Samuel Z. Arkoff (1918–2001)

Producer | Additional Crew | Actor

By the early 1950s, future movie mogul Samuel Z. Arkoff was a brash 30-ish lawyer scratching out a ...

Born: June 12, 1918
Died: September 16, 2001 (age 83)

Filmography

Known For

Dressed to Kill Producer (1980)
The Amityville Horror Producer (1979)
Reptilicus Producer (1961)
Known For

Who Can Kill a Child? Producer (1976)
Producer

Teenage Caveman (2002)
The Day the World Ended (2001)
How to Make a Monster (2001)
Earth vs. the Spider (2001)
She Creature (2001)
The Haunting (1999)
Hellhole (1985)
Up the Creek (1984)
The Final Terror (1983)
Q (1982)
Underground Aces (1981)
Dressed to Kill (1980)
The Earthling (1980)
How to Beat the High Cost of Living (1980)
Gorp (1980)
Nothing Personal (1980)
Defiance (1980)
C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979)
Meteor (1979)
Seven (1979)
Something Short of Paradise (1979)
Jaguar Lives! (1979)
The Amityville Horror (1979)
Sunnyside (1979)
California Dreaming (1979)
The Evictors (1979)
Love at First Bite (1979)
The Visitor (1979)
The Norseman (1978)
Force 10 from Navarone (1978)
Matilda (1978)
High-Ballin' (1978)
Youngblood (1978)
Here Come the Tigers (1978)
Mean Dog Blues (1978)
Jennifer (1978)
Our Winning Season (1978)
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)
The Incredible Melting Man (1977)
The Chosen (1977)
Record City (1977)
Rolling Thunder (1977)
Final Chapter: Walking Tall (1977)
Cracking Up (1977)
Empire of the Ants (1977)
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977)
The People That Time Forgot (1977)
Joyride (1977)
Breaker! Breaker! (1977)
Tentacles (1977)
Jungle Holocaust (1977)
Chatterbox! (1977)
Escape from Angola (1976)
The Monkey Hu$tle (1976)
The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)
Scorchy (1976)
A Matter of Time (1976)
The House by the Lake (1976)
J.D.'s Revenge (1976)
Futureworld (1976)
Special Delivery (1976)
At the Earth's Core (1976)
Squirm (1976)
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday (1976)
The Food of the Gods (1976)
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)
Who Can Kill a Child? (1976)
Shout at the Devil (1976)
Dragonfly (1976)
Street People (1976)
Strange Shadows in an Empty Room (1976)
The Assassination at Sarajevo (1975)
Hennessy (1975)
Return to Macon County (1975)
Cooley High (1975)
The Wild Party (1975)
Abby (1974)
The Land That Time Forgot (1974)
Madhouse (1974)
Sugar Hill (1974)
Hell Up in Harlem (1973)
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (1973)
Heavy Traffic (1973)
Scream Blacula Scream (1973)
Dillinger (1973)
Coffy (1973)
Blacula (1972)
Slaughter (1972)
Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972)
Boxcar Bertha (1972)
Baron Blood (1972)
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972)
Bunny O'Hare (1971)
Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971)
The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
Wuthering Heights (1970)
Up in the Cellar (1970)
Space Amoeba (1970)
Cry of the Banshee (1970)
Dorian Gray (1970)
Bloody Mama (1970)
The Dunwich Horror (1970)
An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe (1970)
Two Gentlemen Sharing (1969)
De Sade (1969)
Chastity (1969)
Three in the Attic (1968)
The Savage Seven (1968)
Wild in the Streets (1968)
Witchfinder General (1968)
Devil's Angels (1967)
Thunder Alley (1967)
Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs (1966)
The Wild Angels (1966)
Fireball 500 (1966)
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966)
Queen of Blood (1966)
The Big T.N.T. Show (1966)
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965)
Monster of Terror (1965)
Spy in Your Eye (1965)
Planet of the Vampires (1965)
Sergeant Dead Head (1965)
Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965)
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)
Ski Party (1965)
City in the Sea (1965)
Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)
The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)
Pajama Party (1964)
Dogora (1964)
Bikini Beach (1964)
Crypt of the Vampire (1964)
Muscle Beach Party (1964)
War of the Zombies (1964)
The Comedy of Terrors (1963)
Hercules and the Masked Rider (1963)
The Lost World of Sinbad (1963)
The Haunted Palace (1963)
Black Sabbath (1963)
Matango (1963)
Beach Party (1963)
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)
Operation Bikini (1963)
The Raven (1963)
Summer Holiday (1963)
Fury of Achilles (1962)
Panic in Year Zero (1962)
Tales of Terror (1962)
Invasion of the Star Creatures (1962)
Journey to the Seventh Planet (1962)
Premature Burial (1962)
Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
Master of the World (1961)
Reptilicus (1961)
Assignment: Outer Space (1960)
Alakazam the Great (1960)
Black Sunday (1960)
Circus of Horrors (1960)
A Bucket of Blood (1959)
Horrors of the Black Museum (1959)
Tank Commandos (1959)
Paratroop Command (1959)
Submarine Seahawk (1958)
Operation Abduction (1958)
The Spider (1958)
The Day the Sky Exploded (1958)
Teenage Cave Man (1958)
High School Hellcats (1958)
War of the Colossal Beast (1958)
Machine-Gun Kelly (1958)
The Bonnie Parker Story (1958)
Suicide Battalion (1958)
Terror from the Year 5000 (1958)
The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent (1957)
Motorcycle Gang (1957)
The Amazing Colossal Man (1957)
Reform School Girl (1957)
Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957)
I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957)
Dragstrip Girl (1957)
Voodoo Woman (1957)
Naked Paradise (1957)
Shake, Rattle & Rock! (1956)
Runaway Daughters (1956)
Flesh and the Spur (1956)
The She-Creature (1956)
Hot Rod Girl (1956)
Girls in Prison (1956)
It Conquered the World (1956)
The Oklahoma Woman (1956)
Gunslinger (1956)
The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (1955)
Day the World Ended (1955)
Apache Woman (1955)
The Beast with a Million Eyes (1955)
Outlaw Treasure (1955)
Five Guns West (1955)
Female Jungle (1955)
The Fast and the Furious (1954)
Producer

