Paul Naschy
was born Jacinto Molina Álvarez on September 16, 1934 in Madrid, Spain. Nachy was
a Spanish movie actor, screenwriter, and director working primarily in horror
films. Early in his life he wrote several Western dime novels, published under
the pseudonym Jack Mills. His portrayals of numerous classic horror figures — the
Wolfman, Frankenstein's Monster, Count Dracula, the Hunchback, and the Mummy —
earned him recognition as the Spanish Lon Chaney. He had one of the most
recognizable faces in Spanish horror film. Naschy also starred in dozens of
action films, historical dramas, crime movies, TV shows and documentaries as
well. In addition to acting, Naschy also wrote the screenplays for most of his
films and directed a number of them as well. King Juan Carlos I presented
Naschy with Spain's Gold Medal Award for Fine Arts in 2001 in honor of his
work, the Spanish equivalent of being knighted.
As Jacinto
Molina, Naschy appeared in only one Euro-western “The Fury of Johnny Kid”
(1966) as Blackie.
Naschy died
from pancreatic cancer on December 1, 2009 in Madrid, Spain.
Today we
remember Paul Naschy on what would have been his 80th birthday.
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