Below is a list I pulled of the internet in concerning horror hosts. You will notice that while Omaha's own Gregore and Macabra were mentioned, somehow Dr. San Guinary was overlooked. I got a giggle out of that, mainly because Gregore and Macabra never reached the popularity that Dr. San Guinary did, nor did either of them last nearly as long.

Enjoyed everybody's postings in rec.arts.tv RE: Creature Feature Hosts. There's a terrific book on this subject, TELEVISION HORROR MOVIE HOSTS - 68 VAMPIRES, MAD SCIENTISTS AND OTHER DENIZENS OF THE LATE-NIGHT AIRWAVES EXAMINED AND INTERVIEWED, by Elena M. Watson (McFarland and Company, Inc., 1991). I've compiled and attached a list of all the hosts discussed in the book (some in separate chapters, some just mentioned in passing), hoping to stimulate more first-hand memories. I haven't added any of the hosts mentioned in anybody's net postings, and I'm sure there are lots more local stations hosts that the author didn't have info about. Was this strictly a U.S. phenomenon? How about England, Canada, Mexico or other countries?

In Key West in the early '60's (immortalized in the recent film MATINEE), we watched horror host M.T. GRAVES on a Miami station (can't remember the name of show, dammit). M.T. only got a couple of paragraphs in Ms. Watson's book, but there was a photo feature about him in an early issue of FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND, the monsterlovers bible. I was a bit disappointed that the book didn't have a photo of him (though there are many great shots of other hosts), and didn't have any information about the person that played him. M.T. wore a black frightwig and bushy eyebrows, buck teeth, rubber monster feet, a hook on one hand, and a big scar down his face. For a while, he also hosted science fiction films in a spacesuit as "M.T. SPACE"...

Several people mentioned COUNT GORE DE VOL in the Baltimore area. Unless something has happened to him recently, he's still among the living dead; he regularly attends a horror film convention (FANEX) in Baltimore in late summer, presiding over an event or two in full regalia.

I was privileged to be able to attend the FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND convention in Arlington last summer, where many legendary horror and science fiction luminaries were special guests -- editor Forrest J Ackerman (Guest of Honor), Robert ("Psycho") Bloch, Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, Curt Siodmak, Ray Harryhausen, Jim Danforth, Frank Kelly Freas, Brinke Stevens, John Agar, and many others. A real highpoint for me was meeting Zacherley, the Coolest Ghoul of all. I never got to see his original shows anywhere I lived growing up, and always envied the experience. Why doesn't somebody find a slot for some of these people in the weekend lineup? BRING BACK ZACK! (Or Commander USA, or Chilly Billy, or Elvira, or Ghoulardi, or...?)

Enough raving... the list follows.

George Chastain -- WVNET, Morgantown, West Virginia U0E53@WVNVM or U0E53@WVNVM.WVNET.EDU *************************************************

AMERICAN TV HORROR MOVIE HOSTS

The horror hosts below are all discussed in Elena M. Watson's "Television Horror Movie Hosts -- 68 Vampires, Mad Scientists and Other Denizens of the Late-Night Airwaves Examined and Interviewed" (McFarland & Company, Inc., 1991).

KEY: Alphabetical listing (by first word in host's name) in following format:

• HOST (ALL CAPS for complete info; Mixed Case for pointers)
• (played by) (? if unknown)
• "Show title" ("?" if unknown)
• Station (City, State)
• Years aired

1. Allen, David
   (see DAVID ALLEN)
   
2. Barclay, John
   (see JOHN BARCLAY)
   
3. BARON DAEMON
   (Mike Price)
   "?"
   WIXT-TV (Syracuse, New York)
   1962 - 1968
   
4. Big Chuck
   (see HOOLIHAN and BIG CHUCK and LITTLE JOHN)
   
5. BILLY VAN (PYRE)
   (?)
   "?"
   
6. KTLA (Los Angeles, California)
   197? - 197?
   
7. BOB WILKINS
   (real name)
   "Creature Features"
   KCRA (Sacramento, California)
   1971 - 19?
   KTVU (Oakland, California)
   1971 - 1978
   
8. he Body
   (see THE BOWMAN BODY)
   
9. THE BOWMAN BODY, a.k.a. THE BODY
   (Bill Bowman)
   "Shock Theatre"
   WXEX (Richmond, Virginia)
   1970 - 1976
   "Cobweb Theatre"
   WVIR-TV (Charlottesville, Virginia)
   1977 - 1979
   "Monsterpiece Theatre"
   WNVC (Fairfax, Virginia)
   1983 - 19?
   
