Franco Nero Biography (1941-)

Original name, Francesco Sparanero; born November 23, 1941, in Bedonia, Parma, Italy; children: (with actress Vanessa Redgrave) Carlo Gabriel (a writer and director).

Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, producer
Birth Details: November 23, 1941; Bedonia, Parma, Italy

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Un delitto (documentary), 1963
La celestina P.R. (also known as Celestial Maid at Your Service), 1964
La ragazza in prestito (also known as Engagement Italiano),1964
Il meccanico, Io la conoscevo bene (also known as I Knew Her Well, Ich habe sie gut gekannt, and Je la connaissais bien),Ultra Film, 1964
(As Frank Nero) Mino, Il terzo occhio (also known as The ThirdEye), Medusa, 1965
I diafonoidi vengono da marte (also known as The Deadly Diaphanoids, Diaphanoids, Bringers of Death, and War of the Planets), 1965
La morte viene dal pianeta Aytin, 1965
Jake, I criminali della galassia (also known as The Criminals of the Galaxy, The Galaxy Criminals, and The Wild, Wild Planet), 1965 Southern Cross, 1967
Title role, Django, Tecisa, 1966
Charley Garvey, Gli uomini dal passo pesante (also known as Showdown and The Tramplers), Embassy, 1966
Abel, La bibbia (also known as The Bible and The Bible ... In the Beginning), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1966
Burt Sullivan, Texas, addio (also known as Adios, Texas andThe Avenger), BRC Productions, 1966
Tony Lo Bello, Tecnica di un omicidio (also known as Hired Killer, No Tears for a Killer, Professional Killer, and Technique d'un meurtre), 1966 Paramount, 1967
Lancelot du Lac, Camelot, Seven Arts, 1967
Jose, L'uomo, l'orgoglio, la vendetta (also known as Man, Pride, and Vengeance, Pride and Vengeance, and Mit Django kam der Tod), 1967
Tom, Tempo di massacro (also known as The Brute and the Beast, Colt Concert, Massacre Time, and Le colt cantarono la morte), American International Pictures, 1968
Captain Bellodi, Il giorni della civetta (also known as The Dayof the Owl, Mafia, and La Mafia fait la loi), Euro International, 1968
Gavino, Sequestro di persona (also known as Island of Crime, Ransom in Sardinia, Sardinia: Ransom, Sardine: Kidnapped, and Unlawful Restraint), Euro International, 1968
Bill Douglas (some sources cite role of Kowalski the Pole), Il mercenario (also known as The Mercenary, A Professional Gun, Revenge of a Gunfighter, and Saslario para matar), 1968 United Artists, 1970
Grauber, Gott mit uns (also known as Crime of Defeat, The Fifth Day of Peace, God with Us, The Last Five Days of Peace, Die im Dreck krepieren, and Dio e con noi), Euro International, 1969
Commissario Stefano Belli, Un detective (also known as Detective Belli, Ring of Death, and Macchie di belletto), 1969 Plaza Pictures, 1970
Leonardo Ferri, Un tranquillo posto di campagna (also known as A Quiet Place in the Country), 1969 United Artists, 1970
Captain Riva, Bitka na Neretvi (also known as The Battle of Neretva, Battle of the River Nerevta, La battaglia della Neretva, and Die Schlacht an der Neretva), 1969 American International Pictures, 1971
Poacher, The Vacation (also known as La vacanza), 1969 Lion, 1971
Yolof "Yod" Peterson, Vamos a matar, companeros (also known as Companeros, Los Companeros, Lasst uns toeten, Companeros, and Zwei Companeros), GSF, 1970
Horacio, Tristana, Maron, 1970
The gypsy, The Virgin and the Gypsy, Chevron, 1970
District Attorney Traini, Confessions of a Police Captain (also known as Confessions of a Police Commissioner to the District Attorney and Confessione di un commisario di polizia al procuratore della repubblica), Euro International, 1971
Andre Bild, Giornata nera per l'ariete (also known as Evil Fingers and The Fifth Cord), BRC Productions, 1971
