Lee Frost (director)

Lee Frost was a film director, producer, cinematographer, editor and occasional actor. He directed a string of exploitation type movies including Love Camp 7, Chain Gang Women, Chrome and Hot Leather, The Thing with Two Heads, The Black Gestapo and Dixie Dynamite.

Background

Frost was born in Globe, Arizona on the 14th of August 1935. He grew up in Glendale, California also Oahu, Hawaii.

The different names he used for his work were R.L. Frost, R. Lee Frost and David Kayne. Other names or variants used were David Kane, F.C. Perl, Elov Peterssons and Les Emerson. Carl Borch, Leoni Valentino and Robert L. Frost are more names.

Death

He died in New Orleans, Louisiana on May 25, 2007 aged 71.

Films

Director

In 1966, he was director, writer and one of the cast in Mondo Bizzaro. For his part in writing the narrative for the feature, he was credited as David Kayne. He directed Chrome and Hot Leather that was released in 1971. This was a biker/exploitation film about a group of Vietnam vets taking on a motor bike gang. The film starred William Smith, Tony Young, Michael Haynes, Peter Brown and Marvin Gaye. He directed the exploitation sci-fi film The Thing With Two Heads that starred Ray Milland, Rosey Grier and Don Marshall that was released in 1972. This was a film about a dying doctor who gets his head transplanted to the body of a man, Jack Moss, who was wrongfully convicted of murder.

Writer

He wrote the story for the film Race with the Devil was released in 1975. In this film Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Loretta Swit and Lara Parker star as two couples that are being chased by Satan worshippers.