Franco Pesce

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

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

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli artisti. Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402697.

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