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Tales from the Crypt

Dead-on humor and horror.

Created by: William M. Gaines Steven Dodd

8.0 962

1989

7 seasons

ComedyMysterySci-Fi & Fantasy

Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?

Seasons

Season 7

Season 6

Season 5

Season 4

Season 3

Season 2

Season 1

Cast

Crypt Keeper (voice), Narrator (voice), Larry

Mr. Byrd's Puppet (uncredited), Dudley (voice) / Bailiff (voice), Ronald (voice) (uncredited)

Mitch Bruckner, Gary, Hitman (uncredited) (segment "As Ye Sow")

Vendetta (segment "On a Deadman's Chest"), Molly (segment "Only Skin Deep")

Husband (segment "And All Through the House"), Rock (segment "Forever Ambergris")

Ulric (segment "Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone"), Casino Dealer (uncredited)

Lance Henriksen

Reno Crevice (segment "Cutting Cards"), Sgt. Ripper

Michael Ironside

Jerry, Sergeant Burrows

Santa (segment "And All Through the House"), Tobias

Niles Talbot (segment "The Man Who Was Death"), The Grim Reaper

Doctor, District Attorney (segment "The Man Who Was Death")

Al (segment "Dead Right"), Preacher

Bobcat Goldthwait

Billy Goldman, Wolf (voice)

Doctor (segment "The Switch") / Bartender (segment "Cutting Cards"), Vic (segment "The Man Who Was Death")

Reginald D. Hunter

Reggie, Tow Truck Driver

Uncle Salty (segment "Forever Ambergris"), Detective

Mother, Assistant

Peter Van Norden

Ghoul #1 (segment "Let the Punishment Fit the Crime"), Booth

Marshall R. Teague

Jeremy McKay, Frank

Constance Wiggins

Father (segment "Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone"), William

Julian Kerridge

Michelle Johnson

Liz Kelly-Dixon

Sugar Ray Leonard

Gravedigger (segment "None But the Lonely Heart")

Benjamin A. Polosky

Al Hunter Ashton

Roger Ashton-Griffiths

Valdemar Tymrak

Yvonne De Carlo

Mrs. Jones (segment "Death of Some Salesmen")

Charles Fleischer

Natasha Richardson

Uncle Ezra Thornberry

G.G. Devoe (segment "As Ye Sow")

Gavan O'Herlihy

Morton Downey, Jr.

Stefan Gierasch

Elizabeth McGovern

Carlton Webster (segment "The Switch")

Gloria Fielding

William Frankfather

Justice of the Peace (segment "Dead Right")

Laird Macintosh

Patricia Arquette

Patricia Clarkson

Richard Johnson

Mrs. Mildred Korman

Distraught Woman (segment "The Man Who Was Death")

Meredith Salenger

Ike (segment "Forever Ambergris")

Judge #1 / Judge #2 / Judge #3 (segment "Let the Punishment Fit the Crime")

Detective Connors

Dr. Carl Fairbanks

Michael Gregory

Cop (segment "Whirlpool")

Kimmy Robertson

Vincent Schiavelli

Lt. Martin Kalthrob

Michael J. Pollard

Kimberly Williams-Paisley

Frank Stallone Jr.

Dr. Oscar Charles

Annabelle Gurwitch

Howard Prince (segment "None But the Lonely Heart")

Scarlett (segment "On a Deadman's Chest")

Reginald VelJohnson

Mercedes’ Husband

Anthony Andrews

Elizabeth Spriggs

Grace Zabriskie

Bridget (segment "As Ye Sow")

Sally (segment "Dead Right")

Mary Ellen Trainor

Wife (segment "And All Through the House")

Linda (segment "The Switch")

Dr. Zachary Cling

Clarence Williams III

Junior (segment "Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone")

Gretchen Palmer

Pa Brackett / Ma Brackett / Winona Brackett (segment "Death of Some Salesmen")

Inspector Herbert

Anthony Michael Hall

Reggie Skulnick

Benicio del Toro

Willa Sandleton

Isabella Rossellini

Charles McKenzie

Catherine O'Hara

Geraldine Ferrett (segment "Let the Punishment Fit the Crime")

Austin Pendleton

Carl Schlag (segment "Only Skin Deep")

Hal (segment "Whirlpool")

Sandra Dickinson

William Atherton

Malcolm Mayflower

Costas Mandylor

Frances Sternhagen

Effie Gluckman (segment "None But the Lonely Heart")

Toland (segment "On a Deadman's Chest")

Gayle Hunnicutt

Christopher Lawford

Manager (segment "The Switch")

Mr. Ingels, Ventriloquist

Chapman (segment "As Ye Sow")

Christopher Cazenove

Lester Middleton

Judd Campbell (segment "Death of Some Salesmen")

Barker (segment "Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone")

