Cast
Jesús Franco
Directing
Cast
Jesús Franco
Known for
Directing
Born
1930-05-12
From
Madrid, Spain
Died
2013-04-02
Also known as Clifford Brown, A.L. Mariaux, Jess Franco
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 that he could make more violent and sexual films, and it was at this point that his career began to go downhill commercially, as he turned to low-budget filmmaking with a heavier accent on adult-oriented films. Although he produced a few well-received, low budget horror films in the early 70's, many people in the industry considered him a porn director due to the huge number of X-rated adult films he began churning out. Franco returned to low-budget horror in a brief comeback period from 1980-1983, but after 1983, his career took a second downturn. With the exception of Faceless and Killer Barbies, his films after 1984 are quite disliked and obscure due to their incredibly low budgets. Franco has nevertheless retained a large cult following through the years with his sexually-charged horror films, some of which are regarded as masterpieces by his avid followers.
★4.6
MOVIE1980
White Cannibal Queen
as Mr. Martin
★7.0
MOVIE2004
See you later Cowabunga: La maldición del cenachero diabólico!
★6.7
MOVIE1956
Around the World in 80 Days
as Extra (uncredited)
★4.7
MOVIE1969
Kiss Me Monster
as Abilene's Contact Man (uncredited)
★5.6
MOVIE1974
Celestine
as Sleeping Man
★6.2
MOVIE1972
Vampir Cuadecuc
as Self
★5.6
MOVIE1973
Eugenie de Sade
as Attila Tanner
★5.1
MOVIE1969
Marquis de Sade: Justine
★5.7
MOVIE1971
Vampyros Lesbos
as Memmet
★4.9
MOVIE1970
Eugenie
as Man in Red Ritual Scene (uncredited)
★4.9
MOVIE1974
Lorna, the Exorcist
as Doctor (uncredited)
★5.1
MOVIE1981
Sadomania
as Lucas
★5.9
MOVIE1970
Count Dracula
as Van Helsing's servant (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE2007
Jesús Franco, manera de vivir
as Himself
★4.9
MOVIE1973
Dolls for Sale
MOVIE2007
Beloved Count
as Self
★5.1
MOVIE1973
The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
as Morpho
★7.3
MOVIE1964
Strange Voyage
as Don Venancio
★5.0
MOVIE1976
Midnight Party
as Janos Radeck
★3.6
MOVIE1976
Ladies House of Pleasure
★5.7
MOVIE1981
Sex Is Crazy
as Film Director
★5.0
MOVIE1969
Two Undercover Angels
as Napoleon Bolivard
★4.7
MOVIE1976
Barbed Wire Dolls
as Maria's Father (uncredited)
★4.8
MOVIE1969
The Girl from Rio
as Guitar Player
★5.4
MOVIE1969
99 Women
as Official (uncredited)
★4.5
MOVIE1975
Female Vampire
as Dr. Roberts
★9.0
MOVIE2005
The Well
★4.9
MOVIE1967
Lucky, the Inscrutable
as Ciego / Zoltan / Guitarrista
★4.7
MOVIE1973
A Virgin Among the Living Dead
as Basilio
★5.4
MOVIE1968
Succubus
as Writer
★7.2
MOVIE2000
Call Him Jess
as Himself
★7.0
MOVIE2007
Bloody Jess
as Self
★4.5
MOVIE1971
X312 - Flight to Hell
as Man at John Somers'
★5.1
MOVIE1971
She Killed in Ecstasy
as Dr. Donen
★6.3
MOVIE1972
The Vengeance of Dr. Mabuse
as Crosby / Drunk Man in Nightclub
★3.7
MOVIE1969
The Castle of Fu Manchu
as Insp. Ahmet
★3.9
MOVIE1981
Jailhouse Wardress
as Uncle Jess
★5.1
MOVIE1972
The Corpse Packs His Bags
as Gonzales
★5.2
MOVIE1973
The Other Side of the Mirror
as Roger (uncredited)
★4.4
MOVIE1968
The Blood of Fu Manchu
★5.0
MOVIE1981
Bloody Moon
as Doctor (uncredited)
★5.6
MOVIE1975
Downtown
as Al Pereira
★4.8
MOVIE1977
Greta, the Mad Butcher
as Dr. Milton Arcos (as Jess Franco)
★5.4
MOVIE1969
Venus in Furs
as Jazz Musician (uncredited)
★4.1
MOVIE1977
Kiss Me Killer
as Marcel
MOVIE2009
Take-Away Spirit
as J.W. Radek
★4.5
MOVIE1983
Black Boots, Leather Whip
as Matón en cementerio de coches (voice) (uncredited)
★4.5
MOVIE1975
Exorcism
as Mathis Vogel, aka Laforgue
★5.9
MOVIE1962
The Awful Dr. Orlof
as Pianist (uncredited)
MOVIE2005
Jess' Women
as self
★4.6
MOVIE2014
Call Me Jess Redux
as Himself
★5.1
MOVIE1983
Macumba Sexual
as Recepcionist
★5.2
MOVIE1977
Slaves
as Radeck's Assistant
★5.3
MOVIE1973
Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac
as Inspecteur Hernandez
★10.0
MOVIE2009
Coffins of Light
as himself
★4.5
MOVIE1984
The Sinister Doctor Orloff
as Manolo
★6.3
MOVIE1974
Night of the Skull
as Andy
★4.6
MOVIE1971
The Devil Came from Akasava
as Tino Celli
★5.8
MOVIE1966
The Diabolical Dr. Z
as Inspector Tanner
★5.0
MOVIE2009
Idoru
★4.6
MOVIE1988
Flesh-Eating Mothers
as Policeman
★7.3
MOVIE2021
Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess
as Self (archive footage)
★6.8
MOVIE2005
Ban the Sadist Videos!
