Beach Dickerson ( – 2005) was an American actor known for such films as '' The Trip'' and ''

Crazy Mama ''Crazy Mama'' is a 1975 American action comedy film directed by Jonathan Demme, produced by Julie Corman and starring Cloris Leachman. It marked the film debut of Bill Paxton and Dennis Quaid. Plot In 1958 Long Beach, California, Melba Stokes ...

''.

Early life

Dickerson was born in Glennville, Georgia.

Career

Dickerson worked frequently with director

Roger Corman Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926) is an American film director, producer, and actor. He has been called "The Pope of Pop Cinema" and is known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film. Many of Corman's films are based on works t ...

. His first appearance was in ''

Attack of the Crab Monsters Attack may refer to: Warfare and combat * Offensive (military) * Charge (warfare) * Attack (fencing) * Strike (attack) * Attack (computing) * Attack aircraft Books and publishing * ''The Attack'' (novel), a book * ''Attack No. 1'', comic an ...

''. He also appeared in the films '' Sorority Girl'', ''

Rock All Night ''Rock All Night'' is a 1957 crime drama film produced and directed by Roger Corman. Distributed by American International Pictures, it is based on a 25-minute television episode of '' The Jane Wyman Show'' from 1955 called "The Little Guy." It s ...

'', ''Cocaine and Blue Eyes'', '' Teenage Caveman'' and the 1991 film ''Future Kick''.

Death

He died in Los Angeles, California, on December 7, 2005, at age 81. Dickerson willed three houses to his friend, author

Scotty Bowers George Albert "Scotty" Bowers (July 1, 1923 – October 13, 2019) was an American who was active from 1945 to 1980 as a procurer and prostitute for closeted Hollywood film and television industry people interested in homosexual or bisexual l ...

. The spreading of Dickerson's ashes by Bowers was shown in the 2017 documentary film ''

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood ''Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood'' is a 2017 American documentary film about the life of Scotty Bowers, who acted as an unpaid pimp in Hollywood from the 1940s to 80s. Based on Bowers's book '' Full Service'', it was produced and dire ...

''.

Partial filmography

* 1956 '' Hollywood or Bust'' as Bellboy (uncredited) * 1957 ''

'' as Seaman Ron Fellows * 1957 ''

'' as The Kid * 1957 '' Loving You'' as Glenn (uncredited) * 1957 '' Sorority Girl'' as Terry's Boyfriend * 1958 '' War of the Satellites'' as Crewman With Gun * 1958 '' Teenage Caveman'' as Fair-Haired Boy / Man from Burning Plains / Tom-Tom Player / Bear * 1959 ''

T-Bird Gang ''T-Bird Gang'' is a 1959 American film directed by Richard Harbinger in his first and final film. It was co-written by and starring John Brinkley and Tony Miller with Edwin Nelson; all of them had appeared in several of Roger Corman's films. Pl ...

'' as Barney Adams * 1960 ''

Visit to a Small Planet ''Visit to a Small Planet'' is a 1960 American black-and-white science fiction comedy film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Jerry Lewis, Joan Blackman, Earl Holliman, and Fred Clark. Distributed by Paramount Pictures, it was produced by Hal ...

'' as Beatnik (uncredited) * 1960 ''

G.I. Blues ''G.I. Blues'' is a 1960 American musical comedy film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Elvis Presley and Juliet Prowse. The movie was filmed at Paramount Pictures studio, with some pre-production scenery shot on location in Germany before Pr ...

'' as Warren * 1961 ''

Creature from the Haunted Sea ''Creature from the Haunted Sea'' is a 1961 horror comedy film directed by Roger Corman. Written by Charles B. Griffith, the film is a parody of spy, gangster, and monster movies (mostly ''Creature from the Black Lagoon''), concerning a secret a ...

'' as Pete Peterson Jr. * 1964 ''

Shell Shock Shell shock is a term coined in World War I by the British psychologist Charles Samuel Myers to describe the type of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) many soldiers were afflicted with during the war (before PTSD was termed). It is a react ...

