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- 7/2/2014
- E! Online
American filmmaker Ray Dennis Steckler has died of heart failure, aged 70. Steckler, who gained a cult following as a low-budget auteur using the pseudonym Cash Flagg, died in Las Vegas, Nevada on 7 January.
He began his film career as a movie prop man, and later shot 1962 cult classic The World's Greatest Sinner as a cameraman before moving on to projects of his own.
In 1963 he co-produced his first solo film, The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?, co-starring his first wife, actress Carolyn Brandt.
Often credited with inspiring the work of directors David Lynch, John Waters and Quentin Tarantino, his nearly two dozen film credits also include cult classics The Thrill Killers, released in 1964, and Rat Pfink a Boo Boo, in 1966.
He moved to Las Vegas in 1970, where he taught film classes at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, owned video stores and continued to make movies, including soft-core pornography.
Steckler's first marriage to actress Carolyn Brandt ended in divorce.
He is survived by his wife of 23 years, Katherine, two daughters from his first marriage, Linda Arnold and Laura Steckler, two daughters from his second marriage, Morgan and Bailey Steckler, his sister, Judy Conrad and two grandchildren.
He began his film career as a movie prop man, and later shot 1962 cult classic The World's Greatest Sinner as a cameraman before moving on to projects of his own.
In 1963 he co-produced his first solo film, The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?, co-starring his first wife, actress Carolyn Brandt.
Often credited with inspiring the work of directors David Lynch, John Waters and Quentin Tarantino, his nearly two dozen film credits also include cult classics The Thrill Killers, released in 1964, and Rat Pfink a Boo Boo, in 1966.
He moved to Las Vegas in 1970, where he taught film classes at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, owned video stores and continued to make movies, including soft-core pornography.
Steckler's first marriage to actress Carolyn Brandt ended in divorce.
He is survived by his wife of 23 years, Katherine, two daughters from his first marriage, Linda Arnold and Laura Steckler, two daughters from his second marriage, Morgan and Bailey Steckler, his sister, Judy Conrad and two grandchildren.
- 2/1/2009
- WENN
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