Joy N. Houck Jr.
Joy Newton Houck Jr.( January 26, 1942 – October 1, 2003) was an American actor, screenwriter and film director who is probably best known for" Creature from Black Lake," one of the many Bigfoot horror movies of the 1970s.
His father, Joy Newton Houck Sr., founded Howco—a production and distribution company for low- budget films.
Robert Altman
Robert Bernard Altman (February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer.
A five-time nominee of the Academy Award for Best Director and an enduring figure from the New Hollywood era, Altman was considered a "maverick" in making films with a highly naturalistic but stylized and satirical aesthetic, unlike most Hollywood films.
He is consistently ranked as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in American cinema.
His style of filmmaking covered many genres, but usually with a "subversive" twist which typically relied on satire and humor to express his personal views.
Altman developed a reputation for being "anti-Hollywood" and non-conformist in both his themes and directing style.
However, actors especially enjoyed working under his direction because he encouraged them to improvise, thereby inspiring their own creativity.
He preferred large ensemble casts for his films, and developed a multitrack recording technique which produced overlapping dialogue from multiple actors.
This produced a more natural, more dynamic, and more complex experience for the viewer.
He also used highly mobile camera work and zoom lenses to enhance the activity taking place on the screen.
Critic Pauline Kael, writing about his directing style, said that Altman could "make film fireworks out of next to nothing."
In 2006, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognized Altman's body of work with an Academy Honorary Award.
He never won a competitive Oscar despite seven nominations.
His films "MASH" (1970), "McCabe & Mrs. Miller" (1971), and "Nashville" (1975) have been selected for the United States National Film Registry.
Altman is one of the few filmmakers whose films have won the Golden Bear at Berlin, the Golden Lion at Venice, and the Golden Palm at Cannes.
Night of the Strangler
Night of the Strangler is a 1972 American blaxploitation mystery film directed by Joy N. Houck Jr. and starring Micky Dolenz and James Ralston.
It depicts the story of Denise Roberts and her plans to enter into an interracial marriage with her baby's father; these plans are disrupted by his murder, which begins an escalating series of killings involving her brothers Vance( Dolenz) and Dan( Ralston) and their loved ones.
The film was released under several alternate titles.
It s theme of racial conflict attracted criticism at the time, and the film did not perform well financially.
More recent critics have expressed mixed opinions of the film's quality.
Big Bad John (film)
Big Bad John is a 1990 film directed by Burt Kennedy.
It stars Ned Beatty and Jimmy Dean, the latter of whom wrote and performed the song the film is based upon.
Mark Patton
Mark Patton( born February, 13 1964) is an American interior designer and actor.
Beginning his professional acting career at the age of 18, Patton is perhaps best known for his feature film roles as Joe Qualley in the 1982 dramatic film" Come back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean" and as Jesse Walsh in the 1985 horror film, a role for which he is touted as the first male scream queen in modern cinema.
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (film)
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean is a 1982 comedy- drama film and an adaptation of Ed Graczyk's 1976 play.
The Broadway and screen versions were directed by Robert Altman, and starred Sandy Dennis, Cher, Mark Patton, Karen Black, Sudie Bond and Kathy Bates.
As with the original play, the film takes place inside a small Woolworth's five- and- dime store in a small Texas town, where an all- female fan club for actor James Dean reunites in 1975.
Through a series of flashbacks, the six members also reveal secrets dating back to 1955.
" Jimmy Dean" was the first of several feature adaptations of plays by Altman in the 1980s, after the director's departure from Hollywood.
It was screened at various film festivals in North America and Europe, and won the top prize at the 1982 Chicago International Film Festival.
It was well received by critics, who praised Altman's direction and the performances by the female cast.
This was the first release for New York- based independent outlet Cinecom Pictures, which Altman chose over a major studio" to guarantee a long play" in art house venues.
Marta Heflin
Marta Heflin( March 29, 1945 – September 18, 2013) was an American actress who appeared in several Robert Altman films, including" Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean" and" A Perfect Couple".
Known for her waifish appearance, Heflin also acted in various New York stage musicals prior to her film career, such as" Fiddler on the RoofHair", and" Jesus Christ Superstar."
Marta was the daughter of American theatre producer and journalist Julia Heflin and public relations executive Martin Heflin.
She was the niece of Oscar- winning actor Van Heflin and actress Frances Heflin.
After struggling with prolonged illness, Heflin died in Manhattan at the age of 68.
