Hollywood star Jonathan Haze known for cult classic The Little Shop of Horrors dies aged 95

ACTOR Jonathan Haze, best known for his iconic role as Seymour in the The Little Shop of Horrors, has died at the age of 95.

The beloved star died at his home on Saturday November 2, of natural causes, his daughter Rebecca confirmed.

She said he died peacefully at his home in Los Angeles, per Deadline.

Haze was known for his frequent collaborations with Little Shop of Horrors director Roger Corman, who died himself at 98 earlier this year in May.

He was discovered at a gas station and cast in the 1954 film Monster From the Ocean Floor, which Corman produced.

It was the start of a long working relationship between the pair, with Haze soon being cast in The Fast and the Furious in 1954 and in Five Guns West in 1955.

Haze's Little Shop of Horrors character Seymour Krelboined 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, Seymour 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.

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.”

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