Franco Fabrizi
Actor
Biography
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Franco Fabrizi (Cortemaggiore, 15 February 1926 - Cortemaggiore, 18 October 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.
Filmography
I Vitelloni
as Fausto Moretti 1953
Death in Venice
as Barber 1971
The Little Devil
as Monsignore 1988
The Little Bather
as Marcello Cacciaperotti 1968
Department Store
as Ingegner Zambuti 1986
The Swindle
as Roberto 1955
The One Man Band
as le fiancé de Françoise (as Franco Fabrizzi) 1970
Ricky & Barabba
as Ing. Salvetti 1992
I Knew Her Well
as Paganelli 1965
Ginger and Fred
as Aurelio, "Ed Ecco A Voi" Host 1986
A Difficult Life
as Franco Simonini 1961
The Italian Connection
as Enrico Moroni 1972
Late Night Trains
as The Voyeur on the Train 1975
Story of a Love Affair
as Fashion show presentator (uncredited) 1950
Complexes
as Francesco Martello (III) 1965
Le Amiche
as Cesare Pedoni, the Architect 1955