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

actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

. Born in Rome as Francesco Giacobini, he graduated at

Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico (translation: Silvio d'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts) is a national drama school in Rome, Italy. Founded in 1936 by the theatrical theorist, critic, and writer Silvio D'Amico, the ac ...

in 1948, then started a prolific stage career, working in comedy plays, dramas and revues. Giacobini also appeared in numerous films and TV-works, usually in comedic roles. He was married to actress

Angela Goodwin Angela Goodwin (born Angela Bucci, 1 August 1925 – 25 March 2016), was an Italian stage, film and television actress. Life and career Born in Rome, Goodwin was the daughter of an Italian-American father, and spent her youth in the US where s ...

Selected filmography

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Papà diventa mamma ''Papà diventa mamma'' is a 1952 Italian comedy film written, directed, produced and starred by Aldo Fabrizi. The production company was Alfa Film XXXVII. Cast * Aldo Fabrizi: Sor Peppe * Ave Ninchi: Margherita, wife of Peppe * Giovanna Ralli: ...

'' (1952) - Il passeggero sul Tram * ''Le marchand de Venise'' (1953) * ''Ci troviamo in galleria'' (1953) - Funzionario RAI * ''

Via Padova 46 ''Via Padova 46'' is a 1953 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Bianchi and starring Peppino De Filippo, Alberto Sordi, Giulietta Masina and Arlette Poirier. The film's sets were designed by the art director Saverio D'Eugenio. It earned ar ...

'' (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 ''Uncle Was a Vampire'' ( it, Tempi duri per i vampiri, lit=Hard Times for Vampires) is a 1959 Italian film directed by Steno. Plot Baron Osvaldo Lambertenghi is forced to sell his ancestral castle to pay his debts. The manor is ingloriously tr ...

'' (1959) - Il secondo play boy * ''

The Employee ''The Employee'' ( it, L'impiegato) is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Gianni Puccini. The film is loosely inspired by ''The Secret Life of Walter Mitty''. Cast * Nino Manfredi as Nando * Eleonora Rossi Drago as Inspector Jacobetti * ...

'' (1960) - Rotondi * ''

Run with the Devil ''Run with the Devil'' ( it, Via Margutta) is a List of Italian films of 1960, 1960 Cinema of Italy, Italian comedy-drama film directed by Mario Camerini. Cast *Antonella Lualdi as Donata *Gérard Blain as Stefano *Franco Fabrizi as Giosuè *C ...

'' (1960) - The TV Interviewer (uncredited) * ''

The Fascist ''The Fascist'' ( it, Il federale) is a 1961 Italian film directed by Luciano Salce. It was coproduced with France. It was also the first feature film scored by Ennio Morricone. Plot The movie takes place in 1944, when Italy was divided bet ...

'' (1961) - Militare a Rocca Sabina * '' The Orderly'' (1961) * ''

Hercules in the Haunted World ''Hercules in the Haunted World'' (Italian: ''Ercole al centro della terra'', lit. "Hercules at the Center of the Earth") is a 1961 Italian sword-and-sandal film directed by Mario Bava. British bodybuilder Reg Park plays Hercules while British a ...

'' (1961) - Telemachus (Telemaco) * ''Cronache del '22'' (1961) * ''

Erik the Conqueror ''Erik the Conqueror'' ( it, Gli invasori, lit. "The invaders") is a 1961 Italian-French epic swashbuckling film directed by Mario Bava and starring George Ardisson and Cameron Mitchell as long-lost Viking brothers in the 9th century, one of w ...

'' (1961) - Rustichello * '' A cavallo della tigre'' (1961) - Medico del carcere * ''

The Two Marshals ''The Two Marshals'' ( it, I due marescialli) is a 1961 Italian comedy film written and directed by Sergio Corbucci. The film was a hit at the Italian box office, with 2.765.531 spectators and a total gross of 536.513.000 lire.Matilde Amorosi, ...

'' (1961) - Basilio Meneghetti * '' His Women'' (1961) - The Police Commissioner * ''

Il mio amico Benito ''Il mio amico Benito'' (Italian for "My friend Benito") is a 1962 commedia all'italiana film directed by Giorgio Bianchi. Plot Peppino Di Gennaro is a simple clerk who wants to make a career without success. After a friend gave him a photo tak ...

'' (1962) - Liberati * ''

Crazy Desire ''Crazy Desire'' (originally titled as ''La voglia matta'', also known as ''The Crazy Urge'') is a 1962 Italian comedy film directed by Luciano Salce. It launched the film career of Catherine Spaak. The film initially was banned by the Italian ce ...

