Franco Abbina (also credited as Franco Abbine or Franco Abbiana, born March 31, 1934, in

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) is an Italian actor, active until the first half of the 1970s.

Biography

Born into a family of Spanish descent, before entering the acting field, Abbina studied economics and music. After finishing his studies, he joined the film industry in the first half of the 1960s as a supporting actor. He acted several times alongside actor-director

Alberto Sordi Alberto Sordi (15 June 1920 – 24 February 2003) was an Italian actor, voice actor, singer, comedian, director and screenwriter. Early life Born in Rome to a schoolteacher and a musician and the last of five children, Sordi was named in hon ...

. Among his film roles are Dr. Nisticò, one of the doctors featured in the films '' Be Sick... It's Free'' (1968) and ''

Il Prof. Dott. Guido Tersilli, primario della clinica Villa Celeste, convenzionata con le mutue ''Il Prof. Dott. Guido Tersilli, primario della clinica Villa Celeste, convenzionata con le mutue'' is a 1969 Italian comedy film directed by Luciano Salce. It is the sequel of '' Be Sick... It's Free''. Plot Former family physician Guido Ter ...

'' (1969). He also played Prince Filippo Spada in '' The Conspirators'' (1969), who undergoes an assassination attempt by the Carbonari Targhini and Montanari. In 1970, Franco Abbina participates in the film '' Let's Have a Riot'' , again directed by director

Luigi Zampa Luigi Zampa (2 January 1905 – 16 August 1991) was an Italian film director. Biography Son of a worker, Zampa studied filmmaking from 1932 to 1937 at the Italian film school Centro sperimentale di cinematografia in Rome. He directed several ...

, as in some previous films in which he had taken part, but due to the cut caused by censorship of the episode ''La bomba alla televisione'' in which he acts together with

Vittorio Gassman Vittorio Gassman (; born Gassmann; 1 September 1922 – 29 June 2000), popularly known as , was an Italian actor, director and screenwriter. He is considered one of the greatest Italian actors, whose career includes both important productions ...

, who was the protagonist, his role is absent as the film, after its first release in Italian theaters, is withdrawn and reworked, completely removing the entire episode. Abbina played fifteen characters in cinema, television and prose theater, {{cite book, author=Alessandro Fersen, Roberto Cuppone, date=2009, location=Roma, page=230, publisher=Aracne, title=Alessandro Fersen e la commedia dell'arte and retired in the first half of the 1970s, started painting, illustrated a book of poems by the poet

Alda Merini Alda Merini (21 March 1931, in Milan – 1 November 2009, in Milan) was an Italian writer and poet. Her work earned the attention and the admiration of other Italian writers, such as Giorgio Manganelli, Salvatore Quasimodo, and Pier Paolo Pasolini ...

and was exhibited in Rome.

Filmography

Cinema

* '' Romulus and the Sabines'', directed by

Richard Pottier Richard Pottier (6 June 1906, Graz – 2 November 1994, Le Plessis-Bouchard) was an Austrian-born French film director. He was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire as Ernst Deutsch. Selected filmography * ''A Rare Bird'' (1935) * ''Fanfare of Love' ...

(1961) * '' A Girl... and a Million'', directed by

Luciano Salce Luciano Salce (25 September 1922 – 17 December 1989) was an Italian film director, comedian, tv host, producer, actor and lyricist. His 1962 film ''Le pillole di Ercole'' was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Ve ...

(1962) * ''

Il boom ''Il Boom'' is a 1963 in film, 1963 commedia all'italiana film by Italian people, Italian director Vittorio De Sica. The "boom" in the title was the Italian economic miracle which transformed the country in the span of a decade, from the late 19 ...

'', directed by

Vittorio De Sica Vittorio De Sica ( , ; 7 July 1901 – 13 November 1974) was an Italian film director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement. Four of the films he directed won Academy Awards: ''Sciuscià'' and ''Bicycle Thieves'' (honorary) ...

(1963) * ''

Shivers in Summer ''Shivers in Summer'' ( it, Frenesia dell'estate) is a 1963 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring among others Vittorio Gassman. Cast * Vittorio Gassman - Captain Nardoni * Sandra Milo - Yvonne * Michèle Mercier - Gigi * ...

'', directed by

(1963) * '' Destination Miami: Objective Murder'', directed by

Piero Regnoli Piero Regnoli (1921–2001) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. Career Born in 1921, Regnoli worked in the film industry between 1953 and 1991 where he wrote over 110 screenplays and directed 11 films. Regnoli's work ranged fr ...

(1964) * ''È mezzanotte... butta giù il cadavere'', directed by Guido Zurli (1966) * '' Be Sick... It's Free'', directed by Luigi Zampa (1968) * ''That Splendid November'', directed by

Mauro Bolognini Mauro Bolognini (28 June 1922 – 14 May 2001) was an Italian film and stage director of literate sensibility, known for his masterly handling of period subject matter. Early years Bolognini was born in Pistoia, in the Tuscany region of Italy. ...

(1969) * ''

,'' directed by Luciano Salce (1969) * '' The Conspirators'', directed by

Luigi Magni Luigi Magni (21 March 1928 – 27 October 2013) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. Life and career Born in Rome, Magni started his career as a screenwriter, in 1956, with ''Tempo di villeggiatura''. In 1968 he collaborated wi ...

(1969) * ''Le sorelle'', directed by Roberto Malenotti (1969) * ''La bomba alla televisione'', episode in '' Let's Have a Riot'', directed by Luigi Zampa (1970) * ''

The Price of Death ''The Price of Death'' ( it, Il venditore di morte) is a 1971 Italian Western film directed by Lorenzo Gicca Palli and starring Klaus Kinski and Gianni Garko. Some DVD releases feature the title ''Der Galgen wartet schon, Amigo!''. Plot Silve ...

'', directed by

Lorenzo Gicca Palli Lorenzo may refer to: People * Lorenzo (name) Places Peru * San Lorenzo Island (Peru), sometimes referred to as the island of Lorenzo United States * Lorenzo, Illinois * Lorenzo, Texas * San Lorenzo, California, formerly Lorenzo * Lorenzo State ...

(1971)

Television

* ''Sganarello e la figlia del re'', directed by

Alessandro Fersen Alessandro Fersen (5 December 1911 – 3 October 2001) was a Polish-born Italian dramatist, actor, theater director, author and drama teacher. Born Aleksander Fajrajzen in Łódź to a Jewish family, Fersen he moved to Genoa with his family in 1 ...

, Programma Nazionale (1960) * ''La ruota dei re'', directed by Giacomo Colli, Secondo Programma (1964) * ''Tra vestiti che ballano'', directed by Giacomo Colli, Programma Nazionale (1965) * '' Il triangolo rosso'', directed by

Ruggero Deodato Ruggero Deodato (born 7 May 1939) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and sometime actor. His career has spanned a wide-range of genres including peplum, comedy, drama, poliziottesco and science fiction, yet he is perhaps best known fo ...

– TV series, episode 2x06 (1969) * ''

All'ultimo minuto ''All'ultimo minuto (At The Last Minute)'' is an Italian television series produced by RAI and Editoriale Aurora TV, directed by Ruggero Deodato. Three seasons were produced from 1971 to 1973. Plot In each episode, one or more people found th ...

'', directed by Ruggero Deodato – TV series, episode 3x04 (1973)

References

20th-century Italian male actors 1934 births Italian film actors Italian television actors Italian stage actors Living people