Franco Citti
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Franco Citti | |
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| Born | 23 April 1935 |
| Died | 14 January 2016 (aged 80) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Relatives | Sergio Citti (brother) |
Franco Citti (23 April 1935 – 14 January 2016) 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 Calò in The Godfather and The Godfather Part III and uttering the line, "In Sicily, women are more dangerous than shotguns."
His brother was the director and screenwriter Sergio Citti.[1]
He died in Rome on 14 January 2016 at the age of 80.[1][2]
Filmography
- Accattone (1961), Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Mamma Roma (1962), Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Una vita violenta (1962)
- Il giorno più corto (1962), Sergio Corbucci
- Requiescant (1966), Carlo Lizzani
- Edipo Re (1968), Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Seduto alla sua destra (1968), Valerio Zurlini
- Il magnaccio (1969), Franco De Rosis
- Gli angeli del 2000 (1969)
- La legge dei gangsters (1969)
- Pigsty (1969), Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Ostia (1970), Sergio Citti
- The Decameron (1970), Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Una ragazza di Praga (1971), Sergio Pastore
- I racconti di Canterbury (1972), Pier Paolo Pasolini
- The Godfather (1972), Francis Ford Coppola
- Storie scellerate (1973), Sergio Citti
- Storia de fratelli e de cortelli (1974), Mario Amendola
- Il fiore delle mille e una notte (1974), Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Todo modo (1976), Elio Petri
- Uomini si nasce poliziotti si muore (1976), Ruggero Deodato
- Rome: The Other Side of Violence (1976), Marino Girolami
- Il gatto dagli occhi di giada (1977), Antonio Bido
- Casotto (1978), Sergio Citti
- La luna (1979), Bernardo Bertolucci
- Il minestrone (1981), Sergio Citti
- The Black Stallion Returns (1983), Robert Dalva
- The Godfather Part III (1990), Francis Ford Coppola
- The Secret (1990)
- Festival (1996), Pupi Avati
- I magi randagi (1996), Sergio Citti
- Il sindaco (1996), Antonio Avati
- Cartoni animati (1998), Franco Citti and Sergio Citti
- Pier Paolo Pasolini e la ragione di un sogno (2001), Laura Betti
References
- ^ a b La Repubblica. "È morto Franco Citti, l'Accattone di Pasolini". Retrieved 14 January 2016.
- ^ Franco Citti
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Franco Citti.
- Franco Citti at IMDb
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