Allison Hayes, star of “Attack of the 50 Foot Woman” (1958), was featured in a number of b-movies throughout her prolific acting career, including: “Zombies of Mora Tau” (1957), “The Unearthly” (1957), “The Undead” (1957), “The Disembodied” (1957), “Wolf Dog” (1958), “The Hypnotic Eye” (1960), and “The Crawling Hand” (1963).

In “Creature from the Black Lagoon” (1954) Ben Chapman (left) portrayed the creature on land, and Ricou Browning (right) was the actor in water sequences. Neither were credited in the Universal film, as the studio wanted to keep the creature mysterious.

“Creature from the Black Lagoon” (1954) is the first of a film trilogy, followed by "Revenge of the Creature" (1955) and "The Creature Walks Among Us" (1956).

No (known) American made 1950's b-movie begins with the letters X or Y.

1957 was truly the height of the "Golden Age" of 1950's b-cinema. During that one year alone, 38 (known) films were released. That's more than double the number of b-movies released the previous year (15 known in 1956).

Roger Corman, ‘The Pope of Pop Cinema’, is credited with 55 directed films and some 385 produced films from 1954 through 2008. Corman’s earliest credits include: Producer of “Monster from the Ocean Floor” (1954) and “Night of the Blood Beast” (1958); Director of “Swamp Women” (1955), “The Beast with a Million Eyes” (1955), “Day the World Ended” (1955), “It Conquered the World” (1956), “Not of This Earth” (1957), “Attack of the Crab Monsters” (1957), “The Undead” (1957), “The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent” (1957), “War of the Satellites” (1958), “Teenage Cave Man” (1958), “She Gods of Shark Reef” (1958), and “A Bucket of Blood” (1959); and Executive Producer of “Attack of the Giant Leeches” (1959).

Ed Wood finished his film "Revenge of the Dead"  by late 1957, but could not afford the post-production work.  This resulted in the production company holding the negatives "hostage" until 1980, when film archivist Wade Williams managed to locate the film (believed long lost), paid the overdue bills to the lab, and obtained ownership of it. Williams renamed it to "Night of the Ghouls" for its 1984 home video release. According to Paul Marco (the actor who portrayed 'Kelton the Cop'), the film did have a theatrical premiere in 1959, but Wood was not satisfied with the result and felt it needed further editorial changes.

Swedish professional wrestler turned actor Tor Johnson [Tore Johansson] appeared in over 30 films during his 34 year acting career. Best known for his roles in Ed Wood's films "Bride of the Monster" (1955), "Night of the Ghouls" (1958), and "Plan 9 from Outer Space" (1959), Johnson also starred in non-Wood b-films, such as  "The Black Sleep" (1956, with Bela Lugosi in his last true film role), "The Unearthly" (1957, along side Allison Hayes), and "The Beast of Yucca Flats" (1961, which critics suggest may be worse than Ed Wood's legendarily bad "Plan 9 from Outer Space" and perhaps the worst film overall ever made).

He was also a Freemason. Legend has it that he was introduced to the fraternity by Bela Lugosi.

Late in life, iconic horror legend Bela Lugosi would be featured in three of Ed Wood's films ["Glen or Glenda" (1953), "Bride of the Monster" (1955), and posthumously in "Plan 9 from Outer Space" (1959)], but there was almost a fourth. Wood did approach him for the lead role in his 1954 film "Jail Bait", but Lugosi was busy when filming started and had to bow out.

Long-time girlfriend of Ed Wood, Dolores Fuller, appeared in his films "Glen or Glenda" (1953), "Jail Bait" (1954), and "Bride of the Monster" (1955, brief cameo). After leaving Wood (primarily due to his excessive drinking), Dolores would later write the lyrics to 12 songs recorded by Elvis Presley. She also appeared in "Mesa of Lost Women" (1953), in addition to other film and television appearances.

The Amazing Criswell (Jeron Criswell King), the flamboyant, spit curled narrator of Ed Wood films, such as "Night of the Ghouls" (1958) and "Plan 9 from Outer Space" (1959), was quite the Hollywood socialite. Best known for his horribly inaccurate predictions, Criswell appeared on both "The Jack Paar Show" and "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson", published 3 books of predictions, a spoken word recording of predictions, and a weekly syndicated newspaper article. Criswell also served as personal psychic of Mae West, who wrote and recorded a song called "Criswell Predicts" in 1955. It is said that West sold Criswell her old luxury cars for five dollars.

While it is generally known that "Plan 9 from Outer Space" (1959) was originally titled "Grave Robbers from Outer Space" (when it had a private preview in March of 1957), Ed Wood was notorious for renaming his films throughout his career. "Glen or Glenda" (1953) was originally titled "I Changed My Sex!", "Jail Bait" (1954) was originally titled "The Hidden Face", "Bride of the Monster" (1955) was originally titled "Bride of the Atom", and "The Violent Years" (1956) was originally titled "Teenage Girl Gang". Wood would continue this trend into the 1960s.

Veteran actor Dick Miller, who appeared in such iconic films as "The Terminator" (1984), "Gremlins" (1984), and a voice role in "Batman: Mask of the Phantasm" (1993) - to name a few - got his start in b-movies. In fact, his first 11 on-screen appearances were in films directed by Roger Corman (from 1956-1963). In all, Miller appeared in 13 Corman films.

"Night of the Living Dead" (1968) lifted music from "Teenagers from Outer Space" (1959) and "The Hideous Sun Demon" (1959) [among others] for its soundtrack.