---
name: "Franco Interlenghi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/franco-interlenghi"
fi1m_id: "franco-interlenghi"
imdb_id: "nm0409421"
tmdb_id: 71140
wikidata_id: "Q708350"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "29 October 1931"
died: "10 September 2015"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T06:48:34.260619+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 Interlenghi

## Identity

Franco Interlenghi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/franco-interlenghi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** franco-interlenghi
- **IMDb ID:** nm0409421
- **TMDB ID:** 71140
- **Wikidata ID:** Q708350
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco_Interlenghi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q708350, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0409421/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/71140

Actor. Born 29 October 1931 in Rome, Italy. Died 10 September 2015.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 October 1931, Rome, Italy
- **Died:** 10 September 2015
- **Also known as:** Франко Интерленги
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco_Interlenghi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q708350, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0409421/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/71140

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Barefoot Contessa*](https://film.one/film/the-barefoot-contessa.md) (74)

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## Biography

Franco Interlenghi (29 October 1931 – 10 September 2015) was an Italian actor. He made his screen debut at the age of 15 in Vittorio De Sica’s neorealist film *Sciuscià* (Shoeshine, 1946).

Interlenghi appeared in numerous Italian and international productions. He played Moraldo Rubini in Federico Fellini’s *I Vitelloni* (1953) and Pedro Vargas in Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s *The Barefoot Contessa* (1954). Other credits include *The Little World of Don Camillo* (1952), *Ulysses* (1954) and *General della Rovere* (1959). He also worked on stage, notably in Luchino Visconti’s production of *Death of a Salesman*.

He was married to actress Antonella Lualdi from 1955; they had two children, including actress Antonellina Interlenghi.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Barefoot Contessa* (1954), Fi1m 74, as Pedro Vargas — [page](https://film.one/film/the-barefoot-contessa.md)

## Complete filmography (88)

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

- *Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore* (2025), series, as Don Saverio
- *I, Don Giovanni* (2009), as Padre di Annetta
- *La bella società* (2009), as Papà di Romolo
- *The Night Before the Exams Today* (2007), as Nonno Luigi
- *Pope John Paul I: The Smile of God* (2006), as Mons. Agostino Casaroli
- *Pope John Paul I: The Smile of God* (2006), series, as Mons. Agostino Casaroli
- *Through Children's Eyes - De Sica & Shoeshine* (2006), Actor
- *Ragazzi [The boys]* (2006), Actor
- *Romanzo Criminale* (2005), as Barone Rosellini
- *Tosca e altre due* (2003), Actor
- *The Accidental Detective* (2003), as Antiquario Nardini
- *John XXIII: The Pope of Peace* (2002), series, as Radini Tedeschi
- *Pope John XXIII* (2002), as Radini Tedeschi
- *A Long Long Long Night of Love* (2001), as Luigi Settembrini, Marcello's friend
- *Il conte di Melissa* (2001), as Il prete
- *Padre Pio: Between Heaven and Earth* (2000), series, as Padre Graziano
- *Padre Pio: Between Heaven and Earth* (2000), Actor
- *You Only Live Once* (2000), as Mr. Blaizeau
- *Father Matteo* (2000), series, as Leone Barbieri
- *Joseph of Nazareth* (2000), Actor
- *La rumbera* (1998), Actor
- *Marching in Darkness* (1996), as Sindaco
- *Blinde Augen klagen an* (1996), Actor
- *Le Roi de Paris* (1995), as Bellières
- *The Teddy Bear* (1994), as Sylvain
- *18.000 giorni fa* (1994), as Padre Callisto
- *Torta di mele* (1993), as Carlo
- *Antelope Cobbler* (1993), as Avvocato Germani
- *Close Friends* (1992), as Tribodi
- *Gli assassini vanno in coppia* (1992), as Father-in-law
- *Se non avessi l'amore* (1991), as Padre Robotti
- *Women in Arms* (1991), as Le procureur
- *The Miser* (1990), as Mastro Giacomo
- *Tomato* (1990), as Protettore delle prostitute
- *The Secret Files of Inspector Lavardin* (1988), series, as Ruggero Anello
- *A Child Called Jesus* (1987), as Rufus
- *The Professor* (1986), as Don Saverio
- *Miranda* (1985), as Carlo
- *Un Uomo in Trappola* (1985), as Pratesi
- *China 9, Liberty 37* (1978), as Hank Sebanek
- *The Left Hand of the Law* (1975), as brigadiere Colombo
- *Planet Venus* (1972), Actor
- *The Column* (1968), as Optimus
- *Pillaged* (1967), as Maurice
- *Canzoni di ieri, canzoni di oggi, canzoni di domani* (1962), Actor
- *Cronache del '22* (1961), as Franco · Writer
- *Viva l'Italia!* (1961), as Giuseppe Bandi
- *Match contre la mort* (1959), as Gangster
- *The Big Night* (1959), as Bellabella
- *General Della Rovere* (1959), as Antonio Pasquali (uncredited)
- *Hit and Run* (1959), as Mario Rossi
- *Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women* (1959), as Mario
- *Canne al Vento* (1958), series, as Giacinto
- *Love Is My Profession* (1958), as Mazzetti
- *Il cielo brucia* (1958), as Ferri
- *Young Husbands* (1958), as Antonio
- *A Farewell to Arms* (1957), as Ayrno
- *La Cenicienta y Ernesto* (1957), as Ernesto
- *Fathers and Sons* (1957), as Guido Blasi
- *Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge* (1956), as Alberto
- *I giorni più belli* (1956), as Gianni Valentini
- *Altair* (1956), as Giorgio Farini
- *Non c'è amore più grande* (1955), as Mario
- *Wild Love* (1955), as Franco
- *The Lovers of Manon Lescaut* (1954), as Enrico des Grieux
- *The Two Orphans* (1954), as Knight Roger de Vaudrey
- *Ulysses* (1954), as Telemachus
- *The Barefoot Contessa* (1954), as Pedro Vargas — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-barefoot-contessa.md)
- *100 Years of Love* (1954), as Rico (segment "Garibaldina")
- *Mid-Century Loves* (1954), as Mario (segment "L'amore romantico")
- *The Vanquished* (1953), as Claudio
- *Cavalcade of Song* (1953), as Il notaio
- *I Vitelloni* (1953), as Moraldo Rubini
- *Riscatto - Tu sei il mio giudice* (1953), as Roberto Biasetti
- *The World Condemns Them* (1953), as Franco
- *The Wayward Wife* (1953), as Paolo Sartori
- *The Story of William Tell* (1953), as Hans
- *Sunday Heroes* (1952), as Marini
- *The City Stands Trial* (1952), as Luigi Esposito
- *Ergastolo* (1952), as Stefano Lulli
- *The Little World of Don Camillo* (1952), as Mariolino Brusco
- *Half a Century of Song* (1952), Actor
- *Giovinezza* (1952), as Mario
- *Paris Is Always Paris* (1951), as Franco Martini
- *Teresa* (1951), as Mario Russo
- *Sunday in August* (1950), as Enrico
- *Fabiola* (1949), as Corvino
- *Shoeshine* (1946), as Pasquale Maggi

