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Franco Fabrizi

Feb 15, 1926 - Oct 18, 1995 (69 years old) in Cortemaggiore - Piacenza - Emilia-Romagna - Italy

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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

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Nights of Cabiria
Giorgio (uncredited)
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I Vitelloni
Fausto Moretti
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The One Man Band
le fiancé de Françoise (as Franco Fabrizzi)
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The Little Bather
Marcello Cacciaperotti
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The Little Devil
Monsignore
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Three Faces of Sin
Philippe Guerbois
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Ginger and Fred
Aurelio, "Ed Ecco A Voi" Host
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The Swindle
Roberto

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