Scott Spiegel
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Scott Spiegel (December 10, 1957 – August 20, 2025) was an American screenwriter, film director, producer and actor. He is best known for co-writing the screenplay for the movie Evil Dead II with longtime friend, film director Sam Raimi, with whom he attended Wylie E. Groves High School in Birmingham, Michigan. Spiegel played the role of Scotty in Raimi's Within the Woods, which served as a precursor to The Evil Dead. When Spiegel first moved to Los Angeles, he shared a house in with directors Raimi and Joel Coen, producer Ethan Coen and actresses Holly Hunter, Frances McDormand and Kathy Bates. He shared yet another house with roommate and film editor Bob Murawski (Spider-Man). In the early 1990s, he introduced film director Quentin Tarantino to producer Lawrence Bender, who helped Tarantino get Reservoir Dogs made. Spiegel grew up in what was then "rural" Birmingham, Michigan. He attended Walnut Lake Elementary school and then went on to attend West Maple Jr. High School. It was here that Scott met Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell. Spiegel worked at the local grocery market across from Walnut Lake Elementary School and it is from this market that Scott would later draw upon the memories to come up with classic scenes that would eventually be worked into many of the scenes of the movies he would either write or direct. In 1999, Spiegel directed the direct-to-video sequel to From Dusk Till Dawn, Texas Blood Money. Spiegel formed the production company Raw Nerve with film directors Eli Roth, and Boaz Yakin. Raw Nerve produced the film Hostel (2005), directed by Roth. Description above from the Wikipedia article Scott Spiegel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
Spider-Man (2002)
as Marine Cop
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
as Soul of the Damned (voice)
The Evil Dead (1981)
as Fake Shemp
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
as Man on Balcony
Evil Dead II (1987)
as Fake Shemp
Drag Me to Hell (2009)
as Mourner at Death Feast
The Quick and the Dead (1995)
as Gold Teeth Man
Lionheart (1990)
as Pool Fight Bookie
Darkman (1990)
as Dockworker
2001 Maniacs (2005)
as Strolling Minstrel #2
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999)
as Porno Director
QT8: The First Eight (2019)
as Self
Nude Bowling Party (1995)
as Joe Pornofsky
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Intruder (1989)
as Bread Man
Pulp Fiction: The Facts (2002)
as Self
Within the Woods (1979)
as Scotty
The Dead Next Door (1989)
as Richards
Dark Ascension (—)
as Man in Hell
The Girl I Want (1990)
as Guy 2
Babysitter Wanted (2007)
as Dr. Spiegel
Skinned Alive (1990)
as Phink
Robot Ninja (1989)
as Marty Coleslaw
The James Hoffa Story (1975)
Actor
The Blind Waiter (1980)
Actor
Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever (2012)
as Self
Clockwork (1979)
as Serial Killer
Where Truth Lies (1996)
as Prison Guard
Red (1993)
as The caller
Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except (1985)
as Pin Cushion
Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' Companion (1992)
as Himself
No Dough Boys (1974)
Actor
Wild Malibu Weekend! (1995)
as Make-Up Shemp #1
Cleveland Smith, Bounty Hunter (1982)
Actor
Hatred Of A Minute (2002)
as Bored Party Guest (credited as Peter Perkinson)
Torro. Torro. Torro! (1981)
Actor
Slashed Prices: The Making of Intruder (2011)
as Self
Stryker's War (1980)
as Marine
The Cult of Ichi (2007)
as Self
Oedipus Rex (1972)
Actor
The Sappy Sap (1985)
as Man
The Singing Nutzs (1974)
Actor
Invaluable: The True Story of an Epic Artist (2014)
as Self
Swallowed Souls: The Making of 'Evil Dead 2' (2011)
as Self
The Case of the Topanga Pearl (1976)
Actor
The Final Round (1977)
as Manager
Post Traumatic: An American Nightmare (2009)
as Self
Shock Cinema: Volume One (1991)
as Himself
James Bombed in "Here Today... Gun Tomorrow" (1976)
Actor
Acting and Reacting (1978)
Actor
Half-Wits-Holiday (1974)
Actor
I'll Never Heil Again (1975)
Actor
Inspector Clutz Saves the Day (1969)
as Igor the Monster
Curse of the Werewolf (1974)
Actor
A Night in a Sanitarium (1973)
Actor