Acting

Bobby Pickett

Born February 11, 1938 · Somerville, Massachusetts, USA

Died April 25, 2007 · aged 69

Bobby "Boris" Pickett (born Robert George Pickett, February 11, 1938 – April 25, 2007) was a Somerville, Massachusetts-born musician and actor, best known for singing and co-writing the 1962 hit novelty song "Monster Mash". Pickett performed the track in an impersonation of veteran horror film stars Boris Karloff, and Bela Lugosi (as in the line "Whatever happened to my Transylvania Twist?"). Bob…

Known For

Monster Mash: The Movie

Monster Mash: The Movie · 1995

Monster Mash: The Movie

MovieComedyHorror

Young couple Scott and Mary are on their way to a Halloween party when their car breaks down, and they encounter a creepy castle where Dr. Frankenstein seeks to put Scott's brain in his monstrous creation. As for Mary, Count Dracula wants her for his mistress.

Frankenstein General Hospital

Frankenstein General Hospital · 1988

Frankenstein General Hospital

MovieComedyHorror

A mad doctor puts together a new body by using body parts he steals from a mortuary at the hospital where he works.

Three's a Crowd

Three's a Crowd · 1969

Three's a Crowd

MovieComedyTV Movie

An airline pilot tries to balance two wives he has in two separate cities.

Strange Invaders

Strange Invaders · 1983

Strange Invaders

MovieHorrorMystery

Alien beings, who settle in a small midwestern town, are disturbed by a young professor determined to rescue his daughter from their clutches.

Sister, Sister

Sister, Sister · 1987

MovieRomanceThriller

Sisters Charlotte and Lucy Bonnard live together in the gloomy Louisiana family mansion that they’ve turned into a boarding house. But when a mysterious young man enters their lives, the sisters are forced to confront their dark pasts.

Boogie with the Undead

Boogie with the Undead · 2003

Boogie with the Undead

MovieComedyHorror

An all girl rock band books a gig in a town overrun by flesh-eating zombies.

The Boneyard Collection

The Boneyard Collection · 2008

The Boneyard Collection

MovieHorrorComedy

A quirky anthology, consisting of four separate short films connected by host segments. The first one, BOOGIE WITH THE UNDEAD, has an all girl rock band booked to play a gig in a town overrun by flesh-eating zombies. In the second one, THE DEVIL'S DUE AT MIDNIGHT, a coven of beautiful witches conjure up Brad Dourif as The Devil, and endures the inept attacks of witch killer Ken Foree. In the first long segment, HER MORBID DESIRES, an actress gets the lead role in a vampire movie, only to discover that starlets are being murdered on the set. The other long segment, CRY OF THE MUMMY, has the reincarnated mummy, formerly the last Pharaoh of the 4th Dynasty, looking to sue the movie studios because he can't get work as a mummy. His new lawyer offers to represent him as an agent, but the mummy will only work in film if he can direct.

The Baby Maker

The Baby Maker · 1970

Tish Gray had a baby and gave it up for adoption. She is contacted by a second childless couple who want her to have the husband's baby because of the wife's inability to have children. She accepts but finds that knowing the parents, and developing a relationship with them for the entire pregnancy complicates the simple arrangement.

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Monster Mash: The Movie

Monster Mash: The Movie · 1995

Monster Mash: The Movie

MovieComedyHorror

Young couple Scott and Mary are on their way to a Halloween party when their car breaks down, and they encounter a creepy castle where Dr. Frankenstein seeks to put Scott's brain in his monstrous creation. As for Mary, Count Dracula wants her for his mistress.

Music

Frankenstein General Hospital

Frankenstein General Hospital · 1988

Frankenstein General Hospital

MovieComedyHorror

A mad doctor puts together a new body by using body parts he steals from a mortuary at the hospital where he works.

Man in Elevator

Three's a Crowd

Three's a Crowd · 1969

Three's a Crowd

MovieComedyTV Movie

An airline pilot tries to balance two wives he has in two separate cities.

Roy Dodson

Strange Invaders

Strange Invaders · 1983

Strange Invaders

MovieHorrorMystery

Alien beings, who settle in a small midwestern town, are disturbed by a young professor determined to rescue his daughter from their clutches.

Editor

Sister, Sister

Sister, Sister · 1987

MovieRomanceThriller

Sisters Charlotte and Lucy Bonnard live together in the gloomy Louisiana family mansion that they’ve turned into a boarding house. But when a mysterious young man enters their lives, the sisters are forced to confront their dark pasts.

