Michael Legge (filmmaker)
Michael Legge (born June 12, 1953) is a B-movie award winning Massachusetts-born actor, and filmmaker. He is known for producing low-budget comedy-horror films which he writes, directs and generally stars in. He founded the production company Sideshow Cinema.
Early life
According to Legge, he enjoyed watching the comedies of The Marx Brothers and Laurel and Hardy and was also a big fan of horror movies that were so prevalent in the 1950s/1960s. He started making movies at a young age with an 8mm movie camera and by high school was making spoofs of movies such as David Lean's Bridge on the River Kwai. Legge was writing and acting in these films as well as shooting and editing them, with help from friends and family members.
Acting career
Legge has won several awards as an actor including a B-Movie Award for being the Best Villain in 1999 in his film Braindrainer at the B-Movie Film Festival. He has acted on the stage as well as on screen. In 2000, he played Dr. Wahl in The Girls from H.A.R.M.! directed by Pat Bishow.