Biography
An amateur filmmaker as a teenager, Harrington made several experimental shorts in 8- and 16-mm from the early '40s to the mid '50s, including
The Fall of the House of Usher,
Picnic, and The Wormwood Star. He also acted in
Kenneth Anger's classic 1954 avant-garde short
Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (playing Cesare the somnambulist from The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari). An assistant to producer
Jerry Wald in the early '50s, Harrington became an associate producer in 1955 and wrote and directed his first theatrical feature in 1963: the atmospheric fantasy
Night Tide, starring
Dennis Hopper. Horror has been Harrington's specialty, his films ranging from the low-budget science-fictioner Queen of Blood (aka
Planet of Blood, which he also scripted) and the possession terror tale
Ruby, to the thrillers
Games, What's The Matter with Helen?, and Who Slew Auntie Roo?. Harrington has also worked regularly in television since the '70s, helming horror films such as
The Cat Creature and Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell, as well as episodes of
Dynasty. ~ All Movie Guide