Lou David was a hulking and intimidating actor who was usually cast as
menacing bad guys in a handful of movies made in the 70s and 80s. He
made his film debut as an Italian mobster in the funky blaxploitation
outing "Come Back, Charleston Blue." David had a funny bit part as a
mugger in the delightful cross country car race romp "The Gumball
Rally." Lou achieved his greatest enduring cult popularity as Cropsy, a
mean, vicious and grotesquely disfigured summer camp caretaker who
exacts a harsh revenge on a handful of obnoxious kids in the pleasingly
gory and nasty slasher horror picture "The Burning." Following his
memorable turn in "The Burning," Lou David appeared in two more
features: he's Mr. T in "Over the Brooklyn Bridge" and the Headline
Killer in the hugely enjoyable martial arts action/comedy blast "The
Last Dragon."
The Last Dragon(1985)as Headline Killer
Over the Brooklyn Bridge(1984)as Mr. T
The Burning(1981)as Cropsy
The Exterminator(1980)as Leaflet Man
The Ivory Ape(1980)as Roomie Pope
Cropsy Speaks(2013)as Self
Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape(2010)as Self
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film(2006)as Self
Ban the Sadist Videos!(2005)as Self
