Franco Franchi
Born: 1928-09-18 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Died: 1992-12-09
Known For: Acting
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 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.
Filmography
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
- Cream, Chocolate and... Paprika as Matteo
1975
- The Sergeant Rompiglioni Becomes... Corporal as Francesco Garibaldi Rompiglioni
- The Noon Vigilante as Franco Gabbiani
- Dream of Zorro as Paco / Zorro
1974
- Franco e Ciccio superstars
- The Inheritance of Uncle Goodsoul as Franco Favazza
- Paolo the Cool as Paolino Pastorino detto Tino
- Farfallon as Farfallon
- Littlefoot the Policeman as Franco Petralia
1973
- The Godfather's Godson as Oronzo Musumeci
- Il sergente Rompiglioni as Francesco Garibaldi Rompiglioni
- The Cat from Brooklyn Wants to Be a Detective as Frankie Lonego
- Dirty Weekend as Person on Film #1 (Theater) (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Last Italian Tango as Franco
- Il cortile degli Aragonesi as Nofriu
- Ku Fu? Dalla Sicilia con furore as Franco
1972
- Teatro 11 as Self
- Two Sons of Trinity as Franco Trinità
- Continuavano a chiamarli i due piloti più matti del mondo as Franco Franchini
- The Adventures of Pinocchio as Gatto
- The Adventures of Pinocchio as Gatto
- 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
- Story of Fear and a Knife as Franco
1971
- It's a Woman's War as Serg. Franco Samperi
- I due assi del guantone as Franco Marsala
- ...Excuse Me, Do You Pay Taxes? as Franco
- Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù? as Franco Bello
- Let's Arm Ourselves and Go! as Franco
- Ma che musica maestro as Franco, il capobanda
- The Two Big Shots as Franco
- Will the Lawyer Franco Benenato Be Able to Defeat his Arch Enemy the Magistrate Ciccio De Ingras? as Franco Benenato
- The Clan of the Two Borsalini as Franco Franchetti, il 'Professore'
- The Two of the F. 1 at the Craziest, Craziest Race in the World as Franco / Pepito Gonzales
1970
- Satiricosissimo as Franco
- Those Sweet Creatures as Franco Samperi
- Don Franco and Don Ciccio in a Year of Protest as Don Franco
- I due maggiolini più matti del mondo as Franco
- On the Day of the Lord as Carceriere
- Principe coronato cercasi per ricca ereditiera as Principe Don Mimì
- The Two Wizards of the Ball as Mago K. K
- Two Whites in Dark Africa as Franco
- Paths of War as Franco
- Who Gave You the License? as Franco
1969
- Franco, Ciccio and the Pirate Blackbeard as Franco
- Guess Who's Coming for a Snack? as Franco La Rapa
- I 2 deputati as Franco Franchini
- Lisa with the Blue Eyes as funzionario Centro Spaziale #1
- Franco and Ciccio... Robber and Cop as Franco Chiappalone
1968
- All the Gold in the World as Franco
- Two Firefighters as Francesco Perricone
- Caprice Italian Style as Cassio
- How We Stole the Atomic Bomb as Franco
- The Nephews of Zorro as Franco La Vacca
- American Secret Service
- The Two Magnificent Fresconi as Franco
- Franco, Ciccio and the Cheerful Widows as Franco Marelli / Salvatore Pollara
- Don Chisciotte e Sancio Panza as Sancio Panza
- I due Crociati as Franco di Carrapipi
- Ugly at Night as Franco / Bruto Di Notte
- Ciccio Forgives, I Don't as Franco
- What Are the Clouds? as Cassio
1967
- Two R-R-Ringos from Texas as Franco Caterina
- The Tall, The Short, The Cat as Franco
- Tonight I'll Throw Me as Bath attendant
- I due vigili as Franco Lo Cascio
- The Handsome, The Ugly, And The Stupid as Il brutto - Franco
- The Sicily Barbers as Franco Lo Persico
- The World's Gold as Franco Sparapaoli
- I Zanzaroni
1966
- Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs as Franco
- The Two Sans-culottes as Franco La Capra
- How We Robbed the Bank of Italy as Franco
- 2 Mobsters Against Al Capone as Franco
- Two Sons of Ringo as Franco Merendino / Django
- Gli altri, gli altri e noi as 'Occhi Svelti'
1965
- Wrong Beds as Franco (Segment "La seconda moglie")
- The Amazing Doctor G as Franco Pecora
- War Italian Style as Frank Scordia
- Two Idiots at Fort Alamo as Franco La Pera
- The Two Parachutists as Pasquale - Franco Impallomeni
- Fistful of Knuckles as Franco
- Veneri in collegio as Calogero Junior
- How We Got Into Trouble with the Army as soldato Piscitello
- I Kill, You Kill as Turiddu (segment "Cavalleria Rusticana, oggi")
- Latin Lovers as Franco
- 002 Operation Moon as Franco / Colonel Paradowsky
- The Sons of the Leopard as Franco / Maria Rosa
1964
- The Maniacs as Thief #1 (segment 'Il week-end)
- Two Gangsters in the Wild West as Franco Capone / Il nonno di Franco / Francuzza l'abbandonata
- Easy Love as Franco (segment "Un uomo corretto")
- Primitive Love as Franco
- The Two Mafiosi as Franco Fisichella
- Le tardone as The killer (episode "Un delitto quasi perfetto")
- 2 mattacchioni al Moulin Rouge as Nicolino Celletti
- The Twelve-Handed Men of Mars as Socio dello scrittore
- Seduced and Duped as Franco
- Venus in the Sun as Francesco Macrì (segment "Una domenica a Fregene")
- Corpse for the Lady as Gianni
- Two Escape from Sing Sing as Franco
- I due toreri as Franco Scontentezza
- Soldiers and corporals as Franco
- Two Public Enemies as Franco
- Songs, Bullies and Chicks as Gaspare
- These Mad, Mad Women as Turiddu Macrì ('Siciliani a Milano')
- Oh! Those Most Secret Agents as Franco Passalacqua
- A Monster and a Half as Franco \ Cesarone
- The Seven Vipers (The Latin Husband) as Avvocato Franchi
1963
- The Swindlers as Salvatore (segment "Siciliani")
- The Shortest Day as Franco Lo Grugno
- Everything is Music as Friend of Anemia
- La donna degli altri è sempre più bella as Turiddu Macrì (segment "I Promessi Sposi")
- Scandal Nudes as polizziotto Franco
- Target: Girls as Cassarà
- Adventure at the Motel as Franco
1962
- The Masseuses as Franco - Nightwatchman #1
- I motorizzati as Un ladro di gomme
- Il mio amico Benito as Terrorista
- Vino, whisky e acqua salata as cuoco
- The Three Enemies as Fantuzzo
- 2 samurai per 100 geishe as Franco Santuzzo
- Those Two in the Legion as Franco Cocuzza
1961
- The Last Judgment as disoccupato
- Fists, Girls and Sailors as Salvatore
- Hercules in the Valley of Woe as Francheo
- Dying as Hierarchs as Scilla
- The Honored Society as Saruzzo
- 5 marines per 100 ragazze as factotum
1960
- The Loves of Salammbo
- Appointment in Ischia as Contrabbandiere Basso