FRIGHT NIGHT

RODDY MCDOWALL - "PETER VINCENT"
(HERBERT MCHOOLIHEE)
JULIE CARMEN - "REGINE" (REGINE DANDRIDGE)

Roddy McDowell plays Herbert McHoolihee who is the fictional horror host - "Peter Vincent" of the fictional hosted horror movie show "Fright Night" in the movies "Fright Night" and "Fright Night II". FRIGHT NIGHT (1985) From IMDB: "Fright Night" this 1985 movie tells the tale of young Charley Brewster, where nothing could be better than an old horror movie late at night. Two men move in next door, and for Charley with his horror movie experience, there can be no doubt that their strange behavior is explained by the fact that they are a vampire and his undead day guardian. Fright Night - Peter Vincent (Roddy McDowall) - trailer from The Professor on Vimeo. The only one who can help him hunt them down is a washed-up actor, Peter Vincent, who hosts Charley's favorite TV show, Fright Night. Vincent doesn't really believe that vampires exist, but does it for the money. FRIGHT NIGHT II (1988) From IMDB: "Fright Night II" Reluctantly, three troubled years after the blood-soaked events in "Fright Night" (1985), the now twenty-year-old survivor, Charley Brewster, comes to terms with the freakishly improbable incident that scarred his adolescence. Still struggling to convince himself after countless sessions of therapy that the undead creatures of the night were only figments of his imagination, Charley carefully stays away from his former vampire-slaying companion, Peter Vincent (host of the television horror movie show "Fright Night"). Fright Night II - Peter Vincent (Roddy McDowall) - Trailer from The Professor on Vimeo. However, when the cryptic and mysteriously alluring actress, Regine Dandridge, and her motley crew of oddballs arrive in town, suddenly, Charley's past creeps up on him to haunt him. Is history repeating itself? During the movie, Peter Vincent is replaced by Regine Dandridge (played by Julie Cramen) as "Regine" - the new host of "Fright Night"; who is not what she seems! Tom Holland named Roddy McDowall's character "Peter Vincent" in homage to two actors well-known for their appearances in horror movies: Peter Cushing and Vincent Price. RODDY MCDOWALL From IMDB: Roddy McDowall was born Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall on 17 September 1928 in Herne Hill, London, England, United Kingdom; to Winifriede Lucinda (Corcoran), an Irish-born aspiring actress, and Thomas Andrew McDowall, a merchant seaman. Roddy was enrolled in elocution courses at age five and by ten had appeared in his first film, "Murder in the Family" (1938), playing Peter Osborne, the younger brother of sisters played by Jessica Tandy and Glynis Johns. His mother brought Roddy and his sister to the USA at the beginning of World War II, and he soon got the part of Huw, youngest child in a family of Welsh coal miners, in John Ford's "How Green Was My Valley" (1941), acting alongside Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara and Donald Crisp in the film that won that year's best film Oscar. He went on to many other child roles, in films including "My Friend Flicka" (1943) and "Lassie Come Home" (1943) until, at age eighteen, he moved to New York, USA, where he played a long series of successful stage roles, both on Broadway and in such venues as Connecticut's Stratford Festival, where he performed Shakespeare. He became a US citizen in 1949. In addition to making many more movies (over 150), McDowall acted in television, developed an extensive collection of movies and Hollywood memorabilia, and published five acclaimed books of his own photography. He died on 3 October 1998 at his Studio City, Los Angeles home, in Los Angeles, California, USA; aged 70. JULIE CARMEN From IMDB: Born and trained in New York City, Julie Carmen began her acting career off-off-Broadway, dancing on Broadway in "Zoot Suit", but her film career was launched playing the Puerto Rican mother in John Cassavetes' "Gloria" opposite Gena Rowlands. Julie studied extensively with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse, with Uta Hagen at HB Studio and more recently with Patsy Rodenburg and Sara Mornell. Julie joined the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in the class of 2016. She was inducted into the New Mexico Film and Television Hall of Fame in 2018 for her iconic Southwestern roles in 'Milagro Beanfield War' and Gore Vidal's "Billy the Kid". Julie sat on the Board of Directors of IFP/West Film Independent for six years during which time Julie suggested the creation of the John Cassavetes Award, since she just finished acting in Cassavetes' film "Gloria" and wanted to encourage filmmakers who embraced Cassavetes' experiential style of story telling. Carmen Zapata invited Julie to sit on the Board of Directors of Women in Film for four years as a way to ensure there would always be at least one Latina on the Board. Julie is extremely grateful to have co-starred in films for John Cassavetes, Michael Mann, Robert Redford, John Carpenter, Nicolas Roeg, William A. Graham, Seth Zvi