Cast & creator
Larry Cohen
Best known for NYPD Blue, The Fugitive, The Fugitive
Lawrence George Cohen (July 15, 1941 – March 23, 2019) was an American screenwriter, producer, and director of film and television, best known as a B-movie auteur of horror and science fiction films — often containing police procedural and satirical elements — during the 1970s and 1980s, such as It's Alive (1974), God Told Me To (1976), It Lives Again (1978), The Stuff (1985) and A Return to Salem's Lot (1987). After that, he concentrated mainly on screenwriting, including Phone Booth (2002), Cellular (2004) and Captivity (2007). Description above from the Wikipedia article Larry Cohen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Also known as: Laurence Robert Cohen, Lawrence George Cohen, Lawrence Cohen
139
film credits
14
television credits
30
1961–2023 · acting roles
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Filmography (153)
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NYPD Blue
Writer
1993
The Fugitive
Story
1963The Fugitive
Writer
1963
The Defenders
Writer
1961
The Invaders
Creator
1967
Masters of Horror
Director
2005
Branded
Creator
1965
Espionage
Writer
1963
Cellular
Story
2004
Phone Booth
Screenplay
2003
Coronet Blue
Creator
1967
Maniac Cop
Producer
1988Maniac Cop
Writer
1988
Cool Million
Writer
1972Cool Million
Story
1972Cool Million
Creator
1972
Spies Like Us
Ace Tomato Agent
1985
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Production Executive
1974
100 Scariest Movie Moments
Self
2004
Body Snatchers
Screenstory
1993
The Ambulance
Writer
1990The Ambulance
Director
1990
The Stuff
Director
1985The Stuff
Writer
1985The Stuff
Executive Producer
1985
Return of the Seven
Screenplay
1966
Captivity
Writer
2007
Maniac Cop 2
Writer
1990Maniac Cop 2
Producer
1990
Q
Director
1982Q
Writer
1982Q
Producer
1982
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
Writer
1992Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
Co-Producer
1992
A Return to Salem's Lot
Director
1987A Return to Salem's Lot
Executive Producer
1987A Return to Salem's Lot
Screenplay
1987A Return to Salem's Lot
Story
1987
Guilty as Sin
Writer
1993
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Director
1977The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Writer
1977The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Producer
1977
God Told Me To
Director
1976God Told Me To
Screenplay
1976God Told Me To
Producer
1976
The Invaders
Creator
1995
Connected
Original Story
2008
It's Alive
Director
1974It's Alive
Writer
1974It's Alive
Producer
1974
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
Director
1987It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
Screenplay
1987It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
Characters
1987It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
Executive Producer
1987
The American Success Company
Screenplay
1980
Best Seller
Writer
1987
I, the Jury
Screenplay
1982
The Invaders
Characters
1995
Messages Deleted
Writer
2010
Hell Up In Harlem
Director
1973Hell Up In Harlem
Screenplay
1973Hell Up In Harlem
Producer
1973
Black Caesar
Director
1973Black Caesar
Writer
1973Black Caesar
Producer
1973
Wicked Stepmother
Director
1989Wicked Stepmother
Writer
1989Wicked Stepmother
Executive Producer
1989
The Tourist
Original Story
1995
Uncle Sam
Writer
1996
Full Moon High
Director
1981Full Moon High
Screenplay
1981Full Moon High
Producer
1981
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
Self
2015
Women of San Quentin
Story
1983
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted
Self
2004
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
Self
2006
It Lives Again
Director
1978It Lives Again
Writer
1978It Lives Again
Producer
1978It Lives Again
Characters
1978
Maniac Cop
Original Film Writer
Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business
Self
2020
Tales from the Script
Self
2009
In Broad Daylight
Writer
1971
As Good As Dead
Director
1995As Good As Dead
Writer
1995As Good As Dead
Producer
1995
American Grindhouse
Himself
2011
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Story
1969Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Screenplay
1969
El Condor
Screenplay
1970
Shootout in a One-Dog Town
Story
1974
The Defenders: Choice of Evils
Teleplay
1998The Defenders: Choice of Evils
Story
1998
I Deal in Danger
Writer
1966
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice
Teleplay
1996Calling Doctor Storm, M.D.
Writer
1977Sparrow
Creator
1978
The Ex
Screenplay
1996
Masters of the Grind
Self
2023
Original Gangstas
Director
1996
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
Self
2005
The Expert
Writer
1995
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
Self
2018
See China and Die
Director
1981See China and Die
Writer
1981
In Search of Darkness: Part II
Self
2020
The Case of the Baltimore Girls
Writer
1978
BaadAsssss Cinema
Self
2002
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
Self
2009
Celling Out
Self
2004
Man on the Outside
Writer
1975
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
Self
2017
The Gambler, The Girl and The Gunslinger
Writer
2009
Misbegotten
Screenplay
1998
Special Effects
Journalist (uncredited)
1984Special Effects
Director
1984Special Effects
Writer
1984
Hollywood Rated 'R'
Self
1997
Invasion of Privacy
Writer
1996
Shooting the Police: Cops on Film
Self
2006
The Legend of Custer
Idea
1968
Deadly Illusion
Director
1987Deadly Illusion
Writer
1987
In Search of Darkness
Self
2019
Scandalous
Story
1984
Pick Me Up
Director
2006
Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films
Self
2006
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
Self
2013Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge
Writer
1988
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave
Teleplay
1997
It's Alive
Screenplay
2009It's Alive
Characters
2009Welcome to the Big House
Self
2006Making of Phone Booth
Self
2003
Prohibition Opens the Floodgates
Self
2006
Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood
Self
2006
Bone
Director
1972Bone
Writer
1972Bone
Producer
1972
Dialing Up "Cellular"
Self
2004
Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge
Writer
1988
The Manipulator
Set Designer
1971The Fear Is Real
Self
2018
Hitchcocked!
Self
2006
Perfect Strangers
Director
1984Perfect Strangers
Writer
1984
Scream Baby Scream
Screenplay
1969Scream Baby Scream
Story
1969
Delusion
Producer
Delusion
Writer
