- Born
- Died
- Birth nameHarold Paul Warren
- Height6′ 1½″ (1.87 m)
- Harold P. Warren was born on October 23, 1923 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966). He died on December 26, 1985 in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.
- Many of the cast and crew members of Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966) said he was very difficult
to work with. Though he was the first to admit the film was terrible,
he was also proud of it and even went so far as to wear the Master's
black and red hand robe at Halloween parties (his son Joe now carries
on that tradition). - He made Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966) on a bet between himself and screenwriter Stirling Silliphant
-- who was in El Paso scouting locations for a film. - Although he is often referred to as a fertilizer salesman, he was in fact manager of the American Founder's Life Insurance Co. in El Paso, Texas, at the time he made "Manos".
- Lived the last 18 years in Arizona as a salesman and inventor.
- Attempted to pitch another script he had written called Wild Desert Bikers, but with the failure of Manos, no one he approached showed any interest in producing it. Attempts to turn the screenplay into a novel were equally unsuccessful.
- Always give 110% in everything you do, if you don't give it your all,
there is no sense in doing it at all.
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