Franco Fabrizi

Franco Fabrizi (Cortemaggiore, February 15, 1926 - Cortemaggiore, October 18, 1995) was an Italian actor.

Son of a barber and a cinema cashier, was a soap opera photo actor, for example, the "fotoromanzo Arizona Kid", in the newspaper "Avventuroso Film". When he was 24 years old, with a few experience in cinema, has got a small important roll in Chronicle of a Love ("Cronaca di un amore") (1950),Michelangelo Antonioni's long film debut.

Federico Fellini offers him the starring role in I vitelloni. In Italy, he was considerated the Cary Grant all'italiana.

Selected Filmography

*Chronicle of a Love ("Cronaca di un amore") Michelangelo Antonioni, (1950)
*"I Vitelloni" , Federico Fellini (1953)
*"Torna!" (1953)
*"Vortice" (1953)
*"Camilla (film)" (1954)
*"Woman of Rome" ("La romana"), Dino Risi (1954)
*"Il bidone" , Federico Fellini (1955)
*"Le amiche" , Michealngelo Antonioni (1955)
*"Racconti romani" (1955)
*"Calabuig" , Luis García Berlanga (1956)
*"Noi siamo le colonne" (1956)
*"Nights of Cabiria", Federico Fellini (1957)
*"Racconti d'estate" (1958)
*"Un maledetto imbroglio", Pietro Germi (1959)
*"I Genitori in Blue-Jeans" (1960)
*"Orazi e curiazi" (1961)
*"A Difficult Life" ("Una Vita Difficile"), Dino Risi (1961)
*"Copacabana Palace" (1962)
*"Gli onorevoli" (1963)
*"La donna degli altri è sempre più bella" (1963)
*"Via Margutta (film)" (1963)
*"The Birds, the Bees and the Italians" ("Signore e signori") , Pietro Germi (1965)
*"Una questione d'onore" (1965)
*"Io la conoscevo bene" , Antonio Pietrangeli(1966)
*"Anyone Can Play" (1968)
*"Death in Venice (film)" ("Morte a Venezia"), Luchino Visconti (1971)
*"La Mala ordina" (1972)
*"La Polizia ringrazia" (1972)
*"Touche pas à la femme blanche " , Marco Ferreri (1974)
*"The Flower in His Mouth" (1975)
*"Ginger and Fred" (1986)
*"The Little Devil" ("Il piccolo diavolo"), Roberto Benigni (1988)
*"Ricky e Barabba" (1992)

External links

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