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Larry Cohen was born July 15, 1938, in Kingston, New York, a small town... moreTrivia:
Educated at the City College of New York and New York University. moreAwards:
3 wins & 1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
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Alternate Names:
Laurence Robert Cohen | Lawrence J. Cohen | Lawrence CohenFilmography
Writer:
- Tremble (2009) (pre-production) (writer)
- Messages Deleted (2009) (writer)
- Maniac Cop (2008) (characters)
- Bo chi tung wah (2008) (original story)
... aka Bao chi tong hua (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
... aka Connected (International: English title) - It's Alive (2008) (1974 screenplay) (screenplay)
- Captivity (2007) (screenplay) (story)
- Cellular (2004) (story)
... aka Final Call - Wenn er auflegt, muss sie sterben (Germany: DVD title) - Phone Booth (2002) (written by)
- Misbegotten (1998) (screenplay)
- The Defenders: Choice of Evils (1998) (TV) (story) (teleplay)
... aka The Defenders - The Ex (1997) (screenplay)
- Uncle Sam (1997) (written by)
- Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave (1997) (TV) (teleplay)
... aka Heatwave - Invasion of Privacy (1996) (written by)
- Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice (1996) (TV) (teleplay)
- The Invaders (1995) (TV) (television series)
- The Expert (1995) (uncredited)
- As Good as Dead (1995) (TV) (written by)
- "NYPD Blue" (1 episode, 1995)
- Dirty Socks (1995) TV episode (writer) - Guilty as Sin (1993) (written by)
- Body Snatchers (1993) (screen story)
- Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1993) (characters) (written by)
... aka MC3: Maniac Cop 3 (USA: video title)
... aka Maniac Cop 3
... aka Maniac Cop III: Badge of Silence (USA: DVD box title) - Maniac Cop 2 (1990) (characters) (written by)
- The Ambulance (1990) (written by)
- Wicked Stepmother (1989) (written by)
- Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge (1988) (TV) (writer)
- Maniac Cop (1988) (written by)
- Deadly Illusion (1987) (writer)
... aka I Love You to Death
... aka Love You to Death (USA) - Best Seller (1987) (written by)
- A Return to Salem's Lot (1987) (screenplay) (story)
- It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987) (characters) (written by)
... aka Island of the Alive (USA)
... aka It's Alive 3: Island of the Alive (USA: DVD box title) - The Stuff (1985) (writer)
- Perfect Strangers (1984) (writer)
... aka Blind Alley - Special Effects (1984) (writer)
- Scandalous (1984) (story)
- Women of San Quentin (1983) (TV) (story)
- Q (1982) (writer)
... aka Q: The Winged Serpent
... aka Serpent
... aka The Winged Serpent - I, the Jury (1982) (writer)
- Full Moon High (1981) (written by)
... aka Moon High (Australia: TV title) - The American Success Company (1980) (screenplay) (story)
... aka American Success
... aka Good as Gold (USA: video title)
... aka Success (USA: recut version)
... aka The Ringer - It Lives Again (1978) (written by)
... aka It's Alive 2: It Lives Again (USA: DVD box title)
... aka It's Alive II - Sparrow (1978) (TV) (creator) (writer)
- The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977) (written by)
- God Told Me To (1976) (writer)
... aka Demon - Man on the Outside (1975) (TV) (writer)
- "Griff" (1 episode, 1975)
- Man on the Outside (1975) TV episode (writer) - It's Alive (1974/I) (written by)
- Columbo: An Exercise in Fatality (1974) (TV) (story)
- Shootout in a One-Dog Town (1974) (TV) (story)
- Hell Up in Harlem (1973) (writer)
- Columbo: Candidate for Crime (1973) (TV) (story)
- Columbo: Any Old Port in a Storm (1973) (TV) (story)
- Black Caesar (1973) (writer)
... aka The Godfather of Harlem (UK) - "Cool Million" (1972) TV series (unknown episodes)
- Cool Million (1972) (TV) (writer)
... aka Mask of Marcella (USA: reissue title) - Bone (1972) (writer)