as Self
★4.8
MOVIE1983
En busca del dragón dorado
as Blind Old Man
★4.4
MOVIE1973
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
as Lord Comfort (uncredited)
★4.8
MOVIE1969
Your Caresses
MOVIE2010
Macumba sexual: Voodoo Jess
as Self
★4.4
MOVIE1975
Women Behind Bars
as Bill
★4.2
MOVIE1983
The Night Of Open Sex
as Count
★3.1
MOVIE2013
Al Pereira vs. the Alligator Ladies
as The Director
★6.0
MOVIE2005
Jesús in Furs
as Himself
★3.9
MOVIE1972
Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves
as Director
★6.0
MOVIE2013
La última película de Jess Franco
as Self
★5.0
MOVIE1985
Judoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong
as Dr. Wong
★6.8
MOVIE2024
Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada “S”
as Self - Archive footage
★3.2
MOVIE1975
The Hot Nights of Linda
as Dr. Roberts (as Jess Franck)
★5.0
MOVIE2003
Death Karate in Torremolinos
as Miyagi
★5.2
MOVIE1989
Esmeralda Bay
as Boat Captain
★5.0
MOVIE1964
Death Whistles the Blues
as Saxofonista en Club de Nueva Orleans (uncredited)
★5.3
MOVIE1984
Bahia Blanca
as The Miseries (uncredited)
★5.5
MOVIE2014
Queridos monstruos
as Self
★1.0
MOVIE1975
Sexorcismes
as Mathis Vogel
★4.8
MOVIE2012
Debris Documentar
as Himself
★4.1
MOVIE1972
Daughter of Dracula
as Cyril Jefferson
★4.5
MOVIE1968
Residence for Spies
as Casino Piano Player (uncredited)
★4.6
MOVIE1965
Dr. Orloff's Monster
as Piano Player
★4.5
MOVIE1984
Night Has a Thousand Desires
as Psychiatrist (uncredited)
★5.4
MOVIE1966
Attack of the Robots
as Piano Player
★5.4
MOVIE1966
Attack of the Robots
as Pianist (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1958
Anna Said Yes
as Pianista (uncredited)
★4.8
MOVIE1979
The Sadist of Notre Dame
as Mathis Vogel
★6.6
MOVIE1983
Blood on My Shoes
as Abductor
MOVIETBA
El misterio del castillo rojo
★6.0
MOVIE2014
Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE2000
Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote
as Self
MOVIE2002
Perversion Stories
as Self
★5.8
MOVIE2017
Drácula Barcelona
as Himself
MOVIE2003
On the Threshold to Another World
as Himself
★8.4
MOVIE2002
Antena Criminal: Making a Jess Franco Movie
as Himself
★6.8
MOVIE2019
Wild Session
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
★6.5
MOVIE1985
Trip to Bangkok, Coffin Included
as Rose Hotel's recepcionist (uncredited)
★3.1
MOVIE2012
La cripta de las condenadas
★5.7
MOVIE1980
What a Honeymoon
as Dying Man (uncredited)
★5.1
MOVIE1983
The Blues of Pop Street
as Sam Chesterfield
★5.5
MOVIE2013
The Rhythm of Jess
as Self
★3.6
MOVIE2013
Revenge of the Alligator Ladies
as Himself
★10.0
MOVIE1986
Girl with the Red Lips
as Professor Karame
★7.0
MOVIE2013
Los profundos sueños de Jennifer
as Voz
★5.0
MOVIE2012
Tío Jess
as Self
★4.0
MOVIE1976
The Troublemakers
★2.1
MOVIE1999
Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell
as Dr. James Wong
★3.7
MOVIE2015
Soledad Miranda, Flower in the Desert
as Himself (archive footage)
★7.0
MOVIE1988
Esa cosa con plumas
MOVIE2001
Journey into Perversion
as Himself
★5.0
MOVIE2009
Por la gracia de Luis
as Himself
★5.5
MOVIE2008
Ellos robaron la picha de Hitler
as Padre del Dr. Weissman
★4.7
MOVIE1984
Lonely Road
as Doctor Callman
★7.5
MOVIE1992
El abuelo, la condesa y Escarlata la traviesa
★4.1
MOVIE1999
Vampire Blues
as The Merchant
MOVIE1983
The Bizarre World of Jess Franco
as Self
MOVIE2014
Falks Frauen
as (archive footage)
★7.0
MOVIE1984
A Crack for Two
as Tom
★4.4
MOVIE1976
Shining Sex
as Dr. Seward
★4.9
MOVIE2003
Red Venice
as Jess Franco
★5.7
MOVIE1979
Justine and the Whip
as Strange Guy
★6.0
MOVIE2007
Angel of Death 2: The Prison Island Massacre
as Pete
★6.3
MOVIE1984
Lilian, the Perverted Virgin
as Bernardo
★4.9
MOVIE1976
White Skin Black Thighs
as Graf Anastasio