Francesco Vistarini (18 February 1920 – 10 November 1995), known professionally as Franco Silva, was an Italian actor.
Franco Silva | |
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| Born | Francesco Vistarini 18 February 1920 |
| Died | 10 November 1995 (aged 75) Livorno, Italy |
| Occupation | Actor |
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Born in Genoa, Silva moved in Rome to attend the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, from which he graduated in 1938;[1] the following year he made his film debut in Ho visto brillare le stelle. Silva was mainly active between the 1950s and the mid-1960s; he was also active on stage and on television.[1] Silva was the father of scriptwriter and novelist Carla Vistarini and actress Mita Medici.[1][2]
Partial filmography
- Ho visto brillare le stelle (1939) - Mario
- Vietato ai minorenni (1944) - Lo studento in medicina
- The Lion of Amalfi (1950)
- Malavita (1951) - Serg. Mario
- The Wonderful Adventures of Guerrin Meschino (1952) - Bayazil
- Femmina senza cuore (1952) - Carlo
- The Queen of Sheba (1952) - Kabaal, commander of the Sheban army
- The Man from Cairo (1953) - Armeno
- Frine, Courtesan of Orient (1953) - Claus
- Mizar (Frogwoman) (1954) - comandante Luigi Ferri
- The Last Race (1954)
- The Count of Bragelonne (1954) - Boissière
- Processo all'amore (1955) - Enrico Mariani
- Canzone proibita (1956) - Paolo
- Allow Me, Daddy! (1956) - Gigi Biagi - Cognato di Rodolfo
- Occhi senza luce (1956) - Sandro
- Il canto dell'emigrante (1956) - Franco Lari
- Donne, amore e matrimoni (1956) - Corrado
- Il ricatto di un padre (1957) - Serpieri
- Song of Naples (1957) - Max Rambarzi
- Adorabili e bugiarde (1958) - Police Commissioner
- Hannibal (1959) - Maharbal
- Guardatele ma non toccatele (1959) - Morris Blond
- The Mongols (1961) - Stepen of Crakow
- The Count of Monte Cristo (1961) - Mario
- L'urlo dei bolidi (1961)
- Charge of the Black Lancers (1962) - Gamul
- The Tough and the Mighty (1969) - Arecu
- Questa libertà di avere... le ali bagnate (1971) - Robin
- The Assassination of Matteotti (1973)
- Spasmo (1974) - Luca
- Patrick Still Lives (1980) - Lyndon Kraft (final film role)
References
External links
- Franco Silva at IMDb