Other notable guest stars included: Cesar Romero as Chico's absentee father ; Tony Orlando as Chico's look-alike, the ex-fiance of a hostile woman he wants to date ; José Feliciano, who wrote the theme song, as Chico's womanizing famous-singer cousin Pepe Fernando ; Sammy Davis Jr. as himself ; Herbie Faye appeared as Bernie in the 1975 episode " Louie's Retirement "; Shelley Winters ( reuniting with Albertson, with whom she'd costarred in The Poseidon Adventure ) as the owner of the local bakery, Shirley Schrift ( her real name ); Jim Backus as Ed's friend who uses him as a " beard "— pretending to be playing cards with him when cheating on his wife ( Audra Lindley ); silent-film actress Carmel Myers as a former star who has fallen on hard times, brings in her car for repairs, and stays in the garage while looking for work ; George Takei as Ed's supposed long-lost son from his time in Japan during World War II ; Cesare Danova as Aunt Connie's Spanish aristocrat boyfriend, the Count de Catalan, in the second episode in which she appeared ; comedian Joey Bishop as an inept robber ; Bernie Kopell as a plastic surgeon ; Rose Marie as a CB radio enthusiast with whom a lonely Ed connects on New Year's Eve ; Penny Marshall, as a waitress ; football star Rosey Grier as himself, Della's date for a charity benefit dance ; Larry Hovis as a customer in the second episode of the first season ; and Jim Jordan ( of radio's Fibber McGee and Molly ) as a mechanic who used to be a big businessman, until he was victimized by his own company's retirement-age mandate ).

During this time, Romero was rumored to have been killed ( aptly enough, with a headshot ) and a photograph of his corpse with a bullet wound was also spread through the Internet ; Romero himself later stated that the picture was taken for the magazine Texas Monthly, and that " maybe he shouldn't have taken it ".

During the ' 80s Stephen King had planned a theatrical film, with George A. Romero directing and himself writing, not trusting somebody else with the project.

The same year, Evans also caught the eye of Darryl F. Zanuck, who cast him as Pedro Romero in a film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises, against the wishes of co-star Ava Gardner and Hemingway himself.

Many admirers of the original, as well as Romero himself, protested this change, feeling that it limited the impact of the undead.

Marcos appeared on his father's true-to-life story film, Iginuhit ng Tadhana, as himself, along with Vilma Santos as his sister Imee, Luis Gonzales as his father and Gloria Romero as his mother.

Moulitsas describes himself as a recovering Catholic, and says that while he has many problems with the Church, Salvadoran martyr and archbishop Oscar Romero is still his greatest hero and inspiration.

On April 21, Low Ki returned to New Japan Pro Wrestling, aligning himself with the Chaos stable and teaming with Gedo, Jado and Rocky Romero in an eight man tag team match, where they defeated Jushin Liger, Prince Devitt, Ryusuke Taguchi and Tiger Mask IV, with Ki pinning IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Devitt for the win.

It was choreographed by Alex Romero after watching Presley himself.

Chávez was highly concerned with the general education and culture of the conservatory students and established literature courses taught by the contemporary poets Salvador Novo and Carlos Pellicer, world history by Jesús C. Romero, and history of Mexican culture by Agustín Loera and Chávez himself.

# Teenage Psycho Chainsaw Bimbos-a video store owner and obsessive fan of horror films ( of the second-rate slasher variety ) finds himself trapped in a fantasy world of his own creation ... It featured Stephen Tompkinson as Tope Romero, Cassie Macfarlane as Carrie, Jane Whittenshaw as Gail, Clarence Smith as the postman and Alan Barker as Damien.

Romero started wrestling in 1975 in Amarillo under a mask and calling himself " Silver Streak ".

Romero himself has stated that he considers this film to be his worst, and has referred to this film as " a total mess ".

As of its latest installment, Survival of the Dead, Romero's Dead series includes six films all written and directed by Romero himself.

Many characters in films ( including George Romero himself ) have referred to the bitten area as the " infected area " or " infection ".

They have been produced due to the various mix-ups with the copyright and ownership of the movies, Romero himself owns only Dawn of the Dead from his first four films.

His Concierto Andaluz, for four guitars and orchestra, was commissioned by Celedonio Romero for himself and his three sons.

Pickford was registered with the Republican Party and in October 1960 she appeared with Ginger Rogers, Cesar Romero, Laraine Day, Dick Powell and John Payne in a Nixon-Lodge bumper sticker drive in Los Angeles.

Following the 1968 film, Romero released Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Land of the Dead, Diary of the Dead and Survival of the Dead.