10. Budd, Milton
    (see MILTON BUDD)
    
11. Byram, George
    (see GEORGE BYRAM)
    
12. Cadaverino, Dr.
    (see DR. CADAVERINO)
    
13. Cerberus, Professor
    (see PROFESSOR CERBERUS)
    
14. Cecil Creape, Sir
    (see SIR CECIL CREAPE)
    
15. CHILLY BILLY
    (Bill Cardille)
    "Chiller Theatre"
    "Saturday Late Show"
    WIIC-TV and WPXI-TV (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
    1963 - 1983
    
16. CHUCK ZINK
    (real name)
    "?"
    WTVJ (Miami, Florida)
    195? - 19??
    
17. COMMANDER USA and LEFTY
    (?)
    "Groovie Movies"
    USA Cable Network (from a Video Vault in suburban New Jersey)
    1985 - 1989
    
18. The Cool Ghoul (see ZACHERLEY and next item)
    
19. THE COOL GHOUL
    (George Cavender -- see also ZACHERLEY, the original Cool Ghoul)
    "?"
    WOAC (Akron, Ohio)
    1984 - 1985
    
20. THE COUNT
    (Joe Towey)
    "Nightmare Theatre"
    KIRO-TV-7 (Seattle, Washington)
    1968 - 1975
    
21. The Count (Count Scary)
    (see COUNT SCARY, a.k.a THE COUNT)
    
22. COUNT FLOYD
    (Joe Flaherty)
    "Horror Chiller Monster Theatre"
    (Fictional horror host on the TV comedy showcase SCTV)
    
23. COUNT SCARY, a.k.a THE COUNT
    (Tom Ryan)
    "Scary" specials; no regular series
    WDIV-TV (Detroit, Michigan)
    1982 - 19??
    "Shocktober Halloween Movie Marathon"
    WKBD (Detroit, Michigan)
    1984 (as Count Scary), 1987 (as The Count)
    
24. COUNT GORE DE VOL
    (Dick Dyszel)
    "Creature Feature"
    WDXR-TV (Paducah, Kentucky)
    1971 - 1972
    "Saturday Chiller"
    WDCA (Washington, D.C.)
    1973 - 1979, 1984 - 1987
    
25. COUNT SHOCKULA
    (?)
    "Shock Theatre"
    ? (Winston-Salem, North Carolina)
    19?? - 19??
    
26. COUNT ZAPPULA
    (Don Melvoin)
    "?"
    Channel 29 (Traverse City, Michigan)
    1976 - 1980
    WPBN-TV-7 (Traverse City, Michigan)
    Early '80's - 19??
    
27. THE CREEP
    (?)
    "Creature Feature"
    "Son of Creature Feature"
    "Revenge of Creature Feature"
    WNEW-TV (New York, New York)
    Early '80's
    
28. CREMATIA MORTEM, a.k.a. THE GHOSTESS WITH THE MOSTESS
    (Roberta Solomon)
    "Creature Feature"
    KSHB-TV-41 (Kansas City, Missouri)
    1981 - 19??
    
29. Daemon, Baron
    (see BARON DAEMON)
    
30. Daughter of Desire, The
    (see STELLA)
    
31. DAVID ALLEN
    (real name)
    "?"
    WKBN-TV (Youngstown, Ohio)
    195? - 19??
    
32. Doug Graves
    (see SON OF SVENGOOLIE and DOUG GRAVES)
    
33. DR. CADAVERINO
    (Jack Du Blon)
    "Nightmare Theatre"
    
34. WITI (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
    1964 - 1977
    
35. DR. E. NICK WITTY and EPAL
    (Alan Milair, Bill Everett)
    "Monster Movie Matinee"
    WXTM (Syracuse, New York)
    1964 - 1980
    "Chamber 13 - Tales of Horror"
    Cable Channel 13 (Syracuse, New York)
    1980 - 1985
    
36. DR. LUCIFER
    (?)
    "?"
    WBAL-TV (Baltimore, Maryland)
    195? - 19??
    
37. DR. LUCIFUR
    (Ken Bramming)
    "Shock Theater"
    WSIX (now WKRN-TV) (Nashville, Tennessee)
    1958 - 196?
    
38. DR. MADBLOOD
    (Jerry Harrell)
    "Dr. Madblood's Movie"
    WAVY-TV (Virginia Beach, Virginia)
    1975 - 1982, 1984, 1986
    "Dr. Madblood's Night Visions"
    WHRO (Virginia Beach, Virginia)
    1982 - 1983
    "?"
    WTVZ (Virginia Beach, Virginia)
    1989 - 19??
    
