Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
4/23/1935
Place of Birth
Roma, Lazio, Italia
Franco Citti
Biography
Franco Citti (born 23 April 1935 in Rome) was an Italian actor. He came to fame at the age of 26, playing the title role in Pier Paolo Pasolini's film Accattone. In 1967 he appeared in the title role in Pasolini's version of Oedipus Rex.
He is perhaps best-known to non-Italian audiences as Calo in The Godfather I and III and uttering the line 'In Sicily, women are more dangerous than shotguns'.
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Known For
The Godfather
as Calo - Sicilian Sequence
Beach House
as Nando
The Godfather Part III
as Calo
Luna
as Man in Bar
Pigsty
as Secondo Cannibale
Mamma Roma
as Carmine
Bawdy Tales
as Mammone
Accattone
as Vittorio 'Accattone' Cataldi
The Soup
as Francesco
Kill and Pray
as Burt
Arabian Nights
as The Demon
Power and Lovers
as Michele
Roma
as Man at Restaurant (uncredited)
Oedipus Rex
as Oedipus
Cartoni animati
as Peppe
One Way or Another
as Autista di M.
Macrò
Unknown Role
The Mayor
as Arturo Santaniello
Kill Them All and Come Back Alone
as Hoagy
Fatal Fix
as Alfredo