Franco Franchi

Known for: Acting
Born: September 18, 1928, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Died: December 9, 1992
Movies: 135

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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.

Best-Known Movies

7.5

The Adventures of Pinocchio

1972

7.2

Kaos

1984

5.0

Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs

1966

6.1

Caprice Italian Style

1968

6.4

The Last Judgment

1961

5.8

The Handsome, the Ugly, and the Stupid

1967

5.6

The Amazing Doctor G

1965

6.4

The Shortest Day

1963

5.3

Oh! Those Most Secret Agents

1964

5.5

Ku Fu? Dalla Sicilia con furore

1973

Filmography

2022	An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose	Self (archive footage)
2004	How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio	Self (archive footage)
1987	Blue Tango	Gaetano Buttitta
1984	Kaos	Zi' Dima (segment "La giara")
1983	Uno storico pasticcio	Franco
1981	Cream, Chocolate and... Paprika	Matteo
1976	Friends More Than Before
1975	Dream of Zorro	Paco / Zorro
1975	The Sergeant Rompiglioni Becomes... Corporal	Francesco Garibaldi Rompiglioni
1975	The Noon Vigilante	Franco Gabbiani
1974	The Inheritance of Uncle Goodsoul	Franco Favazza
1974	Littlefoot the Policeman	Franco Petralia
1974	Farfallon	Farfallon
1974	Paolo the Cool	Paolino Pastorino detto Tino
1974	Franco e Ciccio superstars
1973	Il sergente Rompiglioni	Francesco Garibaldi Rompiglioni
1973	Il cortile degli Aragonesi	Nofriu
1973	Ku Fu? Dalla Sicilia con furore	Franco
1973	Dirty Weekend	Person on Film #1 (Theater) (archive footage) (uncredited)
1973	The Godfather's Godson	Oronzo Musumeci
1973	The Cat from Brooklyn Wants to Be a Detective	Frankie Lonego
1973	The Last Italian Tango	Franco
1972	The Adventures of Pinocchio	Gatto
1972	The Two Big Cats O'Nine Tails... and a Half in Amsterdam	Franco, il fotografo
1972	Story of Fear and a Knife	Franco
1972	Two Sons of Trinity	Franco Trinità
1972	Teatro 11	Self
1972	They Were Still Called... The Most and the Least	Franco Pietrasicca
1972	Continuavano a chiamarli i due piloti più matti del mondo	Franco Franchini
1971	I due assi del guantone	Franco Marsala
1971	The Two Big Shots	Franco
1971	Let's Arm Ourselves and Go!	Franco
1971	Will the Lawyer Franco Benenato Be Able to Defeat his Arch Enemy the Magistrate Ciccio De Ingras?	Franco Benenato
1971	The Two of the F. 1 at the Craziest, Craziest Race in the World	Franco / Pepito Gonzales
1971	It's a Woman's War	Serg. Franco Samperi
1971	Ma che musica maestro	Franco, il capobanda
1971	...Excuse Me, Do You Pay Taxes?	Franco
1971	Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù?	Franco Bello
1971	The Clan of the Two Borsalini	Franco Franchetti, il 'Professore'
1970	The Two Wizards of the Ball	Mago K. K
1970	Two Whites in Dark Africa	Franco
1970	Those Sweet Creatures	Franco Samperi
1970	Principe coronato cercasi per ricca ereditiera	Principe Don Mimì
1970	I due maggiolini più matti del mondo	Franco
1970	Who Gave You the License?	Franco
1970	Don Franco and Don Ciccio in a Year of Protest	Don Franco
1970	Paths of War	Franco
1970	On the Day of the Lord	Carceriere
1970	Satiricosissimo	Franco
1969	Lisa with the Blue Eyes	funzionario Centro Spaziale #1
1969	Franco and Ciccio... Robber and Cop	Franco Chiappalone
1969	Franco, Ciccio and the Pirate Blackbeard	Franco
1969	Guess Who's Coming for a Snack?	Franco La Rapa
1968	The Two Magnificent Fresconi	Franco
1968	The Nephews of Zorro	Franco La Vacca
1968	Two Firefighters	Francesco Perricone