Roger

Boogie with the Undead

Boogie with the Undead · 2003

Boogie with the Undead

MovieComedyHorror

An all girl rock band books a gig in a town overrun by flesh-eating zombies.

The Manager

The Boneyard Collection

The Boneyard Collection · 2008

The Boneyard Collection

MovieHorrorComedy

A quirky anthology, consisting of four separate short films connected by host segments. The first one, BOOGIE WITH THE UNDEAD, has an all girl rock band booked to play a gig in a town overrun by flesh-eating zombies. In the second one, THE DEVIL'S DUE AT MIDNIGHT, a coven of beautiful witches conjure up Brad Dourif as The Devil, and endures the inept attacks of witch killer Ken Foree. In the first long segment, HER MORBID DESIRES, an actress gets the lead role in a vampire movie, only to discover that starlets are being murdered on the set. The other long segment, CRY OF THE MUMMY, has the reincarnated mummy, formerly the last Pharaoh of the 4th Dynasty, looking to sue the movie studios because he can't get work as a mummy. His new lawyer offers to represent him as an agent, but the mummy will only work in film if he can direct.

The Manager (segment "Boogie with the Undead")

The Baby Maker

The Baby Maker · 1970

Tish Gray had a baby and gave it up for adoption. She is contacted by a second childless couple who want her to have the husband's baby because of the wife's inability to have children. She accepts but finds that knowing the parents, and developing a relationship with them for the entire pregnancy complicates the simple arrangement.

Dr. Sims

Lobster Man from Mars

Lobster Man from Mars · 1990

Lobster Man from Mars

MovieComedyScience Fiction

A young film student tries to sell his weird movie to a desperate film producer who is in need of a tax write-off. The producer screens the film "Lobster Man From Mars", and what follows is a bizarre sci-fi film-within-a-film: Mars suffers from an air leakage, and send the dreaded Lobster Man to Earth to steal its air. The plot is foiled by a mad scientist, a girl, and an army colonel.

The Astrologer / The King of Mars

It's a Bikini World

It's a Bikini World · 1967

It's a Bikini World

Male chauvinist Mike attempts to get an intelligent burgeoning feminist Delilah into his harem. When she resists, Mike then poses as his brother Herbert, but in the process falls in love with Delilah.

Woody (as Bob Pickett)

Chrome and Hot Leather

Chrome and Hot Leather · 1971

Chrome and Hot Leather

MovieActionThriller

A Green Beret returns home from the Vietnam war to find that a gang of murderous bikers has killed his fiancee. He calls on several of his Green Beret buddies to come and help him take revenge on the gang.

Sweet Willy (as Bob Pickett)

Deathmaster

Deathmaster · 1972

A mysterious, charismatic stranger attracts a cult-like following of aimless young hippies, only to reveal himself to be a vampire.

Curt

Splitz

Three sororities must compete in a series of sports contests to determine which one will lose their sorority house. The odds are stacked against the Phi Betas until they're joined by an all-girl rock band.

Chef

Hot Money

Hot Money · 1983

MovieComedyCrime

Burt, a clever ex-con, has changed his identity and has managed to land a job as a deputy in small town in upstate New York. On the 4th of July, while the drunken Sheriff Paisley is busy with the local parade and festivities, Burt quietly steals a million dollars in cash from the cellar safe in the local rich old widow's house. Unsuspected, Burt makes plans to live the rest of his life in the lap of luxury in a far off place with his attractive girlfriend, local hash house waitress Jeanette. But when a crisis of conscience hits him like a wave of ice cold water, he starts to think twice about his dastardly deed, and how that purloining of the old lady's money is wrongly affecting his friends as well as innocent locals. But will Burt do the right thing?

Stewart

Halloween Monster Bash

Halloween Monster Bash · 1991

Halloween Monster Bash

MovieTV MovieComedy

1991's NBC Halloween special with John Astin and Rhonda Shear. Features clips from classic horror movies with commentary.

Performer

Petticoat Junction

Petticoat Junction · 1963

Petticoat Junction

SeriesComedyFamily

The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters do the job of running the hotel.

Stonewall Jackson

Dr. Kildare

Dr. Kildare · 1961

The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems of his patients, and win the respect of the senior doctor in his specialty, internal medicine.

Extern

T. J. Hooker

T. J. Hooker · 1982

SeriesDramaCrime

Sergeant Thomas Jefferson Hooker is a tough-as-nails veteran police officer with the LCPD who turns his back on a gold badge and goes back to patrolling the streets and training recruits. Along with his young partners in blue, Hooker take on Lake City's toughest criminals.

Charlie Brubaker