George Buck Flower
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. Lafleuer, and C.D. 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.
Also recorded as George Flower
George Buck Flower
- Born
- 1937.
- Died
- 2004.
- Nationality
- United States.
- Occupation
- film producer, film director, screenwriter, television actor, writer, film actor and actor.
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for George Buck Flower. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q324868 · wikipedia · George Buck Flower
In this article
Career
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
Death
Flower died of cancer in Los Angeles, California, at age 66 on June 18, 2004.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 1 entries
2004
George Buck Flower died on 18 June 2004.
Primary material
Documents and archives
reference work
- “George Buck Flower”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q324868: George Buck Flower
General reference · Wikidata
Text attribution
Licensing
Text attribution
Part of the biographical narrative on this page reuses licensed material. Its origin, revision and licence are recorded here.
The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article George Buck Flower, revision 1372335932 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessauthority record
General reference
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 14 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Film memorabilia
38,713 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- George BowersPerson
- George BreakstonPerson
- George BrentPerson
- George Bronson HowardPerson
- George BurnsPerson
- George C. ScottPerson
- George C. WolfePerson
- George ChesebroPerson
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by George Buck Flower?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.