## Gallery

- ![Franco Interlenghi](https://film.one/media/person/3872736/gallery-c462f822f9f9.png) Franco Interlenghi — Domenicadagosto-1950-Interlenghi.png: Gawain78 at the Italian Wikipedia project.
derivative work: Cavarrone, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Franco_Interlenghi-1950.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Franco Interlenghi in una scena del film Il generale Della Rovere (1959), girato in Italia](https://film.one/media/person/3872736/gallery-44d6b55a1ae5.png) Franco Interlenghi in una scena del film Il generale Della Rovere (1959), girato in Italia — Film diretto da Roberto Rossellini e prodotto da Zebra Film e S.N.E. Gaumont, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Il_generale_Della_Rovere_%281959%29_Franco_Interlenghi.png/1280px-Il_generale_Della_Rovere_%281959%29_Franco_Interlenghi.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Franco Interlenghi in una scena del film italiano Ergastolo (1952).](https://film.one/media/person/3872736/gallery-aec139ced40f.jpg) Franco Interlenghi in una scena del film italiano Ergastolo (1952). — Luigi Capuano (director), Giuseppe La Torre (cinematographer), Romana Film (production)., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Ergastolo_%281952%29_Franco_Interlenghi.jpg/1280px-Ergastolo_%281952%29_Franco_Interlenghi.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Franco Interlenghi in una scena del film italiano Sciuscià (1946)](https://film.one/media/person/3872736/gallery-c79ddb9f5e39.png) Franco Interlenghi in una scena del film italiano Sciuscià (1946) — Screenshot catturato da Spinoziano dal film, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Sciusci%C3%A0_%281946%29_Franco_Interlenghi.png/1280px-Sciusci%C3%A0_%281946%29_Franco_Interlenghi.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Franco Interlenghi e Anna Baldini in una scena del film italiano Domenica d'agosto (1950)](https://film.one/media/person/3872736/gallery-e4a15d18d385.png) Franco Interlenghi e Anna Baldini in una scena del film italiano Domenica d'agosto (1950) — Film diretto da Luciano Emmer e prodotto da Colonna Film, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Domenica_d%27agosto_%281950%29_Interlenghi_e_Baldini.png/1280px-Domenica_d%27agosto_%281950%29_Interlenghi_e_Baldini.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Franco Interlenghi e Rinaldo Smordoni in una scena del film italiano Sciuscià (1946)](https://film.one/media/person/3872736/gallery-123e29d3e854.png) Franco Interlenghi e Rinaldo Smordoni in una scena del film italiano Sciuscià (1946) — Screenshot catturato da Spinoziano dal film, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Sciusci%C3%A0_%281946%29_Interlenghi_e_Smordoni.png/1280px-Sciusci%C3%A0_%281946%29_Interlenghi_e_Smordoni.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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