Bob Cresse was born on June 19, 1936. Cresse hailed from Sarasota, Florida and was a graduate from the University of Florida. Moreover, Bob worked the carnival circuit before eventually moving to Los Angeles, California and getting a job as a bike messenger for MGM. Cresse founded his own production and distribution company Olympic International Films in the early 1960's. Bob not only wrote and produced a handful of lurid low-budget exploitation movies, but also acted in several of these pictures as well. In addition, Cresse developed a notorious reputation for his tough and combative me-against-the-world attitude: Besides his predilection for weapons and Nazi regalia, Cresse also had two full-time bodyguards on his payroll. Bob's exploitation cinema career came to an abrupt halt following in incident in which Bob came across two men beating a woman in front of a store while walking his dog on Hollywood Boulevard. Cresse pulled out a gun and ordered the men to stop beating the woman. One of the men identified himself as a police officer and shot Bob in the stomach as well as shot his dog dead. Cresse spent seven months in the hospital recovering from his injuries. Alas, Bob didn't have any health insurance, so his lengthy stay in the hospital depleted most of the money that he had managed to funnel into a Swiss bank account. Cresse died of a heart attack at age 61 on April 6, 1998 in Miami, Florida.
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Biography from IMDb.
- June 19, 1936
- April 6, 1998 (aged 61)
- Actor, producer and writer
- 4 on MovieCove · 22 credits in all
What are Bob Cresse's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
A split, not a type: Ironic 1 · Wry 1 · Earnest 2
Light 1 · Serious 0 · Dark 3
Grounded 2 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 0 · Intense 3
Steady 1 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
A split, not a type: Casual 1 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 3
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Shadowas Commandant in Love Camp 7 (1969)
Moods and endings
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 Bob Cresse's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Bob Cresse'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
22 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page.
Silent Witness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
A Climax of Blue Power (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
The Erotic Adventures of Zorro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Love Camp 7(1969)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
The Scavengers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
The Harem Bunch (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
The Animal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
The Casting Director (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
The Forbidden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
Mondo Bizarro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
Mondo Freudo(1966)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Love Is a Four Letter Word (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
Little Girls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
Massacre of Pleasure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
The Secret Society (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Ecco (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
Hollywood's World of Flesh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
Surftide 77 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
House on Bare Mountain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Once Upon A Knight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
Career shape
A full career of 22 titles from 1961 to 1985.
Film career
- 1962Screen debut· House on Bare Mountain
- 1962First top-billed film· House on Bare Mountain
How do Bob Cresse's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 11th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 17th percentile for acclaim.
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 4 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Panned1
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the acting 31/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 45, detractors 20. 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.
Who does Bob Cresse work with?
People who share at least 2 of Bob Cresse's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Lee Frost shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Lee FrostShared titles: Love Camp 7 (1969), Hot Spur (1968), The Pick-Up (1968), Mondo Freudo (1966)See all 4 shared titles with Lee Frost
Writers
- Wes BishopShared titles: Love Camp 7 (1969), Hot Spur (1968), The Pick-Up (1968)See all 3 shared titles with Wes Bishop
Actors
- John AldermanShared titles: Love Camp 7 (1969), Hot Spur (1968), The Pick-Up (1968)See all 3 shared titles with John Alderman
- David F. FriedmanShared titles: Love Camp 7 (1969), The Pick-Up (1968)See all 2 shared titles with David F. Friedman
- John RiazziShared titles: Love Camp 7 (1969), Hot Spur (1968)See all 2 shared titles with John Riazzi
- Maria LeaseShared titles: Love Camp 7 (1969), The Pick-Up (1968)See all 2 shared titles with Maria Lease
