Roger Watkins
Birthday: September 17, 1948 in Binghamton, New York, USA
Roger Watkins was born September 17, 1948, in Binghamton, NY. The son of Leland and Elizabeth Watkins, Roger first started making movies at the age of ten. He attended the liberal arts college the Sta ...Show More
[on The Last House on Dead End Street (1973)] With this movie I was trying to say, "Look at me. I'm Show more
[on The Last House on Dead End Street (1973)] With this movie I was trying to say, "Look at me. I'm 22 years old and I know how to make a movie. And I know how to make one unlike any other." I would find out later that to mainstream filmmaking this is a dangerous concept indeed. Hide
[on his decision to make porn movies under the pseudonym Richard Mahler] I applied my vision but for Show more
[on his decision to make porn movies under the pseudonym Richard Mahler] I applied my vision but for the money. But I took a lot of risks in doing so. I went into porn because I was broke, my wife was pregnant, and I was offered a deal I could not refuse. Oddly enough the particular people I dealt with in that peculiar industry were far more honest than the so-called "legit" scumbags. Hide
[on playing the lead character of Terry Hawkins and the making of The Last House on Dead End Street Show more
[on playing the lead character of Terry Hawkins and the making of The Last House on Dead End Street (1973)] The budget on the film was $1500, including amphetamines, food, and rent. The key to low-budget filmmaking is exploiting to the hilt what you can get for free. I had the locations and my friends, all of whom were either undergraduates or professors. I say in all modesty that I was perfect for the part. In fact, it was a Czechoslovakian film producer that suggested it to me in the first place. Hide
Roger Watkins's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (1)
