Personal Info
Birth date
1928-09-18 (96 Years)
Day of death
1992-12-09
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Also known as
-Franco Franchi
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.
Filmography
The Adventures of Pinocchio
7.2
Overview:
Mastro Geppetto is a poor carpenter with no wife and no children. The man is very lonely, and when trading a piece of wood with his colleague Mastero Cherry, he decides to build himself a puppet to make him company.Lisa with the Blue Eyes
5
Overview:
A university student, Mario Buongiovanni, tries to do various jobs to pay for his studies: selling encyclopedias, singing in night clubs, being a tour guide. He then became a science teacher in a female college, where he met Lisa, the daughter of a Lombard industrialist, whom he fell in love with. But Lisa's father, unfortunately, already has in mind for her a marriage with a very rich suitor ...The Shortest Day
6.22
Overview:
Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle.Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs
5.134
Overview:
The scheming mad scientist Dr. Goldfoot (Vincent Price) plots another mad scheme to take over the world by killing off the major military leaders of every country; to that end, he creates in his secret lab a bevy of bodacious girl bombs; full-length, life-size robots that explode when embraced.Easy Love
2
Overview:
Five episodes: A professor decides to murder her husband to win a woman. A hotelier seduces a boarder. A man convinces a friend to marry his lover, so as not to arouse his wife's suspicions. A man borrows money from a loan shark to pay for the services of his wife. Two couples try in vain to take a trip to the seaside.The Masseuses
5.333
Overview:
Two industry managers from Milan are in Rome to get the contract to build a YMCA hostel. They get in touch with a masseuses ring and one of the masseuses is introduced to the president of the catholic association as the wife of one of the managers. During a vice squad roundup, the president is about to be discovered with one of the girls when he dies of a stroke. How will the others try to hide his death?Don Franco and Don Ciccio in a Year of Protest
5.3
Overview:
Italy's best loved comedy duo play rival priests in the neighboring towns of Roccapizzone and San Antonio. Did Franco crash his bike through Ciccio's new stained glass window on purpose or was he just in town for their mutual confession? Their main beef with each other concerns their opposing football teams and this feud takes up a great deal of the picture.The Sons of the Leopard
5.8
Overview:
Penniless Baron Tulicò, nicknamed Leopard, abandons his mistress, with whom he's had two sons, and marries a rich woman. The mistress tries to have her rights established with the help of her sons.On the Day of the Lord
4.3
Overview:
Margherita nicknamed Fornarina is Raphael's mistress. Beatrice, a noblewoman who is also in love with the famous painter tries to get her out of the way, by having her wrongly accused of the murder of a loan shark, whom she has in reality killed herself. Fornarina is sentenced to death. Will Raphael manage to prove her innocent?The World's Gold
5.5
Overview:
Aided by a chauffeur and a butler, a student of humble means pretends to be wealthy in order to attract the romantic interest of a rich girl.Dirty Weekend
5.3
Overview:
A man and his mistress have just taken off for a weekend romp when they're kidnapped by a trio of bank robbers. They wind up becoming media "stars" as police and reporters follow them. They all wind up at the beat-up shack of a cranky old codger, with the police surrounding them and the robbers threatening to kill everybody.How We Stole the Atomic Bomb
5.227
Overview:
Franco, an Italian fisherman, witnesses a U.S. Air Force plane crash in the Mediterranean off Egypt carrying a nuclear weapon, and he is then persued by shady spy, named Ciccio, working for a spy organization led by the sinister Dr. Si (Yes) to find the atom bomb before anyone else does to blackmail the world, which leads to Franco and Ciccio forming an unlikely alliance to get the bomb for themselves.Kaos
7.3
Overview:
Five stories center on a werewolf, a feudal landlord, peasants, a ghost, and a mother and her sons.The Last Judgment
6.4
Overview:
In Naples, a voice from the skies announces one morning that the final judgment will be at 6 p.m. on that day. What follows is a series of vignettes depicting various people's reactions (or lack thereof) to the announcement.Caprice Italian Style
