ACTOR Jonathan Haze, best known for his iconic role as Seymour in the 1986 film The Little Shop of Horrors, has died at the age of 95.
The beloved star died of natural causes on Saturday, November 2, his daughter Rebecca confirmed.
She said he died peacefully at his home in Los Angeles, Deadline reports.
Haze’s star-studded career kicked off after he was discovered at a gas station and cast in the 1954 film Monster From the Ocean Floor.
The film was produced by Little Shop of Horrors director Roger Corman, and was the start of a long working relationship between the pair.
Haze was soon cast in The Fast and the Furious in 1954 and in Five Guns West in 1955.
He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on April 1, 1929 and went on to rack up 41 credits during his career that spanned five decades.
As well as appearing in nearly 20 Corman films, Haze starred in a number of TV shows, including Dragnet and 77 Sunset Strip.
His most famous role, however, was Seymour Krelboined in 1960s original adaptation of Little Shop of Horrors.
Seymour is described in the screenplay as “a scrawny runt, with a nose like a door-stopper and the gait of an ostrich.”
Working as an assistant in a skid row flower shop, he is fired after botching an arrangement for a mean dentist.
The character gets to keep his job, though, after telling the boss about a plant he has grown from seeds.
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The plant only grows, however, when Seymour cuts his finger and drips blood on the plant – prompting it to demand more and more.
It leads to the film’s signature catchphrase: “Feed me, Seymour.”