... aka Beverly Hills Nightmare (USA)
... aka Dial Rat (UK)
... aka Dial Rat for Terror
... aka Housewife - Call Holme (1972) (TV) (developer)
- In Broad Daylight (1971) (TV) (writer)
- El condor (1970) (screenplay)
... aka The Condor (International: English title: informal title) - Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1969) (screenplay) (story)
- Scream Baby Scream (1969) (screenplay) (as Laurence Robert Cohen) (story) (as Laurence Robert Cohen)
... aka Nightmare House - The Legend of Custer (1968) (suggested by)
- "The Invaders" (43 episodes, 1967-1968)
- Inquisition (1968) TV episode (creator)
- The Life Seekers (1968) TV episode (creator)
- The Pursued (1968) TV episode (creator)
- The Miracle (1968) TV episode (creator)
- The Vise (1968) TV episode (creator)
(38 more) - "Coronet Blue" (11 episodes, 1967)
- The Flip Side of Timmy Devon (1967) TV episode (creator)
- Six Months to Mars (1967) TV episode (creator)
- The Presence of Evil (1967) TV episode (creator)
- Saturday (1967) TV episode (creator)
- A Charade for Murder (1967) TV episode (creator)
(6 more) - I Deal in Danger (1966) (writer)
- "The Rat Patrol" (1 episode, 1966)
- The Blind Man's Bluff Raid (1966) TV episode (writer) - Return of the Seven (1966) (written by)
... aka El regreso de los siete magníficos (Spain)
... aka Return of the Magnificent Seven (International: English title) - "Branded" (48 episodes, 1965-1966)
- Kellie (1966) TV episode (creator)
- Cowards Die Many Times (1966) TV episode (creator)
- Headed for Doomsday (1966) TV episode (creator)
- The Assassins: Part 2 (1966) TV episode (creator)
- The Assassins: Part 1 (1966) TV episode (creator)
(43 more) - "Blue Light" (8 episodes, 1966)
- How to Kill a Soldier (1966) TV episode (story)
- The Return of Elm (1966) TV episode (writer)
- The Secret War (1966) TV episode (writer)
- Traitor's Blood (1966) TV episode (writer)
- The Weapon Within (1966) TV episode (writer)
(3 more) - Blade Rider, Revenge of the Indian Nations (1966) (writer)
- "Kraft Suspense Theatre" (1 episode, 1965)
... aka "Crisis" (USA: syndication title)
... aka "Suspense Theatre" (USA: syndication title)
- Kill No More (1965) TV episode (adaptation) (story) - "The Defenders" (9 episodes, 1963-1965)
- The Unwritten Law (1965) TV episode (writer)
- Go Between (1964) TV episode (writer)
- May Day! May Day! (1964) TV episode (writer)
- The Secret (1964) TV episode (writer)
- The Captive (1963) TV episode (writer)
(4 more) - "The Fugitive" (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
- Scapegoat (1965) TV episode (story)
- Escape into Black (1964) TV episode (writer) - "Espionage" (1 episode, 1964)
- Medal for a Turned Coat (1964) TV episode (writer) - "The Nurses" (3 episodes, 1963)
... aka "The Doctors and the Nurses" (USA: new title)
- The Gift (1963) TV episode (writer)
- Party Girl (1963) TV episode (writer)
- Night Sounds (1963) TV episode (writer) - "Arrest and Trial" (1 episode, 1963)
- My Name Is Martin Burnham (1963) TV episode (writer) - "Sam Benedict" (1 episode, 1963)
- Accomplice (1963) TV episode (writer) - "Checkmate" (1 episode, 1961)
- Nice Guys Finish Last (1961) TV episode (writer) - "The United States Steel Hour" (1 episode, 1961)
... aka "The U.S. Steel Hour" (USA: alternative title)
- The Golden Thirty (1961) TV episode (writer) - "'Way Out" (1 episode, 1961)
- False Face (1961) TV episode (writer) - "Zane Grey Theater" (1 episode, 1960)
... aka "Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater" (USA: complete title)
... aka "The Westerners" (USA: rerun title)
- Killer Instinct (1960) TV episode (writer) - "Kraft Television Theatre" (1 episode, 1958)
... aka "Kraft Mystery Theatre" (USA: new title)
... aka "Kraft Theatre" (USA: new title)
- The Eighty Seventh Precinct (1958) TV episode (adaptation)
Director:
- "Masters of Horror" (1 episode, 2006)
- Pick Me Up (2006) TV episode - Air Force One: The Final Mission (2004)
