Pippo Franco
Born: 1940-09-02 in Rome, Lazio, Italy
Known For: Acting
Biography
Pippo Franco (pseudonym of Franco Pippo; born 2 September 1940) is an Italian comic, television presenter, and singer. He made his name first as a musician in the early 1960s, and in the late 1960s began a career in film, starring in a great number of commedia sexy all'italiana, the "sexy comedy" subgenre of Italian comedy. In the 1970s he expanded into television, acting in TV movies and presenting variety shows. His type of comedy borrows heavily from cabaret. Throughout his career he continued to sing, appearing many times at the San Remo Festival. He has made children's music as well, and has co-written three books on (linguistic) humor.
Filmography
2025
- Il Bar del Cult as Sé stesso
2022
- Buon Lavoro
- La Banda Del Buffardello & Il Manoscritto di Leonardo Da Vinci as Amedeo Tornabuoni
2021
- Help! My In-Laws Are Vampires! as Nonno Paride
2020
- Nemici as Avventore
2019
- Spaghetti alla Martino as Self
2017
- Italian Business as Altiero
2016
- Tiramisu as pediatra Galbiati
2009
- L'uomo dalla bocca storta as Self
2007
- Di Che Peccato Sei? as conduttore Porta a casa
2001
1998
- Ladri si diventa as Er Pantera
1997
- Ladri si nasce as l'organizzatore del festival
1992
- La sai l'ultima?
- Gole Ruggenti as Paolo Galli
1984
- Due strani papà as Alberto
1983
- The Fan, the Referee and the Footballer as Amedeo Amedei
- Sfrattato cerca casa equo canone as Mario Stroppaghetti
1982
- Don't Play with Tigers as Cesare Domenichini
- Morto Troisi, viva Troisi! as Self
- Attenti a quei P2 as Tonio Tatarella / Onorevole Forlotti
1981
- The Nosy One as Luciano
- La gatta da pelare as Stefano Valenti
1980
- Sugar, Honey and Pepper as Mazzella Giuseppe
- Arrivano i bersaglieri as Father Paolo
- Il casinista as Pippo Caciotta
- Ciao marziano as Bix
1979
- Tutti a squola as Professor Pippo Bottini
- L'imbranato as Pippo Sperandio
1978
- Scherzi da prete as Don Tarquinio
- L'inquilina del piano di sopra as Amilcare De Vitis
1977
- The New Monsters as se stesso
- Bambole, non c'è una lira! as Nando Sgabelloni, il comico
- Nerone as Nerone
- ISOTTA (SIGLA TV "SECONDO VOI") as Cantante
1976
- Romulus and Remus: The Story of Two Sons of a Wolf as Romolo
- They Killed Another Bandit as Sardu
1975
- Smell of Flesh as Raffaele Cannavone
1974
- The Way of the Baboons as Getulio
1973
- Giovannona Long-Thigh as Ragionier Mario Albertini
- Rugantino as Frascatano
- Patroclooo!... e il soldato Camillone, grande grosso e frescone as Salvatore Bruschetta / Bruno Camillone
- Theft in the Evening, a Big Coup Hopefully as Quinto
1972
- Avanti! as Mattarazzo
- Nights of Boccaccio as Bruno degli Olivieri
- Ubalda, All Naked and Warm as Olimpio de' Pannocchieschi
1971
- Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù? as L'ospite eschimese
1970
- The Conjugal Debt as Cantastorie
- Basta guardarla as Danilo
- Those Sweet Creatures as Victor Santaniello
1969
- The Conspirators as Bellachioma
- Normal Young Man as Claudio
- Hate Is My God as Traveling Minstrel
- Zingara as Orazio
- Pensiero d'amore as Leone
1968
- Chimera as Soldier from Bari
1967
- Diamoci del tu as Self
1966
1960
- Appointment in Ischia as Chitarrista