Franco Franchi

Actor

September 18, 1928 (64 years)

† December 9, 1992

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 t…

Filmography

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5.0

Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs

Franco

Mad scientist Dr. Goldfoot plots another twisted 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.

7.3

The Adventures of Pinocchio

Gatto

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.

10.0

Indietro tutta!

Se stesso

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9.0

You Jane, Me Tarzan

Mercenary

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.

6.2

The Shortest Day

Franco Lo Grugno

Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle.

6.3

Lisa with the Blue Eyes

funzionario Centro Spaziale #1

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 ...

5.9

The Twelve-Handed Men of Mars

Socio dello scrittore

Four extraterrestrials, X-1, X-2, X-3 and X-4, arrive on Earth in the early sixties. Here they decide to take on human features to study the terrestrials incognito, but end up getting involved in the Roman "dolce vita".

5.9

2 Mobsters Against Al Capone

Franco

For a misunderstanding Franco and Ciccio, two Sicilian immigrants of very limited intellectual faculties, are enrolled in the police force in New York.

5.0

The Maniacs

Thief #1 (segment 'Il week-end)

An anthology of brief comic sketches based on manias, mainly sexual, featuring several figures of Italian society.

6.1

Caprice Italian Style

Cassio

The film consists of six short stories created by different directors, but all the stories share one thing: a warm irony to current events.

5.9

Two Gangsters in the Wild West

Franco Capone / Il nonno di Franco / Francuzza l'abbandonata

In the late 1800's, Sicilians Franco and Ciccio are serving 20 years of prison for stealing two mules, when they are helped to escape by an American who says he is a friend of their grandfathers, who were killed in Texas by a gang of bandits who wanted to take over their gold mine. The two friends travel to America to take posses of the gold mine, but they soon discover that they are not the only ones who want it.

7.5

The Adventures of Pinocchio

Gatto

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.

4.8

The Two Wizards of the Ball

Mago K. K

The manager of a football team wants to hire a coach. Luckily the team begin to win but on the eve of an important match the opposing team has their best scorer kidnapped. Will they win the match all the same?

6.0

Blue Tango

Gaetano Buttitta

Tango blu is a night club in Milan where various bizarre characters meet. Among them a womanizing photographer and a porter who works in a slaughterhouse.

4.5

Wrong Beds

Franco (Segment "La seconda moglie")

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.

5.8

Il mio amico Benito

Terrorista

A clerk has had a picture taken during W.W.I with the future Italian dictator Mussolini and tries to exploit the situation pretending he is a dear friend of his. When he finds out who Mussolini really is he changes his mind and goes back to his bleak life.

5.2

Dirty Weekend

Person on Film #1 (Theater) (archive footage) (uncredited)

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.

4.6

I Kill, You Kill

Turiddu (segment "Cavalleria Rusticana, oggi")

Six sketches with as many ways of murdering someone, and getting away with it.

6.5

The Last Judgment

disoccupato

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.