Director John Carpenter gave Flower a cameo role in several films he made throughout the 1980s.

Flower began his career in the 1970s with roles in numerous erotic, exploitation, and horror films, including Satan's Lust (1971),[3] The Daring Dobermans (1973), Criminally Insane (1975), and Drive-In Massacre (1976).

Director John Carpenter cast Flower in a supporting role in the supernatural horror film The Fog (1980), and continued to hire Flower in small roles in several of his subsequent films, including Escape from New York (1981), Starman (1984), They Live (1988), Body Bags (1993), and Village of the Damned (1995).

Flower died of cancer[citation needed] in Los Angeles, California at age 66 on June 18, 2004.

Also: screenplay co-writer; associate producer Also known as: Harold Robbins' The Lonely Lady Also: screenplay co-writer (with Ed Hansen); line producer Also known as: Bail Out