Franco Fabrizi
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Known for
- Nights of Cabiria (1957)
- Death in Venice (1971)
- I Vitelloni (1953)
- I Knew Her Well (1965)
- The Little Bather (1968)
- The Little Devil (1988)
- Late Night Trains (1975)
- The Shortest Day (1963)
- Act of Aggression (1975)
- Fellini dice... (2006)
- Don't Touch the White Woman! (1974)
- Witness in the City (1959)
- What Have They Done to Your Daughters? (1974)
- Action (1980)
- Roman Tales (1955)
- The One Man Band (1970)
- Story of a Love Affair (1950)
- The Rocket from Calabuch (1956)
- La donna degli altri è sempre più bella (1963)
- The Italian Connection (1972)