Franco Franchi
September 18, 1928 (96 years old) in 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
Credits
- 2004 · How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio as Self (archive footage)
- 1989 · You Jane, Me Tarzan as Mercenary
- 1987 · Blue Tango as Gaetano Buttitta
- 1985 · Buona Domenica as Partecipazione
- 1984 · Kaos as Zi' Dima (segment "La giara")
- 1983 · Uno storico pasticcio as Franco
- 1981 · Crema, cioccolata e... Paprika as Matteo
- 1976 · Due ragazzi incorreggibili as
- 1976 · Domenica In as Self
- 1976 · Amici più di prima as
- 1975 · Dream of Zorro as Paco / Zorro
- 1975 · Il sergente Rompiglioni diventa... caporale as Francesco Garibaldi Rompiglioni
- 1975 · Il giustiziere di mezzogiorno as Franco Gabbiani
- 1974 · L'eredità dello zio buonanima as Franco Favazza
- 1974 · Littlefoot the Policeman as Franco Petralia
- 1974 · Farfallon as Farfallon
- 1974 · Paolo il freddo as Paolino Pastorino detto Tino
- 1974 · Franco e Ciccio superstars as
- 1973 · Il sergente Rompiglioni as Francesco Garibaldi Rompiglioni
- 1973 · Ku Fu? Dalla Sicilia con furore as Franco
- 1973 · Dirty Weekend as Person on Film #1 (Theater) (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1973 · Il Figlioccio del padrino as Oronzo Musumeci
- 1973 · The Cat from Brooklyn Wants to Be a Detective as Frankie Lonego
- 1973 · The Last Italian Tango as Franco
- 1972 · The Adventures of Pinocchio as Gatto
- 1972 · Two Cat O'Nine Tails… and a Half, in Amsterdam 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 · The Adventures of Pinocchio as Gatto
- 1972 · Continuavano a chiamarli... er più e er meno as Franco Pietrasicca
- 1972 · Continuavano a chiamarli i due piloti più matti del mondo as Franco Franchini
- 1971 · I due assi del guantone as Franco Marsala
- 1971 · I due pezzi da 90 as Franco
- 1971 · Armiamoci e partite! as Franco
- 1971 · Riuscirà l'avvocato Franco Benenato a sconfiggere il suo acerrimo nemico il pretore Ciccio De Ingras? as Franco Benenato
- 1971 · It's a Woman's War as Serg. Franco Samperi
- 1971 · I due della F. 1 alla corsa più pazza, pazza del mondo as Franco / Pepito Gonzales
- 1971 · Ma che musica maestro as Franco, il capobanda
- 1971 · ...Scusi, ma lei le paga le tasse? as Franco
- 1971 · Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù? as Franco Bello
- 1971 · Il clan dei due Borsalini as Franco Franchetti, il 'Professore'
- 1970 · I due maghi del pallone as Mago K. K
- 1970 · Due bianchi nell'Africa nera as Franco
- 1970 · Those Sweet Creatures as Franco Samperi
- 1970 · I due maggiolini più matti del mondo as Franco
- 1970 · Principe coronato cercasi per ricca ereditiera as Principe Don Mimì
- 1970 · Ma chi t'ha dato la patente? as Franco
- 1970 · Don Franco and Don Ciccio in a Year of Protest 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 e Ciccio... Ladro e Guardia as Franco Chiappalone
- 1969 · Franco, Ciccio e il pirata Barbanera as Franco
- 1969 · Indovina chi viene a merenda? 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 · I 2 pompieri 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 as
- 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 · Brutti di notte 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 · I barbieri di Sicilia as Franco Lo Persico
- 1967 · I due vigili as Franco Lo Cascio
- 1967 · Stasera mi butto as Bath attendant
- 1967 · I Zanzaroni as
- 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 · I due sanculotti 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 · Letti sbagliati as Franco (Segment "La seconda moglie")
- 1965 · I Kill, You Kill as Turiddu (segment "Cavalleria Rusticana, oggi")
- 1964 · Two Public Enemies as Franco
- 1964 · Soldati e caporali as Franco
- 1964 · Veneri al sole as Francesco Macrì (segment "Una domenica a Fregene")
- 1964 · Un mostro e mezzo as Franco \ Cesarone
- 1964 · I due toreri as Franco Scontentezza
- 1964 · Sedotti e bidonati 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 · Le sette vipere (Il marito latino) as Avvocato Franchi
- 1964 · Two Gangsters in the Wild West as Franco Capone / Il nonno di Franco / Francuzza l'abbandonata
- 1964 · The Twelve-Handed Men of Mars as Socio dello scrittore
- 1964 · Canzoni, bulli e pupe as Gaspare
- 1964 · Queste pazze, pazze donne 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 perfetto")
- 1964 · 2 mattacchioni al Moulin Rouge as Nicolino Celletti
- 1964 · I due 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 · Obiettivo ragazze 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 · Avventura al 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 · I tre nemici as Fantuzzo
- 1962 · Il mio amico Benito as Terrorista
- 1961 · Gerarchi si muore as Scilla
- 1961 · Pugni, pupe e marinai 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 · L'onorata società as Saruzzo
- 1960 · Appuntamento a Ischia as Contrabbandiere Basso
- 1960 · The Loves of Salammbo as
- 1950 · Il voto as