Franco Columbu
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1941-08-07 (78 years old)
Deathday
2019-08-30
Place of Birth
Ollolai, Nuoro, Italia
Also known As
Francesco Columbu
Franco Columbu
Biography
An Italian born former bodybuilder, actor and author. Despite his short statue at 5 ft 5 (165cm) he won Mr. Olympia bodybuilding in 1976 and 1981. During a competition in Munich in 1965, he met Arnold Schwarzenegger and the two of them got very close. After Arnolds relocation to USA, he brought Franco over not long after because he missed his best friend. It was a friendship that would last for 54 years til Franco'a death. Franco Columbo's would participate in several minor roles in movies after his US entry, acting along side Schwarzenegger in a few of his motion pictures. Although he held a US residence and lived there since the 1970's, Col...
Acting
1984
as Future Terminator
1980
as Self
1977
as Self
1980
as Self
1976
as Franco Orsini (uncredited)
2003
as Aldo Paccione
1994
as Franco Armando Beretta
1982
as Pictish Scout
1991
as L'americano
1993
as Nerescu
1988
as Otto the Strongman
1984
as Himself
1994
as Enrico Costa
2024
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2011
as Frank
2014
as Self
1997
as Enrico Costa
1986
as Self
2015
as Franco Turelli
2002
as Self - Mr. Olympia 1981
1987
as 911 Security Officer #2
1988
1984
as Self
1962
1987
as Medic (uncredited)
Production
1994
as Author
2003
as Producer
1999
as Utility Stunts
1997
as Producer
1994
as Producer
1994
as Writer
1997
as Director
1984
as Technical Advisor
1996
as Stunts
1997
as Writer
1994
as Producer
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