'' (1962) - Alberghetti * ''

Totò Diabolicus Antonio Griffo Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno Porfirogenito Gagliardi de Curtis di Bisanzio (15 February 1898 – 15 April 1967), best known by his stage name Totò (), or simply as Antonio de Curtis, and nicknamed ''il Principe della risata ...

'' (1962) - Dottor Santoro * ''

La bellezza di Ippolita ''La bellezza di Ippolita'' is a 1962 Italian comedy film directed by Giancarlo Zagni, starring Gina Lollobrigida and Enrico Maria Salerno. It was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival. Plot Cast * Gina Lollobrigida as Ippo ...

'' (1962) - Aurelio * ''

Eighteen in the Sun ''Eighteen in the Sun'' ( it, Diciottenni al sole, also known as ''Beach Party-Italian Style'') is a 1962 Italian teen comedy film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque.The movie was shot in Naples and in island of Ischia. Cast *Catherine Spaak *Gi ...

'' (1962) - Commissar * ''

Lo smemorato di Collegno ''Lo smemorato di Collegno'' (Italian for "The Collegno amnesiac") is a 1962 commedia all'italiana film directed by Sergio Corbucci. It is loosely based on the Bruneri-Canella case. Plot A man is hospitalized in a neurological clinic, due to a ...

'' (1962) - Giornalista * ''Le Scorpion'' (1962) * '' I motorizzati'' (1962) - Alberto * ''

Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace ''Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace'' (German: ''Sherlock Holmes und das Halsband des Todes'') is a 1962 mystery film directed by Terence Fisher. It is a West German-French-Italian international co-production. The film starred Christopher ...

'' (1962) - Texas Collector * ''

The Shortest Day ''The Shortest Day'' ( it, Il giorno più corto) is a 1963 Italian comedy film. It is a parody of the war movie '' The Longest Day'' and stars the popular duo Franco and Ciccio in the leading roles. Dozens of other well-known actors, from both Eu ...

'' (1963) - (uncredited) * ''Uno strano tipo'' (1963) - Journalist * '' Sexy Toto'' (1963) - Un galeotti * '' The Swindlers'' (1963) - The Lawyer Ovidio (segment "Società calcistica, La") * ''

Gli onorevoli ''Gli onorevoli'' is a 1963 Italian anthology comedy film directed by Sergio Corbucci. Simple plot The film is composed of several small stories that have to do with the votes of politicians in Italy in the sixties. A senior sharpshooter decide ...

'' (1963) - De Angelis * ''La ballata dei mariti'' (1963) - Vicebrigadiere Licata * ''Senza sole né luna'' (1964) * ''

I Kill, You Kill ''I Kill, You Kill'' or ''Io uccido, tu uccidi'' is a 1965 Italian comedy film directed by Gianni Puccini starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio. Cast * Franco Franchi as Franco (segment "Cavalleria Rusticana, oggi") * Ciccio Ingrassia as Tur ...

'' (1965) - Dottore (segment "Una boccata di fumo") * ''

Soldati e caporali ''Soldati e caporali'' (translation: ''Soldiers and Corporals'') is a 1965 Italian "musicarello" comedy military film directed by Mario Amendola starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio. Cast * Franco Franchi as Franco * Ciccio Ingrassia as Cic ...

'' (1965) - Serg. Pancani * ''

Assassination in Rome ''Assassination in Rome'' ( it, Assassinio made in Italy, link=no) is a 1965 Italian thriller film of the giallo genre directed by Silvio Amadio. Cast *Hugh O'Brian ... Dick Sherman *Cyd Charisse ... Shelley North *Eleonora Rossi Drago ... Er ...

'' (1965) * ''

Two Sergeants of General Custer ''Two Sergeants of General Custer'' ( it, I due sergenti del generale Custer) is a 1965 Italian Spaghetti Western comedy film directed by Giorgio Simonelli starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio. Cast * Franco Franchi as Franco La Pera * ...

'' (1965) - Cochise * ''Le sedicenni'' (1965) * ''

El Greco Domḗnikos Theotokópoulos ( el, Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος ; 1 October 1541 7 April 1614), most widely known as El Greco ("The Greek"), was a Greek painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. "El G ...

