
Franco Franchi
Known for Acting · 142 credits
- Born
- 1928-09-18
- Died
- 1992-12-09
- Place of birth
- Palermo, Sicily, Italy
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.
Known For
TV Shows (6)
Movies (136)

Oh! Those Most Secret Agents
1964
as Franco Passalacqua

Kaos
1984
as Zi' Dima (segment "La giara")

Le tardone
1964
as The killer (episode "Un delitto quasi perfetto")

Scandal Nudes
1963
as polizziotto Franco

Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs
1966
as Franco

The Last Judgment
1961
as disoccupato

Latin Lovers
1965
as Franco

The Adventures of Pinocchio
1972
as Gatto

Corpse for the Lady
1964
as Gianni

The Two Wizards of the Ball
1970
as Mago K. K

Tonight I'll Throw Me
1967
as Bath attendant

The Shortest Day
1963
as Franco Lo Grugno

The Maniacs
1964
as Thief #1 (segment 'Il week-end)

Caprice Italian Style
1968
as Cassio

I motorizzati
1962
as Un ladro di gomme

On the Day of the Lord
1970
as Carceriere

Everything is Music
1963
as Friend of Anemia

Blue Tango
1987
as Gaetano Buttitta

Dirty Weekend
1973
as Person on Film #1 (Theater) (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Last Italian Tango
1973
as Franco

The Amazing Doctor G
1965
as Franco Pecora

Soldiers and corporals
1964
as Franco

The Twelve-Handed Men of Mars
1964
as Socio dello scrittore

Hercules in the Valley of Woe
1961
as Francheo

The Loves of Salammbo
1960

The Swindlers
1963
as Salvatore (segment "Siciliani")

The World's Gold
1967
as Franco Sparapaoli

Who Gave You the License?
1970
as Franco

Those Two in the Legion
1962
as Franco Cocuzza

La donna degli altri è sempre più bella
1963
as Turiddu Macrì (segment "I Promessi Sposi")

Lisa with the Blue Eyes
1969
as funzionario Centro Spaziale #1

Two Gangsters in the Wild West
1964
as Franco Capone / Il nonno di Franco / Francuzza l'abbandonata

Story of Fear and a Knife
1972
as Franco
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
2022
as Self (archive footage)

2 Mobsters Against Al Capone
1966
as Franco

The Sons of the Leopard
1965
as Franco / Maria Rosa

Adventure at the Motel
1963
as Franco

Il sergente Rompiglioni
1973
as Francesco Garibaldi Rompiglioni

The Nephews of Zorro
1968
as Franco La Vacca

Two Sons of Ringo
1966
as Franco Merendino / Django

Two Public Enemies
1964
as Franco

Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù?
1971
as Franco Bello

Guess Who's Coming for a Snack?
1969
as Franco La Rapa

The Masseuses
1962
as Franco - Nightwatchman #1

The Promise
1950

The Sicily Barbers
1967
as Franco Lo Persico

Ugly at Night
1968
as Franco / Bruto Di Notte

Don Chisciotte e Sancio Panza
1968
as Sancio Panza

Will the Lawyer Franco Benenato Be Able to Defeat his Arch Enemy the Magistrate Ciccio De Ingras?
1971
as Franco Benenato

All the Gold in the World
1968
as Franco

Two Escape from Sing Sing
1964
as Franco

Those Sweet Creatures
1970
as Franco Samperi

Two Firefighters
1968
as Francesco Perricone

The Godfather's Godson
1973
as Oronzo Musumeci

Farfallon
1974
as Farfallon

The Two Mafiosi
1964
as Franco Fisichella

Wrong Beds
1965
as Franco (Segment "La seconda moglie")

War Italian Style
1965
as Frank Scordia

Satiricosissimo
1970
as Franco

Ku Fu? Dalla Sicilia con furore
1973
as Franco

Fists, Girls and Sailors
1961
as Salvatore

Franco, Ciccio and the Pirate Blackbeard
1969
as Franco

These Mad, Mad Women
1964
as Turiddu Macrì ('Siciliani a Milano')

