Franco Franchi
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 18 September 1928 · Palermo, Sicily, Italy
- Died
- 9 December 1992
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
Acting 136
- 2022An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose as Self (archive footage)
- 2004How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio as Self (archive footage)
- 1987Blue Tango as Gaetano Buttitta
- 1984Kaos as Zi' Dima (segment "La giara")
- 1983Uno storico pasticcio as Franco
- 1981Cream, Chocolate and... Paprika as Matteo
- 1976Friends More Than Before
- 1975Dream of Zorro as Paco / Zorro
- 1975The Sergeant Rompiglioni Becomes... Corporal as Francesco Garibaldi Rompiglioni
- 1975The Noon Vigilante as Franco Gabbiani
- 1974The Inheritance of Uncle Goodsoul as Franco Favazza
- 1974Littlefoot the Policeman as Franco Petralia
- 1974Farfallon as Farfallon
- 1974Paolo the Cool as Paolino Pastorino detto Tino
- 1974Franco e Ciccio superstars
- 1973Il sergente Rompiglioni as Francesco Garibaldi Rompiglioni
- 1973Il cortile degli Aragonesi as Nofriu
- 1973Ku Fu? Dalla Sicilia con furore as Franco
- 1973Dirty Weekend as Person on Film #1 (Theater) (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1973The Godfather's Godson as Oronzo Musumeci
- 1973The Cat from Brooklyn Wants to Be a Detective as Frankie Lonego
- 1973The Last Italian Tango as Franco
- 1972The Adventures of Pinocchio as Gatto
- 1972The Two Big Cats O'Nine Tails... and a Half in Amsterdam as Franco, il fotografo
- 1972Story of Fear and a Knife as Franco
- 1972Two Sons of Trinity as Franco Trinità
- 1972Teatro 11 as Self
- 1972They Were Still Called... The Most and the Least as Franco Pietrasicca
- 1972Continuavano a chiamarli i due piloti più matti del mondo as Franco Franchini
- 1971I due assi del guantone as Franco Marsala
- 1971The Two Big Shots as Franco
- 1971Let's Arm Ourselves and Go! as Franco
- 1971Will the Lawyer Franco Benenato Be Able to Defeat his Arch Enemy the Magistrate Ciccio De Ingras? as Franco Benenato
- 1971The Two of the F. 1 at the Craziest, Craziest Race in the World as Franco / Pepito Gonzales
- 1971It's a Woman's War as Serg. Franco Samperi
- 1971Ma che musica maestro as Franco, il capobanda
- 1971...Excuse Me, Do You Pay Taxes? as Franco
- 1971Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù? as Franco Bello
- 1971The Clan of the Two Borsalini as Franco Franchetti, il 'Professore'
- 1970The Two Wizards of the Ball as Mago K. K
- 1970Two Whites in Dark Africa as Franco
- 1970Those Sweet Creatures as Franco Samperi
- 1970I due maggiolini più matti del mondo as Franco
- 1970Principe coronato cercasi per ricca ereditiera as Principe Don Mimì
- 1970Who Gave You the License? as Franco
- 1970Don Franco and Don Ciccio in a Year of Protest as Don Franco
- 1970Paths of War as Franco
- 1970On the Day of the Lord as Carceriere
- 1970Satiricosissimo as Franco
- 1969Lisa with the Blue Eyes as funzionario Centro Spaziale #1
- 1969Franco and Ciccio... Robber and Cop as Franco Chiappalone
- 1969Franco, Ciccio and the Pirate Blackbeard as Franco
- 1969Guess Who's Coming for a Snack? as Franco La Rapa
- 1969I 2 deputati as Franco Franchini
- 1968The Two Magnificent Fresconi as Franco
- 1968The Nephews of Zorro as Franco La Vacca
- 1968Two Firefighters as Francesco Perricone
- 1968Ciccio Forgives, I Don't as Franco
- 1968Don Chisciotte e Sancio Panza as Sancio Panza
- 1968I due Crociati as Franco di Carrapipi
- 1968American Secret Service
- 1968Franco, Ciccio and the Cheerful Widows as Franco Marelli / Salvatore Pollara
