Bobby Pickett
Bobby "Boris" Pickett (born Robert George Pickett, February 11, 1938 – April 25, 2007) was a Somerville, Massachusetts-born musician and actor, best known for singing and co-writing the 1962 hit novelty song "Monster Mash". Pickett performed the track in an impersonation of veteran horror film stars Boris Karloff, and Bela Lugosi (as in the line "Whatever happened to my Transylvania Twist?"). Bobby Pickett co-wrote the song along with Leonard Capizzi. It became a million seller, as well as reaching Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song was styled as being by Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kicker 5. In Britain it took until October 1973 for the tune to become popular, but it then pinnacled at Number 3 in the UK singles chart. A Christmas themed follow-up, "Monster's Holiday", was also released in 1962, and it became a minor hit. After releasing a variety of other Halloween-based songs as well as trying his hand at script-writing, Bobby died of leukemia on April 25, 2007, at age 69.
Known For
Credits
- 2008 · The Boneyard Collection as The Manager (segment "Boogie with the Undead")
- 2006 · Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills as Self
- 1995 · Monster Mash: The Movie as Dr. Victor Frankenstein
- 1994 · Spooky World as Self
- 1991 · Halloween Monster Bash as Self
- 1990 · Lobster Man from Mars as The Astrologer / The King of Mars
- 1988 · Frankenstein General Hospital as Man in Elevator
- 1987 · Sister, Sister as Roger
- 1984 · Splitz as Chef
- 1983 · Strange Invaders as Editor
- 1983 · Hot Money as Stewart
- 1982 · T. J. Hooker as Charlie Brubaker
- 1972 · Deathmaster as Curt
- 1971 · Chrome and Hot Leather as Sweet Willy (as Bob Pickett)
- 1970 · The Baby Maker as Dr. Sims
- 1969 · Three's a Crowd as Roy Dodson
- 1967 · It's a Bikini World as Woody (as Bob Pickett)
- 1963 · Petticoat Junction as Stonewall Jackson
- 1963 · Petticoat Junction as Walter Thorp