Jeffrey Combs

Jeffrey Alan Combs (born 9 September 1954) is a prolific American actor who has appeared in a number of screen works with a connection to the Cthulhu Mythos, including playing lead roles in Re-Animator (1985) and From Beyond (1986), and even portraying a fictionalised version of H. P. Lovecraft himself in the 1993 movie Necronomicon: Book of the Dead, as well as derivative character H. P. Hatecraft in the animated series Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated. Having made his name in the low-budget movie industry, he has since worked on more mainstream film productions such as The Frighteners, big-budget television shows including several of the various iterations of Star Trek, and voice-acting roles in cartoon and video game franchises such as Transformers and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 
In many of Combs' earlier Mythos roles, he appeared anlongside American actress Barbara Crampton, who has also featured in numerous Lovecraftian productions. 
==Selected Works==
=== Filmography===
*Re-Animator (1985)
*From Beyond (1986)
*Pulse Pounders (1988, segment: "The Evil Clergyman")
*Bride of Re-Animator (1990)
*Necronomicon (1993)
*Lurking Fear (1994)
*Castle Freak (1995)
*Beyond Re-Animator (2003)
*The Dunwich Horror (2008)
*Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010-2011)
*Howard Lovecraft and the Undersea Kingdom (2017)
*Howard Lovecraft and the Kingdom of Madness (2018)
*Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham (2023)
===Audio===
*Jeffrey Combs Reads H. P. Lovecraft's Herbert West - Re-Animator
==Gallery==
==External Links==
*Jeffrey Combs at Wikipedia
*Jeffrey Combs at IMDb
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