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Franco Citti

Known for acting · Born 23 April 1935 · Died 14 January 2016 · aged 80 · Roma, Lazio, Italia

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Franco Citti (born 23 April 1935 in Rome) was 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 audiences 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.

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Known for

Accattone

1961

Mamma Roma

1962

Oedipus Rex

1967

The Decameron

1971

Arabian Nights

1974

The Canterbury Tales

1972

One Way or Another

1976

Watch Me When I Kill

1977

Kill Them All and Come Back Alone

1968

Ostia

1970

The Soup

1981

Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man

1976

Acting (61)

2017Tracce di BeneSelfFilm
2009Il prossimo tuoFilm
2005Così venne ucciso PasoliniHimselfFilm
1998Le ragazze di Piazza di SpagnaZio Franco · 6 episodesSeries
1997Cartoni animatiPeppeFilm
1997The MayorArturo SantanielloFilm
1996We Free KingsAttoreFilm
1994Power and LoversMicheleFilm
1992The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980CaloFilm
1990The Godfather Part IIICaloFilm
1990Scandal in BlackProjectionistFilm
1990The SecretFrancoFilm
1989I promessi sposiGrignapoco · 5 episodesSeries
1989Rosso di seraCapaceFilm
1986The Malady of LoveCigalFilm
1985Sogni e bisogniSam · 11 episodesSeries
1984The Martyrdom of St. SebastianLe préfetFilm
1983The Black Stallion ReturnsForeign Legion OfficerFilm
1982Pè sempeFilm
1981The SoupFrancescoFilm
1980Ciao marzianoEr CineseFilm
1980Fatal FixAlfredoFilm
1979LunaMan in BarFilm
1978L'albero della maldicenzaFilm
1978YermaJuanFilm
1977Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for TelevisionCalò · 4 episodesSeries
1977Beach HouseNandoFilm
1977Watch Me When I KillPasquale FerranteFilm
1977Destruction ForceAntonio LanzaFilm
1977Puttana galera!CiroFilm
1976One Way or AnotherM.'s DriverFilm
1976Live Like a Cop, Die Like a ManRuggero RujinskiFilm
1976Rome, the Other Face of ViolenceBertéFilm
1976Colpita da improvviso benessereLuiso MalerbaFilm
1976Chi dice donna, dice donnaBenitoFilm
1974Arabian NightsThe DemonFilm
1974MacròFilm
1973Bawdy TalesMammoneFilm
1973Ingrid on the RoadRenatoFilm
1973Storia de fratelli e de cortelliArtemioFilm
1972The GodfatherCalo - Sicilian SequenceFilm
1972RomaMan at Restaurant (uncredited)Film
1972The Canterbury TalesDevilFilm
1971The DecameronCiappellettoFilm
1971First SurrenderFilm
1971Pier Paolo Pasolini: A Film Maker's LifeSelfFilm
1971Una ragazza di PragaAlberto MariniFilm
1970OstiaRabbinoFilm
1969PigstySecondo CannibaleFilm
1969Gangster's LawBruno EspositoFilm
1969Il MagnaccioFilm
1969The Angels from 2000FrancoFilm
1968Kill Them All and Come Back AloneHoagyFilm
1968Black JesusOresteFilm
1967Oedipus RexOedipusFilm
1967Kill and PrayBurtFilm
1963The Shortest DayFante RomanoFilm
1963Chicken Feed for Little BirdsRenatoFilm
1962Mamma RomaCarmineFilm
1962Violent LifeTommasoFilm
1961AccattoneVittorio 'Accattone' CataldiFilm

Directing (1)

1997Cartoni animatiDirector, StoryFilm