Jesús Franco
Jesús Franco
Person

Jesús Franco

Director 1930-05-12 Madrid, Spain

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 mor...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
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Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days

1956 · Extra (uncredited)

Vampyros Lesbos

Vampyros Lesbos

1971 · Memmet

Count Dracula

Count Dracula

1970 · Van Helsing's servant (uncredited)

Greta, the Mad Butcher

Greta, the Mad Butcher

1977 · Dr. Milton Arcos (as Jess Franco)

A Virgin Among the Living Dead

A Virgin Among the Living Dead

1973 · Basilio

The Hot Nights of Linda

The Hot Nights of Linda

1975 · Dr. Roberts (as Jess Franck)

Bloody Moon

Bloody Moon

1981 · Doctor (uncredited)

Female Vampire

Female Vampire

1973 · Dr. Roberts

Barbed Wire Dolls

Barbed Wire Dolls

1976 · Maria's Father (uncredited)

Marquis de Sade: Justine

Marquis de Sade: Justine

1969 · Movie

Eugenie

Eugenie

1970 · Man in Red Ritual Scene (uncredited)

99 Women

99 Women

1969 · Official (uncredited)

Venus in Furs

Venus in Furs

1969 · Jazz Musician (uncredited)

The Castle of Fu Manchu

The Castle of Fu Manchu

1969 · Insp. Ahmet

Strange Voyage

Strange Voyage

1964 · Don Venancio

She Killed in Ecstasy

She Killed in Ecstasy

1971 · Dr. Donen

Sadomania

Sadomania

1981 · Lucas

The Awful Dr. Orlof

The Awful Dr. Orlof

1962 · Pianist (uncredited)

Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac

Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac

1973 · Inspecteur Hernandez

Eugenie de Sade

Eugenie de Sade

1973 · Attila Tanner