Cohen, Larry 1938-

PERSONAL

Born July 15, 1938, in New York, NY; son of Carolyn Cohn; married Janelle Webb, June 10, 1964 (divorced, 1987); married Cynthia Costas; children: Jill, four more. Education: Attended City College of New York.

Addresses:

Manager—Holder Management, 5225 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 600, Los Angeles, CA 90036.

Career:

Producer, director, writer, actor.

Awards, Honors:

Special Jury Award, Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival, 1975, for It's Alive; Special Jury Award, Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival, 1977, for God Told MeTo; George Pal Memorial Award, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, 1988; Edgar Allan Poe Award nomination, best motion picture, Mystery Writers of America, 1988, for Best Seller.

CREDITS

Film Director:

Bone (also known as Beverly Hills Nightmare, Dial Rat, Dial Rat for Terror and Housewife), New World, 1972.

Black Caesar (also known as The Godfather of Harlem), Image, 1973.

Hell Up in Harlem, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1973.

It's Alive, 1974.

God Told Me To (also known as Demon), Image, 1976.

The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1977.

It Lives Again (also known as It's Alive II), Warner Bros., 1978.

Full Moon High (also known as Moon High), HBO, 1981.

Q (also known as Q: The Winged Serpent, Serpent and The Winged Serpent), 1982.

Perfect Strangers (also known as Blind Alley), 1984.

The Stuff, 1985.

A Return to Salem's Lot, 1987.

It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (also known as Island of the Alive), 1987.

A Return to Salem's Lot, 1987.

Deadly Illusion (also known as I Love You to Death and Love You to Death), 1987.

Wicked Stepmother, 1989.

The Ambulance, 1990.

As Good as Dead, 1995.

Original Gangstas (also known as Hot City), Orion, 1996.

Air Force One: The Final Mission, Creative, 2004.

Film Producer:

Bone (also known as Beverly Hills Nightmare, Dial Rat, Dial Rat for Terror and Housewife), New World, 1972.

Black Caesar (also known as The Godfather of Harlem), Image, 1973.

Hell Up in Harlem, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1973.

It's Alive, 1974.

God Told Me To (also known as Demon), Image, 1976.

The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1977.

It Lives Again (also known as It's Alive II), Warner Bros., 1978.

Full Moon High (also known as Moon High), HBO, 1981.

Q (also known as Q: The Winged Serpent, Serpent and The Winged Serpent), 1982.

Maniac Cop, 1988.

Maniac Cop 2, 1990.

Delirious, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1991.

Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (also known as MC3: Maniac Cop 3, Maniac Cop 3 and Maniac Cop III: Badge of Silence), 1993.

As Good as Dead, 1995.

Air Force One: The Final Mission, Creative, 2004.

Film Executive Producer:

The Stuff, 1985.

It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (also known as Island of the Alive), 1987.

A Return to Salem's Lot, 1987.

Film Appearances:

Ace tomato agent, Spies Like Us, Warner Bros., 1985.

Hollywood Rated ‘R’ (also known as Les Deniers du culte), Kalamazoo, 1997.

Pass! Screenwriters on Surviving Hollywood Rejection, Jade Tiger, 2008.

Television Director; Movies:

See China and Die (also known as Momma the Detective), 1981.

Television Director; Episodic:

Masters of Horror, 2006.

Television Producer; Series:

Branded, NBC, 1965.

Television Executive Producer; Series:

Never Too Young, ABC, 1965.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Baadasssss Cinema, Independent Film Channel, 2002.

Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That, TCM, 2005.

Shooting the Police: Cops on Film, Starz, 2006.

Hitchcocked!, Starz, 2006.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

The 100 Scariest Movie Moments, Bravo, 2004.

Stage Director:

Trick, Playhouse Theatre, New York City, 1979.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Dialing Up ‘Cellular’, New Line Home Video, 2004.

Celling Out, New Line Home Video, 2004.

Make Your Own Damn Movie!, Troma, 2005.

Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films, Warner Home Video, 2006.

Welcome to the Big House, Warner Home Video, 2006.

Stool Pigeons and Pine Overcoats: The Language of Gangster Films, Warner Home Video, 2006.

