Ken Foree is an American actor most widely known for his portrayal of the militant Peter Washington in George Romero's 1978 zombie film Dawn of the Dead. Foree also made a cameo appearance in the 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead as the televangelist famously quoting the line, "When there is no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth." Foree worked again with Romero in the 1981 action movie Knightriders. Appearing in several other genre films, Foree has more recently become associated with Rob Zombie's projects, making appearances in films such as The Devil's Rejects, Halloween and The Haunted World of El Superbeasto.
Body of work[]
Film | Year | Character |
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Dawn of the Dead | 1978 | Peter Washington |
From Beyond | 1986 | Buford 'Bubba' Brownlee |
Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge | 1989 | Acardi |
Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III | 1990 | Benny |
Sleepstalker | 1995 | Detective Rolands |
The Dentist | 1996 | Detective Gibbs |
Dawn of the Dead | 2004 | Televangelist |
The Devil's Rejects | 2005 | Charlie Altamonte |
Devil's Den | 2006 | Leonard |
Brutal Massacre: A Comedy | 2007 | Carl Perkins |
Halloween | 2007 | Big Joe Grizzley |
Brotherhood of Blood | 2007 | Stanis |
Zone of the Dead | 2009 | Mortimer Reyes |
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto | 2009 | Luke St. Luke |
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror | 2019 | Himself |
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