---
name: "Franco Citti"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/franco-citti"
fi1m_id: "franco-citti"
imdb_id: "nm0162948"
tmdb_id: 44860
wikidata_id: "Q554430"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "23 April 1935"
died: "14 January 2016"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T13:57:54.266867+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Franco Citti

## Identity

Franco Citti

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/franco-citti
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** franco-citti
- **IMDb ID:** nm0162948
- **TMDB ID:** 44860
- **Wikidata ID:** Q554430
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco_Citti, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q554430, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0162948/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/44860

Actor. Born 23 April 1935 in Roma, Lazio, Italia. Died 14 January 2016.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 April 1935, Roma, Lazio, Italia
- **Died:** 14 January 2016
- **Active:** 1972–1990
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 74 (2), 1990s 63 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 2, Comedy 1, History 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $382m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco_Citti, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q554430, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0162948/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/44860

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Canterbury Tales*](https://film.one/film/the-canterbury-tales.md) (55)

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## Biography

Franco Citti (23 April 1935 – 14 January 2016) was an Italian actor. Born and raised in Rome, he worked as a painter and day labourer before being discovered by Pier Paolo Pasolini, who cast him in the title role of his debut feature *Accattone* (1961). The performance earned Citti a BAFTA nomination for Best Foreign Actor.

Citti appeared in six of Pasolini's films, including *Mamma Roma* (1962), *Oedipus Rex* (1967), *The Decameron* (1971), *The Canterbury Tales* (1972) as the Devil, and *Arabian Nights* (1974) as the Demon. He is also known to international audiences for playing the Sicilian bodyguard Calò in *The Godfather* (1972) and *The Godfather Part III* (1990). His brother was the director and screenwriter Sergio Citti.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Godfather Part III* (1990), Fi1m 63, as Calo — [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather-part-iii.md)
- *The Canterbury Tales* (1972), Fi1m 55, as Devil — [page](https://film.one/film/the-canterbury-tales.md)
- *The Godfather* (1972), Fi1m 93, as Calo - Sicilian Sequence — [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather.md)

## Complete filmography (58)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Il prossimo tuo* (2009), Actor
- *Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna* (1998), series, as Zio Franco
- *The Mayor* (1997), as Arturo Santaniello
- *Cartoni animati* (1997), as Peppe · Director, Story
- *We Free Kings* (1996), as Attore
- *Power and Lovers* (1994), as Michele
- *The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980* (1992), as Calo
- *The Godfather Part III* (1990), as Calo — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather-part-iii.md)
- *Scandal in Black* (1990), as Projectionist
- *The Secret* (1990), as Franco
- *I promessi sposi* (1989), series, as Grignapoco
- *Rosso di sera* (1989), as Capace
- *The Malady of Love* (1986), as Cigal
- *Sogni e bisogni* (1985), series, as Sam
- *The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian* (1984), as Le préfet
- *The Black Stallion Returns* (1983), as Foreign Legion Officer
- *Pè sempe* (1982), Actor
- *The Soup* (1981), as Francesco
- *Fatal Fix* (1980), as Alfredo
- *Ciao marziano* (1980), as Er Cinese
- *Luna* (1979), as Man in Bar
- *L'albero della maldicenza* (1978), Actor
- *Yerma* (1978), as Juan
- *Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television* (1977), series, as Calò
- *Beach House* (1977), as Nando
- *Watch Me When I Kill* (1977), as Pasquale Ferrante
- *Destruction Force* (1977), as Antonio Lanza
- *Puttana galera!* (1977), as Ciro
- *Rome, the Other Face of Violence* (1976), as Berté
- *One Way or Another* (1976), as M.'s Driver
- *Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man* (1976), as Ruggero Rujinski
- *Colpita da improvviso benessere* (1976), as Luiso Malerba
- *Chi dice donna, dice donna* (1976), as Benito
- *Arabian Nights* (1974), as The Demon
- *Macrò* (1974), Actor
- *Bawdy Tales* (1973), as Mammone
- *Storia de fratelli e de cortelli* (1973), as Artemio
- *Ingrid on the Road* (1973), as Renato
- *The Canterbury Tales* (1972), as Devil — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/the-canterbury-tales.md)
- *Roma* (1972), as Man at Restaurant (uncredited)
- *The Godfather* (1972), as Calo - Sicilian Sequence — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather.md)
- *First Surrender* (1971), Actor
- *The Decameron* (1971), as Ciappelletto
- *Una ragazza di Praga* (1971), as Alberto Marini
- *Ostia* (1970), as Rabbino
- *Pigsty* (1969), as Secondo Cannibale
- *Gangster's Law* (1969), as Bruno Esposito
- *Il Magnaccio* (1969), Actor
- *The Angels from 2000* (1969), as Franco
- *Kill Them All and Come Back Alone* (1968), as Hoagy
- *Black Jesus* (1968), as Oreste
- *Oedipus Rex* (1967), as Oedipus
- *Kill and Pray* (1967), as Burt
- *Chicken Feed for Little Birds* (1963), as Renato
- *The Shortest Day* (1963), as Fante Romano
- *Mamma Roma* (1962), as Carmine
- *Violent Life* (1962), as Tommaso
- *Accattone* (1961), as Vittorio 'Accattone' Cataldi

## Gallery

- ![Franco Citti](https://film.one/media/person/289074/gallery-fc5ec603029c.jpg) Franco Citti — OswaldLR at the Italian Wikipedia project., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Franco_Citti%2C_close_up%2C_colors.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Franco Citti, close up. Screenshot from Accattone by Pier Paolo Pasolini, Rome, Italy, 1961 (1960)](https://film.one/media/person/289074/gallery-b32034a408bd.jpg) Franco Citti, close up. Screenshot from Accattone by Pier Paolo Pasolini, Rome, Italy, 1961 (1960) — Pier Paolo Pasolini, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Franco_Citti%2C_close_up.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Screenshot from Accattone by Pier Paolo Pasolini, Rome, Italy, 1961 (1960)](https://film.one/media/person/289074/gallery-059b5585fda3.jpg) Screenshot from Accattone by Pier Paolo Pasolini, Rome, Italy, 1961 (1960) — Pier Paolo Pasolini, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Franco_Citti%2C_Franca_Pasut%2C_Accattone%2C_1961.jpg/1280px-Franco_Citti%2C_Franca_Pasut%2C_Accattone%2C_1961.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Giovanni Orgitano and Franco Citti in a scene from Accattone, a 1961 film written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini.](https://film.one/media/person/289074/gallery-8ef253eb6a35.jpg) Giovanni Orgitano and Franco Citti in a scene from Accattone, a 1961 film written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. — Unknown authorUnknown author, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Photo_Giovanni_Orgitano_and_Franco_Citti_in_a_scene_from_Accattone%2C_a_1961_film_written_and_directed_by_Pier_Paolo_Pasolini_1961_-_Touring_Club_Italiano_04_1666.jpg/1280px-thumbnail.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Franco Citti](https://film.one/media/person/289074/gallery-855ca2ab28cd.jpg) Franco Citti — Image via TMDB
- ![Franco Citti](https://film.one/media/person/289074/gallery-775db04340dd.jpg) Franco Citti — Image via TMDB

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