Biography
Colin Higgins (July 28, 1941 – August 5, 1988) was an Australian-American screenwriter, actor, director, and producer. He was best known for writing the screenplay for the 1971 film Harold and Maude. Description above from the Wikipedia article Colin Higgins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Complete Filmography
Harold et Maude
2012
Author
Harold Chasen is a young man of 19 years with an overflowing and morbid imagination, who takes advantage of his free time to attend funerals, and stag...
Into the Night
1985
as Actor in a Hostage Film
Ed Okin used to have a boring life. He used to have trouble getting to sleep. Then one night, he met Diana. Now, Ed's having trouble staying alive.
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
1982
Screenplay, Director
When a big TV crusader Melvin P. Thorpe threatens to expose the Chicken Ranch to public scandal and close it down, Miss Mona doesn't go down without a...
Nine to Five
1980
Director, Screenplay
Three female employees of a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot find a way to turn the tables on him.
Foul Play
1978
Director, Writer
A shy San Francisco librarian and a bumbling cop fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church.
Silver Streak
1976
Writer
A somewhat daffy book editor on a rail trip from Los Angeles to Chicago thinks that he sees a murdered man thrown from the train. When he can find no ...
The Devil's Daughter
1973
Writer
A young girl whose mother had sold her soul to Satan when she was born is told by Satan that she must marry a fellow demon.
Harold and Maude
1971
Producer, Writer
The young Harold lives in his own world of suicide-attempts and funeral visits to avoid the misery of his current family and home environment. Harold ...
Opus One
1968
Director
Color/Black and White UCLA Student, Film Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. A humorous play on Hollywood romance conventions and the p...
The Gendarme in New York
1965
as Un policier américain (uncredited)
Sergeant Cruchot and his faithful comrades have been sent to the International Congress of Gendarmerie in N.Y.