Return of the Living Dead sparked a legal battle with Romero, who believed Russo marketed his film in direct competition with Day of the Dead as a sequel to the original film.

Day of the Dead is a 1985 American horror film written and directed by George A. Romero and the third film in Romero's Dead Series, being preceded by Night of the Living Dead ( 1968 ) and Dawn of the Dead ( 1978 ).

From left: Rod Humble, Louis Castle, David Perry ( game developer ) | David Perry, Brenda Brathwaite, John Romero, Will Wright ( game designer ) | Will Wright, Tim Schafer, Chris Hecker. In his first lead role on a game project, Schafer co-designed ( with Dave Grossman ) Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle, a time-travel comedy adventure and the sequel of Ron Gilbert's Maniac Mansion.

He is known for his makeup and special effects work on many films directed by George A. Romero, including Martin, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Creepshow and Monkey Shines ; he also created the special effects and makeup for many cult classics like Friday the 13th ( parts I and IV ), Maniac, The Burning, The Prowler and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2.

Directed by Tom Savini, former special make-up effects artist, who worked on Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead while George A. Romero rewrote the screenplay.

George A. Romero, creator of the Dead Series, and Tom Savini pioneered effects that removed the need for cutaways in horror films.

Wes Craven's The Hills Have Eyes ( 1977 ) and Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ( 1974 ) recalled the Vietnam war ; George A. Romero satirized the consumer society in his zombie sequel, Dawn of the Dead ( 1978 ); Canadian director David Cronenberg featured the " mad scientist " movie sub-genre by exploring contemporary fears about technology and society, and reinventing " body horror ", starting with Shivers ( 1975 ).

This resurgence led George A. Romero to return to his Living Dead series with Land of the Dead ( 2005 ), Diary of the Dead ( 2007 ) and Survival of the Dead ( 2010 ).

King partly dedicated his book Cell to film director George Romero, and wrote an essay for the Elite DVD version of Night of the Living Dead.

Night of the Living Dead is an American independent horror film directed by George A. Romero and starring Duane Jones, Judith O ' Dea and Karl Hardman.

Night of the Living Dead was the basis of five subsequent Living Dead films ( 1978-2010 ) also directed by Romero and has inspired two remakes ( 1990, 2006 ).

Discussing the creation of Night of the Living Dead, Romero remarked, " I had written a short story, which I basically had ripped off from a Richard Matheson novel called I Am Legend.

Critic Danél Griffin remarked, " Romero freely admits that his film was a direct rip-off of Matheson's novel ; I would be a little less harsh in my description and say that Romero merely expanded the author's ideas with deviations so completely original that of the Living Dead is expelled from being labeled a true ' rip-off '".

Night of the Living Dead was the first feature-length film directed by George A. Romero.

Romero revolutionized the horror film genre with Night of the Living Dead ; per Almar Haflidason, of the BBC, the film represented " a new dawn in horror film-making ".

The film and its successors spawned countless imitators that borrowed elements instituted by Romero: Tombs of the Blind Dead, Let Sleeping Corpses Lie ( film ), Zombi 2, Hell of the Living Dead, Night of the Comet, Return of the Living Dead, Night of the Creeps, Children of the Living Dead, and the video game series Resident Evil ( later adapted as films in 2002, 2004, 2007 and 2010 ), Dead Rising, and House of the Dead.

The magazine, however, quoted Romero as saying, " I didn't want to touch Night of the Living Dead ".

Night of the Living Dead is the first of six ... of the Dead films directed by George Romero.

In August 2007, while teaching a four-hour film course during the 9th Cinemanila International Film Festival in Manila, Tarantino cited Filipino directors Cirio Santiago, Eddie Romero, and Gerardo de León as personal icons from the 1970s, citing De Leon's " soul-shattering, life-extinguishing " movies on vampires and female bondage, particularly Women in Cages.

The area by the Church was “ La Placita de Los Romeros ” and the other one in the area of the Tanque, the “ watering hole ” ( area of Lopez Lane and Camino de Oro Road ) became “ La Placita de Los Lopez .” As the community grew, it acquired the status of a Village ( From personal conversation with Melinda Romero Pike February 21, 2011 ).

Dr. Hernán Padilla's name was the favorite to substitute governor Carlos Romero Barceló at the top of the NPP's ticket in 1984.

In 1937, John Ford was hired to direct the sepia-toned Wee Willie Winkie ( Temple's own favorite ) and an A-list cast was signed that included Victor McLaglen, C. Aubrey Smith, and Cesar Romero.

Romero claims that Martin is the favorite of all his films.