Jesús Franco
Birthday
1930/05/12
Day of death
2013/04/02 (82 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Madrid, Spain
Also know as
Clifford Brown, A.L. Mariaux, Jess Franco, Pablo Villa, Joan Almirall, Rosa M. Almirall, Rosa María Almirall, Juan G. Cabral, Betty Carter, Candy Coster, Terry de Corsia, Rick Deconinck, Raymond Dubois, Chuck Evans, Toni Falt, Dennis Farnon, Jess Franck, Lennie Hayden, Frank Hollman, B.F. Johnson, J.P. Johnson, James Lee Johnson, James P. Johnson, David J. Khune, David Khunn, Lulú Laverne, Franco Manera, Jeff Manner, Roland Marceignac, C. Plaut, Robert Zinnermann, Dan L. Simon, Lowel Richmond, Jesus Manera, 헤수스 프랑코, Jack Griffin
Biography
Jesús "Jess" Franco was a Spanish film director, writer, cinematographer and actor. His career took off in 1961 with his cult classic The Awful Dr. Orloff, which received wide distribution in the United States and England. Though he had some American box office success with Necronomicon, his first women-in-prison film Ninety-Nine Women, and his two Christopher Lee films, The Bloody Judge and Count Dracula, he never achieved wide commercial success. Franco moved from Spain to France in 1970 so th...Read more
Acting
(1973) The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
as Morpho
(1969) The Castle of Fu Manchu
as Insp. Ahmet
(1970) Count Dracula
as Van Helsing's servant (uncredited)
(1971) The Devil Came from Akasava
as Tino Celli
(1972) The Corpse Packs His Bags
as Gonzales
(1999) Vampire Blues
as The Merchant
(2002) Antena Criminal: Making a Jess Franco Movie
as Himself
(2001) Journey into Perversion
as Himself
(1966) The Diabolical Dr. Z
as Inspector Tanner
(2014) Falks Frauen
as (archive footage)
(2021) Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess
as Self (archive footage)
(1999) Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell
as Dr. James Wong
(1968) Succubus
as Writer
(1966) Attack of the Robots
as Piano Player
(1964) Dr. Orloff's Monster
as Piano Player
(1973) Eugenie de Sade
as Attila Tanner
(1971) She Killed in Ecstasy
as Dr. Donen
(1969) Venus in Furs
as Jazz Musician (uncredited)
(1976) Barbed Wire Dolls
as Maria's Father (uncredited)
(1977) Kiss Me Killer
as Marcel
(1974) Night of the Skull
as Andy
(1973) Female Vampire
as Dr. Roberts
(1984) The Sinister Doctor Orloff
as Manolo
(1972) The Vengeance of Dr. Mabuse
as Crosby / Drunk Man in Nightclub
(2009) Take-Away Spirit
as J.W. Radek
(1981) Jailhouse Wardress
as Uncle Jess
(1981) Sex Is Crazy
as Film Director
(1969) The Girl from Rio
as Guitar Player
(1971) Vampyros Lesbos
as Memmet
(1975) Downtown
as Al Pereira
(1975) Women Behind Bars
as Bill
(1975) Exorcism
as Mathis Vogel, aka Laforgue
(1981) Sadomania
as Lucas
(1985) Judoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong
as Dr. Wong
(1976) Midnight Party
as Janos Radeck
(2003) Death Karate in Torremolinos
as Miyagi
(1970) Eugenie
as Man in Red Ritual Scene (uncredited)
(1974) Celestine
as Sleeping Man
(2013) Al Pereira vs. the Alligator Ladies
as The Director
(2012) La cripta de las condenadas
as ---
(1972) Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves
as Director
(1977) Slaves
as Radeck's Assistant
(2013) La última película de Jess Franco
as Self
(2000) Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote
as Self
(1973) Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac
as Inspecteur Hernandez
(2013) The Rhythm of Jess
as Self
(1983) Macumba Sexual
as Recepcionist
(2000) Call Him Jess
as Himself
(1981) Bloody Moon
as Doctor (uncredited)
(2014) Call Me Jess Redux
