Paul Naschy

Known for: Acting
Born: September 7, 1934, Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
Died: November 30, 2009
Movies: 156

Paul Naschy (born Jacinto Molina) was a Spanish movie actor, screenwriter, and director working primarily in horror films. His portrayals of numerous classic horror figures have earned him recognition as the Spanish Lon Chaney. He was also known as the Boris Karloff of Spain and he had one of the most recognizable faces in Spanish horror film.

Upcoming Paul Naschy Movies

The Great Croton

Release date TBA

Best-Known Movies

6.8

El Cid

1961

7.2

King of Kings

1961

6.9

55 Days at Peking

1963

5.9

The Valdemar Legacy

2010

5.4

The Valdemar Legacy II: The Forbidden Shadow

2010

3.4

Rottweiler

2004

7.4

The Apostle

2012

5.4

The Werewolf Versus the Vampire Woman

1971

4.8

Count Dracula's Great Love

1973

5.2

Assignment Terror

1970

Filmography

2021	Las Confisiones de un Hombre Lobo	Self
2020	Ivan, the TerrirBle	Self (archive footage)
2019	Relatos del fantástico	Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2017	Cult of Terror	Self - Filmmaker
2017	Los resucitados
2014	Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror	Various Roles / Self (voice)
2014	Wax	Automaton (voice)
2012	The Apostle	Arcipreste (voice)
2012	Lentejuelas de sangre	Himself (voice)
2011	Naschy of the Full Moon	Self / Various Roles
2010	Los árboles	Abuelo
2010	The Valdemar Legacy II: The Forbidden Shadow	Jervás
2010	The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry	Self / Various Characters (archive footage)
2010	Empusa	Abel
2010	The Valdemar Legacy	Jervás
2009	Lost Images: The Other Eye of Juan Pinzás	Paul
2009	Coffins of Light	himself
2008	Paul Naschy: la sonrisa del lobo	Self - Filmmaker
2008	Nadie inquietó más	Self - Filmmaker
2008	Lágrimas de papel	Pablo
2007	The Twelfth Hour	Expert
2007	The Vampyre by John W. Polidori: Images of a Nightmare	Lord Ruthven
2005	A Werewolf in the Amazon	Dr. Moreau / Lobisomem / Werewolf
2004	Rottweiler	Kufard
2004	Necrophagia - Nightmare Scenarios	Himself
2004	Tomb of the Werewolf	Waldemar Daninsky
2004	Countess Dracula's Orgy of Blood	Padre Jacinto
2004	Rojo sangre	Pablo Thevenet
2003	Noin	Paul Naschy
2003	Mucha Sangre	Vicuña
2002	Octavia	Inspector
2002	Paul Naschy: Interview with the Werewolf
2001	The Tell-Tale Heart	Loco
2001	School Killer	El Vigilante / The Watcher
2000	Living It Up
2000	Érase otra vez	Jardinero
1999	Night Prowlers 2	The Redeeming Spirit
1998	Cuando el mundo se acabe te seguiré amando	Paul Naschy
1998	Ánimas	Fernando Luciano
1997	El Ojo de la Medusa	Carlos Oliarte
1996	Lycantropus: The Moonlight Murders	Waldemar Daninsky
1996	Scientifically Perfect	Comisario
1992	Night of the Executioner	Doctor Hugo Arranz
1992	State Of Mind	The Warden
1990	It Smells Like Someone Died Here... But It Wasn't Me!	Comisario
1990	Horror in the Wax Museum	The Professor of Psychology
1990	La hija de Fu Manchú '72	Dr. Fu-Manchú
1988	El último guateque II	Editor de periódicos
1988	Howl of the Devil	Hector Doriani / Alex Doriani / Frankenstein's Monster / Mr. Hyde / Phantom of the Opera / Waldemar Daninsky the Werewolf / Quasimodo / The Devil
1988	Shadows of Blood	Pancho Aguila
1987	The Making of 'The Howl of the Devil'	Self
1987	Biting Life	Murciano
1986	Shh…	Descapuchados
1984	My Friend the Vagabond	Enrique
1984	The Last Kamikaze	Sergio 'El Kamikaze'
1984	Operation Mantis	Sam Stevenson
1983	The Beast and the Magic Sword	Count Waldemar Daninsky / Irineus Daninsky
1983	Heartbeat	Paul / Alaric de Marnac
1982	Good Night, Mr. Monster	El Hombre Lobo
1981	The Battle of Reefer	Capitán Matarraña
1981	Night of the Werewolf	Waldemar Daninsky
1981	Mystery on Monster Island	Flynt
1980	The Beasts' Carnival	Bruno Rivera
1980	The Cantabrians	Marco Vespasiano Agripa
1979	The Traveller	Leonardo
1979	Naked Madrid	Ramón
1978	The Frenchman's Garden	Juan Andrés Aldije 'El Francés'
1977	Inquisition	Bernard de Fossey / Satan
1977	The Transsexual	Sergio
1977	Mortal Sin	Comisario
1977	El francotirador	Lucas
1976	The Kidnapping	Miguel
1976	The People Who Own the Dark	Boune
1976	Comando Txikia: muerte de un presidente	Pocholo
1975	Death of a Hoodlum	Marcos
1975	Doctor Justice
1975	The Mummy's Revenge	Amenhotep / Assad Bey
1975	A Dragonfly for Each Corpse	Inspector Scaporella
1975	All the Screams of Silence	Gerard Roland
1975	Kilma, Queen of the Jungle	Johan
1975	Exorcismo	Father Adrian Dunning
1975	Night of the Howling Beast	Waldemar Daninsky
1975	The Passengers	Paul Aquenatos
1974	The Devil's Possessed	Barón Gilles de Lancré
1974	Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll	Gilles
1973	Tarzan in King Solomon's Mines	Stanley
1973	Curse of the Devil	Waldemar Daninsky / Irineus Daninsky / Werewolf
1973	The Killer Is One of Thirteen	Ernest
1973	The Hanging Woman	Igor
1973	Hunchback of the Morgue	Gotho
1973	The Crimes of Petiot	Boris Villowa / Padre de Marcel
1973	Vengeance of the Zombies	Krisna / Kantaka / Satán
1973	Count Dracula's Great Love	Count Dracula / Dr. Wendell Marlow
1973	Horror Rises from the Tomb	Alaric de Marnac / Hugo de Marnac / Armand de Marnac
1973	Disco rojo	Sergio Meletes
1973	Crimson, the Color of Blood	Jack Surnett
1972	Seven Murders for Scotland Yard	Peter Dockerman
1972	Dr. Jekyll and the Werewolf	Waldemar Daninsky / Wolfman / Mr. Hyde
1972	The Fury of the Wolf Man	Waldemar Daninsky
1971	The Werewolf Versus the Vampire Woman	Waldemar Daninsky
1970	Assignment Terror	Waldemar Daninsky
1970	Vertigo of Crime	Loló
1968	1001 Nights	Shantal (uncredited)
1968	Frankenstein's Bloody Terror	Count Waldemar Daninsky
1968	Agonizing in Crime	Police Inspector
1968	The Nights of the Werewolf	Waldemar Daninsky / Werewolf
1967	Fury of Johnny Kid	Pistolero
1967	Plan Jac Cero Tres	Gangster #3
1966	Las viudas	Extra (segment "Luna de miel" (rumored)
1966	Operación Plus Ultra	Médico en la cirugía (uncredited)
1963	55 Days at Peking	Extra (uncredited)
1961	El Cid	Extra (uncredited)
1961	King of Kings	Herod Antipas' Servant/Roman Soldier (uncredited)
1960	The Prince in Chains	Jefe mongol

