Franco Giacobini

Franco Giacobini (5 March 1926 – 27 December 2015) was an Italian actor.

Francesco Giacobini
Franco Giacobini in 1962 in Il mio amico Benito
Born	Francesco Giacobini (1926-03-15)15 March 1926 Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Died	27 December 2015(2015-12-27) (aged 89) Rome, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Education	Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico
Occupation	Actor

Born in Rome as Francesco Giacobini, he graduated at Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico in 1948, then started a prolific stage career, working in comedy plays, dramas and revues.^[1][2] Giacobini also appeared in numerous films and TV-works, usually in comedic roles.^[1] He was married to actress Angela Goodwin.^[1]

Selected filmography

• Papà diventa mamma (1952) - Il passeggero sul Tram
• Le marchand de Venise (1953)
• Ci troviamo in galleria (1953) - Funzionario RAI
• Via Padova 46 (1953) - The Journalist (uncredited)
• Caporale di giornata (1958) - The Sailor on the Telephone (uncredited)
• La cento chilometri (1959) - The Race Walker without His Underpants
• Uncle Was a Vampire (1959) - Il secondo play boy
• The Employee (1960) - Rotondi
• Run with the Devil (1960) - The TV Interviewer (uncredited)
• The Fascist (1961) - Militare a Rocca Sabina
• The Orderly (1961)
• Hercules in the Haunted World (1961) - Telemachus (Telemaco)
• Cronache del '22 (1961)
• Erik the Conqueror (1961) - Rustichello
• A cavallo della tigre (1961) - Medico del carcere
• The Two Marshals (1961) - Basilio Meneghetti
• His Women (1961) - The Police Commissioner
• Il mio amico Benito (1962) - Liberati
• Crazy Desire (1962) - Alberghetti
• Totò Diabolicus (1962) - Dottor Santoro
• La bellezza di Ippolita (1962) - Aurelio
• Eighteen in the Sun (1962) - Commissar
• Lo smemorato di Collegno (1962) - Giornalista
• Le Scorpion (1962)
• I motorizzati (1962) - Alberto
• Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962) - Texas Collector
• The Shortest Day (1963) - (uncredited)
• Uno strano tipo (1963) - Journalist
• Sexy Toto (1963) - Un galeotti
• The Swindlers (1963) - The Lawyer Ovidio (segment "Società calcistica, La")
• Gli onorevoli (1963) - De Angelis
• La ballata dei mariti (1963) - Vicebrigadiere Licata
• Senza sole né luna (1964)
• I Kill, You Kill (1965) - Dottore (segment "Una boccata di fumo")
• Soldati e caporali (1965) - Serg. Pancani
• Assassination in Rome (1965)
• Two Sergeants of General Custer (1965) - Cochise
• Le sedicenni (1965)
• El Greco (1966) - Francisco
• Zärtliche Haie (1967) - Fähnrich
• O.K. Connery (1967) - Juan
• I 2 vigili (1967) - Romoletto
• Soldati e capelloni (1967) - Franco - il barbiere
• Quarta parete (1968)
• Donne... botte e bersaglieri (1968) - Marshal
• Don Chisciotte and Sancio Panza (1968) - Don Nicola - barber
• Sissignore (1968) - Facchetti
• The Mercenary (1968) - Pepote
• Chimera (1968) - Sergeant
• Alibi (1969) - Luca
• Why Did I Ever Say Yes Twice? (1969) - Roberto
• Terzo Canale - Avventura a Montecarlo (1970) - Mechanic
• Mazzabubù... Quante corna stanno quaggiù? (1971) - Boemondo
• It Can Be Done Amigo (1972) - L'uomo chi mangia la terra
• Sonny and Jed (1972) - Aparicito
• Abbasso tutti, viva noi (1974) - Teacher
• The Student Connection (1974) - Chief Inspector Delon
• Il gatto mammone (1975) - Priest
• As of Tomorrow (1976) - Maresciallo delle Carabinieri (uncredited)
• Three Tigers Against Three Tigers (1977) - Servant of Di Lazzaro
• Pane, burro e marmellata (1977) - Simona's Husband
• I'm Getting a Yacht (1980) - Fugitive #1
• Sing Sing (1983) - Baron Orfeo della Torre (first story)
• Scrivilo sui muri (2007) - Anziano
• Il volto di un'altra (2012) - Proprietario del negozio di animali impagliati

References

1. Roberto Chiti; Enrico Lancia; Roberto Poppi. Gli Attori — Volume 1. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402131.
2. Claudio Rendina. La grande enciclopedia di Roma. Newton & Compton, 2000.

• Notice of death

External links

• Franco Giacobini at IMDb