Raymond J. Barry

Justin Amberson

Angelica / Leah

Suzy Eddie Izzard

Edward Tudor-Pole

Theodore Carne (segment "The Man Who Was Death")

Zelda Rubinstein

Donald O'Connor

Joseph Renfield

Cathy Marno (segment "Dead Right")

Sam Forney (segment "Cutting Cards")

Lysette Anthony

Bobbi (segment "Forever Ambergris")

Charbonnet / Lilian

Luden Sandelton

Purdy Lee Dreyfus (segment "Let the Punishment Fit the Crime")

Rolanda (segment "Whirlpool")

Louise Fletcher

John Rhys-Davies

Noble Willingham

Baxter (segment "None But the Lonely Heart")

Shelley Taylor Morgan

Lieutenant Luger

Rusty Schwimmer

Evelyn Amberson

Sebastian Fielding

Tom Woodruff Jr.

Utility Monster

Enoch, The Two-Faced Man

Randolph (segment "Forever Ambergris")

Mr. Clayton (segment "Dead Right")

Patricia Charbonneau

Simone 'Gwen' Bardou

Father John Sejac (segment "As Ye Sow")

Dr. Martin Fairbanks

Whoopi Goldberg

Captain Milligan

Johnny Canaparo

Inspector Martin Zeller

Nelson Halliwell

Jerry (segment "Whirlpool")

Shelby Leverington

Malcolm McDowell

Donald Longtooth

Ricky Dean Logan

Renaldo Escuarita

Professor Finley

Priscilla Presley

Stanhope (segment "None But the Lonely Heart")

Charlie Marno (segment "Dead Right")

Dorothy Chalmers

Leslie Phillips

Mycroft Amberson

Héctor Elizondo

Leo Burns (segment "As Ye Sow")

Imelda Staunton

Dalton (segment "Forever Ambergris")

Christopher Reeve

Ian Abercrombie

Fulton (segment "The Switch")

Major Nicholson

Marty Slash's Conscience (voice)

Werewolf (voice)

Vern (segment "Whirlpool")

Austin Haggard (segment "Let the Punishment Fit the Crime")

Lou Spinelli (voice)

Anthony LaPaglia

Abel, the Cable Guy

Sandra Bernhard

Marg Helgenberger

Michael DeLuise

Matilda (segment "None But the Lonely Heart")

Murray McArthur

George Heathcote

Lou Diamond Phillips

Hans/Younger Carlton Webster (segment "The Switch")

Salucci (segment "Forever Ambergris")

Velma (segment "Whirlpool")

Charles Martin Smith

Luis Antonio Ramos

Pirate (segment "Forever Ambergris")

Mark Pellegrino

Punk (segment "The Switch")

Cynthia Baldwin (segment "The Man Who Was Death")

Arnold Schwarzenegger

X-Con (uncredited) (segment "The Switch")

Beverly D'Angelo

Bruce Boxleitner

Coralee (segment "Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone")

Dr. Emil Manfred (segment "Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone")

Newscaster #1 (segment "The Man Who Was Death")

Newscaster #2 (segment "The Man Who Was Death")

Lindsey Whitney Barry

Carrie Ann (segment "And All Through the House")

Pamella D'Pella

G. Smokey Campbell

Stephen Shellen

Hostess (segment "Cutting Cards")

Driver (segment "Cutting Cards")

Alisa Christensen

Blonde Woman (segment "Cutting Cards")

Dealer (segment "Cutting Cards")

Margaret Richardson

Jeris Poindexter

Charles Hutchins

Go-Go Dancer (segment "The Man Who Was Death")

Doctor's Assistant (uncredited) (segment "The Switch")

Muscle Beach Trainer (segment "The Switch")

Nurse (segment "The Switch")

Female Patient (segment "The Switch")

Tiffanie Poston

Spyder Mittleman

Concert Rocker (uncredited)

Willie C. Carpenter

Bobby Thornberry

Woman in Mourning

Archer (segment "Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone")

Courtney Mellinger

Jacqueline Jacobs

Man at Bar (uncredited)

Kyle MacLachlan

Earl Raymond Digs (segment "Carrion Death")

Policeman (segment "Carrion Death")

Luigi "Lou" Paloma ("segment "The Trap")

Irene Paloma ("segment "The Trap")

Mariel Hemingway

Miranda Singer (segment "Loved to Death")

Andrew McCarthy

Edward Foster (segment "Loved to Death")

Lieutenant Bushmill

Billy Paloma ("segment "The Trap")

Michael Lee Owens

Sgt. McClaine ("segment "The Trap")

Prosecutor ("segment "The Trap")

Artis Phillips Jr.

