Franco Diogene
Franco Diogene | |
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 Franco Franchi and Franco Diogene in Il giustiziere di mezzogiorno (1975) | |
| Born | Concetto Francesco Diogene 20 October 1947 |
| Died | 27 May 2005 (aged 57) |
| Occupation | Actor |
Franco Diogene (20 October 1947 – 27 May 2005) was an Italian actor and comedian.
Life and career[]
Born Concetto Francesco Diogene in Catania, he was the son of a Sicilian father and a Ligurian mother. At 5 years old, Diogene moved to Genoa with his family.[1][2] In Genoa he completed his studies, and also started acting in a little theater of a parish.[1][2] Since the early 1970s, he was one of the most active character actors in Italian cinema, often cast in humorous roles.[1][2] He was also cast in several international productions, such as Midnight Express, in a role of Turkish lawyer and The Name of the Rose, mainly thanks to his foreign language skills.[1][2] Diogene was also active as a stand-up comedian, and he was the organizer of the beauty contest "Miss Top Model Universe".[1][2]
Diogene died of a heart attack, aged 57 years old.[2]
Selected filmography[]
- Due mafiosi contro Al Capone (1966) - Night club Announcer
- Maria Rosa la guardona (1973)
- Teresa the Thief (1973)
- Il colonnello Buttiglione diventa generale (1974)
- Kidnap (1974) - Nino
- Ante Up (1974) - Peppino il Barbiere
- Buttiglione diventa capo del servizio segreto (1975) - Tenente Parisi
- The Suspicious Death of a Minor (1975) - Pesce's Lawyer (uncredited)
- Nude per l'assassino (1975) - Maurizio
- Teasers (1975) - Monica's Lover
- La collegiale (1975) - Carlo De Marchi
- Il giustiziere di mezzogiorno (1975) - Vigile Corrotto
- Sex with a Smile (1976) - Ignazio, her husband (segment "I soldi in banca")
- La madama (1976) - Fruttivendolo
- Ab morgen sind wir reich und ehrlich (1976) - Garage Owner (uncredited)
- Roma, l'altra faccia della violenza (1976) - Lawyer
- Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen (1976) - Grocer (uncredited)
- Cuginetta, amore mio! (1976) - Sciaccaluga
- Tentacles (1977) - Chuck
- Taxi Girl (1977) - Sheik Abdul Lala
- Midnight Express (1978) - Yesil
- Gardenia (1979) - Friend of Gardenia
- A Policewoman on the Porno Squad (1979) - Joe Maccarone
- I contrabbandieri di Santa Lucia (1979) - Achmet
- Supersexymarket (1979)
- Saturday, Sunday and Friday (1979) - The lawyer (segment "Venerdì")
- Il viziaccio (1980)
- City of Women (1980) - Party Guest (uncredited)
- L'insegnante al mare con tutta la classe (1980) - Headmaster
- Delitto a Porta Romana (1980) - Busoni - the usurer
- Trhauma (1980) - Bitto
- Il terno a letto (1980)
- Madly in Love (1981) - Capo cameriere
- Il paramedico (1982) - 'Palletta'-The Car Wrecker
- La casa stregata (1982)
- Attenti a quei P2 (1982) - Emiro Kashieri
- Giovani, belle... probabilmente ricche (1982) - L'avvocato
- Grand Hotel Excelsior (1980) - Ing. Binotti
- Attila flagello di Dio (1982) - Mercante genovese
- Heads I Win, Tails You Lose (1982) - The soccer team's owner
- Stesso mare stessa spiaggia (1983) - Piero
- The World of Don Camillo (1984) - Binella
- Il ragazzo di campagna (1984) - 1st Recruitment Manager
- Madman at War (1985) - Nitti
- Killer contro killers (1985) - Hagen
- Le miniere del Kilimangiaro (1986) - Tai-Ling
- The Name of the Rose (1986) - Päpstliche Gesandte #1
- 7 chili in 7 giorni (1986) - Assessore Turri
- Il burbero (1986) - Controllore vagoni letto
- Il lupo di mare (1987)
- Russicum - I giorni del diavolo (1988)
- The Big Blue (1988) - Receptionist
- Interzone (1989) - Rat
- There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs (1990) - Padre di Violetta
- The Bachelor (1990)
- Occhio alla perestrojka (1990) - Racist Receptionist
- Fuga da Kayenta (1991) - Sheriff Baker
- Acquitted for Having Committed the Deed (1992)
- Ci hai rotto papà (1993) - Colonnello Nardini
- Piccolo grande amore (1993)
- Caino e Caino (1993) - Direttore della Casa di Riposo
- The House of the Spirits (1993) - Man at the Party
- 18000 giorni fa (1993) - Dottor Bianchi
- Policemen (1995) - Bunny
- The Stendhal Syndrome (1996) - Victim's husband
- Esercizi di stile (1996)
- Con rabbia e con amore (1997) - Man with white Mercedes near the beach
- Il tocco - La sfida (1997) - Omaccio
- Figurine (1997) - Mister Atlas
- La classe non è acqua (1997) - Professore siciliano
- Boom (1999) - Coluso (Segment: Il figlio di Claudio Villa)
- Voci (2000) - Libraio
- Proibito baciare (2000)
- The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair (2002) - Luigi Mennini
- Il compagno americano (2003) - Carboni
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402131.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Addio a Franco Diogene cento film, teatro e tanta tv". La Repubblica. 29 May 2005. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
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