Franco Interlenghi

Franco Interlenghi (29 October 1931 – 10 September 2015) was an Italian actor.

He made his acting debut at 15 in Vittorio De Sica's 1946 Neorealist film Sciuscià. He worked with great directors such as Alessandro Blasetti in Fabiola, Roberto Rossellini in Viva l'Italia! and Il generale della Rovere, Federico Fellini in I vitelloni, Michelangelo Antonioni in I vinti, Mauro Bolognini in La notte brava and Luchino Visconti in his stage adaptation of Death of a Salesman. He also appeared in international films, such as Joseph L. Mankiewicz's The Barefoot Contessa, Julien Duvivier's Le petit monde de don Camillo, Charles Vidor's A Farewell to Arms and the Italian-American co-production Ulysses, directed by Mario Camerini.

With his wife, Antonella Lualdi, he had two children, one of whom is actress Antonellina Interlenghi. Franco Interlenghi died on 10 September 2015, aged 83.

Filmography

Shoeshine (1946) - Pasquale Maggi Fabiola (1949) - Corvino Sunday in August (1950) - Enrico Teresa (1951) - Mario (uncredited) Paris Is Always Paris (1951) - Franco Martini Little World of Don Camillo (1952) - Mariolino della Bruciata Ergastolo (1952) - Stefano Lulli The City Stands Trial (1952) - Luigi Esposito Sunday Heroes (1952) - Marini Giovinezza (1952) - Mario Don Lorenzo (1952) - Franco The Wayward Wife (1953) - Paolo Sartori The World Condemns Them (1953) - Franco Riscatto (1953) - Roberto Biasetti I Vitelloni (1953) - Moraldo Rubini I Vinti (1953) - Claudio The Story of William Tell (1953) - Hans Cavalcade of Song (1953) - Il notaio Mid-Century Loves (1954) - Mario (segment "L'amore romantico") 100 Years of Love (1954) - Enrico Adamoli Rico (segment "Garibaldina") Half a Century of Song (1954) The Barefoot Contessa (1954) - Pedro Vargas Ulysses (1954) - Telemachus The Two Orphans (1954) - Knight Roger de Vaudrey The Lovers of Manon Lescaut (1954) - Enrico des Grieux Non c'è amore più grande (1955) - Mario Wild Love (1956) - Franco Altair (1956) - Farini I giorni più belli (1956) - Gianni Valentini Toto, Peppino and the Outlaws (1956) - Alberto Fathers and Sons (1957) - Guido Blasi A Farewell to Arms (1957) - Aymo La regina della povera gente (1957) La cenicienta y Ernesto (1957) - Ernesto Young Husbands (1958) - Antonio The Sky Burns (1958) - Ferri In Case of Adversity (1958) - Mazzetti Educande al tabarin (1958) Polikuska (1958) - Pjotr Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women (1959) Sangue sull'asfalto (1959) - Antonio Pasquali (uncredited) General della Rovere (1959) - Antonio Pasquali (uncredited) Bad Girls Don't Cry (1959) - Bellabella Match contro la morte (1959) - Le gangster Le svedesi (1960) - Peppino Garibaldi (1961) - Giuseppe Bandi Cronache del '22 (1961) - Franco (segment Incontro al mare) Una notte per cinque rapine (1967) - Maurice The Column (1968) - Optimus - Centurion Totò story (1968) Pianeta Venere (1972) The Left Hand of the Law (1975) - Colombo China 9, Liberty 37 (1978) - Hank Sebanek Miranda (1985) - Carlo Juke box (1985) The Professor (1986) - Don Saverio The Miser (1989) - Mastro Giacomo Pummarò (1989) Se non avessi l'amore (1991, TV Movie) - Padre Robotti Close Friends (1992) - Tribodi L'urlo della verità (1992) - Avvocato Santi (uncredited) Gli assassini vanno in coppia (1992) Antelope Cobbler (1993) Torta di mele (1993) Copenhagen fox-trot (1993) The Teddy Bear (1994) - Le directeur du musée 18.000 giorni fa (1994) Le Roi de Paris (1995) - Bellières Marciando nel buio (1996) - Sindaco Stella's Favor (1996) - Mario Racket (1996) La rumbera (1998) - Castillo Tre addii (1999, TV Movie) Padre Pio: Between Heaven and Earth (2000, TV Movie) - Padre Graziano Una lunga lunga lunga notte d'amore (2001) - Luigi Settembrini, Marcello's friend Il conte di Melissa (2001) - Il Prete John XXIII: The Pope of Peace (2002, TV Movie) - Radini Tedeschi Due volte Natale (2003) The accidental detective (2003) - Nardini Tosca e altre due (2003) - Sciarrone Romanzo Criminale (2005) - Barone Rosellini Nemici per la pelle (2006) Notte prima degli esami – Oggi (2007) - Luigi I, Don Giovanni (2009) - Padre di Annetta La bella società (2010) - Papà di Romolo (final film role)