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)
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
Agonizing in Crime
(1968)
Police Inspector
1001 Nights
(1968)
Shantal (uncredited)
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
The Fury of the Wolf Man
(1972)
Waldemar Daninsky
Dr. Jekyll vs. the Werewolf
(1972)
Waldemar Daninsky / Wolfman / Mr. Hyde
The Hanging Woman
(1973)
Igor
Disco rojo
(1973)
Sergio Meletes
Count Dracula's Great Love
(1973)
Count Dracula / Dr. Wendell Marlow
Horror Rises from the Tomb
(1973)
Alaric de Marnac / Hugo de Marnac / Armand de Marnac
Curse of the Devil
(1973)
Waldemar Daninsky / Irineus Daninsky / Werewolf
Hunchback of the Morgue
(1973)
Gotho
Vengeance of the Zombies
(1973)
Krisna / Kantaka / Satán
Crimson, the Color of Blood
(1973)
Jack Surnett
The Crimes of Petiot
(1973)
Boris Villowa / Padre de Marcel
The Killer Is One of Thirteen
(1973)
Ernest
Tarzan in King Solomon's Mines
(1973)
Stanley
Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll
(1974)
Gilles
The Devil's Possessed
(1974)
Barón Gilles de Lancré
A Dragonfly for Each Corpse
(1975)
Inspector Scaporella
The Mummy's Revenge
(1975)
Amenhotep / Assad Bey
Night of the Howling Beast
(1975)
Waldemar Daninsky
Exorcismo
(1975)
Father Adrian Dunning
Death of a Hoodlum
(1975)
Marcos
Kilma, Queen of the Jungle
(1975)
Johan
The Passengers
(1975)
Paul Aquenatos
All the Screams of Silence
(1975)
Gerard Roland
Doctor Justice
(1975)
The People Who Own the Dark
(1976)
Bourne
Comando Txikia: muerte de un presidente
(1976)
Pocholo
The Kidnapping
(1976)
Miguel
Inquisition
(1977)
Bernard de Fossey / Satan
El francotirador
(1977)
Lucas
The Transsexual
(1977)
Sergio
Mortal Sin
(1977)
Comisario
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
Mystery on Monster Island
(1981)
Flynt
Night of the Werewolf
(1981)
Waldemar Daninsky
The Battle of Reefer
(1981)
Capitán Matarraña
Good Night, Mr. Monster
(1982)
El Hombre Lobo
Heartbeat
(1983)
Paul / Alaric de Marnac
The Beast and the Magic Sword
(1983)
Count Waldemar Daninsky / Irineus Daninsky
The Last Kamikaze
(1984)
Sergio 'El Kamikaze'
Operation Mantis
(1984)
Sam Stevenson
My Friend the Vagabond
(1984)
Enrique
Biting Life
(1987)
Murciano
The Making of 'The Howl of the Devil'
(1987)
Self
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
Shadows of Blood
(1988)
Pancho Aguila
El último guateque II
(1988)
Editor de periódicos
It Smells Like Someone Died Here... But It Wasn't Me!
(1990)
Comisario
Horror in the Wax Museum
(1990)
The Professor of Psychology
La hija de Fu Manchú '72
(1990)
Dr. Fu-Manchú
Night of the Executioner
(1992)
Doctor Hugo Arranz
State Of Mind
(1992)
The Warden
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
Rottweiler
(2004)
Kufard
Rojo sangre
(2004)
Pablo Thevenet
Tomb of the Werewolf
(2004)
Waldemar Daninsky
Countess Dracula's Orgy of Blood
(2004)
Padre Jacinto
Necrophagia - Nightmare Scenarios
(2004)
Himself
A Werewolf in the Amazon
(2005)
Dr. Moreau / Lobisomem / Werewolf
The Vampyre by John W. Polidori: Images of a Nightmare
(2007)
Lord Ruthven
The Twelfth Hour
(2007)
Expert
Lágrimas de papel
(2008)
Pablo
Paul Naschy: la sonrisa del lobo
(2008)
Self - Filmmaker
Nadie inquietó más
(2008)
Self - Filmmaker
Lost Images: The Other Eye of Juan Pinzás
(2009)
Paul
Coffins of Light
(2009)
himself
Empusa
(2010)
Abel
The Valdemar Legacy
(2010)
Jervás
The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry
(2010)
Himself / Various Characters (archive footage)
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
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 Beasts' Carnival
(1980)
Director
The Cantabrians
(1980)
Director
El museo del Prado
(1980)
Director
Night of the Werewolf
(1981)
Director
Heartbeat
(1983)
Director
The Beast and the Magic Sword
(1983)
Director
The Last Kamikaze
(1984)
Director
My Friend the Vagabond
(1984)
Director
Operation Mantis
(1984)
Director
Howl of the Devil
(1988)
Director
Horror in the Wax Museum
(1990)
Director
Night of the Executioner
(1992)
Director
Empusa
(2010)
Director
Production
Las viudas
(1966)
Location Manager and Production Assistant
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
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
Seven Murders for Scotland Yard
(1972)
Screenplay
Dr. Jekyll vs. the Werewolf
(1972)
Story and Screenplay
Disco rojo
(1973)
Screenplay and Story
Count Dracula's Great Love
(1973)
Screenplay and Original Story
Horror Rises from the Tomb
(1973)
Screenplay and Story
Curse of the Devil
(1973)
Screenplay and Story
Hunchback of the Morgue
(1973)
Story and Screenplay
Vengeance of the Zombies
(1973)
Story and Screenplay
Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll
(1974)
Screenplay and Story
The Devil's Possessed
(1974)
Screenplay
The Mummy's Revenge
(1975)
Screenplay, Dialogue, and Story
Night of the Howling Beast
(1975)
Writer
Cross of the Devil
(1975)
Writer
Death of a Hoodlum
(1975)
Writer
All the Screams of Silence
(1975)
Story
Exorcismo
(1975)
Screenplay and Story
A Dragonfly for Each Corpse
(1975)
Story
The Kidnapping
(1976)
Writer
Inquisition
(1977)
Writer
The Transsexual
(1977)
Writer
The Frenchman's Garden
(1978)
Writer
The Traveller
(1979)
Writer
Naked Madrid
(1979)
Writer
The Beasts' Carnival
(1980)
Screenplay
The Cantabrians
(1980)
Screenplay
Night of the Werewolf
(1981)
Screenplay
The Beast and the Magic Sword
(1983)
Screenplay
Heartbeat
(1983)
Screenplay
The Last Kamikaze
(1984)
Screenplay
Operation Mantis
(1984)
Writer
My Friend the Vagabond
(1984)
Writer
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