Franco Pesce
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Franco Pesce | |
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| Born | 11 August 1890 |
| Died | 6 December 1975 (aged 85) |
| Occupation | Actor |
Franco Pesce (11 August 1890 – 6 December 1975) was an Italian actor and cinematographer.
Life and career[]
Franco Pesce was born in Naples. He was the son of the actor Ettore. At a young age Pesce studied lyric singing with the intention of becoming an opera singer.[1] At 20 years old he abandoned his studies to enter the cinema industry as a film operator.[1] Pesce moved to Rome with the advent of sound film where he became a cinematographer. Later in his life, beginning in 1940, he started a very productive career as a character actor.[1] In his later years Pesce was mainly active in spaghetti western films. He was often credited under English pseudonyms, usually interpreting roles of petulant, pedantic and intriguing old men.[1]
Selected filmography[]
- Eternal Melodies (1940)
- Farewell, My Beautiful Naples (1946)
- Mad About Opera (1948)
- Baron Carlo Mazza (1948)
- Crossroads of Passion (1948)
- Flying Squadron (1949)
- The Beggar's Daughter (1950)
- The Transporter (1950)
- The Bread Peddler (1950)
- Song of Spring (1951)
- Operation Mitra (1951)
- Eran trecento (1952)
- Prisoner in the Tower of Fire (1952)
- If You Won a Hundred Million (1953)
- The Lovers of Manon Lescaut (1954)
- The Last Race (1954)
- Revolt of the Mercenaries (1961)
- Long Days of Hate (1968)
- Pistol for a Hundred Coffins (1968)
- Orgasmo (1969)
- Le Mans, Shortcut to Hell (1970)
- Cloud of Dust... Cry of Death... Sartana Is Coming (1970)
- Have a Good Funeral, My Friend... Sartana Will Pay (1970)
- In Love, Every Pleasure Has Its Pain (1971)
- The Last Traitor (1971)
- They Call Me Hallelujah (1971)
- His Name Was Holy Ghost (1972)
- We Are No Angels (1975)
- The Diamond Peddlers (1976)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli artisti. Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402697.
External links[]
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- Franco Pesce at IMDb
Categories:
- 1975 deaths
- 1890 births
- Film people from Naples
- Italian male film actors
- 20th-century Italian male actors
- Italian cinematographers
- Male actors from Naples