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Franco Franchi

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

18/09/1928

Day of Death

09/12/1992
(64) years old

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... Read More

Known For

How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio

Blue Tango

Kaos

Cream, Chocolate and... Paprika

Friends More Than Before

Dream of Zorro

The Sergeant Rompiglioni Becomes... Corporal

The Noon Vigilante

The Inheritance of Uncle Goodsoul

Filmography

Cast

2004

How We Got the Italian Movie Business In...

as Self (archive footage)

1987

Blue Tango

as Gaetano Buttitta

1984

Kaos

as Zi' Dima (segment "La giara")

1983

Uno storico pasticcio

as Franco

1981

Cream, Chocolate and... Paprika

as Matteo

1976

Friends More Than Before

1975

Dream of Zorro

as Paco / Zorro

1975

The Sergeant Rompiglioni Becomes... Corp...

as Francesco Garibaldi Rompiglioni

1975

The Noon Vigilante

as Franco Gabbiani

1974

The Inheritance of Uncle Goodsoul

as Franco Favazza

1974

Littlefoot the Policeman

as Franco Petralia

1974

Farfallon

as Farfallon

1974

Paolo the Cool

as Paolino Pastorino detto Tino

1974

Franco e Ciccio superstars

1973

Il sergente Rompiglioni

as Francesco Garibaldi Rompiglioni

1973

Il cortile degli Aragonesi

as Nofriu

1973

Ku Fu? Dalla Sicilia con furore

as Franco

1973

Dirty Weekend

as Person on Film #1 (Theater) (archive foo...

1973

The Godfather's Godson

as Oronzo Musumeci

1973

The Cat from Brooklyn Wants to Be a Dete...

as Frankie Lonego

1973

The Last Italian Tango

as Franco

1972

The Adventures of Pinocchio

as Gatto

1972

The Two Big Cats O'Nine Tails... and a H...

as Franco, il fotografo

1972

Story of Fear and a Knife

as Franco

1972

Two Sons of Trinity

as Franco Trinità

1972

Teatro 11

as Self

1972

They Were Still Called... The Most and t...

as Franco Pietrasicca

1972

Continuavano a chiamarli i due piloti pi...

as Franco Franchini

1971

I due assi del guantone

as Franco Marsala

1971

The Two Big Shots

as Franco

1971

Let's Arm Ourselves and Go!

as Franco

1971

Will the Lawyer Franco Benenato Be Able ...

as Franco Benenato

1971

The Two of the F. 1 at the Craziest, Cra...

as Franco / Pepito Gonzales

1971

It's a Woman's War

as Serg. Franco Samperi

1971

Ma che musica maestro

as Franco, il capobanda

1971

...Excuse Me, Do You Pay Taxes?

as Franco

1971

Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù...

as Franco Bello

1971

The Clan of the Two Borsalini

as Franco Franchetti, il 'Professore'

1970

The Two Wizards of the Ball

as Mago K. K

1970

Two Whites in Dark Africa

as Franco

1970

Those Sweet Creatures

as Franco Samperi

1970

Principe coronato cercasi per ricca ered...

as Principe Don Mimì

1970

I due maggiolini più matti del mondo

as Franco

1970

Who Gave You the License?

as Franco

1970

Don Franco and Don Ciccio in a Year of P...

as Don Franco

1970

Paths of War

as Franco

1970

On the Day of the Lord

as Carceriere

1970

Satiricosissimo

as Franco

1969

Lisa with the Blue Eyes

as funzionario Centro Spaziale #1

1969

Franco and Ciccio... Robber and Cop

as Franco Chiappalone

1969

Franco, Ciccio and the Pirate Blackbeard

as Franco

1969

Guess Who's Coming for a Snack?

as Franco La Rapa

1969

I 2 deputati

as Franco Franchini

1968

The Two Magnificent Fresconi

as Franco

1968

The Nephews of Zorro

as Franco La Vacca

1968

Two Firefighters

as Francesco Perricone

1968

Ciccio Forgives, I Don't

as Franco

1968

Don Chisciotte e Sancio Panza

as Sancio Panza

1968

I due Crociati

as Franco di Carrapipi

1968

American Secret Service

1968

Franco, Ciccio and the Cheerful Widows

as Franco Marelli / Salvatore Pollara

1968

Caprice Italian Style

as Cassio

1968

What Are the Clouds?

