Acting
Franco Franchi
EN, IT cinema · 135 credits
Born
18 September 1928
Died
9 December 1992 (aged 64)
Birthplace
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
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.
Known for
Filmography
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
as Self (archive footage)
How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio
as Self (archive footage)
Blue Tango
as Gaetano Buttitta
Kaos
as Zi' Dima (segment "La giara")
The Sergeant Rompiglioni Becomes... Corporal
as Francesco Garibaldi Rompiglioni
The Noon Vigilante
as Franco Gabbiani
Dream of Zorro
as Paco / Zorro
Farfallon
as Farfallon
Paolo the Cool
as Paolino Pastorino detto Tino
Littlefoot the Policeman
as Franco Petralia
The Inheritance of Uncle Goodsoul
as Franco Favazza
The Godfather's Godson
as Oronzo Musumeci
The Cat from Brooklyn Wants to Be a Detective
as Frankie Lonego
The Last Italian Tango
as Franco
Il sergente Rompiglioni
as Francesco Garibaldi Rompiglioni
Dirty Weekend
as Person on Film #1 (Theater) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Teatro 11
as Self
Two Sons of Trinity
as Franco Trinità
They Were Still Called... The Most and the Least
as Franco Pietrasicca
The Two Big Cats O'Nine Tails... and a Half in Amsterdam
as Franco, il fotografo
Continuavano a chiamarli i due piloti più matti del mondo
as Franco Franchini
The Two of the F. 1 at the Craziest, Craziest Race in the World
as Franco / Pepito Gonzales
I due assi del guantone
as Franco Marsala
It's a Woman's War
as Serg. Franco Samperi
Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù?
as Franco Bello
The Clan of the Two Borsalini
as Franco Franchetti, il 'Professore'
The Two Big Shots
as Franco
Ma che musica maestro
as Franco, il capobanda
Will the Lawyer Franco Benenato Be Able to Defeat his Arch Enemy the Magistrate Ciccio De Ingras?
as Franco Benenato
The Two Wizards of the Ball
as Mago K. K
Principe coronato cercasi per ricca ereditiera
as Principe Don Mimì
Those Sweet Creatures
as Franco Samperi
Paths of War
as Franco
On the Day of the Lord
as Carceriere
Satiricosissimo
as Franco
Guess Who's Coming for a Snack?
as Franco La Rapa
Franco and Ciccio... Robber and Cop
as Franco Chiappalone
Lisa with the Blue Eyes
as funzionario Centro Spaziale #1
Don Chisciotte e Sancio Panza
as Sancio Panza
I 2 deputati
as Franco Franchini
The Nephews of Zorro
as Franco La Vacca
Franco, Ciccio and the Cheerful Widows
as Franco Marelli / Salvatore Pollara
Ciccio Forgives, I Don't
as Franco
I due Crociati
as Franco di Carrapipi
Two Firefighters
as Francesco Perricone
Caprice Italian Style
as Cassio
Ugly at Night
as Franco / Bruto Di Notte
What Are the Clouds?
as Cassio
Tonight I'll Throw Me
as Bath attendant
I due vigili
as Franco Lo Cascio
Two R-R-Ringos from Texas
as Franco Caterina
The Handsome, the Ugly, and the Stupid
as Il brutto - Franco
The World's Gold
as Franco Sparapaoli
The Sicily Barbers
as Franco Lo Persico
I due sanculotti
as Franco La Capra
Gli altri, gli altri e noi
as 'Occhi Svelti'
002 Operation Moon
as Franco / Colonel Paradowsky
Two Idiots at Fort Alamo
as Franco La Pera
Wrong Beds
as Franco (Segment "La seconda moglie")
Veneri in collegio
as Calogero Junior
Fistful of Knuckles
as Franco
The Sons of the Leopard
as Franco / Maria Rosa
How We Got Into Trouble with the Army
as soldato Piscitello
Latin Lovers
as Franco
The Two Parachutists
as Pasquale - Franco Impallomeni
The Amazing Doctor G
as Franco Pecora
I Kill, You Kill
as Turiddu (segment "Cavalleria Rusticana, oggi")
War Italian Style
as Frank Scordia
Two Gangsters in the Wild West
as Franco Capone / Il nonno di Franco / Francuzza l'abbandonata
2 mattacchioni al Moulin Rouge
as Nicolino Celletti
Two Public Enemies
as Franco
Seduced and Duped
as Franco
Primitive Love
as Franco
The Twelve-Handed Men of Mars
as Socio dello scrittore
A Monster and a Half
as Franco \ Cesarone
Le tardone
as The killer (episode "Un delitto quasi perfetto")
These Mad, Mad Women
as Turiddu Macrì ('Siciliani a Milano')
I due toreri
as Franco Scontentezza
The Two Mafiosi
as Franco Fisichella
Easy Love
as Franco (segment "Un uomo corretto")
Soldiers and corporals
as Franco
The Seven Vipers (The Latin Husband)
as Avvocato Franchi
Corpse for the Lady
as Gianni
Songs, Bullies and Chicks
as Gaspare
Oh! Those Most Secret Agents
as Franco Passalacqua
Venus in the Sun
as Francesco Macrì (segment "Una domenica a Fregene")
The Maniacs
as Thief #1 (segment 'Il week-end)
The Swindlers
as Salvatore (segment "Siciliani")
The Shortest Day
as Franco Lo Grugno
Scandal Nudes
as polizziotto Franco
La donna degli altri è sempre più bella
as Turiddu Macrì (segment "I Promessi Sposi")
Target: Girls
as Cassarà
Adventure at the Motel
as Franco
Everything is Music
as Friend of Anemia
Il mio amico Benito
as Terrorista
Those Two in the Legion
as Franco Cocuzza
The Masseuses
as Franco - Nightwatchman #1
2 samurai per 100 geishe
as Franco Santuzzo
The Three Enemies
as Fantuzzo
I motorizzati
as Un ladro di gomme
Fists, Girls and Sailors
as Salvatore
Dying as Hierarchs
as Scilla
5 Marines for 100 Girls
as factotum
The Honored Society
as Saruzzo
The Last Judgment
as disoccupato
Hercules in the Valley of Woe
as Francheo
Appointment in Ischia
as The Short Smuggler
