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James Franciscus

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James Grover Franciscus (January 31, 1934 – July 8, 1991) was an American actor, known for his roles in feature films and in four television series: Mr. Novak, The Naked City, The Investigators, and Longstreet. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Franciscus, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

31-01-1934

Birthday

Aquarius

Zodiac Sign

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Genres

42

Total Films

James Francicus, Jim Franciscus, جیمز فرانسیسکوس

Also known as (male)

Clayton, Missouri, USA

Place of Birth

Popular works

Creative career

actor

42 Works

producer

4 Works

director

5 Works

writer

1 Works

other

0 Works

Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey

Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey

Documentary on the legendary martial artist Bruce Lee, with a focus on the production of his unfinished film Game of Death. Using interviews and behind-the-scenes footage, Lee aficionado John Little paints a portrait of the world's most famous action hero, concluding with a new cut of Game of Death's action finale, reconstructed from Lee's notes and recently-recovered footage.
7.3

Year:

2000

La Classe américaine

La Classe américaine

George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an American newspaper, wondering about the meaning of these intriguing final words, asks his three best investigators, Dave, Peter and Steven, to solve the mystery. (Sixteen French actors dub scenes from various Warner Bros. films to create a parody of Citizen Kane, 1941.)
7.6

Year:

1993

Secret Weapons

Secret Weapons

Soviet High School girls are sent to the U.S. where they are taught to become secret agents and use sex to find information.
6.7

Year:

1985

Great Transport

Great Transport

This WW2 epic was one of the last movies of that kind made in former Yugoslavia. It tells the true story of great transport of Partizans from Vojvodina to Bosnia in 1943.
7.1

Year:

1983

Butterfly

Butterfly

Jess Tyler lives a quiet life next to an abandoned mining factory by himself in the desert. His life is turned upside down when a sexually provocative young woman comes to visit him and tells him she's his daughter. Jess finds it hard to adapt to his newfound parenting role, as a mutual attraction grows between them.
5.1

Year:

1982

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy

Biography of the former first lady, focusing on her years as a photojournalist and leading up to her marriage to John F. Kennedy and their moving into the White House.
8.0

Year:

1981

The Last Shark

The Last Shark

When a 35-foot great white shark begins to wreak havoc on a seaside town, the mayor, not wanting to endanger his gubernatorial campaign, declines to act, so a local shark hunter and horror author band together to stop the beast.
5.5

Year:

1981

Nightkill

Nightkill

The wife of a wealthy industrialist finds herself caught-up in a web of intrigue & murder which was created by her own deceit. When she tries to escape the results of her actions, she too falls victim to deception.
5.2

Year:

1980

When Time Ran Out...

When Time Ran Out...

An active volcano threatens a south Pacific island resort and its guests as a power struggle ensues between the property's developer and a drilling foreman.
5.3

Year:

1980

Killer Fish

Killer Fish

Jewel thieves attempt to recover treasure from piranha infested waters. Mistrust and betrayals happen amongst the gang in the quest for gold.
4.6

Year:

1979

City on Fire

City on Fire

An ex-employee of a city oil refinery creates an explosion at the facility which starts a chain-reaction of fires that engulf the entire city.
5.0

Year:

1979

Concorde Affair

Concorde Affair

A reporter tries to stop the crash of an aircraft after uncovering an airline's plot to save their business by sabotaging Concorde flights and have them decommissioned.
6.6

Year:

1979

Puzzle

Puzzle

Franciscus searches for the urn that contains the remains of Buddha but instead finds danger and intrigue.
0.0

Year:

1978

The Pirate

The Pirate

An Israeli man, raised by a wealthy and powerful Arab, comes into conflict with his heritage when he is entrusted with managing his country's oil fortunes and must deal with a fanatical terrorist group led by his daughter.
5.5

Year:

1978

Secrets of Three Hungry Wives

Secrets of Three Hungry Wives

When a millionaire playboy is murdered, suspicion falls on three married women, best friends, whom he had tried to play against each other in a game of divide and conquer.
5.2

Year:

1978

Good Guys Wear Black

Good Guys Wear Black

The former leader of a commando rescue attempt into Vietnam tries to discover why his squad members are being murdered, one-by-one, after the war is over.
5.2

Year:

1978

The Greek Tycoon

The Greek Tycoon

A lusty Greek shipping magnate courts the widow of an assassinated U.S. president.
5.5

Year:

1978

The Man Inside

The Man Inside

An undercover cop infiltrates a major heroin ring. He soon finds himself in a position to take $2 million without anyone knowing about it, a situation made all the more tempting because of his girlfriend's griping about their constant struggles to make ends meet and their need to change their lives for the better.
0.0

Year:

1977

The Amazing Dobermans

The Amazing Dobermans

An ex-con man and his five trained Dobermans help a Treasury Dept. agent stop a racketeer and his gang.
5.5

Year:

1976

One of My Wives Is Missing

One of My Wives Is Missing

Vacationing in a small town, a frantic Daniel Corban shows up at the local police station, declaring that his wife has disappeared. Corban imperiously demands that the easygoing police inspector drop everything and find his missing spouse. Within a few days, a woman claiming to be his wife shows up, but Corban insists that he's never met the woman before.
7.2

Year:

1976

The Trial of Chaplain Jensen

The Trial of Chaplain Jensen

Based on a true story, this film tells the story of Chaplain Andrew Jensen, the only U.S. navy chaplain ever court-martialed on charges of adultery.
5.5

