MOLINA, Jacinto 1934-

(Paul Naschy, James Molin, Jack Mills)

PERSONAL: Born Jacinto Molina Alvarez, September 6, 1934, in Madrid, Spain; son of Enrique Molina (an industrialist) and Pilar Alvarez. Education: Attended Barcelona School of Architecture. Hobbies and other interests: Soccer, javelin, weight lifting.

ADDRESSES: Agent—c/o Author Mail, Midnight Marquee Press, 9721 Britinay Lane, Baltimore, MD 21234.

CAREER: Actor, director, producer, graphic artist and writer. Actor in films (as Paul Naschy unless otherwise noted), including (as uncredited extra) King of Kings, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 1960; El principe encadeno (also known as The Enchanted Prince), 1960; (as uncredited extra) Fifty-five Days at Peking, 1963; (as uncredited extra) L'ultimo gladiatore (also known as Empress Messalina Meets the Son of Hercules and Messalina versus the Son of Hercules), 1964; (uncredited) Operación plus ultra, Filmayer, 1966; Las viduas (also known as The Widows), 1966; Agonizando en el Crimen (also known as Agonizing the Crime), 1967; (under name Jacinto Molina) Plan Jack cero tres, 1967; Dove si spara di più (also known as Fury of Johnny Kid and Ultimate Gunfighter), Columbus, 1967; (as Count Waldemar Daninsky) La marca del hombre Loco (also known as Frankenstein's Bloody Terror, Hell's Creatures, The Mark of the Wolfman, The Vampire of Dr. Dracula, The Werewolf's Mark, and The Wolfman of Count Dracula), Independent International Pictures, 1968; (as Count Waldemar Daninsky) Las noches del Hombre Loco (also known as Nights of the Werewolf and The Nights of the Wolfman), 1968; La esclava del paraiso (also known as The Slave of Paradise), 1968; Plan Jack 03, 1968; (as Count Waldemar Daninsky) Los monstruos del terror (also known as Assignment Terror, Dracula versus Frankenstein, The Man Who Came from Ummo, and Operation Terror), American International Pictures, 1969; El vétertigo del crimen, CEA Distribución, 1970; (as Count Waldemar Daninsky) La noche de Walpurgis (also known as Blood Moon, Shadow of the Were-wolf, and The Werewolf versus Vampire Women), Universal Entertainment, 1971; (as Bruno) Jack el destripador de Londres (also known as Jack the Mangler of London, Jack the Ripper, and Jack the Ripper of London), Video Search of Miami, 1971; (as Count Waldemar Daninsky) La furia del hombre Lobo (also known as The Fury of the Wolfman and The Wolfman Never Sleeps), Sinister Cinema, 1972; (as Count Waldemar Daninsky) Dr. Jekyll y el hombre Lobo (also known as Doctor Jekyll and the Werewolf, Dr. Jekyll and the Wolfman, Dr. Jekyll versus the Werewolf, and Dr. Jekyll versus the Wolfman), Video Search of Miami, 1972; (as Krishna) La rebelió de las muertas (also known as The Rebellion of the Dead Women, Revolt of the Dead Ones, Vengeance of the Zombies, and Walk of the Dead), Sinister Cinema, 1972; (as Count Dracula/Dr. Wendell Marlow) El gran amor del conde Drácula (also known as Cemetery Girls, Cemetary Tramps, Count Dracula's Great Love, Count Dracula's Greatest Love, Dracula's Virgin Lovers, The Great Love of Count Dracula, and Vampire Playgirls), International Amusement, 1972; Disco Rojo, Video Search of Miami, 1973; (as Ulric du Marnac/Hugo du Marnac/Armand du Marnac) El espanto surge de la tumba (also known as Horror Rises from the Tomb, Horror from the Tomb, and Mark of the Devil 4), Avco-Embassy, 1973; Los crímenes de Petiot (also known as The Crimes of Petiot), Dicinsa, 1973; (as Gotho) El jorobado de la Morgue (also known as Hunchback of the Morgue, The Hunchback of the Rue Morgue, and Rue Morgue Massacres), All Seasons Video, 1973; (as Amenhotep/Assad Bey; under name Jacinto Molina) La venganza de la momia (also known as The Mummy's Revenge and Vengeance of the Mummy), Unicorn Video, 1973; (under name Jacinto Molina) Tarzán en las minas del rey Salomón (also known as Tarzan in King Solomon's Mines), 1973; (as Count Waldemar Daninsky) El retorno de Walpurgis (also known as The Black Harvest of Countess Dracula, Curse of the Devil, The Return of Walpurgis, and Return of the Werewolf), Goldenstone Film Enterprises, 1973; (as Jack Surnett) Las ratas no duermen de noche (also known as Crimson, the Color of Blood), 1973; (as Igor; under name Jacinto Molina) La