'' (1966) - Francisco * ''

Zärtliche Haie ''Zärtliche Haie'' (french: Tendres requins) is a 1967 German-French comedy film directed by Michel Deville and starring Anna Karina. Cast * Anna Karina as Elena / Costa * Mario Adorf as Spion SB 3 * Gérard Barray as Gregory * Fritz Tillmann ...

'' (1967) - Fähnrich * ''

O.K. Connery ''O.K. Connery'', released in America as ''Operation Kid Brother'', is a 1967 Italian Eurospy comedy film shot in Technicolor and Techniscope and directed by Alberto De Martino. The Spy-Fi plot involves the brother of the British spy James Bond, ...

'' (1967) - Juan * ''I 2 vigili'' (1967) - Romoletto * ''

Soldati e capelloni ''Soldati e capelloni'' is a 1967 Italian " musicarello" comedy film directed by Ettore Maria Fizzarotti, written by Augusto Caminito and Giovanni Grimaldi, produced by Franco Cittadini and Stenio Fiorentini and starred by Franco Lantieri, Brizi ...

'' (1967) - Franco - il barbiere * ''Quarta parete'' (1968) * ''Donne... botte e bersaglieri'' (1968) - Marshal * ''

Don Chisciotte and Sancio Panza ''Don Chisciotte and Sancio Panza'' ( it, Don Chisciotte e Sancio Panza) is an Italian 1968 comedy film written and directed by Giovanni Grimaldi and starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio. It is based on the Miguel de Cervantes' novel ''Don Qui ...

'' (1968) - Don Nicola - barber * '' Sissignore'' (1968) - Facchetti * '' The Mercenary'' (1968) - Pepote * ''

Chimera Chimera, Chimaera, or Chimaira (Greek for " she-goat") originally referred to: * Chimera (mythology), a fire-breathing monster of Ancient Lycia said to combine parts from multiple animals * Mount Chimaera, a fire-spewing region of Lycia or Cilicia ...

'' (1968) - Sergeant * ''

Alibi An alibi (from the Latin, '' alibī'', meaning "somewhere else") is a statement by a person, who is a possible perpetrator of a crime, of where they were at the time a particular offence was committed, which is somewhere other than where the crim ...

'' (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 ''It Can Be Done Amigo'' (Italian: ''Si può fare... amigo'') is a 1972 Spanish / Italian / French film directed by Maurizio Lucidi. The film is also known as ''Saddle Tramps'' (English title in Canada) Plot summary Coburn is pursued by the gu ...

'' (1972) - L'uomo chi mangia la terra * ''

Sonny and Jed ''Sonny and Jed'' ( it, La banda J. & S. - Cronaca criminale del Far-West, lit. "The Band of J. & S. - Criminal Chronicle of the Far West") is a 1972 Italian Spaghetti Western film about a sheriff's (Sheriff Franciscus, played by Telly Savala ...

'' (1972) - Aparicito * ''Abbasso tutti, viva noi'' (1974) - Teacher * ''The Student Connection'' (1974) - Chief Inspector Delon * '' Il gatto mammone'' (1975) - Priest * ' (1976) - Maresciallo delle Carabinieri (uncredited) * ''

Three Tigers Against Three Tigers ''Three Tigers Against Three Tigers'' ( it, Tre tigri contro tre tigri) is a 1977 comedy film directed by Sergio Corbucci and Steno. It consists of three segments. Plot Cast ; First Segment ** Renato Pozzetto as Don Cimbolano ** Cochi Pon ...

'' (1977) - Servant of Di Lazzaro * ''

Pane, burro e marmellata ''Pane, burro e marmellata'' (translation: "Bread, Butter and Marmalade") is a 1977 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Capitani and starring Enrico Montesano. Cast * Enrico Montesano as Bruno Desantis * Rossana Podestà as Simona * Claudi ...

'' (1977) - Simona's Husband * ''

I'm Getting a Yacht ''I'm Getting a Yacht'' ( it, Mi faccio la barca) is a 1980 Italian comedy film directed by Sergio Corbucci. Plot Piero is a dentist who lives apart from his wife Roberta. To spend the traditional two weeks of vacation with his children Fi ...

'' (1980) - Fugitive #1 * ''

Sing Sing Sing Sing Correctional Facility, formerly Ossining Correctional Facility, is a maximum-security prison operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision in the village of Ossining, New York. It is about north of ...

'' (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

Notice of death

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Giacobini, Franco Italian male film actors 1926 births Male actors from Rome Italian male television actors Italian male stage actors 2015 deaths Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico alumni