'' as Rance * 1967 '' The Trip'' * 1968 ''

The Savage Seven ''The Savage Seven'' is a 1968 outlaw biker exploitation film directed by Richard Rush, who had directed the previous year's ''Hells Angels on Wheels''. Rush agreed to direct ''The Savage Seven'' in exchange for the opportunity to make the psych ...

'' as Bruno * 1968 ''

Killers Three ''Killers Three'' is an American crime drama film produced in 1968 in film, 1968 by Dick Clark Productions and released by American International Pictures starring Robert Walker (actor, born 1940), Robert Walker Jr., Diane Varsi and Dick Clark. Ot ...

'' as Scotty * 1969 ''Like Mother Like Daughter'' as Joe "Jo-Jo" * 1969 ''

The Gun Runner ''The Gun Runner'' is a 1969 action movie,''The Gun Runner''
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The Dunwich Horror "The Dunwich Horror" is a horror novella by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written in 1928, it was first published in the April 1929 issue of '' Weird Tales'' (pp. 481–508). It takes place in Dunwich, a fictional town in Massachusett ...

'' as Mr. Cole * 1970 ''

Angels Die Hard ''Angels Die Hard'' is a 1970 biker film directed by Richard Compton and starring Tom Baker and William Smith. It is the first film distributed by New World Pictures; half its budget was provided by Roger Corman. The film—which was written in t ...

'' as "Shank" * 1971 ''

Bury Me an Angel ''Bury Me an Angel'' is a 1971 American biker film from female director Barbara Peeters, who was script supervisor on ''Angels Die Hard'' (1970). She was the first woman to direct a biker film. The film was acquired by Roger Corman's New World Pi ...

'' as Harry * 1971 ''

Welcome Home, Soldier Boys ''Welcome Home, Soldier Boys'' is a 1972 American drama film directed by Richard Compton and starring Joe Don Baker, Paul Koslo, Alan Vint, Elliott Street, Jennifer Billingsley and Billy "Green" Bush. Written by Guerdon Trueblood, the film was r ...

'' as Used Car Salesman * 1972 ''Runaway, Runaway'' as Bruce, Lorri's Customer * 1973 ''

Cleopatra Jones ''Cleopatra Jones'' is a 1973 American blaxploitation film directed by Jack Starrett. Tamara Dobson stars as an undercover government agent who uses the day job of supermodel as her cover and an excuse to travel to exotic places. Bernie Casey, Sh ...

'' as Homosexual (uncredited) * 1974 ''

Summer School Teachers ''Summer School Teachers'' is a 1974 feature film directed and written by Barbara Peeters and starring Candice Rialson. It is about three female friends who all teach at a school over the summer. It was an unofficial follow up to ''The Student ...

'' as Apartment Manager * 1975 '' Capone'' as Joe Kepka * 1975 ''

'' as Desk Clerk * 1976 ''

Eat My Dust ''Eat My Dust!'' is a 1976 action film from New World Pictures starring Ron Howard. Plot When the clean-cut but rebellious son of a small-town sheriff steals the race car of a professional driver, the sheriff forms a motorized posse to recover th ...

'' as G.I. Jackson * 1981 ''

Smokey Bites the Dust ''Smokey Bites the Dust'' is a 1981 car chase film from New World Pictures directed by Charles B. Griffith. Despite the title, the film is not connected to the ''Smokey and the Bandit'' series. Plot The stock plot deals with Roscoe Wilton (Jimmy ...

'' as Band Director * 1985 ''

School Spirit School spirit is the sense of identity and community shared by members of an educational institution. This can apply to any type of school, from elementary schools to universities. Members of a school can manifest spirit in the exhibition of sc ...

'' as Second Doctor * 1988 ''

Deadly Dreams ''Deadly Dreams'' is a 1988 American psychological horror film directed by Kristine Peterson, and starring Mitchell Anderson, Juliette Cummins, and Xander Berkeley. Plot Alex Torme is haunted by the brutal murder of his parents on Christmas Eve ...

'' as Sportsman #2 * 1991 ''Future Kick'' as Hotel Clerk

References

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* 1924 births 2005 deaths American male film actors American male television actors 20th-century American male actors People from Glennville, Georgia Male actors from Georgia (U.S. state) {{US-screen-actor-1920s-stub