George Buck Flower

Not to be confused with the English emigrant to Illinois, George Flower (reformer) (1788–1862).

George Buck Flower
George Buck Flower in They Live
Born	George Albert Flower (1937-10-28)October 28, 1937 Milton-Freewater, Oregon, U.S.
Died	June 18, 2004(2004-06-18) (aged 66) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Eastern Oregon University
Occupations	Actor producer director manager
Years active	1970–2004

George Albert "Buck" Flower (October 28, 1937 – June 18, 2004) was an American actor, writer, producer, assistant director, production manager, and casting director. He was sometimes credited as Ernest Wall, Buck Flower, George "Buck" Flower, George Flower, Buck Flowers, C. D. LaFleur, C.D. LaFleure, C.D. Lafleuer, and C.D. Lafleur.

Because of his gruff appearance, he was often cast as a drunk or homeless character. Director John Carpenter gave Flower a cameo role in several films he made throughout the 1980s.

Career

Flower began his career in the 1970s with roles in numerous erotic, exploitation, and horror films, including Satan's Lust (1971), The Daring Dobermans (1973), Criminally Insane (1975), and Drive-In Massacre (1976).

Director John Carpenter cast Flower in a supporting role in the supernatural horror film The Fog (1980), and continued to hire Flower in small roles in several of his subsequent films, including Escape from New York (1981), Starman (1984), They Live (1988), Body Bags (1993), and Village of the Damned (1995).

Other notable roles include as Red the Bum in Back to the Future (1985) and its sequel, Back to the Future Part II (1989).