Year:

1975

The Dream Makers

The Dream Makers

A college president becomes the president of a record company, and finds himself enmeshed in a payola scandal.
0.0

Year:

1975

Aloha Means Goodbye

Aloha Means Goodbye

A young woman who is battling a rare blood disease must also fight against a greedy doctor who needs a heart-transplant donor, and has her in mind.
0.0

Year:

1974

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Jonathan is sick and tired of the boring life in his seagull clan. He rather experiments with new, always more daring flying techniques. Since he doesn't fit in, the elders expel him from the clan. So he sets out to discover the world beyond the horizon in a quest for wisdom.
6.1

Year:

1973

The 500 Pound Jerk

The 500 Pound Jerk

An advertising man's dream of turning a huge hillbilly into an Olympic weightlifting champion is set back when the hillbilly falls for a Russian gymnast.
0.0

Year:

1973

Under the Law: The Hitchhike

Under the Law: The Hitchhike

After receiving an anonymous phone call, the cops pick up a young woman who is wandering around alone in the desert. She tells them that she was given a lift by a stranger, who abandoned her there. Or are there more sides to one story? Part of a series of scare movies called Under the Law, distributed by Disney in the 1970s.
10.0

Year:

1973

Longstreet

Longstreet

The pilot for the 1971 - 1972 series of the same title. Mike Longstreet, an insurance investigator in New Orleans loses his sight and his wife in an explosion and is determined to track down his wife's killers.
9.3

Year:

1971

The Cat o' Nine Tails

The Cat o' Nine Tails

A newsman works with a blind puzzle-solver to uncover a deadly conspiracy linked to a genetic research facility.
6.7

Year:

1971

Night Slaves

Night Slaves

A man and his wife stumble upon a town whose inhabitants turn into zombies and head for the edge of town every night... he seems to be the only one unaffected. What is happening to the townsfolk? Who is the mysterious young women he keeps seeing? Why isn't he affected?
6.2

Year:

1970

Beneath the Planet of the Apes

Beneath the Planet of the Apes

The sole survivor of an interplanetary rescue mission lands on the planet of the apes, and uncovers a horrible secret beneath the surface.
6.2

Year:

1970

Hell Boats

Hell Boats

A war drama of motor torpedo boats which did much unsung work in WW2, but the naval battles merely provide an exciting story in which an even more special romantic drama is wrapped up.
8.0

Year:

1970

Marooned

Marooned

After spending several months in an orbiting lab, three astronauts prepare to return to Earth only to find their de-orbit thrusters won't activate. After initially thinking they might have to abandon them in orbit, NASA decides to launch a daring rescue. Their plans are complicated by a hurricane headed towards the launch site—and a shrinking air supply in the astronauts' capsule.
5.9

Year:

1969

The Valley of Gwangi

The Valley of Gwangi

A turn of the century wild west show struggling to make a living in Mexico comes into the possession of a tiny prehistoric horse. This leads to an expedition to the Forbidden Valley where they discover living dinosaurs. They capture one and take it back to be put on display, leading to inevitable mayhem.
7.1

Year:

1969

Trial Run

Trial Run

A slice-of-life drama involving a young lawyer, his adoring secretary who tries to help to advance his career, and his employer, a famed lawyer burdened with an unfaithful wife.
0.0

Year:

1969

Snow Treasure

Snow Treasure

It is 1940 in Norway, a neutral, peace-loving country that is invaded by Nazi Germany. A gang of Norwegian children do what Norwegian children like best - ski. They are actually rescuing Norwegian gold from the nazi invaders. The Nazis search all adults but don't suspect children playing. The children carry the gold, one bar at a time, across the mountains to a fishing boat. It is a race against time, it is spring and the snow is melting. So they ski from dawn to dusk every day.
6.5

Year:

1968

Shadow Over Elveron

Shadow Over Elveron

A corrupt sheriff knows the secrets of everyone in town and uses that information to go unchallenged. But after the arrest of an innocent teenager, the new doctor cannot keep quiet and tries to get the community to stand up for what is right.
8.3

Year:

1968

Youngblood Hawke

Youngblood Hawke

An unknown Kentucky writer comes to New York and pursues fame and women.
6.1

Year:

1964

Miracle of the White Stallions

Miracle of the White Stallions

In WWII Austria, Col. Alois Podhajsky must protect his beloved Lipizzaner stallions and make sure that they are surrendered into the right hands. But Patton's something of a horse fancier and can help...if he sees the stallions perform.
5.8

Year:

1963

The Outsider

The Outsider

Ira Hayes, a young Pima Indian, enlists in the Marine Corps. At boot camp, he is shunned and mocked by everyone, aside from a Marine named Sorenson, who he befriends. They happen to be two of the six marines captured in the famous photograph of Marines raising the U.S. flag on Suribachi during the battle of Iwo Jima, but Sorenson is killed soon after. Although he is hailed as a hero, Ira's life begins to spiral out of control after the war.
6.2

Year:

1961

I Passed for White

I Passed for White

A young woman falls in love and marries, but withholds from her husband information about her family.
6.0

Year:

1960

The Mugger

The Mugger

A police shrink tries to identify and capture an elusive mugger that scars his female victims before stealing their purse.
5.6

Year:

1958

Four Boys and a Gun

Four Boys and a Gun

The moving story of four young men struggling against overwhelming odds to remain honest. When their crooked employer shorts their earnings; they turn to crime, their first theft ending in tragedy.
6.3

Year:

1957