Del Howison
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| Born | June 3, 1953 Detroit, Michigan |
| Occupation | Film actor |
| Spouse(s) | Sue Duncan |
Del Howison (born June 3, 1953) is an American horror author, editor and actor.
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Howison was born in Detroit, Michigan but moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting; with his distinctive long white hair, he was a natural for low-budget horror films, and has since played the character "Renfield" on four separate occasions (making him the actor who has portrayed this iconic character from Dracula more than any other).
In 1995, Howison and wife Sue Duncan started Dark Delicacies, a store devoted entirely to horror books, DVDs and gifts. Dark Delicacies, located in Burbank, California, remains the only "brick-and-mortar" store in the United States dedicated solely to horror. The store has also published a number of charity anthologies, including The Altruistic Alphabet and Conjuring Dark Delicacies (a horror-themed cookbook).
In 2005, Howison and co-editor Jeff Gelb published Dark Delicacies: Original Tales of Terror and the Macabre (Carroll and Graf), which included stories by Ray Bradbury, Clive Barker, F. Paul Wilson, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, David J. Schow, Steve Niles, Roberta Lannes, Gahan Wilson, and more. The book went on to win the 2005 Bram Stoker Award for Best Anthology.
In 2007, Howison and co-editor Jeff Gelb published Dark Delicacies II: Fear (Carroll and Graf). In 2008 it was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for Best Anthology.
Howison also co-edited The Book of Lists: Horror with Amy Wallace and Scott Bradley to be released in the Autumn of 2008 by Harper Collins
Howison has also written a number of non-fiction horror articles and interviews for such publications as Gauntlet and Rue Morgue magazine.
In 2008 his short story The Lost Herd (originally published in the erotic horror anthology Hot Blood 12: Strange Bedfellows 2004) was purchased for the television series Fear Itself. It was scripted by Mick Garris and the title changed to Red Snow. The title was once again changed to The Sacrifice and it was directed by Breck Eisner. The episode became the series premiere episode airing on June 5, 2008.
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- Blood Scarab (2008)
- Horrorween (2007)
- Her Morbid Desires (2007)
- The Naked Monster (2005)
- Countess Dracula's Orgy of Blood (2004)
- The Devil's Due at Midnight (2004)
- Boogie with the Undead (2003)
- Scarlet Countess (aka The Erotic Rites of Countess Dracula) (2001)
- Horrorvision (2001)
- The Vampire Hunters Club (2001)
- Blood Slaves of the Vampire Wolf (1996)
- Limp Fangs (1996)
- Lord of Illusions (1995)
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Just finished the film "Blood Scarab" (2007). Del Howison is also the only actor to portray the character of Renfield (Dracula's servant) multiple (4) times on film
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