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 writer 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 Flower's 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 included 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
	Cousin Jed Rises Again	Bar Patron	Uncredited
	Country Cuzzins	Walter Wimpy
1971	Touch Me	Harry Belmont
	Satan's Lust	Manheim Jarkoff
	Mother Knows Best	Boris Clitoris
	Below the Belt	Benny
	The Erotic Adventures of Pinocchio	Grip
1972	Sex in the Comics	Flasher	Uncredited
1973	The Daring Dobermans	Luther
	The Dirty Mind of Young Sally	Toby
	Tender Loving Care	William Simpson	Credited as C.D. Lafleur
	The Dirty Dolls	Unnamed
	The Sex Prophet	Igor
	The Devil and Leroy Bassett	Wilbur Bassett
	Suckula	George Smutman / Sandra Vancour	Uncredited
	Orgy American Style	Unnamed
	Teenage Innocence	N/A	First assistant director; set decorator Also known as: Little Miss Innocence
	Guess Who's Coming This Weekend	Florian	Uncredited
1974	Tower of Love	Petulia	Uncredited
	Video Vixens	Rex Boorski
	Like Father, Like Son	Vince Baccari
	Alice Goodbody	Roger Merkel
1975	Teenage Seductress	N/A	Screenplay co-writer; associate producer Also known as: Love is Forever, For the Love of Terry, Father's Night
	Delinquent School Girls	Earl
	The Candy Tangerine Man	Gordon
	Flash and Firecat	Jed
	Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS	Binz	Credited as C.D. Lafleur
	Johnny the Firecloud	Wade	Casting director
	Gemini Affair	2nd Cab Driver
	The Adventures of the Wilderness Family	Boomer
	That Girl from Boston	Thirsty
	Lady Cocoa	Drunk Gambler
	Criminally Insane	Detective Sergeant Earl McDonough
1976	The Witch that Came from the Sea	Detective Stone	Casting director
	Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks	Beggar
	Devil's Ecstasy	John	Also: voice (uncredited)
	Love Games	Paddy O'Brien	Uncredited
	Deep Jaws	Porno Crew Member #3
	All Night Long	Painin Theass	Credited as Lloyd Matthews
	A Small Town in Texas	Bull Parker
	Country Doc	Clem Park	Uncredited
	Drive In Massacre	Suspect In Warehouse	Uncredited Also: screenplay co-writer; associate producer
	Across the Great Divide	Ben
1977	Bad Georgia Road	Spiker	Also: assistant director
	Joyride to Nowhere	N/A	Screenplay co-writer Also known as: Baby Dolls
	Bare Knuckles	Lem	Also: assistant director
1978	The Alpha Incident	Hank
	The Further Adventures of the Wilderness Family	Boomer
	Killers Delight	Pete
	Teen Lust	Mr. Sykes
	The Kid from Not-So-Big	McGee / Boyle / Gus
1979	Adventures of the Wilderness Family 3	Boomer	Also known as: Mountain Family Robinson
	The Capture of Bigfoot	Jake
	Up Yours	Beggar	Also: associate producer
1980	Terror on Tour	N/A	Production manager
	The Fog	Tommy Wallace
	Beyond Evil	N/A	Production advisor
1981	Escape from New York	Drunk
	Early Warning	Tucker
	Strange But True	N/A	Production supervisor
1982	Butterfly	Ed Lamey
	Fake-Out	Merrich
1983	The Lonely Lady	N/A	Assistant director: second unit Also known as: Harold Robbins' The Lonely Lady
	Tiger Man	N/A	Casting director
	Flicks	Eagle Man	Segment: "New Adventures of the Great Galaxy"
1984	Breakin'		Voice
	In Search of a Golden Sky	Zep Morrison	Screenplay co-writer; associate producer
	Starman	Cook
	My Therapist	Rip Rider
1985	The Click	Guy Giving Directions	Uncredited (U.S. version)
	Rigged	Unnamed
	Back to the Future	Red
1986	The Night Stalker	Tramp	Co-producer
1987	Berserker	Pappy Nyquist
	Code Name Zebra	Bundy
	Death Blow: A Cry for Justice	Willard	Also known as: W.A.R.: Women Against Rape
	Takin' It All Off	Allison's Father	Uncredited Also: screenplay co-writer (with Ed Hansen); line producer
	Party Favors	Pop	Also: screenplay co-writer (with Ed Hansen); line producer
1988	Grotesque	N/A	Pre-production coordinator
	Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama	Janitor
	Maniac Cop	Old Man
	Cheerleader Camp	Pop