- Original Gangstas (1996)
... aka Hot City - As Good as Dead (1995) (TV)
- The Ambulance (1990)
- Wicked Stepmother (1989)
- Deadly Illusion (1987)
... aka I Love You to Death
... aka Love You to Death (USA) - A Return to Salem's Lot (1987)
- It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987)
... aka Island of the Alive (USA)
... aka It's Alive 3: Island of the Alive (USA: DVD box title) - The Stuff (1985)
- Perfect Strangers (1984)
... aka Blind Alley - Special Effects (1984)
- Q (1982)
... aka Q: The Winged Serpent
... aka Serpent
... aka The Winged Serpent - See China and Die (1981) (TV)
... aka Momma the Detective (USA) - Full Moon High (1981)
... aka Moon High (Australia: TV title) - It Lives Again (1978)
... aka It's Alive 2: It Lives Again (USA: DVD box title)
... aka It's Alive II - The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)
- God Told Me To (1976)
... aka Demon - It's Alive (1974/I)
- Hell Up in Harlem (1973)
- Black Caesar (1973)
... aka The Godfather of Harlem (UK) - Bone (1972)
... aka Beverly Hills Nightmare (USA)
... aka Dial Rat (UK)
... aka Dial Rat for Terror
... aka Housewife
Producer:
- Air Force One: The Final Mission (2004) (producer)
- As Good as Dead (1995) (TV) (producer)
- Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1993) (producer)
... aka MC3: Maniac Cop 3 (USA: video title)
... aka Maniac Cop 3
... aka Maniac Cop III: Badge of Silence (USA: DVD box title) - Delirious (1991) (producer) (as Lawrence J. Cohen)
- Maniac Cop 2 (1990) (producer)
- Wicked Stepmother (1989) (executive producer)
- Maniac Cop (1988) (producer)
- A Return to Salem's Lot (1987) (executive producer)
- It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987) (executive producer)
... aka Island of the Alive (USA)
... aka It's Alive 3: Island of the Alive (USA: DVD box title) - The Stuff (1985) (executive producer)
- Q (1982) (producer)
... aka Q: The Winged Serpent
... aka Serpent
... aka The Winged Serpent - Full Moon High (1981) (producer)
... aka Moon High (Australia: TV title) - It Lives Again (1978) (producer)
... aka It's Alive 2: It Lives Again (USA: DVD box title)
... aka It's Alive II - The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977) (producer)
- God Told Me To (1976) (producer)
... aka Demon - It's Alive (1974/I) (producer)
- Hell Up in Harlem (1973) (producer)
- Black Caesar (1973) (producer)
... aka The Godfather of Harlem (UK) - Bone (1972) (producer)
... aka Beverly Hills Nightmare (USA)
... aka Dial Rat (UK)
... aka Dial Rat for Terror
... aka Housewife - "Never Too Young" (1965) TV series (executive producer) (unknown episodes)
- "Branded" (1965) TV series (producer) (unknown episodes)
Actor:
- Spies Like Us (1985) .... Ace Tomato Agent
Miscellaneous Crew:
- Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) (production executive)
Self:
- Nightmares in Red, White and Blue (2009) (completed) .... Himself
- American Grindhouse (2009) (V) .... Himself
- Tales from the Script (2009) .... Himself
- Trailers from Hell (2008) .... Himself
- The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird (2006) (V)
- Stool Pigeons and Pine Overcoats: The Language of Gangster Films (2006) (V)
- Welcome to the Big House (2006) (V)
- Hitchcocked! (2006) (TV) .... Himself
- Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films (2006) (V) .... Himself
- Shooting the Police: Cops on Film (2006) (TV) .... Himself
- Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (2005) (TV) .... Himself - interviewee
- Make Your Own Damn Movie! (2005) (V) .... Himself
- "The 100 Scariest Movie Moments" (2004) TV mini-series .... Himself
- Celling Out (2004) (V) .... Himself
- Dialing Up 'Cellular' (2004) (V) .... Himself
- Baadasssss Cinema (2002) (TV) .... Himself
- Hollywood Rated 'R' (1997) .... Himself
... aka Les deniers du culte (France: TV title)
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