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Jack Taylor (actor)
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Jack Taylor is an American
actor
. He first relocated to Mexico
in the late 1950s/early 1960s, and later to Spain
, where he has appeared in many films, mostly horror and cheesy exploitation pictures. He worked for such well-known Spanish horror film directors as Jesús Franco
, Amando de Ossorio, Javier Aguirre, Juan Piquer Simon, Leon Klimovsky, Carlos Aured and Jose Ramon Larraz. He co-starred in films with many famous Mexican and European horror stars, such as Paul Naschy, Christopher Lee, Wolf Ruvinski, German Robles, Howard Vernon, Ray Milland, Soledad Miranda, Janine Reynaud, Lina Romay, Paul Muller, Klaus Kinski, Adrian Hoven, Helga Line, Herbert Lom and Maria Rohm. He shocked his fans in 1974 by appearing completely nude in Female Vampire
(1974), a Jesus Franco
horror film that contained many pornographic sequences.
United States
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actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. He first relocated to Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
in the late 1950s/early 1960s, and later to Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, where he has appeared in many films, mostly horror and cheesy exploitation pictures. He worked for such well-known Spanish horror film directors as Jesús Franco
Jesús Franco
Jesús "Jess" Franco is a Spanish film director, writer, cinematographer and actor. His career took off in 1961 with his cult classic The Awful Dr. Orloff, which received wide distribution in the United States and England...
, Amando de Ossorio, Javier Aguirre, Juan Piquer Simon, Leon Klimovsky, Carlos Aured and Jose Ramon Larraz. He co-starred in films with many famous Mexican and European horror stars, such as Paul Naschy, Christopher Lee, Wolf Ruvinski, German Robles, Howard Vernon, Ray Milland, Soledad Miranda, Janine Reynaud, Lina Romay, Paul Muller, Klaus Kinski, Adrian Hoven, Helga Line, Herbert Lom and Maria Rohm. He shocked his fans in 1974 by appearing completely nude in Female Vampire
Female Vampire
Female Vampire or The Bare Breasted Countess is a 1973 French erotic horror film by Jesus Franco.-Plot:The plot revolves around Countess Irina von Karlstein , a mute woman who needs sex like a vampire needs blood in order to stay alive forever. When new victims are found fatally drained of potency,...
(1974), a Jesus Franco
Jesús Franco
Jesús "Jess" Franco is a Spanish film director, writer, cinematographer and actor. His career took off in 1961 with his cult classic The Awful Dr. Orloff, which received wide distribution in the United States and England...
horror film that contained many pornographic sequences.
Filmography
- AgnosíaAgnosía (film)Agnosía is a Spanish baroque retro-futuristic thriller directed by Eugenio Mira and written by Antonio Trashorras.-Plot:The protagonist is a young woman, Joana Prats suffering from agnosia, a strange, primary visual disease that is one of the neuropsychological disorders of perception...
(2010) - The Blood of Nostradamus (1959)
- Nostradamus, the Genie of Darkness (1959)
- Nostradamus and the Monster Demolisher (1959)
- The Curse of Nostradamus (1959)
- Neutron Vs The Amazing Dr. Caronte (1960)
- Neutron Vs The Death Robots (1960)
- Neutron, the Man in the Black Mask (1960)
- Necronomicon - Geträumte Sünden (1967, dir. Jesus Franco)
- Count DraculaCount DraculaCount Dracula is a fictional character, the titular antagonist of Bram Stoker's 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula and archetypal vampire. Some aspects of his character have been inspired by the 15th century Romanian general and Wallachian Prince Vlad III the Impaler...
(1969, dir. Jesus Franco) - Nightmares Come At Night (1970, dir. Jesus Franco)
- Eugenie: The Story of her Journey into Perversion (1970, dir. Jesus Franco)
- Dr. Jekyll and the WolfmanDr. Jekyll y el Hombre LoboDr. Jekyll y el Hombre Lobo, also known as Dr. Jekyll and the Wolfman and Dr. Jekyll and the Werewolf, is a 1972 Spanish horror film, the sixth in the series, about the werewolf Count Waldemar Daninsky, played by Paul Naschy.-Plot summary:...