as Cassio

1968

Ugly at Night

as Franco / Bruto Di Notte

1968

All the Gold in the World

as Franco

1968

How We Stole the Atomic Bomb

as Franco

1967

The World's Gold

as Franco Sparapaoli

1967

The Sicily Barbers

as Franco Lo Persico

1967

I due vigili

as Franco Lo Cascio

1967

Tonight I'll Throw Me

as Bath attendant

1967

I Zanzaroni

1967

Two R-R-Ringos from Texas

as Franco Caterina

1967

The Handsome, The Ugly, And The Stupid

as Il brutto - Franco

1967

The Tall, The Short, The Cat

as Franco

1966

Two Sons of Ringo

as Franco Merendino / Django

1966

Gli altri, gli altri e noi

as 'Occhi Svelti'

1966

The Two Sans-culottes

as Franco La Capra

1966

Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs

as Franco

1966

How We Robbed the Bank of Italy

as Franco

1966

2 Mobsters Against Al Capone

as Franco

1965

The Two Parachutists

as Pasquale - Franco Impallomeni

1965

War Italian Style

as Frank Scordia

1965

002 Operation Moon

as Franco / Colonel Paradowsky

1965

The Amazing Doctor G

as Franco Pecora

1965

How We Got Into Trouble with the Army

as soldato Piscitello

1965

Two Idiots at Fort Alamo

as Franco La Pera

1965

Latin Lovers

as Franco

1965

Veneri in collegio

as Calogero Junior

1965

The Sons of the Leopard

as Franco / Maria Rosa

1965

Fistful of Knuckles

as Franco

1965

Wrong Beds

as Franco (Segment "La seconda moglie")

1965

I Kill, You Kill

as Turiddu (segment "Cavalleria Rusticana, ...

1964

Two Public Enemies

as Franco

1964

Soldiers and corporals

as Franco

1964

Venus in the Sun

as Francesco Macrì (segment "Una domenica a...

1964

A Monster and a Half

as Franco \ Cesarone

1964

I due toreri

as Franco Scontentezza

1964

Seduced and Duped

as Franco

1964

Oh! Those Most Secret Agents

as Franco Passalacqua

1964

Easy Love

as Franco (segment "Un uomo corretto")

1964

Primitive Love

as Franco

1964

Two Escape from Sing Sing

as Franco

1964

Corpse for the Lady

as Gianni

1964

The Seven Vipers (The Latin Husband)

as Avvocato Franchi

1964

Two Gangsters in the Wild West

as Franco Capone / Il nonno di Franco / Fra...

1964

The Twelve-Handed Men of Mars

as Socio dello scrittore

1964

Songs, Bullies and Chicks

as Gaspare

1964

These Mad, Mad Women

as Turiddu Macrì ('Siciliani a Milano')

1964

The Maniacs

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

1964

Le tardone

as The killer (episode "Un delitto quasi pe...

1964

2 mattacchioni al Moulin Rouge

as Nicolino Celletti

1964

The Two Mafiosi

as Franco Fisichella

1963

Scandal Nudes

as polizziotto Franco

1963

The Swindlers

as Salvatore (segment "Siciliani")

1963

Everything is Music

as Friend of Anemia

1963

Target: Girls

as Cassarà

1963

La donna degli altri è sempre più bella

as Turiddu Macrì (segment "I Promessi Sposi...

1963

The Shortest Day

as Franco Lo Grugno

1963

Adventure at the Motel

as Franco

1962

Vino, whisky e acqua salata

as cuoco

1962

I motorizzati

as Un ladro di gomme

1962

The Masseuses

as Franco - Nightwatchman #1

1962

2 samurai per 100 geishe

as Franco Santuzzo

1962

Those Two in the Legion

as Franco Cocuzza

1962

The Three Enemies

as Fantuzzo

1962

Il mio amico Benito

as Terrorista

1961

Dying as Hierarchs

as Scilla

1961

Fists, Girls and Sailors

as Salvatore

1961

The Last Judgment

as disoccupato

1961

Hercules in the Valley of Woe

as Francheo

1961

5 marines per 100 ragazze

as factotum

1961

The Honored Society

as Saruzzo

1960

Appointment in Ischia

as Contrabbandiere Basso

1960

The Loves of Salammbo

1950