James Franciscus

ACTOR, PRODUCER, WRITER

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James Grover Franciscus graduated magna cum laude from Yale University in 1957 with a B.A. in English and theater. His father, John Allen Franciscus, was a pilot killed in action during WWII. His mother was named Loraine (nee Grover) and he had one sibling, a brother named John. Mr. Franciscus is best known for his work in television, including Naked City (1958), The Investigators (1961), Mr. Novak (1963) and Longstreet (1971). He also made numerous guest appearances in other popular television programs, starred in numerous television movies, and appeared in numerous feature films. In the mid 1980s, he became dissatisfied with the roles offered to him and turned his attention to screen writing. As co-founder of Omnibus Productions, he produced many classic films, such as Heidi (1968), Jane Eyre (1970), David Copperfield (1986), Kidnapping (1987), and Le poney rouge (1973). An avid tennis player, he founded the James Franciscus Celebrity Tennis Tournament in the mid 1970s to raise money for multiple sclerosis research and victims (his mother suffered from this disease). He also enjoyed sky diving and scuba diving. He married Kathleen 'Kitty' Wellman, daughter of director William A. Wellman, on March 28, 1960, and fathered four daughters (Jamie, Kellie, Corie and Jolie). A devoted family man, his contracts often stipulated that he not be required to work past 6:00 pm. After his divorce from Wellman, he married second wife Carla in 1980 and continued to live on his two acre North Hollywood estate until his death. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous

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Streaming Availability

Amazon Video has the most number of James Franciscus’s flixes, followed by Vudu compared to other streaming platforms. See the full graph below.

Releases by Year

James Franciscus on average has worked on 2 movies per year from 1970 to 1991. See the full graphs of the number of James Franciscus movies released per year from 1971 till 1991.

Top Genres

James Franciscus works mostly in Drama Genre followed by Action Genre flixes. 34% of James Franciscus movies are Drama Genre movies. See Top Genres that James Franciscus worked on in the graph below.

Average IMDB Score

On average the IMDB score of the movies that James Franciscus has worked on is 6.2.

6.2 / 10

James Franciscus's Movies and Tv Series available to Stream now ..

Horror,Mystery,Thriller
The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971)

A newspaper reporter and a retired, blind journalist try to solve a series of killings connected to a pharmaceutical company's experimental, top-secret research projects and in so doing, both become targets of the killer.

6.6/10112 min

Available in 20 platform(s).

Jane Eyre is an orphan, sent to Lowood school, and eventually becomes a governess at Thornfield hall to a girl named Adele. While she is there, many strange things happen and eventually she...

6.4/10110 min

Available in 2 platform(s).

The sole survivor of an interplanetary rescue mission searches for the only survivor of the previous expedition. He discovers a planet ruled by apes and an underground city run by telepathic humans.

6/1095 min

Available in 14 platform(s).

A skilled flyer but very rebellious young seagull is kicked out of his clan. However, instead of being sad or lonely, he decides to enjoy and explore his newfound freedom.

5.9/1099 min

Available in 7 platform(s).

Action,Crime,Thriller
Concorde Affaire '79 (1979)

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.

5.5/1096 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

An American commander, serving under the British Royal Navy in 1942, is assigned to blockade the island of Malta and told to formulate a plan to destroy the Nazi arsenal in Sicily.

5.4/1095 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

An ex-US Army commando must find the reason why his comrades from his unit are being systematically murdered before he is next.

5/1095 min

Available in 10 platform(s).

James Franciscus tries to save hundreds of swimmers in a coastal resort after a Great White Shark starts terrorizing the area.

4.3/1088 min

Available in 6 platform(s).