as Himself
(2003) On the Threshold to Another World
as Himself
(1969) Marquis de Sade: Justine
as ---
(1964) Strange Voyage
as Don Venancio
(1980) White Cannibal Queen
as Mr. Martin
(1984) A Crack for Two
as Tom
(1972) Vampir Cuadecuc
as Self
(1973) Dolls for Sale
as ---
(1983) En busca del dragón dorado
as Blind Old Man
(1976) Les emmerdeuses
as ---
(1983) Blood on My Shoes
as Abductor
(1983) The Blues of Pop Street
as Sam Chesterfield
(1986) Girl with the Red Lips
as Professor Karame
(1992) El abuelo, la condesa y Escarlata la traviesa
as ---
(2013) Los profundos sueños de Jennifer
as Voz
(1979) The Sadist of Notre Dame
as Mathis Vogel
(1969) Kiss Me Monster
as Abilene's Contact Man
(1976) Shining Sex
as Dr. Seward
(1983) The Night Of Open Sex
as Count
(1969) Your Caresses
as ---
(1968) The Blood of Fu Manchu
as ---
(2003) Red Venice
as Jess Franco
(1973) The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
as Lord Comfort (uncredited)
(2013) Revenge of the Alligator Ladies
as Himself
(2012) Debris Documentar
as Himself
(1988) Flesh Eating Mothers
as Policeman
(1967) Lucky, the Inscrutable
as Ciego / Zoltan / Guitarrista
(2007) Angel of Death 2: The Prison Island Massacre
as Pete
(2004) See you later Cowabunga: La maldición del cenachero diabólico!
as ---
(1984) Night Has a Thousand Desires
as Psychiatrist (uncredited)
(1979) Justine and the Whip
as Strange Guy
(1984) Camino solitario
as Doctor Callman
(1983) Black Boots, Leather Whip
as Matón en cementerio de coches (voice) (uncredited)
(1975) The Hot Nights of Linda
as Dr. Roberts (as Jess Franck)
(1956) Around the World in Eighty Days
as Extra (uncredited)
(1988) Esa cosa con plumas
as ---
(2012) Tío Jess
as Self
(2007) Jesús Franco, manera de vivir
as Himself
(2017) Drácula Barcelona
as Himself
(1969) Two Undercover Angels
as Napoleon Bolivard
(2005) The Well
as ---
(2009) Idoru
as ---
(2008) Martes de Carnaval
as ---
(1969) 99 Women
as Official (uncredited)
(2014) Queridos monstruos
as Self
(2005) Ban the Sadist Videos!
as Self
(2015) Soledad Miranda, Flower in the Desert
as Himself (archive footage)
(2009) Coffins of Light
as himself
(2009) Por la gracia de Luis
as Himself
(1980) What a Honeymoon
as Dying Man (uncredited)
(1973) El misterio del castillo rojo
as ---
(2014) Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1989) Esmeralda Bay
as Boat Captain
(1966) Attack of the Robots
as Pianist (uncredited)
(2005) Jesús in Furs
as Himself
(2019) Wild Session
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
(1972) Daughter of Dracula
as Cyril Jefferson
(1977) Greta, the Mad Butcher
as Dr. Milton Arcos (as Jess Franco)
(1962) The Awful Dr. Orlof
as Pianist (uncredited)
(1973) A Virgin Among the Living Dead
as Basilio
(1976) Ladies House of Pleasure
as ---
(1984) Bahia Blanca
as The Miseries (uncredited)
(1966) Residence for Spies
as Casino Piano Player (uncredited)
(1964) Death Whistles the Blues
as Saxofonista en Club de Nueva Orleans (uncredited)
(1984) Lilian, the Perverted Virgin
as Bernardo
(2008) Ellos robaron la picha de Hitler
as Padre del Dr. Weissman
(1958) Anna Said Yes
as Pianista (uncredited)
(2002) Perversion Stories
as Self
(2007) Bloody Jess
as Self
(2007) Beloved Count
as Self
(1976) White Skin Black Thighs
as Graf Anastasio
(1971) X312 - Flight to Hell
as Man at John Somers'
(2024) Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada 'S'
as Self - Archive footage
(1975) Demoniac
as ---
(1988) The Bizarre World of Jess Franco
as Self
(2010) Macumba sexual: Voodoo Jess
as Self
(1999) Eurotika!
as Self