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Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthday
June 15, 1929
Died
September 26, 2016
Place of Birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
- Lewis H. Gordon
- Mark Hansen
- Marvin Lester
- H.G. Lewis
- Herschell G. Lewis
- Georges Parades
- George Parades
- Armand Parys
- Armand Pays
- Francis X. Ploitation
- Marvin Lester Schmidt
- Sheldon S. Seymour
- Sheldon Seymour
- Seymour Sheldon
- R.L. Smith
Herschell Gordon Lewis
0.5 Popularity
Biography
Herschell Gordon Lewis (June 15, 1926 - September 26, 2016) was an American filmmaker, best known for creating the "splatter" subgenre of horror films.
Known For
7.0
Self [archival]
Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida
2021
1.0
Self
Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
2019
4.3
Himself- Voice
Killer Campout
2017
🎬
0.0
himself
How Herschell Found His Niche
2016
3.9
Professor Lou Herschell
Blood Feast
2016
6.3
Himself
They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé
2016
4.0
Himself
B-Documentary
2015
5.1
Himself
Terror Toons 3
2015
6.2
Self (archive footage)
That's Sexploitation!
2013
0.0
Tonight You Die
2011
Credits
Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida
as Self [archival]
2021
7.0
Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
as Self
2019
1.0
Killer Campout
as Himself- Voice
2017
4.3
🎬
How Herschell Found His Niche
as himself
2016
0.0
Blood Feast
as Professor Lou Herschell
2016
3.9
They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé
as Himself
2016
6.3
B-Documentary
as Himself
2015
4.0
Terror Toons 3
as Himself
2015
5.1
That's Sexploitation!
as Self (archive footage)
2013
6.2
Tonight You Die
2011
0.0
Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
as Self
2011
0.0
American Grindhouse
as Himself
2011
6.8
Under the Scares
as Himself
2010
0.0
Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
2010
6.2
7 Deadly Sins: Inside The Ecomm Cult
2009
1.0
Smash Cut
as Fred Sandy / Radio Announcer
2009
3.8
Psycho Holocaust
as Radio News Broadcaster (voice)
2009
2.7
Book of Lore
as Bingo Record (voice)
2007
0.0
Horror Business
as Himself
2005
5.5
Chainsaw Sally
as Mr. Gordon
2004
3.9
Bits and Pieces: Bringing Death to Life
as Self
2003
8.0
Divine Trash
as Self
2000
7.3
🎬
An Evening with H.G. Lewis
as Self
1989
0.0
The Incredibly Strange Film Show
as Self
1988
10.0
Crystalstone
as Antique Dealer
1987
6.0
How to Make a Doll
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1968
2.1
The Alley Tramp
as Radio Reporter Gene Stallion (voice)
1968
3.9
The Gruesome Twosome
as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1967
4.8
A Taste of Blood
as The Limey Seaman / Baron Khron (voice) (as Seymour Sheldon)
1967
4.8
Something Weird
as Narrator (voice) (as Sheldon Seymour)
1967
4.0
Jimmy, the Boy Wonder
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1966
1.0
Scum of the Earth!
as Narrator (voice)
1963
5.4
Goldilocks and the Three Bares
as Voice Introducing Sonny Seymour (voice)
1963
3.8
Blood Feast
as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1963
4.8
Living Venus
as Man on Street (uncredited)
1961
2.0