- 1968Caprice Italian Style as Cassio
- 1968What Are the Clouds? as Cassio
- 1968Ugly at Night as Franco / Bruto Di Notte
- 1968All the Gold in the World as Franco
- 1968How We Stole the Atomic Bomb as Franco
- 1967The Sicily Barbers as Franco Lo Persico
- 1967The World's Gold as Franco Sparapaoli
- 1967I due vigili as Franco Lo Cascio
- 1967Tonight I'll Throw Me as Bath attendant
- 1967I Zanzaroni
- 1967Two R-R-Ringos from Texas as Franco Caterina
- 1967The Handsome, the Ugly, and the Stupid as Il brutto - Franco
- 1967The Tall, The Short, The Cat as Franco
- 1966Two Sons of Ringo as Franco Merendino / Django
- 1966Gli altri, gli altri e noi as 'Occhi Svelti'
- 1966I due sanculotti as Franco La Capra
- 1966Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs as Franco
- 1966How We Robbed the Bank of Italy as Franco
- 19662 Mobsters Against Al Capone as Franco
- 1965The Two Parachutists as Pasquale - Franco Impallomeni
- 1965War Italian Style as Frank Scordia
- 1965002 Operation Moon as Franco / Colonel Paradowsky
- 1965The Amazing Doctor G as Franco Pecora
- 1965How We Got Into Trouble with the Army as soldato Piscitello
- 1965Two Idiots at Fort Alamo as Franco La Pera
- 1965Latin Lovers as Franco
- 1965Veneri in collegio as Calogero Junior
- 1965The Sons of the Leopard as Franco / Maria Rosa
- 1965Fistful of Knuckles as Franco
- 1965Wrong Beds as Franco (Segment "La seconda moglie")
- 1965I Kill, You Kill as Turiddu (segment "Cavalleria Rusticana, oggi")
- 1964Two Public Enemies as Franco
- 1964Soldiers and corporals as Franco
- 1964Venus in the Sun as Francesco Macrì (segment "Una domenica a Fregene")
- 1964A Monster and a Half as Franco \ Cesarone
- 1964I due toreri as Franco Scontentezza
- 1964Seduced and Duped as Franco
- 1964Oh! Those Most Secret Agents as Franco Passalacqua
- 1964Easy Love as Franco (segment "Un uomo corretto")
- 1964Primitive Love as Franco
- 1964Two Escape from Sing Sing as Franco
- 1964Corpse for the Lady as Gianni
- 1964The Seven Vipers (The Latin Husband) as Avvocato Franchi
- 1964Two Gangsters in the Wild West as Franco Capone / Il nonno di Franco / Francuzza l'abbandonata
- 1964The Twelve-Handed Men of Mars as Socio dello scrittore
- 1964Songs, Bullies and Chicks as Gaspare
- 1964These Mad, Mad Women as Turiddu Macrì ('Siciliani a Milano')
- 1964The Maniacs as Thief #1 (segment 'Il week-end)
- 1964Le tardone as The killer (episode "Un delitto quasi perfetto")
- 19642 mattacchioni al Moulin Rouge as Nicolino Celletti
- 1964The Two Mafiosi as Franco Fisichella
- 1963Scandal Nudes as polizziotto Franco
- 1963The Swindlers as Salvatore (segment "Siciliani")
- 1963Everything is Music as Friend of Anemia
- 1963Target: Girls as Cassarà
- 1963La donna degli altri è sempre più bella as Turiddu Macrì (segment "I Promessi Sposi")
- 1963The Shortest Day as Franco Lo Grugno
- 1963Adventure at the Motel as Franco
- 1962Vino, whisky e acqua salata as cuoco
- 1962I motorizzati as Un ladro di gomme
- 1962The Masseuses as Franco - Nightwatchman #1
- 19622 samurai per 100 geishe as Franco Santuzzo
- 1962Those Two in the Legion as Franco Cocuzza
- 1962The Three Enemies as Fantuzzo
- 1962Il mio amico Benito as Terrorista
- 1961Dying as Hierarchs as Scilla
- 1961Fists, Girls and Sailors as Salvatore
- 1961The Last Judgment as disoccupato
- 1961Hercules in the Valley of Woe as Francheo
- 19615 Marines for 100 Girls as factotum
- 1961The Honored Society as Saruzzo
- 1960Appointment in Ischia as The Short Smuggler
- 1960The Loves of Salammbo
- 1950The Promise