The Hank McCune Show (1950)
Actor

Rebel Highway Storekeeper (1994)
Actor

Naked Paradise Sam (Man at Luau) (1957)
Additional Crew

The Final Terror (1983)
Q (1982)
Dressed to Kill (1980)
The Earthling (1980)
Gorp (1980)
Nothing Personal (1980)
Defiance (1980)
Meteor (1979)
Seven (1979)
Something Short of Paradise (1979)
Jaguar Lives! (1979)
The Amityville Horror (1979)
Sunnyside (1979)
The Evictors (1979)
Love at First Bite (1979)
The Norseman (1978)
Force 10 from Navarone (1978)
Matilda (1978)
High-Ballin' (1978)
Youngblood (1978)
Here Come the Tigers (1978)
Mean Dog Blues (1978)
Jennifer (1978)
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)
The Incredible Melting Man (1977)
Grayeagle (1977)
The Chosen (1977)
Record City (1977)
Rolling Thunder (1977)
Final Chapter: Walking Tall (1977)
Cracking Up (1977)
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977)
The People That Time Forgot (1977)
Joyride (1977)
Breaker! Breaker! (1977)
Tentacles (1977)
Jungle Holocaust (1977)
Chatterbox! (1977)
Escape from Angola (1976)
The Monkey Hu$tle (1976)
Scorchy (1976)
The House by the Lake (1976)
J.D.'s Revenge (1976)
Futureworld (1976)
Special Delivery (1976)
At the Earth's Core (1976)
Squirm (1976)
The Food of the Gods (1976)
A Small Town in Texas (1976)
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)
Who Can Kill a Child? (1976)
Shout at the Devil (1976)
Strange Shadows in an Empty Room (1976)
The Assassination at Sarajevo (1975)
Macon County Line (1974)
Golden Needles (1974)
Madhouse (1974)
Hell Up in Harlem (1973)
Little Cigars (1973)
Dillinger (1973)
Blacula (1972)
The Thing with Two Heads (1972)
Boxcar Bertha (1972)
Frogs (1972)
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972)
The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
Wuthering Heights (1970)
The Dunwich Horror (1970)
Two Gentlemen Sharing (1969)
Angel, Angel, Down We Go (1969)
Destroy All Monsters (1968)
Gamera vs. Viras (1968)
Psych-Out (1968)
The Trip (1967)
The Born Losers (1967)
Thunder Alley (1967)
What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966)
Fireball 500 (1966)
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966)
The Wild Weird World of Dr. Goldfoot (1965)
Monster of Terror (1965)
Sergeant Dead Head (1965)
Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965)
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)
Ski Party (1965)
City in the Sea (1965)
Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)
Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon (1964)
Simbad contro i sette saraceni (1964)
Dogora (1964)
The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
Hercules Against the Barbarians (1964)
Muscle Beach Party (1964)
The Comedy of Terrors (1963)
Atragon (1963)
Black Sabbath (1963)
Matango (1963)
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)
The Young Racers (1963)
Burn, Witch, Burn (1962)
Warriors Five (1962)
Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
Master of the World (1961)
Alakazam the Great (1960)
Goliath and the Dragon (1960)
Black Sunday (1960)
Escape to Paradise (1960)
Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow (1959)
Paratroop Command (1959)
Hot Rod Gang (1958)
How to Make a Monster (1958)
The Bonnie Parker Story (1958)
Attack of the Puppet People (1958)
Suicide Battalion (1958)
Jet Attack (1958)
Terror from the Year 5000 (1958)
Blood of Dracula (1957)
Motorcycle Gang (1957)
The Amazing Colossal Man (1957)
I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957)
Rock All Night (1957)
Dragstrip Girl (1957)
Naked Paradise (1957)
Shake, Rattle & Rock! (1956)
Flesh and the Spur (1956)
Hot Rod Girl (1956)
The Oklahoma Woman (1956)
Gunslinger (1956)
The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (1955)
Day the World Ended (1955)
Apache Woman (1955)
The Beast with a Million Eyes (1955)
Outlaw Treasure (1955)
Five Guns West (1955)
Additional Crew

Female Jungle (1955)
The Fast and the Furious (1954)
Archive footage

Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders and Drive-Ins (2014)
Archive footage

The Fanex Files, Volume 2: Samuel Z. Arkoff (2008)
The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002)

Videos

Awards

3 wins & 2 nominations.

Did You Know

Trivia

Hilda, his wife of 55 years, died in July 2001. Sam died less than two months later.

[on working with Basil Rathbone] I still felt that he was playing other kinds of roles a bit. My guess is that he was doing horror more for the money than because he really loved it. I always had the feeling about Basil that he would just as soon ...