Cast & creator
Michael Findlay
Best known for Snuff, Snuff, Snuff
Michael Findlay, along with his wife Roberta Findlay, directed and produced numerous sexploitation movies. They have been described as "the most notorious filmmakers in the annals of sexploitation". In the mid-to-late 1960s, Findlay was prominent among a small group of underground New York filmmakers (including Joseph W. Sarno, Joseph P. Mawra, and Lou Campa) that produced exploitation "roughies" (a mix of sex and sadism) for the grindhouse theater market. Sometimes he would direct under the alias Julian Marsh and act in his own films billed as Robert West. His wife Roberta (aka Anna Riva) was the cinematographer, co-writer, and supporting actress for many of their films together. They also employed the same actors repeatedly, most notably Uta Erickson, and Marie Brent, aka Janet Banzet. The Findlays were friends with George Weiss, producer of Ed Wood's Glen or Glenda and a series of fetishistic Olga films (Olga's House of Shame, Olga's Girls, et al.). In 1964 Weiss encouraged them to make films in this new subgenre of violent sexploitation. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Findlay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Also known as: Robert West, Julian Marsh, Francis Ellie, Robert Wuesterwurst
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1964–2021 · acting roles
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Filmography (68)
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Snuff
Detective (archive footage) (uncredited)
1976Snuff
Director
1976Snuff
Writer
1976
Shriek of the Mutilated
Decapitation Onlooker (uncredited)
1974Shriek of the Mutilated
Director
1974Shriek of the Mutilated
Editor
1974
The Ultimate Degenerate
Spencer (as Robert West)
1969The Ultimate Degenerate
Director
1969The Ultimate Degenerate
Producer
1969The Ultimate Degenerate
Editor
1969The Ultimate Degenerate
Screenplay
1969
Invasion of the Blood Farmers
Editor
1972
Vice Versa!
Director
1971Vice Versa!
Editor
1971Vice Versa!
Screenplay
1971Vice Versa!
Producer
1971
The Kiss of Her Flesh
Richard Jennings
1968The Kiss of Her Flesh
Director
1968The Kiss of Her Flesh
Editor
1968The Kiss of Her Flesh
Writer
1968The Kiss of Her Flesh
Producer
1968
Body of a Female
Bruno (as Robert West)
1964Body of a Female
Director
1964Body of a Female
Camera Operator
1964Body of a Female
Editor
1964Body of a Female
Writer
1964Body of a Female
Producer
1964
The Touch of Her Flesh
Richard Jennings
1967The Touch of Her Flesh
Director
1967The Touch of Her Flesh
Editor
1967The Touch of Her Flesh
Producer
1967The Touch of Her Flesh
Writer
1967
The Curse of Her Flesh
Richard Jennings / Joe Davidson
1968The Curse of Her Flesh
Director
1968The Curse of Her Flesh
Editor
1968The Curse of Her Flesh
Producer
1968The Curse of Her Flesh
Writer
1968
Janie
Homeowner (as Richard Jennings)
1970Janie
Director
1970
Satan's Bed
Director
1965Satan's Bed
Editor
1965Satan's Bed
Director of Photography
1965
A Thousand Pleasures
Richard Davis
1968A Thousand Pleasures
Director
1968A Thousand Pleasures
Editor
1968A Thousand Pleasures
Producer
1968
Take My Head
Narrator (voice)
1970Take My Head
Director
1970Take My Head
Editor
1970Take My Head
Writer
1970Take My Head
Director of Photography
1970Take My Head
Producer
1970
Take Me Naked
The Bum's Friend
1966Take Me Naked
Director
1966Take Me Naked
Director of Photography
1966Take Me Naked
Producer
1966Take Me Naked
Editor
1966
The Slaughter
Detective (uncredited)
1971The Slaughter
Director
1971The Slaughter
Screenplay
1971
Lusting Hours
Partygoer / Call Girl's Client / Voices
1967
The Sin Syndicate
Bearded Man (uncredited)
1965The Sin Syndicate
Director
1965The Sin Syndicate
Director of Photography
1965
Party Levitation
(archive footage)
2021
Mnasidika
1969Mnasidika
Producer
1969Mnasidika
Director
1969