Franco Citti
Acting Born Apr 23, 1935 Roma, Lazio, Italia 24 credits
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'.
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Full filmography
- The Godfather (1972) as Calo - Sicilian Sequence
- The Godfather Part III (1990) as Calo
- Beach House (1977) as Nando
- Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television (1977) as Calò
- The Decameron (1971) as Ciappelletto
- I promessi sposi (1989) as Grignapoco
- Luna (1979) as Man in Bar
- Arabian Nights (1974) as The Demon
- The Secret (1990) as Franco
- The Canterbury Tales (1972) as Devil
- The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959 (2016) as Calò
- Oedipus Rex (1967) as Oedipus
- Sogni e bisogni (1985) as Sam
- Mamma Roma (1962) as Carmine
- The Black Stallion Returns (1983) as Foreign Legion Officer
- Roma (1972) as Man at Restaurant (uncredited)
- The Shortest Day (1963) as Fante Romano
- One Way or Another (1976) as M.'s Driver
- Accattone (1961) as Vittorio 'Accattone' Cataldi
- Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna (1998) as Zio Franco
- Pigsty (1969) as Secondo Cannibale
- Destruction Force (1977) as Antonio Lanza
- Kill Them All and Come Back Alone (1968) as Hoagy
- Rome, the Other Face of Violence (1976) as Berté