	Pumpkinhead	Mr. Wallace
	Mac and Me	Security Guard
	They Live	Drifter
	The American Scream	Ed Simpson
1989	Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat	Bailey
	Relentless	Old Man
	W.B., Blue and the Bean	Seed	Also known as: Bail Out
	One Man Force	Drunk
	Back to the Future Part II	Red
	Ghost Writer	Workman
	Speak of the Devil	Redneck	Uncredited
1990	Nerds of a Feather	Bed Patient
	Spontaneous Combustion	Radio Preacher
	Down the Drain	Crane Operator
	Masters of Menace	Sheriff Julip
	Dead Men Don't Die	Wino
	Blood Games	Vern
	Dragonfight	Jericho
	Puppet Master II	Mathew
1991	The Giant of Thunder Mountain	Oliver Crow
	Party Plane	N/A	Screenplay co-writer (with Ed Hansen)
	Soldier's Fortune	T. Max
	Death Falls	N/A	Screenplay co-writer (with John F. Goff)
	976-Evil II	Turrell
1992	Mirror Images	Wolfman
	Waxwork II: Lost in Time	Sarah's Stepfather
	The Bikini Carwash Company	N/A	Screenplay co-writer (with Ed Hansen); producer
	Munchie	Rich Tramp
1993	The Bikini Carwash Company II	N/A	Co-writer of characters (with Ed Hansen)
	Warlock: The Armageddon	Man In Crowd
	Skeeter	Filo
1994	Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II	Jerry
	The Magic of Golden Bear: Goldy III	Pa	Screenplay co-writer (with Lynette Cahill, Trevor Black, Honey Graham and John Quinn)
	Tammy and the T-Rex	Norville
1995	Ripper Man	Heckler
	Hell's Belles	N/A	Screenplay co-writer (with Ed Hansen and Simon Hartwell); producer
	Hard Bounty	Harper
	Village of the Damned	Carlton
	Takin' It Off Out West	Pappy Putz	Screenplay co-writer (with Ed Hansen and John F. Goff); producer
1996	Fast Money	Window Washer
	Dark Breed	Homeless Man
	Forest Warrior	Barney
	Running Hard	Elk
1997	Black Dawn	Drunken Man
	Champions	Chip
	Executive Target	Window Washer
	Wishmaster	Homeless Man
	Moonbase	Murdoch
	Fallen Angel	Jeffery
	Bloodsuckers	Grampa
1999	Silicon Towers	Truck Driver
2000	Flamingo Dreams	Wino
	Bring Him Home	Theron
	Radical Jack	Lloyd
2001	Crash Point Zero	Edward Simmons
	Perfect Fit	Prison Guard
	Wooly Boys	N/A	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	Episode: "Prairie Lawyer"
	The Invisible Man	Bunker Guard	Episode: "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
	Time Machine	Unnamed	TV movie
1980	The Dukes of Hazzard	Coy Randolph	Episode: "Jude Emery"
1980–1981	Flo	Roy	8 Episodes
1981	Palmerstown, U.S.A.	Roy	Episode: "Scandal"
1987	Bates Motel	Vagrant	TV movie
1989	L.A. Law	Henry Broder	Episode: "America The Beautiful"
	Guns of Paradise	Dr. Jefferies	Episode: "A Gathering of Guns"
	Sister Kate	Unknown	Episode: "Neville's Hired Hand"
1990	Nutz, Yutz and Klutz	Unknown	Episode: "All Washed Up"
	They Came from Outerspace	Willie Tyrell	Episode: "Rodeo Romeos"
1992–1995	Renegade	Hobo / Bum	2 Episodes
1993	Body Bags	Stranger	TV movie
	The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.	49'er	Episode: "Socrates Sister"
1995	Live Shot	Unnamed	Episode: "What Price Episode?"
1996	Night Stand with Dick Dietrick	Lester	Episode: "The Self-Improvement Show"
1997	Skeletons	Jerry Grommer	TV movie
	NYPD Blue	Moe	Episode: "A Draining Experience"
	ER	Lamont	Episode: "Fathers and Sons"
1998	Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction	Retired Man	Episode: "They Towed My Car"
	Brooklyn South	Manus Bleeker	Episode: "Tears on My Willow"
	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman	Bret Calvert	Episode: "Legend II: Vengeance"
	Power Rangers in Space	Bearded Man	Episode: "Countdown to Destruction: Part 2"
1999	The Pretender	Motel Manager	Episode: "The World's Changing"
2000	Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue	Homeless Man	Episode: "The Great Egg Caper"
2001	18 Wheels of Justice	Sam	Episode: "Hot Cars, Fast Women"
	Power Rangers Time Force	Bartender	Episode: "Movie Madness: Part 1"
2004	They Are Among Us	Old Chuck	TV movie

External links

• George Buck Flower at IMDb