Ray Dennis Steckler Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Ray Dennis Steckler (January 25, 1938 – January 7, 2009), also known by the pseudonym Cash Flagg, was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor best known as the low-budget auteur of such cult films as The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies. In addition to Cash Flagg, Steckler was also known by the pseudonyms Sven Christian, Sven Hellstrom, Harry Nixon, Michael J. Rogers, Michel J. Rogers, Wolfgang Schmidt, Cindy Lou Steckler, R.D. Steckler, Ray Steckler, and Cindy Lou Sutters—the last being his "porn name".
Arch Hall Jr. reminisces about his colleague Steckler in the book "A Sci-Fi Swarm and Horror Horde" (McFarland & Co., 2010) by Tom Weaver.
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Served in the United States Army.
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His two daughters appeared in some of his early 1960s work.
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Later ran a video business in Las Vegas.
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Had four daughters: Two, Linda Steckler and Laura Steckler, from his first marriage and two, Morgan and Bailey, from his second.
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Friends often teased wife Carolyn Brandt that perhaps she shouldn't get involved with Steckler because he was always killing her off in his movies. The two were married in the mid-'60sbut divorced in the early '70s. They continued to work on film projects together, however, and Steckler continued to kill her off in nearly every one of them.
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Was working on the film "Incredibly Strange Creatures: One More Time" a follow-up to his earlier 1964 cult film at the time of his death.
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Later directed a handful of 1970s and early 1980s softcore adult films. He was also known by the pseudonyms Sven Christian, Sven Hellstrom, Harry Nixon, Michael J. Rogers, Michel J. Rogers, Wolfgang Schmidt, Cindy Lou Steckler, R.D. Steckler, Ray Steckler, and Cindy Lou Sutters -- the last being his "porn name".
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At 15, upon receiving an 8mm home movie camera from his stepfather, he shot an amateur pirate film with friends. He came to Hollywood in the late 1950s where he initially found work as a prop man, assistant director and director of photography. He first directed the 1959-made short film Goof on the Loose (1964).
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Grade Z filmmaker and actor who achieved cult infamy with his lowbudget 1960s features. His first solo film, The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!? (1964), co-starred his one-time wife Carolyn Brandt and was budgeted at $38,000. He took the film on the road himself and made it a success under a number of titles, including "Diabolical Dr. Voodoo" and "The Teenage Psycho Meets Bloody Mary". The film received more notoriety again in 1997, when it was featured on the television series Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988).
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
French Heat
1975
as Henri-Pierre Duval
French Fantasies
1975
as Henri Pierre Duval
French Throat
1975
as Henri-Pierre Duval
Perverted Passion
1974
as Cindy Lou Sutters
The Sexorcist
1974
as Sven Hellstrom
Peeping Tom
1973
Pleasure Motel
1973
as Sven Christian
Sexual Awareness
1972
as Otto
Blood Shack
1971
as Wolfgang Schmidt
How to Make a Sex Movie!!
1971
as Sven Christian
Sacrilege
1971
as Michel J. Rogers
The Horny Vampire
1971
The Mad Love Life of a Hot Vampire
1971
as Sven Christian
Triple Play
1971
uncredited
Sinthia: The Devil's Doll
1970
as Sven Christian
Body Fever
1969
Rat Pfink a Boo Boo
1966
Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters
1965
segment "The Lemon Grove Kids"
Goof on the Loose
1964
Short
The Thrill Killers
1964
The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?
1964
Wild Guitar
1962
One More Time
2009
Video
Face of Evil
2003
Video
Slashed...
2003
Video short
Summer of Fun
1997
Angel of Vengeance
1987
uncredited
Las Vegas Serial Killer
1986
as Wolfgang Schmidt
Plato's Retreat West
1983
as Cindy Lou Sutters
Weekend Cowgirls
1983
as Cindy Lou Sutters
Black Garters
1981
as Cindy Lou Sutters
Debbie Does Las Vegas
1981
as Cindy Lou Sutters
Indian Lady
1981
as Cindy Lou Sutters
Red Heat
1981
as Cindy Lou Sutters
Lust Vegas Joyride
1980
as Bill Hunter
The Hollywood Strangler Meets the Skid Row Slasher
1979
as Wolfgang Schmidt
Sex Rink
1976
as Cindy Lou Sutters
Teenage Dessert
1976
as Cindy Lou Sutters
Teenage Hustler
1976
as Ricado Malatoté
Teenage Massage Parlor
1976
as Ricardo Malatote
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
One More Time
2009
Video producer
Face of Evil
2003
Video producer
Slashed...