39. DR. MERIDIAN
    (?)
    "Shock!"
    WPTA-TV (Fort Wayne, Indiana)
    195? - 19??
    
40. DR. ALEXANDER MORGUS, a.k.a. MORGUS THE MAGNIFICENT
    (Sidney Noel Rideau)
    "House of Shock"
    WWL-TV (New Orleans, Louisiana)
    1959 - 196?
    "Morgus Presents"
    WJBK-TV (Detroit, Michigan)
    1964
    Other New Orleans TV stations and syndications until 1989.
    
41. DR. PAUL BEARER
    (Dick Bennick)
    "Creature Feature"
    WTOG (St. Petersburg, Florida)
    197? - 199?
    
42. DR. SHOCK
    (Joseph Zawislak)
    "Scream-In"
    "Mad Theater"
    "Horror Theater"
    WPHL-TV (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
    1969 - 1979
    
43. Dr. ZinGRR (mixed case intentional)
    (Robert O. Smith)
    "?"
    Channel 13 (Seattle, Washington)
    1971 - 1976
    
44. Drac
    (see FRANK and DRAC)
    
45. Epal
    (see DR. E. NICK WITTY and EPAL)
    
46. ELVIRA, MISTRESS OF THE DARK
    (Cassandra Peterson)
    "Movie Macabre"
    KHJ-TV (Los Angeles, California)
    1981 - 199?
    
47. FAMOUS MORRIS
    (?)
    "?"
    
48. KCOP (Los Angeles, California)
    c. 1975
    
49. Floyd, Count
    (see COUNT FLOYD)
    
50. Frank
    (see FRANK and DRAC)
    
51. FRANK and DRAC
    (Christopher Allen, Robert Kokai)
    "The Frank and Drac Show"
    WOIO (Cleveland, Ohio)
    1987 - 1988
    
52. Frankie
    (see WARREN REED and FRANKIE)
    
53. GEORGE BYRAM
    (real name)
    "?"
    KBTV (Denver, Colorado)
    195? - 19??
    
54. The Ghostess with the Mostess
    (see CREMATIA MORTEM)
    
55. THE GHOUL
    (Ron Sweed)
    "?"
    Channel 61 (Cleveland, Ohio; syndicated in other major cities)
    1971 - 1974, 1982
    "?" WXON-TV (Detroit, Michigan)
    1976 - 1978
    
56. GHOULARDI
    (Ernie Anderson)
    "?"
    WJW-TV (Cleveland, Ohio)
    1962 - 1966
    
57. GHOULITA
    (?)
    "Jeepers Creepers Theatre"
    KCOP-TV-13 (Los Angeles, California)
    1963 - 1964
    
58. Gore De Vol
    (see COUNT GORE DE VOL)
    
59. GORGON THE GRUESOME
    (Bill Camfield)
    "Nightmare"
    KFJZ-TV (Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas)
    1957 - 1964
    
60. GRAMPA
    (Al Lewis, reviving his role in the '60's sitcom "The Munsters")
    "Super Scary Saturday"
    WTBS (Atlanta, Georgia)
    1987 - 1989
    
61. Graves Ghastly, Sir
    (see SIR GRAVES GHASTLY)
    
62. GREGORE
    (Greg Dunn)
    "?"
    KMTV (Omaha, Nebraska)
    195? - 19??
    
63. GREGORY GRAVE
    (Harvey Brunswick)
    "Shock!"
    KMBC (Kansas City, Missouri)
    195? - 19??
    
64. GRIMSLEY
    (Robert Forster)
    "Fright Night"
    KHJ-TV (Los Angeles, California)
    1976 - c. 1979
    
65. THE HOST and RODNEY
    (Tom Leahy, Lee Parsons)
    "Nightmare"
    KAKE-TV (Wichita, Kansas)
    195? - 19??
    
66. HOOLIHAN and BIG CHUCK and LITTLE JOHN
    (Bob Wells, Charles Schodowski, and John Rinaldi)
    "The Hoolihan and Big Chuck Show"
    "The Big Chuck and Little John Show"
    WJKW-TV (Cleveland, Ohio)
    1966 - 199?
    
