Born in Madrid, Spain — May 12 1930• Died Apr 02 2013

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 that he could make more violent and sexual films, and it was a…
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Extra (uncredited)

Directing

Directing

Self

Attila Tanner

Directing

Writing

Sleeping Man

Directing

Man in Red Ritual Scene (uncredited)

Writing

Basilio

Directing

Van Helsing's servant (uncredited)

Dr. Roberts

Directing

Lucas

Self (archive footage)

Production

Writing

Maria's Father (uncredited)

Official (uncredited)

Directing

Production

Dr. Milton Arcos (as Jess Franco)

Memmet

Jazz Musician (uncredited)

Inspector Tanner

Janos Radeck

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Writing

Directing

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Writing

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Doctor (uncredited)

Writer

Doctor (uncredited)

Directing

Don Manolito

Directing

Morpho

Writing

Inspecteur Hernandez

Writing

Abductor

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Gonzales

Directing

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dr. Donen

Writing

The Miseries (uncredited)

Directing

Directing

Self - Archive footage

Don Venancio

Piano Player

Crosby / Drunk Man in Nightclub

Dr. Roberts (as Jess Franck)

Boat Captain

Al Pereira

Guitar Player

Mr. Martin

Mathis Vogel, aka Laforgue

Writing

Tino Celli

Director

Self

Abilene's Contact Man (uncredited)

Writing

Man at John Somers'

Production

Sound

Directing
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Count
Self

Writing

Production

Writing

Insp. Ahmet

Directing

Dying Man (uncredited)

Writing

Andy

Directing

Writing

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Writing

Writing

Editing

Manolo

Film Director

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Napoleon Bolivard

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Roger (uncredited)

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Uncle Jess

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Matón en cementerio de coches (voice) (uncredited)

Editing

Himself

Self

Sound

Directing

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Saxofonista en Club de Nueva Orleans (uncredited)

Cyril Jefferson

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Radeck's Assistant

Writing


Writing

Directing

Pianista (uncredited)

Writing

Himself

Ciego / Zoltan / Guitarrista

Writing

Directing

Sound

Directing

Policeman

Directing

himself

Pianist (uncredited)

Production

Directing

Mathis Vogel

Self

Padre del Dr. Weissman

Writing

Marcel

Writing

Self

Writing

Self

Himself (archive footage)
Directing

Lord Comfort (uncredited)

Directing

Self

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Casino Piano Player (uncredited)
Directing

Directing
Self

Writing

Writing

Professor Karame

Psychiatrist (uncredited)

Himself

Sound

Miyagi

Writing

Blind Old Man

The Director

Directing
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Sound

Directing

Himself


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Bill

Himself

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Himself

Sam Chesterfield
Self

Writing
(archive footage)

Directing

Self

Rose Hotel's recepcionist (uncredited)

Directing


Writing


Himself


Doctor Callman

The Merchant

Piano Player

Production

Costume & Make-Up
Directing

Recepcionist

Mathis Vogel

Directing

Writing

Himself

Dr. James Wong
J.W. Radek

Sound
Directing
Directing

Himself
self

Directing

Sound

Himself

Writing


Directing
Voz

Directing

Dr. Wong
Directing

Writing
Self

Self

Writing
Directing

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Himself

Tom

Dr. Seward

Jess Franco

Strange Guy

Pete

Bernardo

Graf Anastasio

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Crew

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Sound

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