Hy Pyke

Acting

Hy Pyke

Born — Died

1935-12-02 — 2006-10-16

Place of birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

17 titles

Hy Pyke (December 2, 1935 – October 26, 2006) was an American character actor. Pyke was born Monty Pike in Los Angeles, California, the son of vaudevillian David Pike and his wife Pauline. Pyke majored in theatre at UCLA in the 1960s, appearing in numerous student films, including one for Ray Manzarek, keyboard player of The Doors, called Induction (1965), which also featured The Doors vocalist Jim Morrison in a brief role. During that time period, Pyke was also associated with Del Close. From UCLA, Pyke went on to have a long career playing strange, often comic characters in usually out-of-the-ordinary, low-budget, independent features, with some brief appearances in mainstream films. Som…

Known for

Film credits

1980s · 5 titles

1970s · 10 titles

The First Nudie Musical poster
5.0

The heir to a bankrupt studio decides to make a daring musical to avoid demolition, agreeing to finish it in two weeks or lose ownership.

The First Nudie Musical

1976

Dolemite poster
5.8

Dolemite is a pimp who was set up by Willie Greene and the cops, who have planted drugs, stolen furs, and guns in his trunk and got him sentenced to 20 years in jail. One day, Queen B and a warden planned to get him out of Jail and get Willie Green and Mitchell busted for what they did to him.

Dolemite

1975

Spawn of the Slithis poster
4.5

A nuclear leak creates a mutant Slithis sea monster, which terrorizes the variety of pets, winos, and hippies who hang around Venice, California.

Spawn of the Slithis

1978

The Amorous Adventures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza poster
5.2

The film recounts the adventures of Don Quixote and Sanch Panza with love, music and eroticism.

The Amorous Adventures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza

1976

Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural poster
6.1

A notorious bank robber kills his wife and flees the police, only to be captured by a mysterious group of figures in an abandoned town. His beautiful daughter, Lila Lee, receives a letter stating that her father is near death and that he needs to see her. Sneaking away at night from her minister guardian, Lila embarks on a terrifying journey...

Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural

1974

Every Girl Should Have One poster
5.5

A merry whodunnit diamond caper unfolds after a woman's million dollar necklace is stolen while she is having her portrait done.

Every Girl Should Have One

1978

Nightmare in Blood poster
6.1

Attendees at a horror-film convention in San Francisco keep disappearing. It turns out that the guest of honor is a real vampire, and his henchmen are kidnapping the convention guests. A horror writer, a Sherlock Holmes fan and an Israeli Nazi-hunter set out to stop him.

Nightmare in Blood

1978

White House Madness poster
7.0

The Nixon Administration falls apart in a farcical manner in the time of the Watergate Scandal.

White House Madness

1975

Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women poster
7.0

The life and times of the flamboyant showman who built his legendary Follies around beautiful women -- as told by the women in his life.

Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women

1978

Hollywood High poster
3.5

Four high school girls at Hollywood High are looking for fun. Together they frolic on the beach and cavort with their guys. In their search for a little privacy they meet up with a retired movie star whose mammoth house offers 10 private bedrooms. But there's a catch...

Hollywood High

1976