Franco Diogene
Born: 1947-10-20 in Catania, Sicily, Italy
Died: 2005-05-28
Known For: Acting
Biography
Franco Diogene was born on October 20, 1947 in Catania, Sicily, Italy as Concetto Francesco Diogene. He was an actor, known for Midnight Express (1978), The Big Blue (1988) and The Name of the Rose (1986). He was married to Mariella Denari. He died on May 28, 2005 in Genova, Italy.
Filmography
2003
2002
- The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair as Luigi Mennini
2001
- Tides of Change as Pasotti
1999
- Un uomo perbene as L'avvocato della sig.ra Marzano
1998
- Indiscretion of an American Wife as Giuseppe
1997
- La classe non è acqua as Professore Siciliano
- Con rabbia e con amore
- Rack Up as Omaccio
1996
- The Stendhal Syndrome as Victim’s Husband
- Esercizi di stile as Various characters
1995
- Poliziotti as Bunny
1994
- 18.000 giorni fa as Dott. Bianchi
1993
- Ci hai rotto papà as Colonnello Nardini
- Pretty Princess as Titolare del bar
- Caino e Caino as Direttore della Casa di Riposo
1991
- Arizona Road as Sheriff Barker
1990
- The Bachelor
- There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs as Padre di Violetta
- Watch Out for Perestroika as il portiere della pensione
1989
- Valentina as Camille
- The Sweet House of Horrors as Mr. Coby
1988
- The Big Blue as Receptionist
- The Third Solution
1987
- Interzone as Rat
- Il lupo di mare
1986
- The Name of the Rose as Papal Visitor
- 7 Kilos in 7 Days as Assessore Turri
- Il burbero as controllore del treno
- The Mines of Kilimanjaro as Tai-Ling
1985
- Madman at War as Nitti
- Killer vs Killers as Hagen
1984
- Don Camillo as Binella
- The Country Boy as Insurrance Manager
1983
- Same Sea, Same Beach as Piero
1982
- Patto con la morte as Commerciante
- The Paramedic as Palletta, lo sfasciacarrozze
- Grand Hotel Excelsior as Ing. Binotti
- Young, Beautiful... Probably Rich as notaio Baldelli
- Attila Scourge of God as Genoese Merchant
- Attenti a quei P2 as lo sceicco Kasheri
- Heads I Win, Tails You Lose as team manager
- The Haunted House as il proprietario della casa fatiscente
1981
- Madly in Love as capo cameriere
- The Soup as Campione americano
1980
- City of Women as Party Guest (uncredited)
- School Teacher on the Sea with Her Class as Preside
- Crime at Porta Romana as Busoni
- Trauma as Bitto
1979
- Saturday, Sunday and Friday as l'avvocato del gangster (episodio "Venerdì")
- A Policewoman on the Porno Squad as Joe Maccarone
- The New Godfathers as Achmet
- Gardenia as Gardenia's Friend
- The Three Graces
1978
- Midnight Express as Yesil
- Blazing Flowers as Brothel Customer
1976
- Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen as Droghiere (uncredited)
- Rome, the Other Face of Violence as Laurenti's Lawyer #1 (uncredited)
- Sex with a Smile as Comm Ignazio (episodio "I soldi in bocca")
- La madama as Fruit Vendor
- Love Sacrifice as Sciaccaluga
1975
- The Teasers as Amante di Monica
- Strip Nude for Your Killer as Maurizio Montani
- La collegiale as Carlo De Marchi
- Buttiglione diventa capo del servizio segreto as Tenente Parisi
- The Noon Vigilante as il vigile corrotto Nardini
1974
- How Colonel Buttiglione Became a General
- Kidnap as Nino
- Ante Up as Peppino il Barbiere