Vanzi, L'istruttoria e chiusa: Dimentichi (also known as L'istruttoria e chiusa: Dimentichi [Tante sbarre]), 1971
Killer from Yuma, 1971
Bruno, Dropout, 1971
Devil's Crude, 1971
Mosquito, Senza ragione (also known as Redneck), Euro International, 1972
Louis, Pope Joan (recut version released as The Devil's Imposter), Columbia, 1972
Ambrosio, Le moine (also known as The Monk and Il monaco), 1972
Johnny Ears, Deaf Smith and Johnny Ears (also known as Los amigos), 1972 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1973
Prince Dmitri Vassilovich Orlowsky, Viva la muerte ... tuya! (alsoknown as Don't Turn the Other Cheek, Long Live Your Death, Viva la muerte ... tua!, and Zwei wilde Companeros), 1972 TritoneCinematografica, 1974
L'instruttoria e chiusa dimentichi, 1972
Jason Scott, Zanna bianca (also known as White Fang, Colmillo Blanco, and Croc-blanc), 1972
Vice-commissioner Belli, La polizia incrimina, la legge assolve (also known as High Crime and La policia detiene, la ley juzga),1973
Nicola Bellizzi, I guappi (also known as Blood Brothers), 1973
Giacomo Matteotto, Il delitto Matteotti (also known as The Assassination of Matteotti), Claudia Cinematografica, 1973
Colonel Valerio, The Last Days of Mussolini (also known as TheLast Four Days, The Last Tyrant, Mussolini: The Last Four Days, and Mussolini: Ultimo atto), Paramount, 1974
Judge Cusani, Corruzione al palazzo di giustizia (also known as Smiling Maniacs), Ital Noleggio, 1974
Carlo Antonelli, Il cittadino si ribella (also known as The Anonymous Avenger, The Citizen Rebels, Street Law, and Vigilante II), Capitol Film, 1974
Jason Scott, Il ritorno di Zanna Bianca (also known as Challenge to White Fang, Le retour de Croc Blanc, and Die Teufelsschlucht der wilden Woelfe), 1974
Captain Asciutto, Victory March (also known as La marche triomphale and Marcia trionfale), Clesi Cinematografica, 1975
Giacomo Solaris, Perche si uccide un magistrato? (also known as Why Does One Kill a Magistrate?), Capitol Film, 1975
Onion Stark, Il cipollaro (also known as Cipolla Colt, Cry Onion!, Smell of Onion, Spaghetti Western, El cibollero, Los locos del oro negro, and Zweibel-Jack raeumt auf),Warner Bros., 1975
Gente di rispetto (also known as The Flower in His Mouth, The Masters, Respectable People, and The Schoolmistress and the Devil), Champion Productions, 1975
Walter Mancini, Death Drive (also known as Hitch Hike, Hitchhike: Last House on the Left, and Autostop rosso sangue), Explorer Film, 1976
Keoma Shannon, Keoma (also known as Desperado, Django Rides Again, The Violent Breed, and Keoma il vendicatore), BRC Productions, 1976
Sadry, Les magiciens (also known as Death Rite and Die Schuldigen mit den sauberen Haenden), 1976
Armand, Scandalo (also known as Scandal and Submission), Clesi Cinematografica, 1977
Sahara Cross, 1977 Cinevera Spa, 1981
Captain Radicek/Nicolai Lescovar, Force Ten from Navarone, American International Pictures, 1978
Guido, Un dramma borghese, A.M.A. Film/Franco Nero, 1979
Jesus Christ, The Visitor (also known as Stridulum), 1979
Mike di Donato, Il cacciatore di squali (also known as Guardians of the Deep, The Shark Hunter, and El cazador de tiburones), 1979
Il bandito dagli occhi azzurri (also known as The Blue-Eyed Bandit), T.E.I. Film, 1980
Hakim, The Man with Bogart's Face (also known as Sam Marlow, Private Eye), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1980
Banovic Strahinja, Banovic Strahinja (also known as The Falcon and Der Falke), Jadran Film, 1980
Larry "Cobra" Stanziani, Il giorno del Cobra (also known as TheDay of the Cobra), 1980 Media Home Entertainment, 1985
Carbinari Colonel Dante Matucci, The Salamander (also known as La Salamandra), ITC, 1981

