - 1 episode, 1966)
– The Friendly Enemy (1966) (executive script consultant)
– Field of Dishonor (1966) (executive script consultant)
– The Key to the Code (1966) (executive script consultant)
– The Other Fuhrer (1966) (executive script consultant)
– The Deserters (1966) (executive script consultant)
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Show ShowActor (1 title)
1985 Spies Like Us
Ace Tomato Agent
 
Show ShowThanks (3 titles)
2011 Dorfman (thanks)
 
2010 The Scared of Death Society (special thanks)
 
2004/I Eating Out (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (23 titles)
2012 42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street (post-production)
Himself
 
2011 Dark Dreamers (TV series) (completed)
Himself
– George Clayton Johnson & William F. Nolan … Himself
– Larry Cohen … Himself
 
2011 Scripting a New Slasher Super-Villain: Larry Cohen on Matt Cordell (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2011 This Week in Horror (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– It's Alive! (2011) … Himself - Guest
 
2010 More Tales from the Script (video documentary)
Himself
 
2010 American Grindhouse (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Tales from the Script (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Trailers from Hell (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 Welcome to the Big House (video documentary short)
 
2006 Stool Pigeons and Pine Overcoats: The Language of Gangster Films (video documentary short)
 
2006 Hitchcocked! (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 Shooting the Police: Cops on Film (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (TV documentary)
Himself - interviewee
 
2005 Make Your Own Damn Movie! (video documentary)
Himself
 
2004 The 100 Scariest Movie Moments (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Dialing Up 'Cellular' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 Celling Out (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 Baadasssss Cinema (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Les deniers du culte (TV documentary)
Himself
 

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Personal Details

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Alternate Names:

Laurence Robert Cohen | Lawrence J. Cohen | Lawrence Cohen
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Personal Quote:

Life has been good to me. I keep making pictures. Every year I make something. As long as I keep working, I have nothing to complain about. And the films I've made have all had some point to them. Otherwise, I wouldn't have felt they were worth doing. You have to have some direction in which you're headed and a destination which you have to arrive at by the end of the film... See more »

Trivia:

Has said that if he had been allowed to run The Invaders, he would have given David Vincent 1) more of a sense of humor, 2) fewer aliens to fight and made them harder to kill, and 3) more of an on-going team of "Believers" in the second year to help him fight the aliens. See more »

Trademark:

A scene shot at his house in Beverly Hills See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer