Roger Watkins

Roger Michael Watkins
Watkins in the early 1970s
Born	September 17, 1948 Binghamton, New York, USA
Died	March 6, 2007(2007-03-06) (aged 58) Apalachin, New York, USA
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
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1977-1988

Roger Michael Watkins (September 17, 1948 - March 6, 2007) was a film director best known for the notorious 1970s grindhouse movie Last House on Dead End Street. He also directed several porn films. He worked with famous porn actors like Jamie Gillis and Vanessa del Rio.

The Internet Movie Database lists a number of Watkins' aliases (see the information box at right), most of which he seems to have used in Last House on Dead End Street to conceal the fact that he worked in several technical capacities on that film - director, actor, cameraman, etc.

Partial filmography

Year	Film	Function					Notes
		Director	Screenwriter	Producer	Actor	Role
1976	The Doctors (TV series)				Yes	Doctor Slocombe	Guest appearance
1977	Last House on Dead End Street	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Terry Hawkins
1979	Mystique		Yes				Uncredited
1980	The Pink Ladies	Yes	Yes
1980	Shadows of the Mind	Yes	Yes				Uncredited as screenwriter
1980	Her Name Was Lisa	Yes	Yes
1981	Spittoon	Yes	Yes
1981	A Day in the Life of... The Cosmopolitan Girls	Yes	Yes				Uncredited
1983	Corruption	Yes	Yes	Yes
1983	Midnight Heat	Yes	Yes
1984	Driller: A Sexual Thriller						Production manager
1986	Avenged			Yes
1986	Scorpion			Yes
1986	Spine				Yes	At Police Headquarters
1987	American Babylon	Yes	Yes
1988	Decadence	Yes	Yes

External links

• Richard Mahler at the Internet Adult Film Database
• Roger Michael Watkins at IMDb