Orgía de los muertos (also known as Beyond the Living Dead, Dracula the Terror of the Living Dead, The Hanging Woman, The Orgy of the Dead, Return of the Zombies, Terror of the Living Dead, and Zombie 3: Return of the Living Dead), 1973; Ojos azules de la muñeca rota (also known as Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll, House of Doom, and House of Psychotic Women), Independent International Pictures, 1973; (under name Jacinto Molina) El asesino está entre los trece, Belen Films, 1973; El mariscal del infierno (also known as Devil's Possessed and Marshall of Hell), All Seasons Video, 1974; (as Inspector Scaporella) Una libélula para cada muerto (also known as A Dragonfly for Each Corpse and Red Killer), Video Search of Miami, 1974; (as village priest) Exorcismo (also known as Exorcism), Video Search of Miami, 1975; La diosa salvaje (also known as Kilma Queen of the Jungle), 1975; Todos los gritos del silencio, Rey Soria y Cia, 1975; Los pasajeros, Jose Victor Arce Santiago, 1975; Muerte de un quinqui, Aitor Films, 1975; (as Count Waldemar Daninsky) La malaidción de la bestia (also known as Hall of the Mountain King, Horror of the Werewolf, Night of the Howling Beast, and The Were-wolf and the Yeti), 1975; Docteur justice (also known as Doctor Justice), United Artists, 1975; (as Bourne; under name Paul Mackey) Último deseo (also known as The People Who Own the Dark), Sean S. Cunningham Films, 1975; (under name Jacinto Molina) Secuestro, 1976; (under the name Jacinto Molina) Muerte de un presidente (also known as Comando Txiquia), 1976; (as Satan; under name Jacinto Molina) Inquisición (also known as Inquisition), Sinister Cinema, 1976; Deseo mortal, 1977; (under the name Jacinto Molina) El transexual, 1977; (under name Jacinto Molina) El huerto del francés, 1977; (under name Jacinto Molina) El Francotirador, 1977; Madrid al desnudo, 1978; (and director) El caminante, 1979; (as Count Waldemar Daninsky) El retorno del hombre Lobo (also known as Return of the Wolfman, Night of the Were-wolf, and The Craving), Film Concept Group, 1980; (as the Spaniard; also director) El carnaval de las bestias (also known as The Beasts' Carnival and Human Beasts), 1980; (under name Jacinto Molina; also director) Los cántabros, 1980; (as Flynt) Monster Island (also known as Jules Verne's "Mystery on Monster Island"), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981; La batalla del Porro, 1981; (as the wolf man) Buenas noches, señor monstruo, 1982; (as the kamikaze; under name Jacinto Molina; also director) El último kamikaze, 1983; (also director) Latidos de pánico (also known as Cries of Terror, Frantic Heartbeat, and Panic Beats), Video Search of Miami, 1983; (as Count Waldemar Daninsky) La bestia y la espada mágica (also known as The Beast and the Magic Sword and The Werewolf and the Magic Sword), Video Search of Miami, 1983; (under name Jacinto Molina) Operación Mantis, Video Search of Miami, 1984; (as Enrique; also director) Mi amigo el vagabundo, 1984; Pez, 1986; (as Hector Doriani/Alex Doriani; also director) El aullido del diablo (also known as Howl of the Devil), Video Search of Miami, 1987; SSS, 1988; Aquí huele a muerto … (pues yo no he sido), 1989; (as Fu Manchú) La hija de Fu Manchú '72, 1990; (as palace guard; under name Paul MacKey) Highway to Hell, Herndale, 1992; (as warden) State of Mind, 1992; (also director) La noche del ejecutor (also known as The Night of the Executioner), 1992; El ángel más caído, 1993; Licántropo: El asesino de la luna llena (also known as Lycantropus: The Moonlight Murders), Video Search of Miami, 1996; (as commissioner) Cientificament perfectes (also known as Scientificially Perfect), 1996; (as the gardener; under name Jacinto Molina) Era outra vez (also known as Once upon Another Time), 2000; (as taxi driver) La gran vida (also known as Living It Up), Columbia TriStar, 2000; (as the watcher) School Killer, 2001; (as inspector) Octavia, 2002; El lado oscuro, 2002; (as Padre Jacinto) Countess Dracula's Orgy of Blood, 2003; and (as Count Waldemar Daninsky) The Unliving, 2003. Also appeared in short films Tell-Tale Heart and Aldea Muriel, both c. 2002; and in historical series La historia de España a taves del Palacio Real de Madrid.

