Person
Franco Franchi
Actor · Crew· Palermo, Sicily, Italy
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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.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
80 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1987 | Blue Tango | Gaetano Buttitta | Film |
| 1984 | Kaos | Zi' Dima (segment "La giara") | Film |
| 1983 | Uno storico pasticcio | Franco | Film |
| 1976 | Friends More Than Before | Film | |
| 1975 | The Noon Vigilante | Franco Gabbiani | Film |
| 1975 | The Sergeant Rompiglioni Becomes... Corporal | Francesco Garibaldi Rompiglioni | Film |
| 1974 | Farfallon | Farfallon | Film |
| 1974 | The Inheritance of Uncle Goodsoul | Franco Favazza | Film |
| 1974 | Paolo the Cool | Paolino Pastorino detto Tino | Film |
| 1974 | Littlefoot the Policeman | Franco Petralia | Film |
| 1973 | Ku Fu? Dalla Sicilia con furore | Franco | Film |
| 1972 | Two Sons of Trinity | Franco Trinità | Film |
| 1972 | They Were Still Called... The Most and the Least | Franco Pietrasicca | Film |
| 1972 | Continuavano a chiamarli i due piloti più matti del mondo | Franco Franchini | Film |
| 1972 | Story of Fear and a Knife | Franco | Film |
| 1972 | The Two Big Cats O'Nine Tails... and a Half in Amsterdam | Franco, il fotografo | Film |
| 1971 | Let's Arm Ourselves and Go! | Franco | Film |
| 1971 | ...Excuse Me, Do You Pay Taxes? | Franco | Film |
| 1970 | Paths of War | Franco | Film |
| 1970 | The Two Wizards of the Ball | Mago K. K | Film |
| 1970 | Don Franco and Don Ciccio in a Year of Protest | Don Franco | Film |
| 1970 | Those Sweet Creatures | Franco Samperi | Film |
| 1970 | Principe coronato cercasi per ricca ereditiera | Principe Don Mimì | Film |
| 1970 | I due maggiolini più matti del mondo | Franco | Film |
| 1970 | Who Gave You the License? | Franco | Film |
| 1969 | I 2 deputati | Franco Franchini | Film |
| 1969 | Guess Who's Coming for a Snack? | Franco La Rapa | Film |
| 1969 | Gulliver | TV | |
| 1968 | Don Chisciotte e Sancio Panza | Sancio Panza | Film |
| 1968 | The Nephews of Zorro | Franco La Vacca | Film |
| 1968 | Caprice Italian Style | Cassio | Film |
| 1968 | Franco, Ciccio and the Cheerful Widows | Franco Marelli / Salvatore Pollara | Film |
| 1968 | All the Gold in the World | Franco | Film |
| 1968 | How We Stole the Atomic Bomb | Franco | Film |
| 1968 | Ciccio Forgives, I Don't | Franco | Film |
| 1968 | What Are the Clouds? | Cassio | Film |
| 1968 | I due Crociati | Franco di Carrapipi | Film |
| 1968 | Two Firefighters | Francesco Perricone | Film |
| 1967 | Two R-R-Ringos from Texas | Franco Caterina | Film |
| 1967 | Tonight I'll Throw Me | Bath attendant | Film |
| 1967 | The World's Gold | Franco Sparapaoli | Film |
| 1967 | I due vigili | Franco Lo Cascio | Film |
| 1967 | The Handsome, The Ugly, And The Stupid | Il brutto - Franco | Film |
| 1967 | The Tall, The Short, The Cat | Franco | Film |
| 1966 | 2 Mobsters Against Al Capone | Franco | Film |
| 1966 | The Two Sans-culottes | Franco La Capra | Film |
| 1966 | Two Sons of Ringo | Franco Merendino / Django | Film |
| 1966 | Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs | Franco | Film |
| 1966 | How We Robbed the Bank of Italy | Franco | Film |
| 1965 | The Amazing Doctor G | Franco Pecora | Film |
| 1965 | War Italian Style | Frank Scordia | Film |
| 1965 | 002 Operation Moon | Franco / Colonel Paradowsky | Film |
| 1965 | Latin Lovers | Franco | Film |
| 1965 | Wrong Beds | Franco (Segment "La seconda moglie") | Film |
| 1965 | Veneri in collegio | Calogero Junior | Film |
| 1965 | Fistful of Knuckles | Franco | Film |
| 1965 | I Kill, You Kill | Turiddu (segment "Cavalleria Rusticana, oggi") | Film |
| 1965 | How We Got Into Trouble with the Army | soldato Piscitello | Film |
| 1965 | The Two Parachutists | Pasquale - Franco Impallomeni | Film |
| 1965 | Two Idiots at Fort Alamo | Franco La Pera | Film |
| 1965 | The Sons of the Leopard | Franco / Maria Rosa | Film |
| 1964 | 2 mattacchioni al Moulin Rouge | Nicolino Celletti | Film |
| 1964 | Two Gangsters in the Wild West | Franco Capone / Il nonno di Franco / Francuzza l'abbandonata | Film |
| 1964 | Oh! Those Most Secret Agents | Franco Passalacqua | Film |
| 1964 | Seduced and Duped | Franco | Film |
| 1964 | Primitive Love | Franco | Film |
| 1964 | The Twelve-Handed Men of Mars | Socio dello scrittore | Film |
| 1964 | A Monster and a Half | Franco \ Cesarone | Film |
| 1964 | Le tardone | The killer (episode "Un delitto quasi perfetto") | Film |
| 1964 | Venus in the Sun | Francesco Macrì (segment "Una domenica a Fregene") | Film |
| 1964 | These Mad, Mad Women | Turiddu Macrì ('Siciliani a Milano') | Film |
| 1964 | I due toreri | Franco Scontentezza | Film |
| 1964 | The Two Mafiosi | Franco Fisichella | Film |
| 1964 | The Maniacs | Thief #1 (segment 'Il week-end) | Film |
| 1964 | Two Escape from Sing Sing | Franco | Film |
| 1964 | Two Public Enemies | Franco | Film |
| 1963 | The Shortest Day | Franco Lo Grugno | Film |
| 1963 | Scandal Nudes | polizziotto Franco | Film |
| 1963 | La donna degli altri è sempre più bella | Turiddu Macrì (segment "I Promessi Sposi") | Film |
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