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Herschell Gordon Lewis was an American filmmaker, best known for creating the "splatter" subgenre of horror films. He is often called the "Godfather of Gore", though his film career included works in a range of exploitation film genres including juvenile delinquent films, nudie-cuties, two children's films and at least one rural comedy. On Lewis' career, AllMovie wrote, "With his better-known gore films, Herschell Gordon Lewis was a pioneer, going farther than anyone else dared, probing the depths of disgust and discomfort onscreen with more bad taste and imagination than anyone of his era."
Born
Tuesday, 15 June 1926
Died
Monday, 26 September 2016
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Main Street Meats | Weather Man | 2017 |
| Herschell Gordon Lewis' BloodMania | The Host | 2017 |
| Blood Feast | Professor Lou Hershell / Professor Lou Herschell | 2016 |
| They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé | Self | 2016 |
| Terror Toons 3 | Himself / Self | 2015 |
| Bite School | Grandpa Canoni | 2015 |
| That's Sexploitation! | Self | 2013 |
| Produce Your Own Damn Movie! | Self | 2011 |
| American Grindhouse | Self - Director, Scum of the Earth / Himself | 2011 |
| Tonight You Die | 2011 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Main Street Meats | Weather Man | 2017 |
| Herschell Gordon Lewis' BloodMania | The Host | 2017 |
| Blood Feast | Professor Lou Hershell / Professor Lou Herschell | 2016 |
| They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé | Self | 2016 |
| Terror Toons 3 | Himself / Self | 2015 |
| Bite School | Grandpa Canoni | 2015 |
| That's Sexploitation! | Self | 2013 |
| Produce Your Own Damn Movie! | Self | 2011 |
| American Grindhouse | Self - Director, Scum of the Earth / Himself | 2011 |
| Tonight You Die | 2011 | |
| Under the Scares | Himself / Self | 2010 |
| Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore | Self | 2010 |
| Underbelly | Self | 2010 |
| The Uh-Oh Show | Uncle Herschell | 2009 |
| Smash Cut | Radio Announcer / Fred Sandy | 2009 |
| Retardead | Opening Narration | 2008 |
| Living Dead Lock Up 3: Siege of the Dead | Self | 2008 |
| Book of Lore | Bingo Record / Bingo Record (voice) | 2007 |
| Chainsaw Sally | Mr. Gordon | 2007 |
| Make Your Own Damn Movie! | Self | 2005 |
| Horror Business | Himself / Self | 2005 |
| Hunting for Herschell | Self | 2003 |
| Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies | Self | 2001 |
| Divine Trash | Himself / Self | 1998 |
| Split Screen | Self | 1997 |
| 100 Years of Horror | Self - Director, 'Blood Feast' | 1996 |
| Reel Wild Cinema | Self | 1996 |
| Crystalstone | Antique Dealer | 1987 |
| The Year of the Yahoo! | TV Reporter | 1971 |
| How to Make a Doll | The Narrator | 1968 |
| The Alley Tramp | Gene Stallion, radio reporter / Radio Reporter Gene Stallion (voice) | 1968 |
| The Gruesome Twosome | Radio Announcer | 1967 |
| A Taste of Blood | The Limey Seaman / Baron Khron (voice) (as Seymour Sheldon) / Voice of Baron Khron | 1967 |
| Something Weird | Narrator (voice) (as Sheldon Seymour) / Narrator | 1967 |
| Mickie Finn's | Self | 1966 |
| Jimmy, the Boy Wonder | Narrator | 1966 |
| Monster a Go-Go | Radio Announcer | 1965 |
| The Hollywood Palace | Self - Announcer | 1964 |
| Scum of the Earth | Narrator (voice) / Narrator | 1963 |
| Goldilocks and the Three Bares | Voice Introducting Sonny Seymour | 1963 |
| Blood Feast | Radio Announcer | 1963 |
| You Don't Say | Self | 1963 |
| The Andy Williams Show | Self | 1962 |
| Living Venus | Man on Street | 1961 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Herschell Gordon Lewis' BloodMania | 2017 |
| The Uh-Oh Show | 2009 |
| Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat | 2002 |
| The Gore Gore Girls | 1972 |
| The Year of the Yahoo! | 1971 |
| This Stuff'll Kill Ya! | 1971 |
| The Wizard of Gore | 1970 |
| Miss Nymphet's Zap-In | 1970 |
| Linda and Abilene | 1969 |
| The Ecstasies of Women | 1969 |
| Just for the Hell of It | 1968 |
| How to Make a Doll | 1968 |
| The Alley Tramp | 1968 |
| Suburban Roulette | 1968 |
| She-Devils on Wheels | 1968 |
| The Magic Land of Mother Goose | 1967 |
| Blast-Off Girls | 1967 |
| The Girl the Body and the Pill | 1967 |
| The Gruesome Twosome | 1967 |
| A Taste of Blood | 1967 |
| Something Weird | 1967 |
| Jimmy, the Boy Wonder | 1966 |
| Color Me Blood Red | 1965 |
| Monster a Go-Go | 1965 |
| Moonshine Mountain | 1964 |
| Two Thousand Maniacs! | 1964 |
| Scum of the Earth | 1963 |
| Bell, Bare and Beautiful | 1963 |
| Goldilocks and the Three Bares | 1963 |
| Blood Feast | 1963 |
| Boin-n-g | 1963 |
| Nature's Playmates | 1962 |
| Daughter of the Sun | 1962 |
| The Adventures of Lucky Pierre | 1962 |
| Living Venus | 1961 |
| Carving Magic | 1959 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The Chainsaw Sally Show | 2010 |
| 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams | 2010 |
| The Gore Gore Girls | 1972 |
| The Year of the Yahoo! | 1971 |
| This Stuff'll Kill Ya! | 1971 |
| The Wizard of Gore | 1970 |
| Stick It in Your Ear | 1970 |
| Miss Nymphet's Zap-In | 1970 |
| Just for the Hell of It | 1968 |
| How to Make a Doll | 1968 |
| The Alley Tramp | 1968 |
| Suburban Roulette | 1968 |
| She-Devils on Wheels | 1968 |
| Blast-Off Girls | 1967 |
| The Girl the Body and the Pill | 1967 |
| The Gruesome Twosome | 1967 |
| A Taste of Blood | 1967 |
| Monster a Go-Go | 1965 |
| Moonshine Mountain | 1964 |
| Blood Feast | 1963 |
| Living Venus | 1961 |
| The Prime Time | 1960 |
| The Naked Eye | 1956 |