Director of documentaries for television, including El museo del Prado, 1980; El palacio real de Madrid, 1981; Las cuevas de Altamira, 1982; La espada del samurai, 1982; Infierno en Camboya, 1982; La mascara del Juyo, 1982; El monasterio de el Escorial, 1982; and La tercera mujer, 1984.

Actor in television series, including Querido maestro, 1996, and Once upon a Time in Europe, 2001. Guest star on television series I Spy, episode "Mainly on the Plains," 1966. Also assistant director of films Aventura en el palacio viejo, 1967, and Cronica de nueve meses (also known as The Nine-Month Chronicle), 1967; director of film Vera, un cuento cruel (also known as Vera, a Cruel Story), 1973. Actor in stage production Las mujeres fragantes, 2002. Designed record sleeves for recording companies, including Columbia and Decca; drew comics and exhibited paintings.

AWARDS, HONORS: Inducted into Fangoria Magazine's Hall of Fame, 2000; Gold Medal in Fine Arts (Spain), 2001.

WRITINGS:

SCREENPLAYS

La marca del Hombre-Lobo (also known as Frankenstein's Bloody Terror, Hell's Creatures, The Mark of the Wolfman, The Vampire of Dr.Dracula, The Werewolf's Mark, and The Wolfman of Count Dracula), Independent International Pictures, 1968.

Los monstruos del terror (also known as Assignment Terror, Dracula versus Frankenstein, The Man Who Came from Ummo, and Operation Terror), American International Pictures, 1969.

(As James Molin) La noche de Walpurgis (also known as Blood Moon, Shadow of the Werewolf, The Werewolf versus Vampire Women, and The Werewolf's Shadow), Universal Entertainment, 1971.

Jack el destripador de Londres (also known as Jack the Mangler of London, Jack the Ripper, and Jack the Ripper of London), Video Search of Miami, 1971.

La furia del hombre Lobo (also known as Fury of the Wolfman; longer version released as The Wolfman Never Sleeps), Sinister Cinema, 1972.

Dr. Jekyll y el hombre Lobo (also known as Doctor Jekyll and the Werewolf, Dr. Jekyll and the Wolfman, Dr. Jekyll vs. the Werewolf, and Dr. Jekyll vs. the Wolfman), Video Search of Miami, 1972.

La rebelión de las muertas (also known as The Rebellion of the Dead Women, Revolt of the Dead Ones, Vengeance of the Zombies, and Walk of the Dead), Sinister Cinema, 1972.

El gran amor del conde Drácula (also known as Cemetery Girls, Cemetery Tramps, Count Dracula's Great Love, Count Dracula's Greatest Love, Dracula's Great Love, Dracula's Virgin Lovers, The Great Love of Count Dracula, and Vampire Playgirls), International Amusement, 1972.

Disco rojo, Video Search of Miami, 1973.

El espanto surge de la tumba (also known as Horror Rises from the Tomb and Mark of the Devil 4), Avco-Embassy, 1973.