67. JEEPERS CREEPERS
    (Bob Guy)
    "Jeepers Creepers Theatre"
    KCOP-TV-13 (Los Angeles, California)
    1962 - 1963
    
68. JEEPERS KEEPER
    (Fred Stuthman)
    "Jeepers Creepers Theatre"
    
69. KCOP-TV-13 (Los Angeles, California)
    1964 - 19??
    
70. JOHN BARCLAY
    (real name)
    "Nightmare Theater"
    KRON-TV (San Francisco, California)
    19?? - 19??
    
71. JOHN STANLEY
    (real name)
    "Creature Features"
    KTVU (Oakland, California)
    1979 - 1984
    
72. THE KEEPER
    (Rich Clark)
    "Chamber Theatre"
    WVEC-TV-13 (Hampton-Norfolk, Virginia)
    1984 - 1986
    
73. Lefty
    (see COMMANDER USA and LEFTY)
    
74. Little John
    (see HOOLIHAN and BIG CHUCK and LITTLE JOHN)
    
75. Lucifer, Dr.
    (see DR. LUCIFER)
    
76. Lucifur, Dr.
    (see DR. LUCIFUR)
    
77. M.T. GRAVES
    (?)
    "?"
    WCKT (Miami, Florida)
    195? - 196?
    
78. MACABRA
    (?)
    "Theatre of the Macabre"
    WOWT (Omaha, Nebraska)
    1982 - 1985
    
79. Madblood, Dr.
    (see DR. MADBLOOD)
    
80. MAD DADDY
    (Pete Myers)
    "Shock Theater"
    WJW-TV (Cleveland, Ohio)
    195? - 19??
    
81. Maneater from Manyunk, That
    (see STELLA)
    
82. MARILYN THE WITCH
    (Dolores Denny)
    "The Witching Hour"
    KCMO (Kansas City, Missouri)
    195? - 19??
    
83. MARVIN
    (Terry Bennett)
    "Shock!"
    WBKB (Chicago, Illinois)
    195? - 19??
    
84. Meridian, Dr.
    (see DR. MERIDIAN)
    
85. MILTON BUDD
    "?"
    WMBD-TV (Peoria, Illinois)
    195? - 19??
    
86. Mistress of the Dark
    (see ELVIRA)
    
87. MOONA LISA
    (?)
    "Fright Night"
    KHJ-TV (Los Angeles, California)
    c. 1971
    
88. Morgus, Dr.; Morgus the Magnificent
    (see DR. MORGUS)
    
89. Nefu Ned
    (see UNCLE TED and NEFU NED)
    
90. Nesmith, Ottola
    (see OTTOLA NESMITH)
    
91. OTTOLA NESMITH
    (real name)
    "?"
    KTLA (Hollywood, California)
    195? -19??
    
92. THE OUTSIDER
    (John Burke)
    "?"
    WSUN-TV (Tampa, Florida)
    195? - 19??
    
93. Paul Bearer
    (see DR.
    
94. PETER VINCENT
    (Roddy McDowall)
    "Fright Night"
    (Fictional horror host in film "Fright Night" (1985)
    
95. PROFESSOR CERBERUS
    (Greg Bransom)
    "Museum of Horrors"
    KXAS-TV (Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas)
    1973 - 1975
    
96. Reed, Warren
    (see WARREN REED and FRANKIE)
    
97. Rodney
    (see THE HOST and RODNEY)
    
98. ROLAND
    (John Zacherle; see also ZACHERLEY)
    "Shock Theater"
    WCAU-TV (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
    1957
    "Shock Theater"
    WCAU-TV (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
    1957 - 1958
    
99. RONALD
    (Jerry Sandford)
    "Shock Theatre"
    WVEC-TV (Norfolk-Hampton, Virginia)
    195? - 19??
    
100. SAMMY TERRY
     (Bob Carter)
     "?"
     WTTV (Indianapolis, Indiana)
     Early - late '60's, '70's- late '80's
     Channel 11 (Indianapolis, Indiana)
     1990 - 199?
     
