About

Known credits:
43
Birthday:
1948-09-17
Place of birth:
Binghamton, New York, USA
Website:
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Roger Watkins

Overview

Roger Michael Watkins (September 17, 1948 – March 6, 2007) was a film director best known for the notorious 1970s grindhouse movie Last House on Dead End Street. He also directed several porn films. He worked with famous porn actors like Jamie Gillis and Vanessa del Rio.

The Internet Movie Database lists a number of Watkins' aliases (see the information box at right), most of which he seems to have used in Last House on Dead End Street to conceal the fact that he worked in several technical capacities on that film - director, actor, cameraman, etc.

Watkins began his career in adult film by writing the screenplay for Mystique (1979) which was directed by Roberta Findlay and for which he was uncredited. The following year he began writing and directing adult feature films under the pseudonym Richard Mahler, which he took from combining the names of two of his favorite composers, Richard Wagner and Gustav Mahler. His best known adult films (Her Name Was Lisa (1980), Midnight Heat (1983), Corruption (1983), and American Babylon (1985) are considered by many to be more cult films or arthouse films than pornography due to their multi layered narratives that are downbeat in tone, comtaining elements of avant-garde, horror and satire.

(Wikipedia)

Known for

Acting
1986 Spine Actor Man at Police Headquarters 58
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1977 The Last House on Dead End Street Actor Terry Hawkins 57
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Directing
1988 Decadence Directing Director N/A
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1985 American Babylon Directing Director N/A
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1983 Corruption Directing Director 59
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1983 Midnight Heat Directing Director 59
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1981 A Day in the Life of... The Cosmopolitan Girls Directing Director N/A
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1981 Spittoon Directing Director N/A
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1980 Her Name Was Lisa Directing Director 58
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1979 Shadows of the Mind Directing Director 58
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1979 The Pink Ladies Directing Director 58
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1977 The Last House on Dead End Street Directing Director 57
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1971 A Double Feature Directing Director 59
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1971 Black Snow Directing Director N/A
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1971 And All Through the House Directing Director N/A
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1969 Ron Rico Directing Director N/A
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1968 Requiem Directing Director N/A
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1959 Masque of the Red Death Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1988 Decadence Writing Writer N/A
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1985 American Babylon Writing Writer N/A
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1983 Corruption Writing Writer 59
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1983 Midnight Heat Writing Writer 59
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1981 A Day in the Life of... The Cosmopolitan Girls Writing Writer N/A
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1981 Spittoon Writing Writer N/A
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1980 Her Name Was Lisa Writing Writer 58
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1979 Mystique Writing Writer 59
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1979 Shadows of the Mind Writing Writer 58
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1979 The Pink Ladies Writing Writer 58
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1977 The Last House on Dead End Street Writing Writer 57
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1969 Ron Rico Writing Writer N/A
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1968 Requiem Writing Writer N/A
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Production
1986 Scorpion Production Producer 59
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1986 Avenged! Production Producer N/A
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1984 Driller Production Production Manager 59
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1983 Corruption Production Producer 59
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1977 The Last House on Dead End Street Production Producer 57
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Art
1984 Driller Art Production Design 59
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Editing
1985 American Babylon Editing Editor N/A
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1983 Corruption Editing Editor 59
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1981 A Day in the Life of... The Cosmopolitan Girls Editing Editor N/A
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1979 Shadows of the Mind Editing Editor 58
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1979 The Pink Ladies Editing Editor 58
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1977 The Last House on Dead End Street Editing Editor 57
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