Person Details

Birthday: 1935-04-23 01:59:12

Death: 2016-01-14 01:59:12

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Roma, Lazio, Italia

Homepage:

Movie Involvements: 39

TV Involvements: 2


Most Famous Work

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Franco Citti (born 23 April 1938 in Rome) is an Italian actor. He came to fame at the age of 26, playing the title role in Pier Paolo Pasolini's film Accattone. In 1967 he appeared in the title role in Pasolini's version of Oedipus Rex. He is perhaps best-known to non-Italian audienes as Calo in The Godfather I and III and uttering the line 'In Sicily, women are more dangerous than shotguns'. Description above from the Wikipedia article  Franco Citti , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

The Godfather
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9

The Godfather

(1972) Calo - Sicilian Sequence
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
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9
The Godfather Part III
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7
Mamma Roma
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8

Mamma Roma

(1962) Carmine
I promessi sposi
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6

I promessi sposi

(1989) Grignapoco
Luna
Average
6

Luna

(1979) Man in Bar
Oedipus Rex
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7

Oedipus Rex

(1967) Edipo
Pigsty
Average
7

Pigsty

(1969) Secondo Cannibale

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2009 N/A
2008 Self (archive footage)
2005 Himself
1997 Arturo Santaniello
Peppe
1996 Attore
1994 Michele
1990 Calo
Projectionist
Franco
1989 Grignapoco
Capace
1986 Cigal
1984 Le préfet
1983 Foreign Legion Officer
1981 Calò
Francesco
1980 Alfredo
Er Cinese
1979 Man in Bar
N/A
1978 Juan
1977 Calò
Nando
Antonio Lanza
Pasquale Ferrante
1976 Berte
Autista di M.
Ruggero Rujinski
Luiso Malerba
Benito
Ciro
1974 The Demon
N/A
1973 Mammone
Artemio
Renato
1972 Devil
Man at Restaurant (uncredited)
Calo - Sicilian Sequence
1971 N/A
Ciappelletto
Self
Alberto Marini
1970 Rabbino
1969 Secondo Cannibale
Bruno Esposito
N/A
Franco
1968 Hoagy
Oreste
1967 Edipo
Burt
1963 Renato
Fante Romano
1962 Carmine
Tommaso
1961 Vittorio "Accattone" Cataldi
Year Character Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1997 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1997 Story
Year Role Movie/Tv

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