Nick Bosch (segment "On a Deadman's Chest")

Bob (segment "Only Skin Deep")

Kristine Nielsen

Michelle Bronson

Christopher Durang

Dolores' Husband

Waitress (segment "The Man Who Was Death")

Priest (segment "The Man Who Was Death")

Attorney (segment "The Man Who Was Death")

Judge #2 (segment "The Man Who Was Death")

Jimmy Flood (segment "The Man Who Was Death")

Sophie Wagner (segment "This'll Kill Ya")

Dylan McDermott

George Gatlin (segment "This'll Kill Ya")

Pack Brightman (segment "This'll Kill Ya")

Marty (segment "This'll Kill Ya")

Scott Williamson

Sgt. Murphy (segment "This'll Kill Ya")

Clive Rosengren

Morty (segment "None But the Lonely Heart")

Minister (segment "None But the Lonely Heart")

Mrs. Huntington (segment "None But the Lonely Heart")

Mr. Huntington (segment "None But the Lonely Heart")

Danny Darwin (segment "On a Deadman's Chest")

Farouche (segment "On a Deadman's Chest")

Hulk (segment "On a Deadman's Chest")

Michael Wiseman

Little Wing (segment "Forever Ambergris")

Leanne (segment "Dead Right")

T.V. Reporter (segment "Dead Right")

Reporter (segment "Dead Right")

Manager (segment "Dead Right")

Young Woman (segment "Dead Right")

Darlene Hartwell

Ora Lee (segment "Dead Right")

Natalija Nogulich

Madam Vorna (segment "Dead Right")

Jeri Drumbeater

Susan Blommaert

Candace Savalas

Weird Old Man with Camera

Valerie Bickford

Charles Stransky

Attractive Nurse

Georgann Johnson

Nicolas Ostrogovich

Mr. Stronham (segment "Loved to Death")

Kathleen Freeman

Mrs. Parker (segment "Loved to Death")

Mother Paloma ("segment "The Trap")

Carlos Lacámara

Paolo ("segment "The Trap")

Jury Forewoman ("segment "The Trap")

Chaplain ("segment "The Trap")

Joseph Cardinale

Paul Anthony Weber

Michael Berryman

Rupert Van Helsing

Mugger (uncredited)

Arabella Holzbog

Dead Corpse (uncredited)

Crypt Keeper's Chainsaw Victim

Judy Jean Berns

Globe Secretary

Chuck Picerni Jr.

Advertising Executive (uncredited)

Asbjørn 'Bear' Riis

Security Officer (uncredited)

Jeannette Lewis

First Secretary

Billy Quintaine

Cornelius Bosch

Thomas F. Duffy

Frank Little Bear

Obba Babatundé

Lieutenant Jamison

Jacqueline Alexandra Citron

April Dobbs Blair

Kristen Amber Citron

June Echeson Blair

Michael Klastorin

Waitress (uncredited)

Jason Rainwater

Andre Bustanoby

Cynthia Windham

Kraygen / Thomas Miller / Zorbin the Magnificent

Albert Frye / Lieutenant Forsyth

Paula / Cadaver

Chief Wolf (voice) / Bartender (voice)

Judge Wolf (voice)

Raushan Hammond

Ledbetter (segment "The Man Who Was Death")

Warden Havers (segment "The Man Who Was Death")

Tony Abatemarco

Detective (segment "The Man Who Was Death")

Judge #1 (segment "The Man Who Was Death")

Raymond O'Conner

Jury Foreman (segment "The Man Who Was Death")

New Executioner (segment "The Man Who Was Death")

Dorothy Neumann

Old Lady (segment "Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone")

Policeman (segment "Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone")

Workman #1 (segment "Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone")

Workman #2 (segment "Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone")

Shari Stagliano Maier

Constance Pfeifer

Elizabeth (segment "None But the Lonely Heart")

Woman (segment "None But the Lonely Heart")

Dr. Roberts (segment "On a Deadman's Chest")

Richard Danielson

Drummer (segment "On a Deadman's Chest")

Groupie (segment "On a Deadman's Chest")

Helen Nasillski

Second Secretary

Stella (segment "Death of Some Salesmen")

Margaret Howell

Wesley Thompson

Rende Rae Norman

Mark J. Goodman

Radio Announcer (voice)

Fouser (segment "Let the Punishment Fit the Crime")

Prosecutor (segment "Let the Punishment Fit the Crime")

Ghoul #2 (segment "Let the Punishment Fit the Crime")

Linda (segment "Only Skin Deep")

Roger (segment "Whirlpool")

Iggy (segment "Whirlpool")

Sister Mary What's Her Name

Max Grodénchik

Joseph C. Fowler

Kelly Coffield Park

Humphrey Bogart

Lou Spinelli (archive footage)

Alfred Hitchcock

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Kimberley Cowell

Michael Denison

Peter Waddington

Grandma Oakfist

Francesca Annis

Sharon Bannister

Chris Armstrong

English Soldier

Armed Robber #2

Armed Robber #3

Matthew Scurfield

Inspector Minty

Man on Staircase

Kendall McCarthy

Doorman (segment "The Switch")