2003
Video short producer
Summer of Fun
1997
producer
Carolyn Brandt: Queen of Cult
1994
Documentary producer
Las Vegas Serial Killer
1986
producer - uncredited
Plato's Retreat West
1983
producer - as Cindy Lou Sutters
Weekend Cowgirls
1983
producer - as Cindy Lou Sutters
Black Garters
1981
producer - as Cindy Lou Sutters
Debbie Does Las Vegas
1981
producer - as Cindy Lou Sutters
Indian Lady
1981
producer - as Cindy Lou Sutters
Red Heat
1981
producer - as Cindy Lou Sutters
Teenage Dessert
1976
producer - as Cindy Lou Sutters
Teenage Hustler
1976
producer - as Ricado Malatoté
French Fantasies
1975
producer - as Henri Pierre Duval
Perverted Passion
1974
producer - as Cindy Lou Sutters
Blood Shack
1971
producer - uncredited
Sacrilege
1971
producer - as Michel J. Rogers
Body Fever
1969
producer
Ski Fever
1966
co-producer - as Wolfgang Schmidt
Rat Pfink a Boo Boo
1966
producer
Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters
1965
producer - segments "The Lemon Grove Kids Go Hollywood!", "The Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Green Grasshopper and the Vampie Lady From Outer Space", "The Lemon Grove Kids"
Goof on the Loose
1964
Short producer
The Thrill Killers
1964
producer - uncredited
The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?
1964
producer
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
One More Time
2009
Video
Summer of Fun
1997
Las Vegas Serial Killer
1986
scenario - as Christopher Edwards
Plato's Retreat West
1983
written by - as Cindy Lou Sutters
Weekend Cowgirls
1983
written by - as Cindy Lou Sutters
Black Garters
1981
written by - as Cindy Lou Sutters
Debbie Does Las Vegas
1981
written by - as Cindy Lou Sutters
Indian Lady
1981
written by - as Cindy Lou Sutters
Red Heat
1981
written by - as Cindy Lou Sutters
Lust Vegas Joyride
1980
written by - as Bill Hunter
The Hollywood Strangler Meets the Skid Row Slasher
1979
as Christopher Edwards
Teenage Dessert
1976
written by - as Cindy Lou Sutters
Perverted Passion
1974
written by - as Cindy Lou Sutters
Blood Shack
1971
Sinthia: The Devil's Doll
1970
Body Fever
1969
screenplay - as R.D. Steckler
Rat Pfink a Boo Boo
1966
story
Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters
1965
segment "The Lemon Grove Kids Go Hollywood!"
Goof on the Loose
1964
Short screenplay
The Thrill Killers
1964
as R.D. Steckler
Cinematographer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Face of Evil
2003
Video
Slashed...
2003
Video short
Las Vegas Serial Killer
1986
as Sven Christian
Funny Money
1983
The Best Little Cathouse in Las Vegas
1982
as Sven Christian
Fever
1980
as Sven Golly
The Hollywood Strangler Meets the Skid Row Slasher
1979
as Sven Christian
Teenage Innocence
1973
director of photography
Pleasure Motel
1973
uncredited
Blood Shack
1971
as Sven Christian, photographed by
Pinocchio
1971
director of photography
Sinthia: The Devil's Doll
1970
as Sven Christian, photographed by
The Velvet Trap
1966
as Sherwood Strickler
Rat Pfink a Boo Boo
1966
Scream of the Butterfly
1965
Secret File: Hollywood
1962
Wild Ones on Wheels
1962
The World's Greatest Sinner
1962
as Raymond Steckler
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
One More Time
2009
Video
Hooligan's Valley
2005
Short
The Voice
I Was a Teenage Beatnik
2005
Cash Flagg
Las Vegas Weekend
1986
College professor
Plato's Retreat West
1983
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
Debbie Does Las Vegas
1981
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
Peeping Tom
1973
Narrator (uncredited)
Body Fever
1969
Charles Smith
Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters
1965
Gopher (as Cash Flagg)
The Thrill Killers
1964
Mort "Mad Dog" Click (as Cash Flagg)
The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?
1964
Jerry (as Cash Flagg)
Wild Ones on Wheels
1962
Preacher Man
Wild Guitar
1962
Steak (as Cash Flagg)
Eegah
1962
Mr. Fishman (as Ray Steckler)
Camera Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Skin Deep
1982
Video photographer - as Sven Christian
Fever
1980
photographer - as Sven Golly
Incubus
1966
camera operator - color footage, uncredited
Scream of the Butterfly
1965
camera operator - as Ray Steckler
Everybody Loves It
1964
camera operator - as Raymond Steckler
Eegah
1962
assistant camera - uncredited
Editor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Las Vegas Serial Killer
1986
as Sven Christian
The Hollywood Strangler Meets the Skid Row Slasher
1979
as Sven Christian
Blood Shack
1971
as Sven Christian
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Vixen Highway 2006: It Came from Uranus!
2010
special thanks
I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies
2006
Documentary special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Making Sinner
2012
Documentary
Himself
Feel the Grind: The Making of 'American Grindhouse'
2010
Video documentary
Himself
Iconoclast
2010
Documentary
Himself
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
2008
Documentary
Himself
A-Z of Horror
1997
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Steckler Interviews
1994
Documentary
The Incredibly Strange Film Show
1988
TV Series documentary
Himself
Known for movies
The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!? (1964) as Director
Rat Pfink a Boo Boo (1966) as Director
Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters (1965) as Director
$6 Million