Los crímenes de Petiot, Dicinsa, 1973.

El jorobado de la morgue (also known as Hunchback of the Morgue, The Hunchback of the Rue Morgue, and Rue Morgue Massacres), All Seasons Video, 1973.

(As Paul Naschy) La venganza de la momia (also known as The Mummy's Revenge and Vengeance of the Mummy), Unicorn Video, 1973.

El retorno de Walpurgis (also known as The Black Harvest of Countess Dracula, Curse of the Devil, The Return of Walpurgis, and Return of the Werewolf), Goldstone Film Enterprises, 1973.

Los ojos azules de la muñeca rota (also known as Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll and House of Psychotic Women; cut version released as House of Doom), Independent International Pictures, 1973.

El mariscal del infierno (also known as Devil's Possessed and Marshall of Hell), All Seasons Video, 1974.

Exorcismo (also known as Exorcism), Video Search of Miami, 1975.

La cruz del diablo (also known as Cross of the Devil and The Devil's Cross), United International Pictures y Cia, 1975.

Todos los gritos del silencio, Rey Soria y Cia, 1975.

Muerte de un quinqui, Aitor Films, 1975.

La maldición de la bestia (also known as Horror of the Werewolf, Night of the Howling Beast, and The Werewolf and the Yeti; cut version released as Hall of the Mountain King), Republic, 1975.

Secuestro, 1976.

(And director) Inquisición (also known as Inquisition), Sinister Cinema, 1976.

(And director) Madrid al desnudo, 1978.

(And director) El retorno del Hombre-Lobo (also known as The Craving and Return of the Wolfman), Film Concept Group, 1980.

(And director and producer) La bestia y la espada mágica (also known as The Beast and the Magic Sword and The Werewolf and the Magic Sword), Video Search of Miami, 1983.

(And director) Operación Mantis, Video Search of Miami, 1984.

Licántropo: El asesino de la luna llena (also known as Lycantropus: The Moonlight Murders), Video Search of Miami, 1996.

Also author of a series of documentaries for television, including El museo del Prado, 1980; El palacio real de Madrid, 1981; Las cuevas de Altamira, 1982; La mascara del Juyo, 1982; and El monasterio de el Escorial, 1982. Author of story for film Tres días de noviembre, 1976.

OTHER

(Editor, as Paul Naschy; with Narciso Ibáñez Serrador and Jesús Franco) Las tres caras del terror: un siglo de cine fantaterrorífico español, Alberto Santos Editor (Madrid, Spain), 2000.

(As Paul Naschy) Memorias de un hombre lobo, 1997, published as Paul Naschy: Memoirs of a Wolfman, Midnight Marquee Press (Baltimore, MD), 2000.

As Jack Mills, author of numerous novels, mostly westerns, including Dale la mano al diable, La muerte acompana, and Se que ganaras.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Erzebeth, another film in the "Count Waldemar Daninsky" series.

SIDELIGHTS: The prolific Spanish writer and actor Jacinto Molina, better known as Paul Naschy, has often been compared to the pioneering American horror film star Lon Chaney. As Naschy, Molina wrote and starred in a series of films about good-hearted scientist Count Waldemar Daninsky, who turns into a werewolf. Molina was first inspired by the serial films his mother took him to see as a young child, but despite his love of art and cinema, his parents wanted him to study something more practical. He went to school for architecture, but after graduation he turned his drawing skills to creating record sleeves and comic books. Before becoming an actor, Molina also wrote numerous pulp fiction novels, mostly westerns, under the pseudonym Jack Mills.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

BOOKS

Contemporary Theatre, Film, and Television, Volume 35, Gale (Detroit, MI), 2001.

Fischer, Dennis, Horror Film Directors, 1931-1990, McFarland & Co (Jefferson, NC), 1991.

ONLINE

Mark of Naschy,http://www.naschy.com (April 22, 2003).

MSN Entertainment,http://entertainment.msn.com/ (April 22, 2003), Sandra Brennan, review of La marca del hombre lobo; Cavett Binion and Patrick Legare, reviews of La furia del hombre lobo.*