Alan Smithee's name appears on so many bad movies that every time someone makes a bad movie they have to pay Smithee a royalty. If you ever watch the credits at the end of a movie, you'll see Smithee's name on a raft of bad movies.
He was perhaps the most reclusive man in Hollywood. Only one picture of Alan Smithee was ever made public and it was taken when he was a 22 year old extra at RKO Studios.
The famed director of such films as "Framed" and "Dreams of Silverman" was found dead in his Bel-Air home this morning.