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