Death

Flower died of cancer in Los Angeles, California at age 66 on June 18, 2004.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1970	Norma	Mother
1970	Cousin Jed Rises Again	Bar Patron	Uncredited
1970	Country Cuzzins	Walter Wimpy
1971	Touch Me	Harry Belmont
1971	Satan's Lust	Manheim Jarkoff
1971	Mother Knows Best	Boris Clitoris
1971	Below the Belt	Benny
1971	The Erotic Adventures of Pinocchio	Grip
1972	Sex in the Comics	Flasher	Uncredited
1973	The Daring Dobermans	Luther
1973	The Dirty Mind of Young Sally	Toby
1973	Tender Loving Care	William Simpson	Credited as C.D. Lafleur
1973	The Dirty Dolls	Unnamed
1973	The Sex Prophet	Igor
1973	The Devil and Leroy Bassett	Wilbur Bassett
1973	Suckula	George Smutman / Sandra Vancour	Uncredited
1973	Orgy American Style	Unnamed
1973	Teenage Innocence		First assistant director; set decorator Also known as: Little Miss Innocence
1973	Guess Who's Coming This Weekend	Florian	Uncredited
1974	Tower of Love	Petulia	Uncredited
1974	Video Vixens	Rex Boorski
1974	Like Father, Like Son	Vince Baccari
1974	Alice Goodbody	Roger Merkel
1975	Teenage Seductress		Screenplay co-writer; associate producer Also known as: Love is Forever, For the Love of Terry, Father's Night
1975	Delinquent School Girls	Earl
1975	The Candy Tangerine Man	Gordon
1975	Flash and Firecat	Jed
1975	Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS	Binz	Credited as C.D. Lafleur
1975	Johnny the Firecloud	Wade	Casting director
1975	Gemini Affair	2nd Cab Driver
1975	The Adventures of the Wilderness Family	Boomer
1975	That Girl from Boston	Thirsty
1975	Lady Cocoa	Drunk Gambler
1975	Criminally Insane	Detective Earl
1976	The Witch that Came from the Sea	Detective Stone	Casting director
1976	Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks	Beggar
1976	Devil's Ecstasy	John	Also: voice (uncredited)
1976	Love Games	Paddy O'Brien	Uncredited
1976	Deep Jaws	Porno Crew Member #3
1976	All Night Long	Painin Theass	Credited as Lloyd Matthews
1976	A Small Town in Texas	Bull Parker
1976	Country Doc	Clem Park	Uncredited
1976	Drive In Massacre	Suspect in Warehouse	Uncredited Also: screenplay co-writer; associate producer
1976	Across the Great Divide	Ben
1977	Bad Georgia Road	Spiker	Also: assistant director
1977	Joyride to Nowhere		Screenplay co-writer Also known as: Baby Dolls
1977	Bare Knuckles	Lem	Also: assistant director
1978	The Alpha Incident	Hank
1978	The Further Adventures of the Wilderness Family	Boomer
1978	Killers Delight	Pete the Witness
1978	Teen Lust	Mr. Sykes
1978	The Kid from Not-So-Big	McGee / Boyle / Gus
1979	Adventures of the Wilderness Family 3	Boomer	Also known as: Mountain Family Robinson
1979	The Capture of Bigfoot	Jake
1979	Up Yours	Beggar	Also: associate producer
1980	Terror on Tour		Production manager
1980	The Fog	Tommy Wallace	Directed by John Carpenter
1980	Beyond Evil		Production advisor
1981	Escape from New York	Drunk	Directed by John Carpenter
1981	Early Warning	Tucker
1981	Strange But True		Production supervisor
1982	Butterfly	Ed Lamey
1982	Fake-Out	Merrich
1983	The Lonely Lady		Assistant director: second unit Also known as: Harold Robbins' The Lonely Lady
1983	Tiger Man		Casting director
1983	Flicks	Eagle Man	Segment: "New Adventures of the Great Galaxy"
1984	Breakin'		Voice
1984	In Search of a Golden Sky	Zep Morrison	Screenplay co-writer; associate producer
1984	Starman	Cook	Directed by John Carpenter
1984	My Therapist	Rip Rider
1985	The Click	Guy Giving Directions	Uncredited (U.S. version)
1985	Rigged	Unnamed
1985	Back to the Future	Red the Bum
1986	The Night Stalker	Tramp	Co-producer
1987	Berserker	Pappy Nyquist
1987	Code Name Zebra	Bundy
1987	Death Blow: A Cry for Justice	Willard	Also known as: W.A.R.: Women Against Rape
1987	Takin' It All Off	Allison's Father	Uncredited Also: screenplay co-writer (with Ed Hansen); line producer
1987	Party Favors	Pop	Also: screenplay co-writer (with Ed Hansen); line producer
1988	Grotesque		Pre-production coordinator
1988	Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama	Janitor
1988	Maniac Cop	Old Man
1988	Cheerleader Camp	Pop
1988	Pumpkinhead	Mr. Wallace
1988	Mac and Me	Security Guard
1988	They Live	Drifter	Directed by John Carpenter
1988	The American Scream	Ed Simpson
1989	Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat	Bailey
1989	Relentless	Old Man
1989	W.B., Blue and the Bean	Seed	Released theatrically in West Germany; direct-to-video in U.S. (February 28, 1990) Also known as: Bail Out
1989	One Man Force	Drunk
1989	Back to the Future Part II	Red the Bum
1989	Ghost Writer	Workman
1989	Speak of the Devil	Redneck	Uncredited
1990	Nerds of a Feather	Bed Patient
1990	Spontaneous Combustion	Preacher on the radio	Directed by Tobe Hooper
1990	Down the Drain	Crane Operator
1990	Masters of Menace	Sheriff Julip
1990	Dead Men Don't Die	Wino
1990	Blood Games	Vern
1990	Dragonfight	Jericho
1990	Puppet Master II
1991	The Giant of Thunder Mountain	Oliver Crow
1991	Party Plane		Screenplay co-writer (with Ed Hansen)
1991	Soldier's Fortune	T. Max
1991	Death Falls		Screenplay co-writer (with John F. Goff)
1991	976-Evil II	Turrell
1992	Mirror Images	Wolfman
1992	Waxwork II: Lost in Time	Sarah's Stepfather
1992	The Bikini Carwash Company		Screenplay co-writer (with Ed Hansen); producer
1992	Munchie	Rich Tramp
1993	The Bikini Carwash Company II		Co-writer of characters (with Ed Hansen)
1993	Warlock: The Armageddon	Man in crowd
1993	Skeeter	Filo
1994	Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II	Jerry
1994	The Magic of Golden Bear: Goldy III	Pa	Screenplay co-writer (with Lynette Cahill, Trevor Black, Honey Graham and John Quinn)
1994	Tammy and the T-Rex	Norville
1995	Ripper Man	Heckler
1995	Hell's Belles		Screenplay co-writer (with Ed Hansen and Simon Hartwell); producer
1995	Hard Bounty	Harper
1995	Village of the Damned	Carlton	Directed by John Carpenter
1995	Takin' It Off Out West	Pappy Putz	Screenplay co-writer (with Ed Hansen and John F. Goff); producer
1996	Fast Money	Window Washer
1996	Dark Breed	Homeless Man
1996	Forest Warrior	Barney
1996	Running Hard	Elk
1997	Black Dawn	Drunken Man
1997	Champions	Chip
1997	Executive Target	Window Washer
1997	Wishmaster	Homeless Man
1997	Moonbase	Murdoch
1997	Fallen Angel	Jeffery
1997	Bloodsuckers	Grampa
1999	Silicon Towers	Truck Driver
2000	Flamingo Dreams	Wino
2000	Bring Him Home	Theron	2000 Radical Jack”
2001	Crash Point Zero	Edward Simmons, Train Conductor
2001	Perfect Fit	Prison Guard
2001	Wooly Boys		Screenplay co-writer (with Ed Hansen, Annie DeYoung, Glen Stephens and Max Enscoe)
2004	Curse of the Komodo	Cashier

