Writer/actor/producer Wes Bishop frequently collaborated with exploitation filmmaker Lee Frost on a bunch of enjoyably down-'n'-dirty drive-in features made throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Bishop was born as Charles Pelletieri on September 12, 1932, in Nashville, Tennessee. He served a hitch in the US army as a paratrooper and intelligence officer in the Korean War. He and Frost first crossed paths in the early 1960s on the tongue-in-cheek softcore horror comedy House on Bare Mountain (1962). Their subsequent cinematic ventures include the trailblazing Nazisploitation outing Love Camp 7 (1969), the gritty Chain Gang Women (1971), the passable biker opus Chrome and Hot Leather (1971), the hilariously campy The Thing with Two Heads (1972), the immensely fun Policewomen (1974), the gnarly blaxploitation winner The Black Gestapo (1975) and the rowdy redneck romp Dixie Dynamite (1976). In addition, Frost often had sizable supporting roles in their movies; he's especially memorable as trouble-making convict Coleman in "Chain Gang Women" and sleazy mobster Ernest in "The Black Gestapo." In addition, Frost and Bishop wrote the witty and inspired script for Jack Starrett's terrific Satan-worship/car-chase horror/action treat Race with the Devil (1975); Bishop also produced the picture and appears in a minor part as a small-town deputy. Bishop did guest spots on such TV series as Perry Mason (1957), Combat! (1962), Bonanza (1959) and The High Chaparral (1967). Wes Bishop died at age 60 from a liver ailment on June 25, 1993.
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Biography from IMDb.
- September 12, 1932
- June 25, 1993 (aged 60)
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Actor, producer and writer
- 7 on MovieCove · 18 credits in all
What are Wes Bishop's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 1 · Earnest 5
Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 5
A split, not a type: Grounded 4 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 4
Steady 0 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 1
A split, not a type: Casual 3 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 4
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Shadowas Tony in The Pick-Up (1968)
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet1
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous3
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Wes Bishop's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Wes Bishop's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
18 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page.
Dixie Dynamite (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
Race with the Devil(1975)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
The Black Gestapo(1975)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Violated! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
A Climax of Blue Power (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Poor Cecily (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Policewomen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Sleazy Rider (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
The Thing with Two Heads(1972)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Chrome and Hot Leather(1971)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
Chain Gang Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Ride Hard, Ride Wild (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Weekend with the Babysitter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Love Camp 7(1969)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
The Scavengers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
The Pick-Up(1968)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Hot Spur(1968)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
House on Bare Mountain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Career shape
Star power in the 59th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 18 titles from 1962 to 1976; peak year 1975.
Biggest box office
Race with the Devil (1975)
Highest rated
Race with the Devil (1975)
Most popular right now
Hot Spur (1968)
Film career
Peak 1975 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1969Screen debut· Love Camp 7
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Wes Bishop's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 15th percentile, the median of all 7; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 19th percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th5
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 7 titles are Mixed.
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Mixed6
Reviewers score the acting 42/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles; fans 59, detractors 25. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Wes Bishop's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Wes Bishop work with?
People who share at least 2 of Wes Bishop's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Lee Frost shares the most, 7.
Directors
- Lee FrostShared titles: Race with the Devil (1975), The Black Gestapo (1975), The Thing with Two Heads (1972), Chrome and Hot Leather (1971), Love Camp 7 (1969), Hot Spur (1968), The Pick-Up (1968)See all 7 shared titles with Lee Frost
Writers
- Bob CresseShared titles: Love Camp 7 (1969), Hot Spur (1968), The Pick-Up (1968)See all 3 shared titles with Bob Cresse
Actors
- John AldermanShared titles: Love Camp 7 (1969), Hot Spur (1968), The Pick-Up (1968)See all 3 shared titles with John Alderman
- Phil HooverShared titles: Race with the Devil (1975), The Black Gestapo (1975)See all 2 shared titles with Phil Hoover
- Bruce KimballShared titles: The Thing with Two Heads (1972), Love Camp 7 (1969)See all 2 shared titles with Bruce Kimball
- Kathrine BaumannShared titles: The Thing with Two Heads (1972), Chrome and Hot Leather (1971)See all 2 shared titles with Kathrine Baumann