101. SELWIN
     
     (Ray Sparenberg)
     "?"
     WISH-TV (Indianapolis, Indiana)
     195? - 19??
     
102. SEYMOUR
     (Larry Vincent)
     "Fright Night"
     "Seymour Presents"
     KHJ-TV (Los Angeles, California)
     c. 1970 - 197?
     "Monster Rally"
     KTLA-TV (Los Angeles, California)
     c. 1973
     
103. Shock, Dr.
     (see DR. SHOCK)
     
104. Shockula
     (see COUNT SHOCKULA)
     
105. SIR CECIL CREAPE
     (Russ McCown)
     "Creature Feature"
     WSM-TV (Nashville, Tennessee)
     1971 - 1982
     "The Phantom of the Opry"
     TNN (Nashville, Tennessee)
     1982 - 1985
     
106. SIR GRAVES GHASTLY
     (Lawson J. Deming)
     "Sir Graves Ghastly Presents"
     WJBK (Detroit, Michigan)
     1966 - 1983
     WTOP (Washington, D.C.)
     196? - 197?
     
107. STELLA, a.k.a. THE DAUGHTER OF DESIRE, THAT MANEATER FROM MANYUNK
     (Karen Scioli)
     "Saturday Night Dead"
     KYW-TV (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
     1984 - 1990
     
108. SON OF GHOUL
     (Kevin Scarpino)
     "?"
     WOAC (Akron, Ohio)
     198? - 19??
     
109. SON OF SVENGOOLIE and DOUG GRAVES
     (Rich Koz, Doug Scharf)
     "Son of Svengoolie"
     WFLD (Chicago, Illinois)
     1979 - 1986
     
110. Stanley, John
     See JOHN STANLEY
     
111. SVENGOOLIE
     (Jerry G. Bishop)
     "Screaming Yellow Theater"
     WFLD (Chicago, Illinois)
     1970 - 1973
     
112. TARANTULA GHOUL
     (Suzanne Waldron)
     "House of Horrors"
     KPTV (Portland, Oregon)
     195? - 19??
     
113. TERRENCE
     (Russ Coglin)
     "Nightmare Theater"
     KRON-TV (San Francisco, California)
     19?? - 19??
     
114. Terry, Sammy
     (see SAMMY TERRY)
     
115. TOULOUSE-NONECK
     (Rick Felski)
     "Shock Theater"
     "Shock Rock"
     WISN-TV (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
     1979 - 1988
     
116. UNCLE TED and NEFU NED
     (Ted Raub, Richard Briggs)
     "Uncle Ted's Ghoul School"
     WNEP-TV-16 (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania)
     1974 - c. 1982
     "Uncle Ted's Monstermania"
     WVIA-TV-44 (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania)
     1984 - 19??
     
117. VAMPIRA
     (Maila Nurmi)
     "?"
     KABC (Los Angeles, California)
     1954-55
     
118. Van (Pyre), Billy
     (see BILLY VAN (PYRE)
     
119. Vincent, Peter
     
     (see PETER VINCENT)
     
120. WARREN REED and FRANKIE
     Warren Reed, Paul Herlinger)
     "?"
     KTNT-TV (Seattle, Washington)
     195? - 19??
     Wilkins, Bob
     (see BOB WILKINS)
     
121. Witty, Dr. E. Nick
     (see DR. E. NICK WITTY and EPAL)
     
122. ZACHERLEY, THE COOL GHOUL
     (John Zacherle; see also ROLAND)
     "Shock!"
     "Zacherley at Large" (syndicated)
     WABC-TV, WOR-TV, WPIX (New York, New York)
     1958 - 1966
     
123. Zappula, Count
     (see COUNT ZAPPULA)
     
124. Zink, Chuck
     (see CHUCK ZINK)
     
125. ZinGRR, Dr.
     (see DR. ZinGRR)
     
126. ZOMBO
     (Louis Nye)
     "?"
     (Fictional horror host on an episode of "The Munsters" '60's TV
     sitcom; Eddie Munster's hero until he discovers Zombo's human.)