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1975	Lincoln	Juror	Season 1, episode 3: "Prairie Lawyer"
1975	The Invisible Man	Bunker Guard	Season 1, episode 6: "Go Directly to Jail"
1977	The Cliffwood Avenue Kids	Uncle Billy	TV series
1978	Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus	Bert	TV movie
1978	Time Machine	Unnamed	TV movie
1980	The Dukes of Hazzard	Coy Randolph	Season 2, episode 9: "Jude Emery"
1980-1981	Flo	Roy	8 Episodes
1981	Palmerstown, U.S.A.	Roy	Season 2, episode 2: "Scandal"
1987	Bates Motel	Vagrant	TV movie
1989	L.A. Law	Henry Broder	Season 3, episode 17: "America The Beautiful"
1989	Guns of Paradise	Dr. Jefferies	Season 2, episode 1: "A Gathering of Guns"
1989	Sister Kate	Unknown	Season 1, episode 6: "Neville's Hired Hand"
1990	Nutz, Yutz and Klutz	Unknown	Pilot "All Washed Up" directed by Matt Cimber
1990	They Came from Outerspace	Willie Tyrell	Season 1, episode 8: "Rodeo Romeos"
1992-1995	Renegade	Hobo / Bum	2 Episodes
1993	Body Bags	Stranger	TV movie directed by John Carpenter and Tobe Hooper
1993	The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.	49'er	Season 1, episode 5: "Socrates Sister"
1995	Live Shot	Unnamed	Season 1, episode 9: "What Price Episode?"
1995	Night Stand	Lester	Season 1, episode 27: "The Self-Improvement Show"
1997	Skeletons	Jerry Grommer	TV movie
1997	NYPD Blue	Moe	Season 4, episode 22: "A Draining Experience"
1997	ER	Lamont	Season 4, episode 7: "Fathers and Sons"
1998	Brooklyn South	Manus Bleeker	Season 1, episode 13: "Tears on My Willow"
1998	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman	Bret Calvert	Season 6, episode 18: "Legend II: Vengeance"
1998	Power Rangers in Space	Bearded Man	Season 1, episode 43: "Countdown to Destruction: Part 2"
1999	The Pretender	Motel Manager	Season 4, episode 1: "The World's Changing"
2000	Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue	Homeless Man	Season 1, episode 27: "The Great Egg Caper"
2001	18 Wheels of Justice	Sam	Season 2, episode 8: "Hot Cars, Fast Women"
2001	Power Rangers Time Force	Bartender	Season 1, episode 24: "Movie Madness: Part 1"
2004	They Are Among Us	Old Chuck	TV movie, (final film role)

External links

• George Buck Flower at IMDb
• George Buck Flower at AllMovie