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Lionel Decker
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Lionel Decker

1923 – 2001 · Newark, New Jersey, USA · Active 1970–1994

Lionel Decker, an actor known for his roles in cult cinema, brings a distinctive flair to the screen in Sweet Trash (1970) and Girls of the White Orchid (1983). His performances in these films reflect the bold aesthetics of the 1970s and 1980s exploitation genres. In Sweet Trash, Decker navigates the gritty underbelly of Los Angeles, while in Girls of the White Orchid, he portrays a character entwined in a web of intrigue and seduction. Decker's work contributes to the ongoing conversation about the evolution of cult and exploitation films.

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Girls of the White Orchid

Girls of the White Orchid

1983 ★ 5.1
as Travis

In Los Angeles, the naive and lonely burger waitress and aspirant singer Carol Heath finds an advertisement in the newspaper with a job opportunity in Tokyo. She has a meeting with the agents, the American Cavanaugh and the Japanese Shiro ; she signs the contract in English and Japanese and travels to Japan to work at the White Orchid night-club. She shares a hotel room with a dancer and sooner she discovers the scheme of prostitution in the club that belongs to Yakuza. Alone, without money and her passport, she is protected by Shiro, but pressed by the managers Madame Mori and her husband Hatanaka to be receptive to client's proposals. Meanwhile her former boyfriend returns to LA and seeks her out.

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Filmography

8 credits
1990s 1 credit
1994
Ed Wood as Executive #1
Movie ★ 7.5
1980s 3 credits
1983
Movie ★ 5.3
1982
Cagney & Lacey as Nathan Apstein
TV ★ 7.0
1980
Movie ★ 3.7
1970s 4 credits
1978
Nowhere to Run as Christos
Movie ★ 7.0
1978
Movie ★ 8.0
1976
Helter Skelter as Jury Foreman Tubick
Movie ★ 6.9
1970
Movie ★ 4.9