Franco Silva

Francesco Vistarini (18 February 1920 – 10 November 1995), known professionally as Franco Silva, was an Italian actor.

Born in Genoa, Silva moved in Rome to attend the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, from which he graduated in 1938; the following year he made his film debut in Ho visto brillare le stelle. Silva was mainly active between the 1950s and the mid-1960s; he was also active on stage and on television.

Partial filmography

Ho visto brillare le stelle (1939) - Mario Vietato ai minorenni (1944) - Lo studento in medicina The Lion of Amalfi (1950) Malavita (1951) - Serg. Mario The Wonderful Adventures of Guerrin Meschino (1952) - Bayazil Femmina senza cuore (1952) - Carlo The Queen of Sheba (1952) - Kabaal, commander of the Sheban army The Man from Cairo (1953) - Armeno Frine, Courtesan of Orient (1953) - Claus Mizar (Frogwoman) (1954) - comandante Luigi Ferri The Last Race (1954) The Count of Bragelonne (1954) - Boissière Processo all'amore (1955) - Enrico Mariani Canzone proibita (1956) - Paolo Allow Me, Daddy! (1956) - Gigi Biagi - Cognato di Rodolfo Occhi senza luce (1956) - Sandro Il canto dell'emigrante (1956) - Franco Lari Donne, amore e matrimoni (1956) - Corrado Il ricatto di un padre (1957) - Serpieri Song of Naples (1957) - Max Rambarzi Adorabili e bugiarde (1958) - Police Commissioner Hannibal (1959) - Maharbal Guardatele ma non toccatele (1959) - Morris Blond The Mongols (1961) - Stepen of Crakow The Count of Monte Cristo (1961) - Mario L'urlo dei bolidi (1961) Charge of the Black Lancers (1962) - Gamul The Tough and the Mighty (1969) - Arecu Questa libertà di avere... le ali bagnate (1971) - Robin The Assassination of Matteotti (1973) Spasmo (1974) - Luca Patrick Still Lives (1980) - Lyndon Kraft (final film role)