He made several B-movies with director Roger Corman and made his mark as the bumbling Seymour Krelborn
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Actor Jonathan Haze, famous for his portrayal of Seymour Krelborn in Roger Corman’s classic “Little Shop of Horrors” (1960), died on Saturday (4/11) at the age of 95 at his home in Los Angeles . The information was confirmed by his daughter, Rebecca Haze.
Haze was a close collaborator of Corman, appearing in more than two dozen of the B-movie king’s productions, from “Monster from the Ocean Floor” (1954) to “The Chicago Massacre” (1967).
Versatility and notable roles
He brought to life several eccentric characters throughout his career, such as the teenage drug dealer in “Stakeout on Dope Street” (1958) and the bumbling bartender in “The Law of Brutes” (1956).
In “Little Shop of Horrors,” the actor played a clumsy flower shop clerk who discovers that a carnivorous plant needs human blood and flesh to survive. Haze recalled the intense pace of filming in 2001: “The interior scenes were shot in two days, with 20-hour shifts. Then we shot three nights on the street with a different crew. It was crazy.”
Considered a “physical chameleon”, Haze was known for his ability to transform his appearance and posture for every role, playing everything from soldiers to Vikings. His talent allowed him to work on such B-grade science fiction classics as “Space Threat” (1956) and “The Emissary of Another World” (1957), both directed by Corman.
Off-field contributions
In addition to being an actor, Haze contributed as a screenwriter to “Invasion of the Star Creatures” (1962) and was a production assistant on several Corman-produced films, including “The Beast with a Million Eyes” (1955) , which had three directors.
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After leaving movies in the late 1960s, he was CEO of a marketing company, where he ran campaigns for popular brands like Kool-Aid.
He acted again in the 1982 film “Plantão Policial” and, after another interruption, reappeared in the late 1990s as a voice actor for an episode of the cartoon “Castores Pirados” and in a small role in the terrir “Invisible Mom II”, released direct to video in 1999.
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