He was in "Curse of the Black Widow" (1977), a television miniseries "Aspen" (1977) with Sam Elliott, "Wheels" (1978), "Firepower" (1979), "The World Is Full of Married Men" (1979), "The Cricket" (1980), "Help Me to Dream" (1981), an episode of "Tales of the Unexpected", "Side Show" (1981), "Death Wish II" (1982), "Kiss My Grits" (1982), "Tenebrae" (1982) from Dario Argento, "Julie Darling" (1983), and an episode of "Masquerade". In his memoir, "From I Love Lucy to Shōgun and Beyond: Tales from the Other Side of the Camera", Jerry London stated that Franciosa could not remember his lines during the shooting of the television movie "Wheels", so co-star Rock Hudson had to hold up cue cards for him during one scene in a car.