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Jesús Franco Manera was a Spanish filmmaker, composer, and actor, best known for his stylish exploitation films, directing around 160 feature films.
Birth Name
Jesús Franco Manera
Born
Monday, 12 May 1930
Died
Tuesday, 02 April 2013
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess | Self (archive footage) | 2023 |
| Wild Session | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) / Self | 2019 |
| Queridos monstruos | Self | 2014 |
| Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror | Self | 2014 |
| Missing Reel | Self | 2014 |
| Revenge of the Alligator Ladies | Himself / El Director | 2013 |
| Le dernier film de Jess Franco | Himself / Self | 2013 |
| A ritmo de Jess | Himself / Self | 2013 |
| Al Pereira vs. the Alligator Ladies | The Director | 2013 |
| La cripta de las condenadas | 2012 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess | Self (archive footage) | 2023 |
| Wild Session | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) / Self | 2019 |
| Queridos monstruos | Self | 2014 |
| Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror | Self | 2014 |
| Missing Reel | Self | 2014 |
| Revenge of the Alligator Ladies | Himself / El Director | 2013 |
| Le dernier film de Jess Franco | Himself / Self | 2013 |
| A ritmo de Jess | Himself / Self | 2013 |
| Al Pereira vs. the Alligator Ladies | The Director | 2013 |
| La cripta de las condenadas | 2012 | |
| Debris Documentar | Himself | 2012 |
| Take-Away Spirit | J.W. Radek | 2009 |
| Martes de carnaval | Don Manolito | 2008 |
| Ellos robaron la picha de Hitler | Padre del Dr. Weissman | 2008 |
| The Real Blue Nuns | Self | 2006 |
| Ban the Sadist Videos! | Self | 2005 |
| Brunnen | Self | 2005 |
| Jesús in Furs | Self / Himself | 2005 |
| On the Threshold to Another World | Himself / Self | 2003 |
| Kárate a muerte en Torremolinos | Miyagi | 2003 |
| Antena Criminal: Making a Jess Franco Movie | Himself / Self | 2002 |
| Call Him Jess | Himself / Self | 2000 |
| Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote | Self | 2000 |
| Eurotika! | Self | 1999 |
| Vampire Blues | The Merchant | 1999 |
| Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell | Dr. James Wong | 1999 |
| Red Silk | Grunevaldi | 1999 |
| Eurotrash | Self | 1993 |
| Countdown to Esmeralda Bay | Boat Captain | 1989 |
| Esa cosa con plumas | 1988 | |
| Girl with the Red Lips | Professor Karame | 1986 |
| La sombra del judoka contra el doctor Wong | Dr. Wong | 1985 |
| El siniestro doctor Orloff | Manolo / Agapito | 1984 |
| Night Has a Thousand Desires | Psiquiatra | 1984 |
| Bahía blanca | El Miserias | 1984 |
| Macumba Sexual | Recepcionista / Recepcionist | 1983 |
| Cries of Pleasure | Fenul | 1983 |
| Night of Open Sex | Conde / Voz del hombre que llama a Moira / Count | 1983 |
| Botas negras, látigo de cuero | Matón en cementerio de coches | 1983 |
| Blood on My Shoes | Secuestrador / Abductor | 1983 |
| Oasis of the Zombies | Zombie | 1982 |
| Jailhouse Wardress | Uncle Jess / Oncle Jess | 1981 |
| Bloody Moon | Dr. Domingo Aundos | 1981 |
| Hellhole Women | Lucas | 1981 |
| Sex Is Crazy | Film Director / The Film Director | 1981 |
| White Cannibal Queen | Mr. Martin | 1980 |
| Swedish Nympho Slaves | Radeck's Assistant / Amos' Assistant | 1977 |
| Kiss Me Killer | Marcel / Kookoo | 1977 |
| Ilsa, the Wicked Warden | Dr. Milton Arcos / Dr. Milton Arcos (as Jess Franco) | 1977 |
| Shining Sex | Dr. Seward | 1976 |
| Down Town | Al Pereira | 1975 |
| Ladies House of Pleasure | 1976 | |
| Barbed Wire Dolls | Maria's Father | 1976 |
| Midnight Party | Janos Radeck | 1976 |
| L'éventreur de Notre-Dame | Mathis Vogel / Mathis Vogel, aka Laforgue (as Jess Frank) | 1975 |
| The Hot Nights of Linda | Dr. Roberts (as Jess Franck) | 1975 |
| Women Behind Bars | Bill | 1975 |
| Lorna the Exorcist | Doctor | 1974 |
| Celestine, Maid at Your Service | Sleeping Man / Le dormeur | 1974 |
| Night of the Skull | Andy | 1974 |
| Les ebranlées | 1973 | |
| A Virgin Among the Living Dead | Basilio - Mute Servant / Basilio | 1973 |
| Al otro lado del espejo | Roger | 1973 |
| Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac | Inspecteur Hernandez / Inspector Hernandez | 1973 |
| La maldición de Frankenstein | Morpho | 1973 |
| Female Vampire | Dr. Roberts | 1973 |
| Eugenie de Sade | Attila Tanner / Attila / Writer | 1973 |
| The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff | Lord Comfort | 1973 |
| El misterio del castillo rojo | 1973 | |
| The Vengeance of Doctor Mabuse | Crosby / Drunk Man in Nightclub | 1972 |
| Daughter of Dracula | Cyril Jefferson | 1972 |
| Der Todesrächer von Soho | Gonzales | 1972 |
| Robinson und seine wilden Sklavinnen | Director / Film Director | 1972 |
| Cuadecuc, vampir | Van Helsing's Servant / Self | 1972 |
| She Killed in Ecstasy | Dr. Donen | 1971 |
| X312 - Flight to Hell | Man at John Somers' | 1971 |
| Vampyros Lesbos | Memmet | 1971 |
| The Devil Came from Akasava | Tino Celli | 1971 |
| Count Dracula | 1970 | |
| Eugenie | Man on red ritual scene | 1970 |
| Deine Zärtlichkeiten | 1969 | |
| Venus in Furs | Jazz musician | 1969 |
| Kiss Me Monster | Abilene's Contact Man | 1969 |
| The Castle of Fu Manchu | Inspector Ahmet / Insp. Ahmet | 1969 |
| Che! | Sgt. Terrazas | 1969 |
| Marquis de Sade's Justine | Master of Ceremonies | 1969 |
| Two Undercover Angels | Napoleon Bolivard | 1969 |
| The Girl from Rio | Guitar Player | 1969 |
| 99 Women | Official | 1969 |
| The Blood of Fu Manchu | Inspector Ahmet | 1968 |
| Succubus | Writer | 1968 |
| Lucky, el intrépido | Ciego / Zoltan / Guitarrista | 1967 |
| The Diabolical Dr. Z | Inspector Tanner | 1966 |
| Cartes sur table | Piano Player / Nightclub Pianist | 1966 |
| Residencia para espías | Casino Piano Player | 1966 |
| Strange Voyage | Venancio Vidal / Don Venancio | 1964 |
| La muerte silba un blues | Saxofonista en Club de Nueva Orleans | 1964 |
| The Mistresses of Dr. Jekyll | Piano Player | 1964 |
| The Awful Dr. Orlof | Pianista | 1962 |
| Ana dice sí | Pianista | 1958 |
| Around the World in 80 Days | Extra | 1956 |
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