
Franco Citti
Known for Acting · 61 credits
- Born
- 1935-04-23
- Died
- 2016-01-14
- Place of birth
- Roma, Lazio, Italia
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
TV Shows (4)
Movies (57)

The Godfather
1972
as Calo - Sicilian Sequence

The Godfather Part III
1990
as Calo

The Decameron
1971
as Ciappelletto

The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
2016
as Calò

Luna
1979
as Man in Bar

Beach House
1977
as Nando

Pigsty
1969
as Secondo Cannibale

The Canterbury Tales
1972
as Devil

Roma
1972
as Man at Restaurant (uncredited)

Arabian Nights
1974
as The Demon

One Way or Another
1976
as M.'s Driver

Kill and Pray
1967
as Burt

Accattone
1961
as Vittorio 'Accattone' Cataldi

Oedipus Rex
1967
as Oedipus

Fatal Fix
1980
as Alfredo

Mamma Roma
1962
as Carmine

The Black Stallion Returns
1983
as Foreign Legion Officer

The Secret
1990
as Franco

The Shortest Day
1963
as Fante Romano

Ostia
1970
as Rabbino

The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian
1984
as Le préfet

Kill Them All and Come Back Alone
1968
as Hoagy

Power and Lovers
1994
as Michele

Macrò
1974

Il prossimo tuo
2009

Watch Me When I Kill
1977
as Pasquale Ferrante

Puttana galera!
1977
as Ciro

We Free Kings
1996
as Attore

Destruction Force
1977
as Antonio Lanza

Violent Life
1962
as Tommaso

The Soup
1981
as Francesco

Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man
1976
as Ruggero Rujinski

Chi dice donna, dice donna
1976
as Benito

Chicken Feed for Little Birds
1963
as Renato

Bawdy Tales
1973
as Mammone

Ciao marziano
1980
as Er Cinese

Storia de fratelli e de cortelli
1973
as Artemio

Ingrid on the Road
1973
as Renato

Black Jesus
1968
as Oreste

Gangster's Law
1969
as Bruno Esposito

Il Magnaccio
1969

Così venne ucciso Pasolini
2005
as Himself

Scandal in Black
1990
as Projectionist

Colpita da improvviso benessere
1976
as Luiso Malerba

Cartoni animati
1997
as Peppe

Rome, the Other Face of Violence
1976
as Berté

L'albero della maldicenza
1978

The Mayor
1997
as Arturo Santaniello

Yerma
1978
as Juan

Rosso di sera
1989
as Capace

The Malady of Love
1986
as Cigal

Pier Paolo Pasolini: A Film Maker's Life
1971
as Self

The Angels from 2000
1969
as Franco

Pè sempe
1982

First Surrender
1971

Tracce di Bene
2017
as Self

Una ragazza di Praga
1971
as Alberto Marini
About Franco Citti
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. With 61 credits spanning from 1961 to 2017, Franco Citti has appeared in 57 films and 4 TV shows.
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Most Popular Franco Citti Movies
- The Godfather (1972) — as Calo - Sicilian Sequence
- The Godfather Part III (1990) — as Calo
- The Decameron (1971) — as Ciappelletto
- The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959 (2016) — as Calò
- Luna (1979) — as Man in Bar
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