(1971, co-starring Paul NaschyPaul NaschyPaul Naschy was a Spanish movie actor, screenwriter, and director working primarily in horror films. His portrayals of numerous classic horror figures—the wolfman, the hunchback, Count Dracula, the mummy—have earned him recognition as the Spanish Lon Chaney...
) - The Killer is One of the Thirteen (1973, dir. Javier Aguirre)
- The Mummy's Revenge (1973, co-starring Paul Naschy)
- The Vampires' Night Orgy (1973, dir. Leon Klimovsky)
- El Buque Maldito (aka "Horror of the Zombies") (1974, dir. Amando de Ossorio)
- The Bare-Breasted CountessFemale VampireFemale Vampire or The Bare Breasted Countess is a 1973 French erotic horror film by Jesus Franco.-Plot:The plot revolves around Countess Irina von Karlstein , a mute woman who needs sex like a vampire needs blood in order to stay alive forever. When new victims are found fatally drained of potency,...
(aka "Female Vampire") (1974, dir. Jesus Franco) - The House of Lost Girls (1974) co-written by Jesus Franco
- Night of the Sorcerers (1974, dir. Amando de Ossorio)
- Sexy Sisters (1976, dir. Jesus Franco)
- Where Time Began (1977, dir. Juan Piquer Simon)
- The Devil's Exorcist (1978)
- Enigma Rosso (1978) aka "Red Rings Of Fear" (made in Italy)
- Call of the Blonde Goddess, aka "Porno Shock" (1978, dir. Jesus Franco)
- PiecesPieces (film)Pieces is a 1983 cult classic slasher horror film and "drive-in favorite".-Plot:...
(1981, dir. Juan Piquer SimónJuan Piquer SimónJuan Piquer Simón was a Spanish film director most well known for directing the cult classic horror exploitation films, Pieces and Slugs: The Movie ....
) - Conan the Barbarian (1982, dir. John MiliusJohn MiliusJohn Frederick Milius is an American screenwriter, director, and producer of motion pictures.-Early life:Milius was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Elizabeth and William Styx Milius, who was a shoe manufacturer. Milius attempted to join the Marine Corps in the late 1960s, but was rejected...
) - The Sea SerpentThe Sea SerpentThe Sea Serpent: The Yarns of Jean Marie Cabidoulin is an adventure novel by Jules Verne first published in 1901.-Publication history:*1967, UK, London, Arco, 191 pp., 60 illus., First English translation-External links:* available at...
(1985, dir. Amando de Ossorio) - Rest in Pieces (1987, dir. Jose Ramon Larraz)
- Edge of the AxeEdge of the AxeEdge of the Axe is a 1988 made-for-TV horror film about a masked maniac murdering people in a small Northern Californian suburb.-Cast:*Barton Faolks as Gerald Martin*Christina Marie Lane as Lillian Nebbs*Page Moseley as Richard Simmons...
(1988, dir. Joseph Braunstein) - The Ninth GateThe Ninth GateThe Ninth Gate is a 1999 horror film directed, produced, and co-written by Roman Polanski. It is a neo-noir, occult mystery thriller involving the rare book business, wherein rare-book dealer Dean Corso is hired by bibliophile Boris Balkan to validate a seventeenth-century copy of The Nine Gates...
(1999, dir. Roman PolanskiRoman PolanskiRoman Polanski is a French-Polish film director, producer, writer and actor. Having made films in Poland, Britain, France and the USA, he is considered one of the few "truly international filmmakers."...
) - A2ZA2ZA2Z is a 2006 USA-German drama film by Daryush Shokof. The film is shot entirely in Berlin, Germany in 2004.-Plot:The old man and his lolita are lovers. They have decided to end it all by a dramatic "shoot-out" finale this very day...
(2004, dir. Daryush ShokofDaryush ShokofDaryush Shokof is an Iranian artist, film director, philosopher, writer, art director, and film producer, and singer...
) - The Birthday (2004, dir. Eugenio Mira)