Biography
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Paul Naschy (born Jacinto Molina on September 6, 1934 in Madrid) is a Spanish movie actor, screenwriter, and director working primarily in horror films. His portrayal of numerous classic horror figures--the wolfman, a hunchback, Count Dracula, a mummy--have earned him recognition as a Spanish Lon Chaney. The King of Spain presented Naschy with that country's Gold Medal Award for Fine Arts in 2001 in honor of his work, which still continues to this day.
Werewolf characters
The werewolf Count Waldemar Daninsky is Paul Naschy's most famous character. In addition, Paul Naschy also played some other werewolves who were not named Waldemar Daninsky, but were obviously based on the character.
The Waldemar Daninsky series
This series of films is notorious for its retroactive continuity, comic book deaths and other continuity mismatches, with most of the films using new origin stories or recycling large pieces of plot from earlier films in the series. In addition, some films seem to be prequels to others, but without any firm evidence that this is so. The single bridging feature between all the films is the presence of a werewolf named Waldemar Daninsky. In order of release, the films are:
- 1. La Marca del Hombre Lobo (1968)
- 2. Las Noches del Hombre Lobo (1968)
- 3. El Hombre que Vino de Ummo (1970)
- 4. La Noche de Walpurgis (1971)
- 5. La Furia del Hombre Lobo (1972)
- 6. Dr. Jekyll y el Hombre Lobo (1972)
- 7. El Retorno de Walpurgis (1973)
- 8. La Maldicion de la Bestia (1975)
- 9. El Retorno del Hombre Lobo (1980)
- 10. La Bestia y la Espada Magica (1983)
- 11. Licántropo (1996)
- 12. Tomb of the Werewolf (2003)
Other werewolf films
Paul Naschy portrayed a werewolf known simply as El Hombre Lobo (translated as "The Werewolf") in a 1982 children's musical horror comedy. Later he played an actor portraying a werewolf and other monsters in a horror film for adults.
- Buenas Noches, Señor Monstruo (1982)
- El Aullido del Diablo (1987)
Other characters
Paul Naschy starred in many films that did not have werewolves. Most of this work was still in the horror genre.
- Amazonia Misteriosa (2005)
- Rottweiler (2004)
- El Mariscal del Infierno (1974)
- La Venganza de la Momia (1973)
- Los Ojos Azules de la Muneca Rota (1973)
- La Rebelion de las Muertas (1972)
- El Jorobado de la Morgue (1972)
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