Rosenfeld, Franc Reyes, Tommy Lee Wallace, Carl Schultz, Dan Petrie, Jr., Michael Olmos, Tom Dolby, Tom Williams and on television for Karen Arthur, Betty Thomas, David Milch, Paris Barclay, Debbie Allen, Deborah Kampmeier and Quentin Tarantino. Julie is known for her ageless chameleon qualities, effortlessly shape shifting into extremely diverse roles. She played Angelina Jolie's elegant plantation owner mother, fighting to free their enslaved workers; she's often remembered as sexually-insatiable environmental revolutionary Nina in the HBO series Dream On; John Leguizamo's lesbian freedom-fighting mother; the existential book editor opposite Sam Neill in John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness; but her favorite incarnation was Regine Dandridge in the horror cult classic "Fright Night Part Two". Julie holds a Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology and worked for 20 years part-time as a licensed marriage and family therapist and certified yoga therapist. Her great-grandfather, Jose Manuel (Lico) Jimenez, (1851-1917) was a child protege Afro Cuban classical pianist from Trinidad, Cuba who emigrated to Europe to perform in the Jimenez Trio in 200 concerts along with his father and brother. Lico Jimenez is credited for bringing German Lied music back to his home country, Cuba. Julie is executive producing a documentary film called Lico Jimenez the Ebony Liszt. Julie grew up with her great aunt who played Titania in Max Reinhard's "Midsummer Night's Dream" in Berlin and her twin sister, Julie's grandmother, an obstetric nurse. Julie's mom is a retired high school Spanish and German teacher and her dad was a prolific poet who worked as a paper salesman. Julie's only brother is a public health physician, epidemiologist and occupational medicine doctor in Manhattan. Her godmother, blacklisted character actress Lily Valenty, introduced Julie to her first agent, Walter Kohner who immediately booked her as female lead in two European films for Filmverlaug in Berlin. Julie stayed in Europe to star in Basque director, Alfonso Ungria's film "Africa". As a teenager, Julie worked as the resident choreographer at INTAR Theater in Manhattan when it was under the artistic direction of Cuban-American Max Ferra, choreographing the plays, "Yoruba", "Espetaculo Valle Inclan" and "The Shoemaker's Prodigious Wife" by Lorca. At age 15 she danced with a friend's transvestite theater company in Sheyla Baykal's Palm Casino Review at the Bouwerie Lane Theater in New York and Gossamer Wings at Theater for a New City on Jane Street in Greenwich Village. Her more recent films - "Windows on the World" (2017) opposite Edward James Olmos and Ryan Guzman; "You Can't Say No" (2018), opposite Peter Fonda, and "Dawn Patrol" (2014) opposite Scott Eastwood; mark her return to the big screen after taking some family time. In 1988, "Fright Night" comics were originally issued by NOW Comics, a small publisher which licensed a variety of titles based on popular movies and television shows; releasing 22 monthly "Fright Night" issues as well as a stand-alone adaptation of "Fright Night Part 2", as well as four special 3-D issues. For information on "Fright Night" comics, please use the below link. Portrait of "Peter Vincent" by Dave Dunlap. Portrait of "Cornelius" by Bradley Beard. "Cornelius" - biography (taken from Bradley Beard's Facebook page)" There was such a great response to my Beneath the Planet of the Apes design last week that I decided to create more. Today's designs are of Roddy McDowall as Cornelius and Maurice Evans as Dr. Zaius from the 1968 20th Century Fox classic Planet of the Apes; the movie also stars Charlton Heston as the time-stranded astronaut Taylor. Seeing this movie for the first time as a young child in the 1970's had a very profound impact on me; the revelation of the Statue of Liberty was my introductory thought of nuclear disaster and it scared the hell out of me. Another pivotal scene was when the gorillas on horseback first appeared. This film is a classic in every sense of the word. More great designs are on their way so don't monkey around, be here tomorrow. FRIGHT NIGHT (2011) In 2011 a remark was made of the 1985 "Fright Night", with David Tennant as "Peter Vincent". In this version - "Peter Vincent" is a self proclaimed vampire killer, rather than a horror host. Fright Night - Peter Vincent (David Tennantl) - trailer. from The Professor on Vimeo. FRIGHT NIGHT II (2013) In 2013 a sequel was made to the 2011 "Fright Night". In this sequel, Sean Power plays "Peter Vincent", a host of a reality television show - "Fright Night". Fright Night - Peter Vincent (Sean Power) from The Professor on Vimeo.

LINKS

Internet Movie Data Base "Roddy McDowall"	Internet Movie Data Base "Fright Night Part 2"	Facebook: Bradley Beard - Horror Host Artist "Roddy MacDowall"
Internet Movie Data Base "Fright Night"	Facebook: Dunlap Art "Horror Host Artwork"	E-gors Chamber of TV Horror Hosts "Peter Vincent"
	Internet Movie Data Base "Julie Carmen"

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