Ray Dennis Steckler
Ray Dennis Steckler (born 1939), widely known by the pseudonym Cash Flagg, is an American film director. He was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. He served briefly during the late 1950s in the Army, then began working with cinematography in the Los Angeles area. He directed Wild Guitar and appeared under his onscreen name Cash Flagg. In 1963 he produced The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed Up Zombies, which was later lampooned in 1997 on Mystery Science Theater 3000. His wife Carolyn Brandt appeared in the film.
He continued to produce a number of low-budget films which soon attained cult status. He also directed the video for Jefferson Airplane's White Rabbit, and worked with Todd Rundgren and Janis Joplin. During the 1970s and early 1980s he dabbled with producing porn films. In the late 1980s Steckler ran Mascot Video in Las Vegas and sold it in 1995 to local businessman Dan Wayman. He is believed to be in retirement.
In addition to Cash Flagg, he is also known by the pseudonyms Sven Christian, Sven Hellstrom, Harry Nixon, Michael J. Rogers, Michel J. Rogers, Wolfgang Schmidt, Cindy Lou Steckler, R.D. Steckler, Ray Steckler, and Cindy Lou Sutters.
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