6.195
Overview:
The film consists of six short stories created by different directors, but all the stories share one thing: a warm irony to current events.War Italian Style
5.1
Overview:
It's May 1943, and two Italian American soldiers, Joe and Frank, are searching the North African desert for a Nazi general called Von Kassler. Von Kassler's aide captures them, and arranges for them to escape with fake war plans. But, things don't go exactly as planned for either side.The Adventures of Pinocchio
7.5
Overview:
Mastro Geppetto is a poor carpenter with no wife and no children. The man is very lonely, and after trading a piece of wood with his colleague Mastro Ciliegia, decides to build himself a puppet to keep him company.How We Robbed the Bank of Italy
6.1
Overview:
Dim-wits Franco and Cicco try to come up with a plan to rob the safes of the Bank of Italy, but with one muddle after another, they find themselves empty-handed after each attempt to do so.I motorizzati
5.808
Overview:
A guy is about to become the millionth citizen to buy a car in Rome. Frightened, he decides to remain pedestrian, and recalls several stories, with new car owners as protagonists. Episodic comedy.The Honored Society
5.7
Overview:
Salvatore and Rosalino are sentenced to death by the Mafia because they are accused of having seduced the daughters of a boss. As they are about to be shot they manage to escape with the two girls.The Amazing Doctor G
5.534
Overview:
Nefarious villain Goldginger is thwarted by bumbling secret agents Franco and Ciccio in his scheme to spark an international war by zombifying all government employees in this Italian spoof of the James Bond movies.You Jane, Me Tarzan
NYR
Overview:
The drama four-episode musical marked the return to Rai militancy after years of Fininvest for Carmen Russo and the comic duo Franco and Ciccio . The program also included pure variety segments, animated inserts and ballets.These Mad, Mad Women
4.3
Overview:
Four episodes preceded with a narrator in the role of psychiatrist who tells some cases of female madness.Wrong Beds
4.4
Overview:
Four episodes: a traveler is enticed by train per bet; a professional wants to be alone with a woman he likes; a lawyer becomes the lover of an adversary; a man discovers his wife's infidelity after ten years.The Loves of Salammbo
4.7
Overview:
During the 3rd century B.C. a horde of barbarians are hired by the Phoenian city of Carthage to fight against the Roman empire, but when the city's ruler is unable to fulfill the promised payment made to the mercenaries, they attack the African settlement, where Salammbô --the king's daughter and high priestess of goddess Tanit- tries to settle the matter when the Barbarian leader who has fallen for her steals the sacred veil of Carthage from the temple, without taking into account the evil schemes of a powerful member of the council of wise men.Acting
2004How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio as Self (archive footage)
1989You Jane, Me Tarzan (4 Episodes) as Mercenary
1987Blue Tango as Gaetano Buttitta
1985Buona Domenica (1 Episode) as Partecipazione
1984Kaos as Zi' Dima (segment "La giara")
1983Uno storico pasticcio as Franco
1981Cream, Chocolate and... Paprika as Matteo
1976Due ragazzi incorreggibili (6 Episodes) as Unknown
1976Domenica In (2 Episodes) as Self
1976Friends More Than Before as Unknown
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 as Unknown
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
1972The Adventures of Pinocchio (3 Episodes) as Gatto
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
1970Principe coronato cercasi per ricca ereditiera as Principe Don Mimì
1970I due maggiolini più matti del mondo as Franco
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 as Unknown
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 World's Gold as Franco Sparapaoli
1967The Sicily Barbers as Franco Lo Persico
1967I due vigili as Franco Lo Cascio
1967Tonight I'll Throw Me as Bath attendant
1967I Zanzaroni as Unknown
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'
1966The Two Sans-culottes 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 per 100 ragazze as factotum
1961The Honored Society as Saruzzo
1960Appointment in Ischia as Contrabbandiere Basso
1960The Loves of Salammbo as Unknown
1950The Promise as Unknown