...Excuse Me, Do You Pay Taxes?
1971
as Franco

Il mio amico Benito
1962
as Terrorista

5 marines per 100 ragazze
1961
as factotum

I Kill, You Kill
1965
as Turiddu (segment "Cavalleria Rusticana, oggi")

How We Stole the Atomic Bomb
1968
as Franco

Target: Girls
1963
as Cassarà

Appointment in Ischia
1960
as The Short Smuggler

Two Idiots at Fort Alamo
1965
as Franco La Pera

002 Operation Moon
1965
as Franco / Colonel Paradowsky

The Sergeant Rompiglioni Becomes... Corporal
1975
as Francesco Garibaldi Rompiglioni

I due Crociati
1968
as Franco di Carrapipi

The Two Big Cats O'Nine Tails... and a Half in Amsterdam
1972
as Franco, il fotografo

Paolo the Cool
1974
as Paolino Pastorino detto Tino

The Clan of the Two Borsalini
1971
as Franco Franchetti, il 'Professore'

Gli altri, gli altri e noi
1966
as 'Occhi Svelti'

What Are the Clouds?
1968
as Cassio

Vino, whisky e acqua salata
1962
as cuoco

The Tall, The Short, The Cat
1967
as Franco

Two Sons of Trinity
1972
as Franco Trinità

Franco, Ciccio and the Cheerful Widows
1968
as Franco Marelli / Salvatore Pollara

Littlefoot the Policeman
1974
as Franco Petralia

Songs, Bullies and Chicks
1964
as Gaspare

The Two Sans-culottes
1966
as Franco La Capra

Easy Love
1964
as Franco (segment "Un uomo corretto")

The Inheritance of Uncle Goodsoul
1974
as Franco Favazza

I due maggiolini più matti del mondo
1970
as Franco

Don Franco and Don Ciccio in a Year of Protest
1970
as Don Franco

The Two of the F. 1 at the Craziest, Craziest Race in the World
1971
as Franco / Pepito Gonzales

The Two Parachutists
1965
as Pasquale - Franco Impallomeni

I Zanzaroni
1967

It's a Woman's War
1971
as Serg. Franco Samperi

The Two Big Shots
1971
as Franco

How We Robbed the Bank of Italy
1966
as Franco

The Handsome, The Ugly, And The Stupid
1967
as Il brutto - Franco

Principe coronato cercasi per ricca ereditiera
1970
as Principe Don Mimì

How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio
2004
as Self (archive footage)

The Honored Society
1961
as Saruzzo

Ciccio Forgives, I Don't
1968
as Franco

Cream, Chocolate and... Paprika
1981
as Matteo

2 samurai per 100 geishe
1962
as Franco Santuzzo

I due assi del guantone
1971
as Franco Marsala

Franco e Ciccio superstars
1974

The Cat from Brooklyn Wants to Be a Detective
1973
as Frankie Lonego

Paths of War
1970
as Franco

I due toreri
1964
as Franco Scontentezza

Let's Arm Ourselves and Go!
1971
as Franco

Seduced and Duped
1964
as Franco

How We Got Into Trouble with the Army
1965
as soldato Piscitello

Two Whites in Dark Africa
1970
as Franco

Venus in the Sun
1964
as Francesco Macrì (segment "Una domenica a Fregene")

I due vigili
1967
as Franco Lo Cascio

Fistful of Knuckles
1965
as Franco

Dream of Zorro
1975
as Paco / Zorro

2 mattacchioni al Moulin Rouge
1964
as Nicolino Celletti

The Three Enemies
1962
as Fantuzzo
Il cortile degli Aragonesi
1973
as Nofriu

Franco and Ciccio... Robber and Cop
1969
as Franco Chiappalone
About Franco Franchi
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 C… With 142 credits spanning from 1950 to 2022, Franco Franchi has appeared in 136 films and 6 TV shows.
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Most Popular Franco Franchi Movies
- Oh! Those Most Secret Agents (1964) — as Franco Passalacqua
- Kaos (1984) — as Zi' Dima (segment "La giara")
- Le tardone (1964) — as The killer (episode "Un delitto quasi perfetto")
- Scandal Nudes (1963) — as polizziotto Franco
- Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs (1966) — as Franco
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