Anthony Franciosa

Personal Info

Birthday

October 25, 1928

Day of Death

2006-01-19

(77 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

A. Franciosa

Tony Franciosa

Anthony Franciosa

Biography

Anthony Franciosa (born Anthony George Papaleo; October 25, 1928 – January 19, 2006) was an American actor. Franciosa began his career on stage and made a breakthrough after portraying a brother of the drug addict in the play A Hatful of Rain, which earned him a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. He reprised his role in its subsequent film adaptation, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anthony Franciosa, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Virginian

Studio One

Tales of the Unexpected

The Name of the Game

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Naked City

The Dick Powell Show

The Greatest Show on Earth

Filmography

2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
2018
The Ghost of Peter Sellers
as Himself (Archive)
2014
Mystical Traveler: The Life and Times of Dr. John-Roger
as Self (archive footage) (as Tony Franciosa)
2003
Barbra Streisand: The Movie Album
as Bene (archive footage)
Rita
as Self
1998
Anthony Quinn - A Lust for Life
as Self
1997
Sunset Boulevard - 27 Meilen Amerika
as Self
1996
City Hall
as Paul Zapatti
1992
Double Threat
as Crocker Scott
1990
Backstreet Dreams
as Angelo
Anthony Quinn: An Original
as Self
1989
Ghost Writer
as Vincent Carbone
Fashion Crimes
as Commissioner Rizzo
1988
Zombie Death House
as Vic Moretti
1987
Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife
as Lou Di Luca
1986
Stagecoach
as Henry Gatewood
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1983
Julie Darling
as Harold Wilding
1982
Tenebre
as Peter Neal
Kiss My Grits
as Charlie Karkas
Death Wish II
as Herman Baldwin
1981
Side Show
as Zaranov
Help Me Dream
as Ray
1980
The Cricket
as Annibale Meneghetti, detto Ulisse
1979
The World Is Full of Married Men
as David Cooper
Firepower
as the doctor Charles Félix
1977
Curse of the Black Widow
as Mark Higbie
1975
The Drowning Pool
as Broussard
1974
This Is the West That Was
as J.W. McCanles
1973
Ghost in the Noonday Sun
as Pierre Rodriguez
1972
Across 110th Street
as Nick D'Salvio
The Catcher
as Joe Cade
1971
Earth II
as Frank Karger
The Deadly Hunt
as Ryan
Web of the Spider
as Alan Foster
1970
The Enemy Before Us
as Jeff Dillon (as Tony Franciosa)
1968
In Enemy Country
as Charles (as Tony Franciosa)
The Sweet Ride
as Collie Ransom
A Man Called Gannon
as Gannon
1967
Fathom
as Peter Merriwether
1966
Fame Is the Name of the Game
as Jeff Dillon
The Swinger
as Ric Colby
Assault on a Queen
as Vic Rossiter
A Man Could Get Killed
as Steve / Antonio
1964
The Pleasure Seekers
as Emilio Lacayo
Rio Conchos
as Juan Luis Rodriguez
1962
Period of Adjustment
as Ralph Bates
Careless
as Emilio Brentani
1961
Go Naked in the World
as Nick Stratton
1959
The Story on Page One
as Victor Santini
Career
as Sam Lawson
1958
The Naked Maja
as Francisco Jose de Goya
The Long, Hot Summer
as Jody Varner
1957
Wild Is the Wind
as Bene
A Hatful of Rain
as Polo Pope
A Face in the Crowd
as Joey DePalma
This Could Be the Night
as Tony Armotti