Jesús Franco
Born in Madrid, Spain — May 12 1930• Died Apr 02 2013
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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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Around the World in 80 Days
Extra (uncredited)
Cecilia
Directing
The Story of Linda
Directing
Eurotika!
Self
Eugenie de Sade
Attila Tanner
Marquis de Sade: Justine
Around the World in 80 Beds
Directing
Women in Cellblock 9
Writing
Celestine
Sleeping Man
Sexy Sisters
Directing
Eugenie
Man in Red Ritual Scene (uncredited)
The Demons
Writing
A Virgin Among the Living Dead
Basilio
Chimes at Midnight
Directing
Count Dracula
Van Helsing's servant (uncredited)
Female Vampire
Dr. Roberts
Call of the Blonde Goddess
Directing
Sadomania
Lucas
Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess
Self (archive footage)
55 Days at Peking
Production
Countess Perverse
Writing
Barbed Wire Dolls
Maria's Father (uncredited)
99 Women
Official (uncredited)
Devil Hunter
Directing
Golden Temple Amazons
Production
Greta, the Mad Butcher
Dr. Milton Arcos (as Jess Franco)
Vampyros Lesbos
Memmet
Venus in Furs
Jazz Musician (uncredited)
The Diabolical Dr. Z
Inspector Tanner
Midnight Party
Janos Radeck
Zorro the Avenger
Writing
Ama Rosa
Writing
Erotic Symphony
Directing
Death of a Cyclist
Directing
Two Female Spies with Flowered Panties
Directing
Pick-Up Girls
Writing
Revenge in the House of Usher
Production
Bloody Moon
Doctor (uncredited)
Succubus
Writer
Lorna, the Exorcist
Doctor (uncredited)
The Greedy Ones
Directing
Martes de Carnaval
Don Manolito
The Bloody Judge
Directing
The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
Morpho
Burning Up Inside
Writing
Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac
Inspecteur Hernandez
Jack the Ripper
Writing
Blood on My Shoes
Abductor
Fifteen Year Old Captain
Directing
Vampire Killer Barbys
Directing
The Blood of Fu Manchu
Angel of Death
Directing
Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun
Directing
The Corpse Packs His Bags
Gonzales
Rififi in the City
Directing
Wild Session
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
She Killed in Ecstasy
Dr. Donen
The House of the Lost Dolls
Writing
Bahia Blanca
The Miseries (uncredited)
Faceless
Directing
Women Without Innocence
Directing
Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada “S”
Self - Archive footage
Strange Voyage
Don Venancio
Attack of the Robots
Piano Player
The Vengeance of Dr. Mabuse
Crosby / Drunk Man in Nightclub
The Hot Nights of Linda
Dr. Roberts (as Jess Franck)
Esmeralda Bay
Boat Captain
Downtown
Al Pereira
The Girl from Rio
Guitar Player
White Cannibal Queen
Mr. Martin
Exorcism
Mathis Vogel, aka Laforgue
Wicked Memoirs of Eugenie
Writing
The Devil Came from Akasava
Tino Celli
Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves
Director
Vampir Cuadecuc
Self
Kiss Me Monster
Abilene's Contact Man (uncredited)
Castle of the Creeping Flesh
Writing
X312 - Flight to Hell
Man at John Somers'
Lust for Frankenstein
Production
Obscene Desire
Sound
Downtown Heat
Directing
In Pursuit of Barbara
Directing
Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein
Writing
The Sexual Story of O
Writing
The Night Of Open Sex
Count
Bloody Jess
Self
The Coyote
Writing
Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula
Production
The Lustful Amazons
Writing
The Castle of Fu Manchu
Insp. Ahmet
Comedians
Directing
What a Honeymoon
Dying Man (uncredited)
The Ticklish Ones
Writing
Night of the Skull
Andy
Sex Charade
Directing
Thong Girls
Writing
Blue Rita
Directing
Blind Target
Directing
Golden Jail
Directing
Queen of the Tabarin Club
Directing
The Girls of the Copacabana
Writing
Convoy of Girls
Writing
Don Quixote
Editing
The Sinister Doctor Orloff
Manolo
Sex Is Crazy
Film Director
Love Camp
Directing
We Are 18 Years Old
Directing
Two Undercover Angels
Napoleon Bolivard
Oasis of the Zombies
Directing
Nightmares Come at Night
Directing
Mansion of the Living Dead
Sound
Your Caresses
Vampiresas 1930
Directing
The Other Side of the Mirror
Roger (uncredited)
Broken Dolls
Directing
How to Seduce a Virgin
Directing
Diamonds of Kilimandjaro
Directing
The House of Lost Women
Writing
Jailhouse Wardress
Uncle Jess
Tender and Perverse Emmanuelle
Directing
Black Boots, Leather Whip
Matón en cementerio de coches (voice) (uncredited)
Cries of Pleasure
Editing
Por la gracia de Luis
Himself
Beloved Count
Self
El lago de las vírgenes
Sound
Fury in the Tropics
Directing
Virgin Report
Directing
La cripta de las condenadas: Parte II
Directing
Death Whistles the Blues
Saxofonista en Club de Nueva Orleans (uncredited)
Daughter of Dracula
Cyril Jefferson
Lovers of Devil's Island
Directing
Jungle of Fear
Directing
Red Silk
Writing
Slaves
Radeck's Assistant
The Mysterious Melody AKA Ce soir les souris dansent
Writing
The Well
The Coyote's Justice
Writing
Killer Barbys vs. Dracula
Directing
Anna Said Yes
Pianista (uncredited)
Alone Against Terror
Writing
Ladies House of Pleasure
Antena Criminal: Making a Jess Franco Movie
Himself
Lucky, the Inscrutable
Ciego / Zoltan / Guitarrista
Zombie Lake
Writing
How Much Does a Spy Make?
