Roger Watkins
Roger Michael Watkins | |
|---|---|
Watkins in the early 1970s | |
| Born | September 17, 1948 |
| Died | March 6, 2007 (aged 58) |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Claude Armand, Ray Hicks, Victor Janos, Richard Joseph, Norman F. Kaiser, Brian Laurence, Richard Mahler, Steven Morrison, Brian Newett, Bernard Travis, Bernie Travis |
| Alma mater | Oneonta State College |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Years active | 1973–1988 |
| Spouse |
Marcia Elizabeth Elliott
(m. 1972; div. 1987) |
| Children | 2 |
Roger Michael Watkins (September 17, 1948 – March 6, 2007) was an American filmmaker best known for the 1970s grindhouse movie Last House on Dead End Street. He also directed several adult films, working with pornographic actors such as Jamie Gillis, Vanessa del Rio, and Samantha Fox.
The Internet Movie Database lists a number of Watkins' aliases (see the information box at right), most of which seem to have been used in Last House on Dead End Street to conceal the fact that he worked in several capacities on that film (director, actor, writer, editor, and producer).