Cole, Enter the Ninja (also known as Ninja I), 1981 Cannon,1982
John Reed, Krasnye kolokola, film pervyj--Meksika v ogne (also known as Mexico in Flames, Red Bells, Red Bells: I've Seen theBirth of the New World, Campanas rojas, and Krasnye kolokola), Vides International, 1982 released as Ten Days That Shook the World, Vides International, 1983
Lieutenant Seblon, Querelle--ein Pakt mit dem Teufel (also known as Querelle), Triumph, 1982
Weiss, Kamikaze '89 (also known as Kamikaze), Trio-Oase, 1982
Krasnye kolokola II (also known as Red Bells II and Krasnye kolokola, film vtoroy--Ya videl rozhdeniye novogo mira), 1982
Nicola, Grog, 1982 Film Co-Op, 1983
The Wizard of Babylon (documentary), 1983
Andre, Andre Shaft sie Alle (also known as Andre Handles Them All), 1984
Nick, Un solitaro e mezzo (also known as Das Geheimnis des schwarzen Tankers), Effe P.C. Production, 1984
Judge Falco, The Repenter (also known as Il pentito), Columbia, 1985
Johann (John) Berg, The Girl, Shapiro Enterprises, 1986
Francis, Tre giorni ai tropici (also known as Race to Danger and Grosso guaio a Cartagena), DMV Film, 1986
Marathon, 1986
Paul, Sweet Country, 1986 Cinema Group, 1987
Title role, Django 2--Il grande ritorno (also known as Django Rides Again, Django Strikes Again, Django 2, and Ritornodi Django), 1987 D.M.V., 1988
Ted Angelo, Top Line, Dania Film, 1988
Claudio Toscanini, Il Giovane Toscanini (also known as Young Toscanini), Italian International Film, 1988
Janza, Silent Night (also known as Magdalene), TAT, 1988
Run for Your Life, 1988
The Heart of Victory, Sphere Productions, 1989
General Ramon Esperanza, Die Hard 2 (also known as Die Hard 2:Die Harder), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1990
Fernando, Amelia Lopez O'Neill, 1990 Arion Production, 1991
Leonardo da Vinci, From Time to Time (also known as Timekeeper and Le visionarium), Disney, 1991
Franco, Fratelli e sorelle (also known as Brothers and Sisters), 1991 Duea Film, 1992
Aquani, Touch and Die, 1991 Vestron Video, 1992
Crimson Down, MovieTone of Italy/Franco Nero, 1992
Zoloto (also known as Gold and Oro), Viva Cinematografica, 1992
Deep Blue, Sphere Production, 1992
Enzo Lombardo, Der Fall Lucona (also known as The Lucona Affair), Tele-Munchen Productions, 1993
Jonathan, Jonathan degli orsi (also known as Jonathan of the Bears), Viva Cinematografica/Franco Nero, 1993
Conflict of Interests, RAI Productions, 1994
Warrior King, The Dragon Ring, Fininvest Productions, 1994
Dr. Vincente Areavaga, Talk of Angels, Miramax, 1994
Adolfo Cavani, The Innocent Sleep, Time Dial Films, 1994
Io e il re, Duea Film, 1995
Luigi, Ha-Italkim Ba'im (also known as The Italians Are Coming and Arrivano gli italiani), Gruppo Minerva International, 1996
Arpad, Honfoglalas (also known as The Conquest), Mokep, 1996
Jesus Barro, Il tocco: La sfida (also known as The Cuemaster, Rack Up, and A tres bandas), Medusa Distribuzione, 1996
Ferrero, La medaglia (also known as The Medal), Italian International Film, 1997
Gianni Versace, The Versace Murder, Pan Am Pictures/Splash Films,1998
