Corey Landis

'Corey Landis' (qv) has had an extensive range of careers in acting, writing and music. Landis studied theatre at Ohio University where he was also a member of the sketch comedy troupe The Comedy Sloth. On screen, he may be recognized for his early work on _That '70s Show (1998)_ (qv) playing the younger version of 'Kurtwood Smith' (qv)'s character 'Red Forman'. Other screen credits include the Sci-Fi film _Chrysalis (2008)_ (qv) and the family film _Lost in the Woods (2009)_ (qv) where he co-starred with 'Michael Madsen'. Landis made noticeable appearances in several uniquely-different Sci-Fi creature/horror films starting with 'Jim Wynorski' (qv)'s _Dinocroc vs. Supergator (2010)_ (qv), starring the late 'David Carradine' (qv), _Camel Spiders (2011)_ (qv), _Dracula: Reborn (2012)_ (qv) and _Sharkansas Women's Prison Massacre (2015)_ (qv). He has appeared in several pilots including "Paulie" with 'Paul Sorvino' (qv) and 'Janeane Garofalo' (qv). He's been in many short films including the award-winning _The Man from Mars (2016)_ (qv), and has appeared in over 150 commercials, frequently as the spokesman--most notably Overstock, Bridgestone, 5 Hour Energy, Taco John's, and Papa Murphy's Pizza. He co-directed the feature documentary "Toy Masters" about the creation of the He-Man toy line. Landis is a piano player and singer-songwriter and has released five albums of original material, the most recent of which ("'Corey Landis' (qv) & The Attacks") was produced by Beatles engineer and legendary Grammy Award winner 'Geoff Emerick' (qv). He also composed the songs for the the award-winning jazz musical short _Funky Butt (2018)_ (qv).::Westernado