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Franco Fabrizi

Born 1926-02-15

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Franco Fabrizi (Cortemaggiore, 15 February 1926 - Cortemaggiore, 18 October 1995) was an Italian actor. Son of a barber and a cinema cashier, was a soap opera photo actor, for example, the fotoromanzo Arizona Kid, in the newspaper Avventuroso Film. When he was 24 years old, with a few experience in cinema, has got a small important roll in Chronicle of a Love (Cronaca di un amore) (1950), Michelangelo Antonioni's long film debut. Federico Fellini offers him the starring role in I vitelloni. In Italy, he was considerated the Cary Grant all'italiana.

Known for

Nights of Cabiria 1957 · 8.1 Death in Venice 1971 · 7.3 I Vitelloni 1953 · 7.8 The Swindle 1955 · 7.5 Ginger & Fred 1986 · 7.2 Le petit baigneur 1968 · 6.6 The Little Devil 1988 · 6.9 The One Man Band 1970 · 6.2 Le amiche 1955 · 7.1 Story of a Love Affair 1950 · 7.1 Last Stop on the Night Train 1975 · 6.1 The Rocket from Calabuch 1956 · 7.3 Satyricon 1969 · 6.2