Franco Pesce

Franco Pesce (11 August 1890 – 6 December 1975) was an Italian actor and cinematographer.

Franco Pesce
Born	(1890-08-11)11 August 1890 Naples
Died	6 December 1975(1975-12-06) (aged 85) Rome
Occupation	Actor

Life and career

Born in Naples, the son of the actor Ettore, at young age Pesce studied lyric singing with the intention of becoming an opera singer.[1] At 20 years old he abandoned his studies to enter the cinema industry as a film operator.[1] Moved in Rome, with the advent of sound film he became a cinematographer, then, in 1940, he started a very productive career as a character actor.[1] In his later years Pesce was mainly active in spaghetti western films, often credited under English pseudonyms, usually interpreting roles of petulant, pedantic and intriguing old men.[1]

Selected filmography

• Eternal Melodies (1940)
• Farewell, My Beautiful Naples (1946)
• Mad About Opera (1948)
• Baron Carlo Mazza (1948)
• Crossroads of Passion (1948)
• Flying Squadron (1949)
• The Beggar's Daughter (1950)
• The Bread Peddler (1950)
• Song of Spring (1951)
• Operation Mitra (1951)
• Eran trecento (1952)
• Prisoner in the Tower of Fire (1952)
• If You Won a Hundred Million (1953)
• The Lovers of Manon Lescaut (1954)
• The Last Race (1954)
• Revolt of the Mercenaries (1961)
• Long Days of Hate (1968)
• Pistol for a Hundred Coffins (1968)
• Orgasmo (1969)
• Le Mans, Shortcut to Hell (1970)
• Cloud of Dust... Cry of Death... Sartana Is Coming (1970)
• Have a Good Funeral, My Friend... Sartana Will Pay (1970)
• In Love, Every Pleasure Has Its Pain (1971)
• The Last Traitor (1971)
• They Call Me Hallelujah (1971)
• His Name Was Holy Ghost (1972)
• We Are No Angels (1975)
• The Diamond Peddlers (1976)

References

1. Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli artisti. Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402697.

External links

• Franco Pesce on IMDb