Directing, Writing & Producing

2010	Empusa	Director, Writer
2004	Rojo sangre	Writer
1999	Night Prowlers 2	Writer
1996	Lycantropus: The Moonlight Murders	Screenplay
1992	Night of the Executioner	Director, Writer
1990	Horror in the Wax Museum	Director, Writer
1988	Howl of the Devil	Producer, Director, Screenplay
1984	My Friend the Vagabond	Director, Writer
1984	The Last Kamikaze	Director, Screenplay
1984	Operation Mantis	Director, Writer
1983	The Beast and the Magic Sword	Director, Screenplay
1983	Heartbeat	Director, Screenplay
1981	Night of the Werewolf	Director, Screenplay
1980	The Beasts' Carnival	Director, Screenplay
1980	The Cantabrians	Director, Screenplay
1980	El museo del Prado	Director, Writer
1979	The Traveller	Director, Writer
1979	Naked Madrid	Director, Writer
1978	The Frenchman's Garden	Director, Writer
1977	Inquisition	Director, Writer
1977	The Transsexual	Writer
1976	The Kidnapping	Writer
1975	Death of a Hoodlum	Writer
1975	The Mummy's Revenge	Screenplay
1975	Cross of the Devil	Writer
1975	Exorcismo	Screenplay
1975	Night of the Howling Beast	Writer
1974	The Devil's Possessed	Screenplay
1974	Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll	Screenplay
1973	Curse of the Devil	Screenplay
1973	Hunchback of the Morgue	Screenplay
1973	Vengeance of the Zombies	Screenplay
1973	Count Dracula's Great Love	Screenplay
1973	Horror Rises from the Tomb	Screenplay
1973	Disco rojo	Screenplay
1972	Seven Murders for Scotland Yard	Screenplay
1972	Dr. Jekyll and the Werewolf	Screenplay
1972	The Fury of the Wolf Man	Screenplay
1971	The Werewolf Versus the Vampire Woman	Screenplay
1970	Assignment Terror	Screenplay
1968	Frankenstein's Bloody Terror	Screenplay
1968	The Nights of the Werewolf	Writer

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