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Al Adamson. Albert Victor Adamson Jr. (July 25, 1929 – June 21, 1995) was an American filmmaker and actor known as a prolific director of B-grade horror and exploitation films throughout the 1960s and 1970s. The son of silent film stars Victor Adamson and Dolores Booth, Adamson began his career in the film industry at a young age and began ...
He was born on July 25, 1929, in Hollywood, California, the son of actress Dolores Booth and actor/director Victor Adamson who, appropriately enough, specialized in shoddy B-grade - and lower - Westerns in the 1920s and 1930s, both as an actor and especially as a director. Adamson's first foray into filmmaking was helping his father as director ...
Aug 31, 2017 · On June 21, 1995, real horror invaded the life of Al Adamson, a beloved cult-film director who made enjoyably schlocky fright fare on the order of Psycho A-Go-Go (1965), Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971), and Blood of Ghastly Horror (1972). At the time, Adamson, 66, had hired contractor Fred Fulford, 46, to undertake a major refurbishing of the ...
Aug 8, 1995 · Aug. 8, 1995 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITER. In a scene that could have come from one of his horror flicks, Hollywood B-movie director Al Adamson was found murdered and buried in a grave where his ...
Jul 17, 2021 · Born to silent-film actor, director, and producer who used the stage name Denver Dixon and Dolores Booth, Albert Victor Adamson Jr., better known as “Al,” was also a notable filmmaker. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, he established a name for himself in the entertainment industry by being the mastermind behind numerous enthralling horror and exploitation […]
Sep 29, 2019 · Blood and Flesh: The Reel Life and Ghastly Death of Al Adamson: Directed by David Gregory. With Al Adamson, Samuel M. Sherman, Chris Poggiali, Ken Adamson. Maverick indie filmmaker Al Adamson's real life was even crazier than one of the 30-plus sex 'n' schlock drive-in movies he made in the '60s and '70s.
He was born on July 25, 1929, in Hollywood, California, the son of actress Dolores Booth and actor/director Victor Adamson who, appropriately enough, specialized in shoddy B-grade - and lower - Westerns in the 1920s and 1930s, both as an actor and especially as a director. Adamson's first foray into filmmaking was helping his father as director ...
