Franco Franchi

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1928-09-18 (64 years old)

Deathday

1992-12-09

Place of Birth

Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Franco Franchi

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Franco Franchi (born Francesco Benenato , 18 September 1928 - 9 December 1992) was an Italian comedian. He was born in Palermo, Sicily and began his career in the 1950s, although his career only really took off in the 1960s. He starred in many comedies, mainly as a duo with Ciccio Ingrassia but also in more dramatic material such as Comencini's 'Adventures of Pinocchio (1972), in which they paired memorably as the Fox and the Cat. Description above from the Wikipedia article Franco Franchi,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1964

Two Gangsters in the Wild West

as Franco Capone / Il nonno di Franco / Francuzza l'abbandonata

1972

Teatro 11

as Self

1984

Kaos

as Zi' Dima (segment "La giara")

1961

1967

Tonight I'll Throw Me

as Bath attendant

1972

Two Sons of Trinity

as Franco Trinità

1962

Il mio amico Benito

as Terrorista

1966

Two Sons of Ringo

as Franco Merendino / Django

1966

The Two Sans-culottes

as Franco La Capra

1974

Farfallon

as Farfallon

1961

1964

2 mattacchioni al Moulin Rouge

as Nicolino Celletti

1969

I 2 deputati

as Franco Franchini

1968

The Nephews of Zorro

as Franco La Vacca

1975

The Sergeant Rompiglioni Becomes... Corporal

as Francesco Garibaldi Rompiglioni

1969

1968

Franco, Ciccio and the Cheerful Widows

as Franco Marelli / Salvatore Pollara

1962

Those Two in the Legion

as Franco Cocuzza

1963

The Swindlers

as Salvatore (segment "Siciliani")

1962

The Masseuses

as Franco - Nightwatchman #1

1964

1965

002 Operation Moon

as Franco / Colonel Paradowsky

1965

Two Idiots at Fort Alamo

as Franco La Pera

1987

Blue Tango

as Gaetano Buttitta

1963

The Shortest Day

as Franco Lo Grugno

1970

Those Sweet Creatures

as Franco Samperi

1964

1967

I due vigili

as Franco Lo Cascio

1963

Scandal Nudes

as polizziotto Franco

1967

Two R-R-Ringos from Texas

as Franco Caterina

1963

La donna degli altri è sempre più bella

as Turiddu Macrì (segment "I Promessi Sposi")

1974

Paolo the Cool

as Paolino Pastorino detto Tino

1964

1962

2 samurai per 100 geishe

as Franco Santuzzo

1964

The Twelve-Handed Men of Mars

as Socio dello scrittore

1964

A Monster and a Half

as Franco \ Cesarone

1964

Le tardone

as The killer (episode "Un delitto quasi perfetto")

1961

1965

Wrong Beds

as Franco (Segment "La seconda moglie")

1970

Paths of War

as Franco

1965

Veneri in collegio

as Calogero Junior

1964

These Mad, Mad Women

as Turiddu Macrì ('Siciliani a Milano')

1965

1964

I due toreri

as Franco Scontentezza

1964

The Two Mafiosi

as Franco Fisichella

1965

The Sons of the Leopard

as Franco / Maria Rosa

1967

The World's Gold

as Franco Sparapaoli

1968

I due Crociati

as Franco di Carrapipi

1968

Two Firefighters

as Francesco Perricone

1975

The Noon Vigilante

as Franco Gabbiani

1963

Target: Girls

as Cassarà

1974

Littlefoot the Policeman

as Franco Petralia

1971

I due assi del guantone

as Franco Marsala

1973

The Godfather's Godson

as Oronzo Musumeci

1971

It's a Woman's War

as Serg. Franco Samperi

1970

1961

The Last Judgment

as disoccupato

1971

The Clan of the Two Borsalini

as Franco Franchetti, il 'Professore'

1968

Ugly at Night

as Franco / Bruto Di Notte

1962

1969

1967

The Sicily Barbers

as Franco Lo Persico

1971

1971

Ma che musica maestro

as Franco, il capobanda

1970

1973

Il sergente Rompiglioni

as Francesco Garibaldi Rompiglioni

1965

1965

Latin Lovers

as Franco

1963

Everything is Music

as Friend of Anemia

1964

Easy Love

as Franco (segment "Un uomo corretto")

1966

1975

Dream of Zorro

as Paco / Zorro

1965

The Two Parachutists

as Pasquale - Franco Impallomeni

1960

Appointment in Ischia

as Contrabbandiere Basso

1964

1973

Dirty Weekend

as Person on Film #1 (Theater) (archive footage) (uncredited)

1969

Lisa with the Blue Eyes

as funzionario Centro Spaziale #1

1964

Oh! Those Most Secret Agents

as Franco Passalacqua

1965

The Amazing Doctor G

as Franco Pecora

1965

I Kill, You Kill

as Turiddu (segment "Cavalleria Rusticana, oggi")

1965

War Italian Style

as Frank Scordia

1964

Venus in the Sun

as Francesco Macrì (segment "Una domenica a Fregene")

1964

The Maniacs

as Thief #1 (segment 'Il week-end)

1962

I motorizzati

as Un ladro di gomme

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