1968	Ciccio Forgives, I Don't	Franco
1968	Don Chisciotte e Sancio Panza	Sancio Panza
1968	I due Crociati	Franco di Carrapipi
1968	American Secret Service
1968	Franco, Ciccio and the Cheerful Widows	Franco Marelli / Salvatore Pollara
1968	Caprice Italian Style	Cassio
1968	What Are the Clouds?	Cassio
1968	Ugly at Night	Franco / Bruto Di Notte
1968	All the Gold in the World	Franco
1968	I 2 deputati	Franco Franchini
1967	The World's Gold	Franco Sparapaoli
1967	The Sicily Barbers	Franco Lo Persico
1967	I due vigili	Franco Lo Cascio
1967	Tonight I'll Throw Me	Bath attendant
1967	I Zanzaroni
1967	Two R-R-Ringos from Texas	Franco Caterina
1967	The Handsome, the Ugly, and the Stupid	Il brutto - Franco
1967	The Tall, The Short, The Cat	Franco
1967	How We Stole the Atomic Bomb	Franco
1966	Gli altri, gli altri e noi	'Occhi Svelti'
1966	I due sanculotti	Franco La Capra
1966	Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs	Franco
1966	How We Robbed the Bank of Italy	Franco
1966	2 Mobsters Against Al Capone	Franco
1965	The Two Parachutists	Pasquale - Franco Impallomeni
1965	War Italian Style	Frank Scordia
1965	002 Operation Moon	Franco / Colonel Paradowsky
1965	The Amazing Doctor G	Franco Pecora
1965	How We Got Into Trouble with the Army	soldato Piscitello
1965	Two Idiots at Fort Alamo	Franco La Pera
1965	Latin Lovers	Franco
1965	Veneri in collegio	Calogero Junior
1965	The Sons of the Leopard	Franco / Maria Rosa
1965	Fistful of Knuckles	Franco
1965	Wrong Beds	Franco (Segment "La seconda moglie")
1965	I Kill, You Kill	Turiddu (segment "Cavalleria Rusticana, oggi")
1964	Two Public Enemies	Franco
1964	Soldiers and corporals	Franco
1964	Venus in the Sun	Francesco Macrì (segment "Una domenica a Fregene")
1964	A Monster and a Half	Franco \ Cesarone
1964	I due toreri	Franco Scontentezza
1964	Seduced and Duped	Franco
1964	Oh! Those Most Secret Agents	Franco Passalacqua
1964	Easy Love	Franco (segment "Un uomo corretto")
1964	Primitive Love	Franco
1964	Two Escape from Sing Sing	Franco
1964	Corpse for the Lady	Gianni
1964	The Seven Vipers (The Latin Husband)	Avvocato Franchi
1964	Two Gangsters in the Wild West	Franco Capone / Il nonno di Franco / Francuzza l'abbandonata
1964	The Twelve-Handed Men of Mars	Socio dello scrittore
1964	Songs, Bullies and Chicks	Gaspare
1964	These Mad, Mad Women	Turiddu Macrì ('Siciliani a Milano')
1964	The Maniacs	Thief #1 (segment 'Il week-end)
1964	Le tardone	The killer (episode "Un delitto quasi perfetto")
1964	2 mattacchioni al Moulin Rouge	Nicolino Celletti
1964	The Two Mafiosi	Franco Fisichella
1963	Scandal Nudes	polizziotto Franco
1963	The Swindlers	Salvatore (segment "Siciliani")
1963	Everything is Music	Friend of Anemia
1963	Target: Girls	Cassarà
1963	La donna degli altri è sempre più bella	Turiddu Macrì (segment "I Promessi Sposi")
1963	The Shortest Day	Franco Lo Grugno
1963	Adventure at the Motel	Franco
1962	Vino, whisky e acqua salata	cuoco
1962	I motorizzati	Un ladro di gomme
1962	The Masseuses	Franco - Nightwatchman #1
1962	2 samurai per 100 geishe	Franco Santuzzo
1962	Those Two in the Legion	Franco Cocuzza
1962	The Three Enemies	Fantuzzo
1962	Il mio amico Benito	Terrorista
1961	Dying as Hierarchs	Scilla
1961	Fists, Girls and Sailors	Salvatore
1961	The Last Judgment	disoccupato
1961	Hercules in the Valley of Woe	Francheo
1961	5 Marines for 100 Girls	factotum
1961	The Honored Society	Saruzzo
1960	Appointment in Ischia	The Short Smuggler
1960	The Loves of Salammbo
1950	The Promise

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