The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird, Warner Home Video, 2006.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

Return of the Seven (also known as El Regreso de los siete magnificos and Return of the Magnificent Seven), United Artists, 1966.

Blade Rider, Revenge of the Indian Nations, 1966.

I Deal in Danger, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1966.

The Legend of Custer, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1968.

Scream, Baby, Scream (also known as Nightmare House), Troma, 1969.

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting, Warner Home Video, 1969.

El Condor (also known as The Condor), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1970.

In Broad Daylight, 1971.

Bone (also known as Beverly Hills Nightmare, Dial Rat, Dial Rat for Terror and Housewife), New World, 1972.

The Mechanic, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1972.

Black Caesar (also known as The Godfather of Harlem), Image, 1973.

Hell Up in Harlem, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1973.

God Told Me To (also known as Demon), Image, 1976.

The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1977.

It Lives Again (also known as It's Alive II), Warner Bros., 1978.

The American Success Company (also known as American Success, Good as Gold, Success and The Ringer), Columbia, 1980.

Full Moon High (also known as Moon High), HBO, 1981.

I, the Jury, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1982.

Q (also known as Q: The Winged Serpent, Serpent and The Winged Serpent), 1982.

Scandalous, 1984.

Special Effects, 1984.

Perfect Strangers (also known as Blind Alley), 1984.

The Stuff, 1985.

A Return to Salem's Lot, 1987.

Best Seller, 1987.

Deadly Illusion (also known as I Love You to Death and Love You to Death), 1987.

Maniac Cop, 1988.

Wicked Stepmother, 1989.

The Ambulance, 1990.

Maniac Cop 2, 1990.

Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (also known as MC3: Maniac Cop 3, Maniac Cop 3 and Maniac Cop III: Badge of Silence), 1993.

Guilty as Sin, 1993.

Body Snatchers, 1993.

As Good as Dead, 1995.

The Expert, 1995.

Invasion of Privacy, Trimark Pictures, 1996.

Uncle Sam, Solomon, 1997.

The Ex, Lions Gate, 1997.

The Defenders: Choice of Evils (also known as The Defenders), Paramount, 1998.

Misbegotten, Trimark Home Video, 1998.

Phone Booth, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2002.

Cellular (also known as Final Call-Wenn er auflegt, muss sie sterben), New Line Cinema, 2004.

Flightplan, Buena Vista, 2005.

Captivity, Square One, 2007.

Message Deleted, Waterfront, 2008.

Tremble, Smithfield Street, 2008.

Television Series:

Branded, 1965-66.

Blue Light, 1966.

Coronet Blue, CBS, 1967.

The Invaders, 1967-68.

Cool Million, NBC, 1972.

(And creator) Cop Talk: Behind the Shield, syndicated, 1989.

Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King, TNT, 2005-2006.

Television Movies:

Cool Million (also known as Mask of Marcella), NBC, 1972.

Columbo: Any Old Port in a Storm, 1973.

Columbo: Candidate for Crime, 1973.

Columbo: An Exercise in Fatality, NBC, 1974.

(And creator) Sparrow, 1978.

Women of San Quentin, 1983.

Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice, 1996.

Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave, 1997.

The Defenders: Choice of Evils, Showtime, 1998.

Television Episodes:

Kraft Television Theatre (also known as Kraft Mystery Theatre and Kraft Theatre), NBC, 1958.

Zane Grey Theater (also known as Dick Powell's "Zane Grey Theater" and The Westeners), CBS, 1960.

Way Out, CBS, 1961.

The United States Steel Hour, CBS, 1961.

Checkmate, CBS, 1961.

Sam Benedict, NBC, 1963.

Arrest and Trial, ABC, 1963.

The Nurses (also known as The Doctors and the Nurses), 1963.

The Defenders, 1963-65.

Espionage, 1964.

The Fugitive, 1964-65.

Kraft Suspense Theatre, 1965.

The Rat Patrol, 1966.

Griff, ABC, 1975.

NYPD Blue, ABC, 1995.

Stage Plays:

Nature of the Crime, Bouwerie Lane Theatre, New York City, 1970.

Trick, Playhouse Theatre, New York City, 1979.

Epic Proportions, Judith Anderson Theatre, New York City, 1986.