Franco Citti

Personal Info

Birthday

April 23, 1935

Day of Death

2016-01-14

(80 years old)

Place of Birth

Roma, Lazio, Italia

Franco Citti

Biography

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.

Known For

The Godfather

The Godfather Part III

Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television

Beach House

The Decameron

I promessi sposi

Arabian Nights

Black Jesus

Filmography

2017
Tracce di Bene
as Self
2008
La Rabbia di Pasolini
as Self (archive footage)
2005
Così venne ucciso Pasolini
as Himself
1997
The Mayor
as Arturo Santaniello
Cartoni animati
as Peppe
1996
We Free Kings
as Attore
1994
Power and Lovers
as Michele
1990
The Godfather Part III
as Calo
Scandal in Black
as Projectionist
The Secret
as Franco
1989
Rosso di sera
as Capace
1986
The Malady of Love
as Cigal
1984
The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian
as Le préfet
1983
The Black Stallion Returns
as Foreign Legion Officer
1981
The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic
as Calò
The Soup
as Francesco
1980
Fatal Fix
as Alfredo
Ciao marziano
as Er Cinese
1979
Luna
as Man in Bar
1978
Yerma
as Juan
1977
Beach House
as Nando
Destruction Force
as Antonio Lanza
Watch Me When I Kill
as Pasquale Ferrante
Puttana galera!
as Ciro
1976
Rome, the Other Face of Violence
as Berté
One Way or Another
as Autista di M.
Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man
as Ruggero Rujinski
Colpita da improvviso benessere
as Luiso Malerba
Chi dice donna, dice donna
as Benito
1974
Arabian Nights
as The Demon
1973
Bawdy Tales
as Mammone
Storia de fratelli e de cortelli
as Artemio
Ingrid on the Road
as Renato
1972
The Canterbury Tales
as Devil
Roma
as Man at Restaurant (uncredited)
The Godfather
as Calo - Sicilian Sequence
1971
The Decameron
as Ciappelletto
Pier Paolo Pasolini: A Film Maker's Life
as Self
Una ragazza di Praga
as Alberto Marini
1970
Ostia
as Rabbino
1969
Pigsty
as Secondo Cannibale
Gangster's Law
as Bruno Esposito
The Angels from 2000
as Franco
1968
Kill Them All and Come Back Alone
as Hoagy
Black Jesus
as Oreste
1967
Oedipus Rex
as Oedipus
Kill and Pray
as Burt
1963
Chicken Feed for Little Birds
as Renato
The Shortest Day
as Fante Romano
1962
Mamma Roma
as Carmine
Violent Life
as Tommaso
1961
Accattone
as Vittorio 'Accattone' Cataldi