Anthony Franciosa

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1928-10-25 (78 years old)

Deathday

2006-01-19

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Anthony Franciosa

Biography

Anthony Franciosa (born Anthony George Papaleo; October 25, 1928 – January 19, 2006) was an American actor. Franciosa began his career on stage and made a breakthrough after portraying a brother of the drug addict in the play A Hatful of Rain, which earned him a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. He reprised his role in its subsequent film adaptation, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anthony Franciosa,  licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1957

A Face in the Crowd

as Joey DePalma

1988

Zombie Death House

as Vic Moretti

1972

Across 110th Street

as Nick D'Salvio

1964

Rio Conchos

as Juan Luis Rodriguez

1975

The Drowning Pool

as Broussard

1958

The Long, Hot Summer

as Jody Varner

1980

The Cricket

as Annibale Meneghetti, detto Ulisse

1982

Death Wish II

as Herman Baldwin

1966

Assault on a Queen

as Vic Rossiter

1962

Period of Adjustment

as Ralph Bates

1957

A Hatful of Rain

as Polo Pope

1967

Fathom

as Peter Merriwether

1959

The Story on Page One

as Victor Santini

1979

Firepower

as the doctor Charles Félix

1971

Web of the Spider

as Alan Foster

1983

Julie Darling

as Harold Wilding

1977

1957

1964

The Pleasure Seekers

as Emilio Lacayo

1957

1966

The Swinger

as Ric Colby

1958

The Naked Maja

as Francisco Jose de Goya

1971

Earth II

as Frank Karger

1961

Go Naked in the World

as Nick Stratton

1966

A Man Could Get Killed

as Steve / Antonio

1962

Careless

as Emilio Brentani

1959

Career

as Sam Lawson

1968

1968

In Enemy Country

as Charles (as Tony Franciosa)

1989

Ghost Writer

as Vincent Carbone

1990

1973

Ghost in the Noonday Sun

as Pierre Rodriguez

1968

The Sweet Ride

as Collie Ransom

1974

1992

Double Threat

as Crocker Scott

1982

Kiss My Grits

as Charlie Karkas

1989

Fashion Crimes

as Commissioner Rizzo

1986

Stagecoach

as Henry Gatewood

1981

Side Show

as Zaranov

1981

2003

Rita

as Self

1975

Matt Helm

as Matt Helm

2003

Barbra Streisand: The Movie Album

as Bene (archive footage)

2018

The Ghost of Peter Sellers

as Himself (Archive)

1982

Tenebre

as Peter Neal

1972

The Catcher

as Joe Cade

1971

1970

The Enemy Before Us

as Jeff Dillon (as Tony Franciosa)

1996

City Hall

as Paul Zapatti

2014

Mystical Traveler: The Life and Times of Dr. John-Roger

as Self (archive footage) (as Tony Franciosa)

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