a tube going into his mouth or around his throat". Francis is interred at the Columbarium of Remembrance in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles. Legacy After fading into obscurity for decades, Francis' three directed films gained cult status after being featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000 in the mid-1990s, where they became infamous for their poor production values, repetitive plot devices, meandering and incomprehensible storylines, and stilted acting. Some critics have characterized Francis as being the worst director of all-time, even suggesting that he may surpass Ed Wood in terms of ineptitude. Hallmarks of Francis' films include preoccupation with light aircraft and parachuting, coffee or cigarettes serving as props or centers of conversation and vigilante-style gunning down of suspects without trial at the films' conclusions. Filmography Actor (films) Blondie's Reward (uncredited, 1948) The Girl in White (1952) Scarlet Angel (uncredited, 1952) Killers from Space (uncredited, 1954) She Couldn't Say No (uncredited, 1954) This Island Earth (uncredited, 1955) The Phantom Stagecoach (uncredited, 1957) Stakeout on Dope Street (1958) Twilight for the Gods (uncredited, 1958) T-Bird Gang (1959) The Jailbreakers (1960) Spring Affair (1960) Cimarron (uncredited, 1960) The Beast of Yucca Flats (uncredited, 1961) The Skydivers (uncredited, 1963) The Thrill Killers (uncredited, 1964) Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters (1965) Motorpsycho (1965) Red Zone Cuba (1966) The Last American Hobo (1967) P.J. (uncredited, 1968) Body Fever (1969) The Dirtiest Game (1970) Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) Actor (television) Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (4 episodes, 1955–1957) Highway Patrol (1 episode, 1959) Dragnet (3 episodes, 1957–1959) M Squad (1 episode, 1960) Tales of Wells Fargo (1 episode, 1961) Director The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961) The Skydivers (1963) Night Train to Mundo Fine (aka Red Zone Cuba) (1966) See also List of films considered the worst RiffTrax Social realism References External links Interview with Anthony Cardoza 1919 births 1973 deaths American male film actors American male television actors Burials at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery 20th-century American male actors Film directors from California Film directors from Oklahoma People from Greer County, Oklahoma