Charles Byron Griffith (September 23, 1930 – September 28, 2007) was an American screenwriter, actor, and film director. He was the son of Donna Dameral...
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filmmaking aesthetics commonly associated with Corman's work. Written by Charles B. Griffith, the film is a dark comic satire about a dimwitted, impressionable...
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The Little Shop of Horrors (category Films with screenplays by Charles B. Griffith)
American horror comedy film directed by Roger Corman. Written by Charles B. Griffith, the film is a farce about a florist's assistant who cultivates a...
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Charles Griffith may refer to: Charles Griffith (Australian politician) (1808–1863), Australian politician and pastoralist Charles Duncan Griffith (1830–1906)...
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Up from the Depths (category Films directed by Charles B. Griffith)
1979 horror film directed by Charles B. Griffith and starring Sam Bottoms, Susanne Reed, Virgil Frye, Kedric Wolfe, and Charles Howerton. The film, along...
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Eat My Dust! (category Films directed by Charles B. Griffith)
Dust! is a 1976 American action comedy film written and directed by Charles B. Griffith, and starring Ron Howard. The film depicts a conflict between a sheriff...
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by Charles B. Griffith (1955) The Stake - a Western by George Leffert to star Dana Andrews Part Time Mother - from a script by Charles B. Griffith The...
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lawsuit was filed by the original film's screenwriter and actor, Charles B. Griffith. [citation needed] John Landis was also attached to the project for...
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Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype (category Films directed by Charles B. Griffith)
is a 1980 American comedy-drama horror romance film directed by Charles B. Griffith, starring Oliver Reed and Sunny Johnson. The film is a reversal of...
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remake of Roger Corman's 1957 film of the same name, written by Charles B. Griffith and Mark Hanna. Not of This Earth was made as a result of a wager...
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Smokey Bites the Dust (category Films directed by Charles B. Griffith)
Dust is a 1981 car chase film from New World Pictures directed by Charles B. Griffith. Despite the title, the film is not connected to the Smokey and the...
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Attack of the Crab Monsters (category Films with screenplays by Charles B. Griffith)
diver) The script was written by Charles B. Griffith, who had worked with Roger Corman on a number of occasions. Griffith later described the scripting process:...
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The Wild Angels (category Films with screenplays by Charles B. Griffith)
of Life magazine . Corman approached AIP, Charles B. Griffith was hired to write a screenplay. Griffith's first draft was a near-silent movie which contrasted...
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It Conquered the World (category Films with screenplays by Charles B. Griffith)
Jonathan Haze as Corporal Manuel Ortiz Paul Harbor as Dr. Floyd Mason Charles B. Griffith as Dr. Pete Shelton Thomas E. Jackson as George Haskell Marshall...
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Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II (category Films directed by Charles B. Griffith)
film written and directed by Charles B. Griffith and starring David Carradine, Mel Welles and Lana Clarkson. It was Griffith's last feature film credit and...
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The Undead (film) (category Films with screenplays by Charles B. Griffith)
at AMG Aaron W. Graham, 'Little Shop of Genres: An interview with Charles B. Griffith', Senses of Cinema, 15 April, 2005 Archived 2012-09-27 at the Wayback...
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produced early feature work of Francis Ford Coppola, Peter Bogdanovich, Charles B. Griffith, Curtis Harrington, Jack Hill, Monte Hellman, Robert Towne and Jack...
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Not of This Earth (1957 film) (category Films with screenplays by Charles B. Griffith)
William Roerick, and Anna Lee Carroll. The film was written by Charles B. Griffith and Mark Hanna and was distributed by Allied Artists Pictures Corporation...
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McDonald and Brendan Broderick, based on the 1959 screenplay by Charles B. Griffith. The plot revolves around Walter Paisley (Anthony Michael Hall),...
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Death Race 2000 (category Films with screenplays by Charles B. Griffith)
to adapt it. Director Paul Bartel felt this was unshootable, so Charles B. Griffith rewrote it. Corman wanted Peter Fonda to play the lead, but he read...
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(1956) – with Charles B. Griffith Not of This Earth (1956) – with Charles B. Griffith Flesh and the Spur (1956) – Charles B. Griffith The Undead (1956)...
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Melanie Richards Griffith (born August 9, 1957) is an American actress. Born in Manhattan to future actress Tippi Hedren, she was raised mainly in Los...
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After the 1970s, Reed's films had less success. He did a comedy for Charles B. Griffith, Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype (1980) and played Gen. Rodolfo Graziani...
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Horrors (1960), written by her grandson Charles B. Griffith, and directed by Roger Corman, for whom Griffith had written and/or directed several films...
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and stated that the film would not be unsympathetic to the drug. Charles B. Griffith wrote the first two drafts of the script; the first one was about...
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The She Beast (category Films with screenplays by Charles B. Griffith)
Steele. "Michael Byron" is a collective pen name for Michael Reeves, Charles B. Griffith, F. Amos Powell and Mel Welles. Lyons, Kevin (2024). She Beasts,...
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earlier in 1957) and originally announced Roger Corman as director. Charles B. Griffith was hired to adapt the novel, and he turned it into a comedy. Then...
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Creature from the Haunted Sea (category Films with screenplays by Charles B. Griffith)
a 1961 horror comedy movie directed by Roger Corman. Written by Charles B. Griffith, the movie is a parody of spy, gangster, and monster movies (mostly...
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Forbidden Island (category Films directed by Charles B. Griffith)
Forbidden Island is a 1959 American adventure crime film directed by Charles B. Griffith starring Jon Hall. It was his debut as director, although he had...
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to co-lead status in his next two Corman productions, scripted by Charles B. Griffith, Beast from Haunted Cave and Ski Troop Attack. Shot back-to-back...
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