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Franco Franchi
Sign in to saveAlso known as Francis Benenato, Franco Ferraù, Franco Ferrau, Francesco Benenato
Italian actor and comedian (1928-1992)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 10
Top works
- Protestantesimo e massoneria in Italia nel secolo 20
- Le vignette satiriche de La libertà
- Caro nemico
- Franchi: Photographies couleur Heinz Preisig, Sion
- Giorgio Almirante
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Film & TV
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
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…
Known for
- An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose — Self (archive footage)2022
- How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio — Self (archive footage)2004
- You Jane, Me Tarzan — Mercenary1989
- Blue Tango — Gaetano Buttitta1987
- Indietro tutta! — Se stesso1987
- Buona Domenica — Partecipazione1985
- Kaos — Zi' Dima (segment "La giara")1984
- Kaos1984
- Uno storico pasticcio — Franco1983
- Cream, Chocolate and... Paprika — Matteo1981
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Italy
- Active from
- 1926-04-06
- Active to
- 1990-05-01
multiple countries
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 51
- Total plays
- 288
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- Franco & Ciccio
- Given name
- Franco
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- Palermo
- Place of death
- Rome
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Ultimo tango a Zagarol 11.png
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- Commons category
- Franco Franchi
- date of birth
- 1928-09-18
- date of death
- 1992-12-09
- start of work period
- 1945-00-00
- partner in business or sport
- Ciccio Ingrassia
- birth name
- Francesco Benenato
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