Ivor Francis

Acting

Ivor Francis

Born 1918-10-26 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Ivor Francis (October 26, 1918 – October 22, 1986) was a Canadian-American character actor and acting teacher. He is the father of television soap opera actress Genie Francis. From Wikipedia

Acting credits

The Night Strangler poster
6.7

After being run out of Las Vegas, reporter Carl Kolchak heads for Seattle and another reporting job with the local paper. It's not long before he’s on the trail of another string of bizarre murders. It seems that every 21 years, for the past century, a killer murders a certain number of people, drains them of their blood, and then disappears into the night. Kolchak is on his trail, but can he stop him?

The Night Strangler

1973

Spider-Man poster
6.3

When an extortionist threatens to force a multi-suicide unless a huge ransom is paid, only Peter Parker can stop him with his new powers as Spider-Man.

Spider-Man

1977

Splendor in the Grass poster
7.5

A fragile Kansas girl's unrequited and forbidden love for a handsome young man from the town's most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.

Splendor in the Grass

1961

Superdad poster
4.8

A dad tries to impress the daughter -- a soon-to-be college student he thinks is hanging around with a bad crowd.

Superdad

1973

Busting poster
6.2

Defying orders to lay-off the case, two Los Angeles vice-squad cops go after a local mobster and use unorthodox methods to achieve results.

Busting

1974

The Last Child poster
7.3

In a badly-overpopulated future, where each couple is only allowed one child and where people over 65 are forbidden medical care under a very draconian set of laws, a young couple, pregnant with their second child (the first died shortly after birth) enlist the help of an elderly former US Senator to help them escape to Canada.

The Last Child

1971

The Prisoner of Second Avenue poster
6.7

Mel Edison has just lost his job after many years and now has to cope with being unemployed at middle age during an intense NYC heat wave.

The Prisoner of Second Avenue

1975

I Love My Wife poster
3.5

Young surgeon becomes bored with his wife and family, he has a very successful career, but even with having so much in life, he feels empty and goes through a series of brief and meaningless relations with attractive women.

I Love My Wife

1970

In Name Only poster
7.0

In this romantic comedy, an unwed couple who run a wedding planning business discover, to their horror, that the Justice of the Peace who had officiated their first three weddings was only an actor. Hilarity ensues as they set about trying to get these marrieds married...again.

In Name Only

1969

The Return of the World's Greatest Detective poster
9.0

A Los Angeles cop falls off his motorcycle, strikes his head and wakes up believing himself to be Sherlock Holmes. Along with the social worker who is treating him, he sets out to solve the murder of an embezzler.

The Return of the World's Greatest Detective

1976

Hunters Are for Killing poster
6.0

A man comes home after serving time in prison to claim his share of his deceased mother's estate. However, his adoptive father, who holds him responsible for his biological son's death, intends to fight him for everything.

Hunters Are for Killing

1970

The Eyes of Charles Sand poster
6.3

A young man inherits the ability to see visions beyond the grave.

The Eyes of Charles Sand

1972

The North Avenue Irregulars poster
6.6

When crooks set up operations in a traditional town, a minister and a group of church ladies are willing to do anything, no matter how wacky, to get them out.

The North Avenue Irregulars

1979

Will There Really Be a Morning? poster
7.0

This is the story of actress Frances Farmer, her struggles with mental illness and involuntary confinement in an insane asylum.

Will There Really Be a Morning?

1983

No artwork available
7.0

Melissa and Jim Bryant live on an Iowa farm with their adult son Chuck, their adult daughter Karen, and their teenage son Wayne, who is a high school sophomore. Wayne is a talented singer and guitarist who dreams of country music stardom. Karen, newly separated from her husband, has recently rejoined the family with her own young son Tommy, who misses his father. This was a pilot film for a proposed television series that was not picked up.

State Fair

1976

Honky poster
5.1

Sheila, an affluent black teenager, begins dating working class white teen Wayne, and asks him for help to sell a kilo of marijuana.

Honky

1971

The Steagle poster
5.1

In the midst of the Cuban missile crisis, a mild-mannered professor decides to live out all of his daydreams, travelling across the country and adopting a different persona in each city.

The Steagle

1971

How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business? poster
2.9

Playboy magazine darling (and one-time playmate of Hugh Hefner) Barbi Benton is Naughty Cheerleader Lynne Keefe, a small-town, small-brained babe who gets caught up big-time in the sex business. As a high school cheerleader who can really twirl a baton back in hometown Scranton, Lynne gets knocked up by a horny hunk on a motorcycle who then dumps her, sending her into a sexual spiral that takes her to The Catskills, Boston, New York, Miami and Rome.

How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business?

1970

Nero Wolfe poster
8.3

Gourmet Nero Wolfe interrupts his orchid-tending to take on the case of a lady tycoon who wants to know why she's under investigation by the FBI, only to find himself enmeshed in a puzzling murder-mystery. TV movie based on Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe series.

Nero Wolfe

1979

The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West poster
4.1

This comical western chronicles the silly adventures of a bumbling wagonmaster and his clutzy assistant as they attempt to take seven passengers across the prairie. Among the passengers are two wealthy Bostonians, an aspiring showgirl, a teacher, and bachelor. The story is adapted from Dusty's Trail, a television sitcom.

The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West

1976

The House of the Dead poster
4.8

When a philandering husband accidentally finds himself lost during a rainstorm, he’s taken in by an elderly mortician and is forced to learn the ghastly origins of four freshly arrived corpses.

The House of the Dead

1978

Snavely poster
NR

Henry Snavely is a cynical hotelier that in this pilot is faced with the threat of hotel inspectors.

Snavely

1978

The Late Liz poster
8.0

Religion changes a woman's attitude towards alcohol.

The Late Liz

1971

Outrage! poster
6.6

One man decides to wage war against a gang of teenage punks besieging an affluent California community. Based on a true incident.

Outrage!

1973