In 2014, the Marta Heflin Foundation, a private grant- making foundation that supports the work of other charitable organizations, was set up as part of her legacy.
Karen Black
Karen Blanche Black( née Ziegler; July 1, 1939 – August 8, 2013) was an American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter.
She rose to prominence for her work in various independent films in the 1970s, frequently portraying eccentric and offbeat characters, and established herself as a figure of New Hollywood.
Her career spanned over 50 years, and includes nearly 200 credits in both independent and mainstream films.
Black received numerous accolades throughout her career, including two Golden Globe Awards, as well as an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
A native of suburban Chicago, Black studied theater at Northwestern University before dropping out and relocating to New York City.
She performed on Broadway in 1965 before making her major film debut in Francis Ford Coppola's" You're a Big Boy Now"( 1966).
Black relocated to California and was cast as an acid-tripping prostitute in Dennis Hopper's road film" Easy Rider"( 1969).
This led to a lead in the drama" Five Easy Pieces"( 1970), in which she played a hopeless waitress, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award and won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress.
Black made her first major commercial picture with the disaster film" Airport 1975"( 1974), and her subsequent appearance as Myrtle Wilson in" The Great Gatsby"( 1974) won her a second Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress.
Black starred as a glamorous country singer in Robert Altman's ensemble musical drama" Nashville"( 1975), also writing and performing two songs for the soundtrack, which won a Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack.
Her portrayal of an aspiring actress in John Schlesinger's morbid drama" The Day of the Locust"( also 1975) earned her a third Golden Globe nomination, this time for Best Actress.
She subsequently appeared in three roles in Dan Curtis's anthology horror film" Trilogy of Terror"( 1975), followed by Curtis's supernatural horror feature," Burnt Offerings"( 1976).
The same year, she starred as a con artist in Alfred Hitchcock's final film," Family Plot".
In 1982, Black starred as a trans woman in the Robert Altman- directed Broadway debut of" Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean", a role she also reprised in Altman's subsequent film adaptation.
She next starred in the comedy" Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?"( 1983), followed by Tobe Hooper's remake of" Invaders from Mars"( 1986).
For much of the late 1980s and 1990s, Black starred in a variety of arthouse, independent, and horror films, as well as writing her own screenplays.
She had a leading role as a villainous mother in Rob Zombie's" House of 1000 Corpses"( 2003), which cemented her status as a cult horror icon.
She continued to star in low- profile films throughout the early 2000s, as well as working as a playwright before her death of ampullary cancer in 2013.
Ann Risley
Ann Risley( born September 30, 1949) is an American actress and comedian.
She was a cast member of the TV series" Saturday Night Live" for the 12 episodes of the 1980 – 1981 season.
These 12 broadcasts were the first episodes after producer Lorne Michaels left the show.
She is a member of SAG, AFTRA, Equity, and an independent actor's equity.
Born Anna Risley in Madison, Wisconsin, she was spotted by Woody Allen in a theatre production of his material and encouraged her to pursue an acting career in New York.
Risley was cast in small parts in Allen's films" Annie HallManhattan" and" Stardust Memories".
Before joining the cast of" Saturday Night Live", she had a cameo on the show in 1976 as a psychiatrist's patient.
She was cast for" Saturday Night Live" by Jean Doumanian, who had previously been the show's guest- booker, then associate producer.
After 12 episodes, Doumanian was let go and replaced by Dick Ebersol, who fired Gilbert Gottfried, Charles Rocket, and Risley from the cast before his first episode.
In a 1999 article in" People", Risley was quoted as saying her SNL experience was" horrible".
Prior to( and after)
Saturday
Night Live, Risley had roles in nine feature films, including" Honky Tonk Freeway" and" Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean".
She appeared in starring roles in two television pilots(" Off Campus" and" Night After Night"), was a five- week guest star on the daytime soap" The Doctors", and appeared in five made- for- TV movies, including" The Young Riders" and" Telling Secrets".
No longer a screen actor, Ann( who now goes by the name of Anna) continues to run her own acting/ improv studio in Tucson, Arizona.
Ed Graczyk
Edward Graczyk( born 1941/1942) is a playwright originally from Ohio.
He wrote several children's plays early in his career, but became better known as the author of 1976's" Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean".
In 1982, Graczyk won the Best Screenplay Award at the Belgium International Film Festival for Robert Altman's motion picture adaptation.

Question: Do both directors of films Night Of The Strangler and Come Back To The Five And Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (Film) share the same nationality?
Answer: yes