Li chiamarano ... briganti! (also known as Brigands and Briganti), 1999
Barolo, Uninvited (also known as L'escluso), Vine International, 1999
Jonathan, White Lies, CH Film & TV, 1999
Antonio Castaldi, La voce del sangue, 1999
Mirka, 1999
Michele Giangrande, Maestrale (also known as Winds of Passion), 2000
Imprenditore, Chimera, Mikado, 2001
Bishop Gellert, Sacra corona, Korona Film, 2001
Megiddo: Omega Code 2 (also known as Megiddo), Code Productions, 2001
Film Producer
The Vacation (also known as La vacanza), 1969 Lion, 1971
(With others) Drop Out, Lion Film, 1970
(With others) Un dramma borghese, A.M.A. Film/Franco Nero, 1979
The Shark Hunter, 1979
(With others) The Blue-Eyed Bandit, T.E.I. Film, 1980
(With others) Crimson Down, MovieTone of Italy/Franco Nero, 1992
(With others) Jonathan degli orsi (also known as Jonathan of the Bears), Viva Cinematografica/Franco Nero, 1993
Uninvited (also known as L'escluso), Vine International, 1999
Television Appearances
Movies
Rudolph Valentino, The Legend of Valentino, ABC, 1975
Issa, 21 Hours at Munich, ABC, 1976
Bohme, The Forester's Sons (also known as Die Foerstenbuben), 1985
Garibaldi, Garibaldi: The General (also known as Il generale), RAI-2, 1986
Un altare per la madre, RAI-1, 1986
Pigmalione '88 (also known as Pygmalion 88), RAI-1, 1988
Paolo Pizzi, Il magistrato (also known as The Magistrate),1989
Saverio Palluca, Oggi ho vinto anch'io, 1989
Gesualdo, Diceria dell'untore (also known as A Breath of Life and The Plague Sowers), RAI-2, 1990
Fra Domenico, Julianus barat (also known as Father Julianus), 1991
Fra Domenico, Julianus barat II (also known as Father JulianusII), 1991
Fra Domenico, Julianus barat III (also known as Father JulianusIII), 1991
Chris Lang, Das Babylon Komplott (also known as The Babylon Complot), 1993
Miniseries
Baydr Al Fay, Harold Robbins' The Pirate (also known as The Pirate), CBS, 1978
Konrad Von Der Berg, Roses of Danzig (also known as Le rose diDanzica), 1979
Crespi, Wagner, 1983
Arbaces, The Last Days of Pompeii, ABC, 1984
Alex Ionescu, Sidney Sheldon's Windmills of the Gods (also known as Windmills of the Gods), CBS, 1988
Count Vorontsov, Young Catherine, TNT, 1991
Fra Cristoforo, I promessi sposi (also known as The Betrothed), RAI-2, 1990
King, Desideria, 1994
Yogi Azim, The Return of Sandokan, 1996
Marcel Duvivier, Deserto di fuoco (also known as Prinzessin Amina), 1997
Bella Mafia, CBS, 1997
Alfonso Martinez, Nessuno escluso, RAI, 1997
Robert Tassi, Painted Lady, PBS, 1997
Nathan, David (also known as Die Bibel--David), TNT, 1997
Andrea, Il tesoro di Damasco, 1998
Ibnazul, Crociati, 2001
Episodic
"Murderous Feelings," The Hitchhiker, USA Network, 1985
Other
Blue Blood (series; also known as Scandalous), 1988
Gamalieie, San Paolo (also known as Saint Paul), RAI, 2000
Television Coproducer
Movies
Diceria dell'untore (also known as A Breath of Life and The Plague Sowers), RAI-2, 1990

Further Reference

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The film Jonathan degli orsi (also known as Jonathan of the Bears) is based on a story by Nero.

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