Directing
Tender Flesh
Sound
Silence of the Grave
Directing
Flesh-Eating Mothers
Policeman
Helter Skelter
Directing
Coffins of Light
himself
The Awful Dr. Orlof
Pianist (uncredited)
Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil
Production
White Jungle Slave
Directing
The Sadist of Notre Dame
Mathis Vogel
Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote
Self
Ellos robaron la picha de Hitler
Padre del Dr. Weissman
Fulano y Mengano
Writing
Kiss Me Killer
Marcel
El misterio del castillo rojo
Snakewoman
Writing
Ban the Sadist Videos!
Self
Cannibal Terror
Writing
La última película de Jess Franco
Self
Soledad Miranda, Flower in the Desert
Himself (archive footage)
Voces de muerte
Directing
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
Lord Comfort (uncredited)
Paula-Paula
Directing
Tío Jess
Self
Incubus
Directing
Residence for Spies
Casino Piano Player (uncredited)
Sida, la peste del siglo XX
Directing
Historias de Madrid
Directing
Perversion Stories
Self
Night of the Eagles
Writing
Llegaron los franceses
Writing
Girl with the Red Lips
Professor Karame
Night Has a Thousand Desires
Psychiatrist (uncredited)
Revenge of the Alligator Ladies
Himself
Slave of Crime
Sound
Death Karate in Torremolinos
Miyagi
Bangkok, City of the Dead
Writing
En busca del dragón dorado
Blind Old Man
Al Pereira vs. the Alligator Ladies
The Director
The Hotel of Love Affairs
Directing
El destierro del Cid
Directing
El hombre que viajaba despacito
Sound
The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus
Directing
Debris Documentar
Himself
La cripta de las condenadas
The Inconfessable Orgies of Emmanuelle
Directing
Women Behind Bars
Bill
Jesús in Furs
Himself
Merry Christmas
Directing
Jaguar
Directing
On the Threshold to Another World
Himself
The Blues of Pop Street
Sam Chesterfield
Macumba sexual: Voodoo Jess
Self
Red Lips
Writing
Falks Frauen
(archive footage)
Dirty Game in Casablanca
Directing
Queridos monstruos
Self
Trip to Bangkok, Coffin included
Rose Hotel's recepcionist (uncredited)
Sexy Erotic Job
Directing
El abuelo, la condesa y Escarlata la traviesa
Sexual Perversions of a Married Woman
Writing
Dolls for Sale
Call Me Jess Redux
Himself
Esa cosa con plumas
Lonely Road
Doctor Callman
Vampire Blues
The Merchant
Dr. Orloff's Monster
Piano Player
The Last from Philippines
Production
¡Biba la banda!
Costume & Make-Up
El huésped de la niebla
Directing
Macumba Sexual
Recepcionist
Sexorcismes
Mathis Vogel
A Virgin for St. Tropez
Directing
A Bad Day at the Cemetery
Writing
Drácula Barcelona
Himself
Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell
Dr. James Wong
Take-Away Spirit
J.W. Radek
Cuadrilátero
Sound
Las playas vacías
Directing
Lascivia
Directing
Call Him Jess
Himself
Jess' Women
self
Trapped Women
Directing
Vampire Junction
Sound
Journey into Perversion
Himself
The Troublemakers
Oro español
Writing
Idoru
Montes de Venus
Directing
Los profundos sueños de Jennifer
Voz
A Man, Eight Girls
Directing
Judoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong
Dr. Wong
Juliette
Directing
Vampyros Lesbos
Writing
The Bizarre World of Jess Franco
Self
The Rhythm of Jess
Self
The Tree from Spain
Writing
Estampas guipuzcoanas número 2: Pío Baroja
Directing
See you later Cowabunga: La maldición del cenachero diabólico!
Claire
Directing
Jesús Franco, manera de vivir
Himself
A Crack for Two
Tom
Shining Sex
Dr. Seward
Red Venice
Jess Franco
Justine and the Whip
Strange Guy
Angel of Death 2: The Prison Island Massacre
Pete
Lilian, the Perverted Virgin
Bernardo
White Skin Black Thighs
Graf Anastasio
Lulu's Talking Ass
Directing
Doriana Grey
Directing
They Do Everything
Directing
Jess Franco's Perversion
Writing
Fly Story
Directing
Girls in the Night Traffic
Directing
The Voyeur and the Exhibitionist
Directing
Jess Franco's Passion
Directing
Falo Crest
Crew
Phollastía
Writing
Cocktail spécial
Directing
Para las nenas, leche calentita
Sound
Intimate Confessions of an Exhibitionist
Directing
Entre pitos anda el juego
Directing
Un pito para tres
Writing
Lola 2000
Directing
Las chuponas
Directing