Franco Columbu
- Recitazione
- 7 agosto 1941 · Ollolai, Nuoro, Italia
- 30 agosto 2019
Biografia
An Italian born former bodybuilder, actor and author. Despite his short statue at 5 ft 5 (165cm) he won Mr. Olympia bodybuilding in 1976 and 1981. During a competition in Munich in 1965, he met Arnold Schwarzenegger and the two of them got very close. After Arnolds relocation to USA, he brought Franco over not long after because he missed his best friend. It was a friendship that would last for 54 years til Franco'a death. Franco Columbo's would participate in several minor roles in movies after his US entry, acting along side Schwarzenegger in a few of his motion pictures. Although he held a US residence and lived there since the 1970's, Columbu would often travel back home to Sardinia on vacation, and it was there he ultimately passed away at the age of 78.
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Filmografia
- How To Become Rambo... Part One · In persona
- One More Round · Franco Turelli
- Rocky - L'atomica di Reagan · In persona
- Dreamland - La terra dei sogni · Frank
- Ancient Warriors · Aldo Paccione, Produzione
- Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron' · In persona
- Giorni contati - End of Days · Utility Stunts
- Doublecross on Costa's Island · Enrico Costa, Produzione
- L'Eliminatore - Eraser · Stunts
- Taken Alive · Enrico Costa, Sceneggiatura
- Un Poliziotto sull'Isola · Franco "Beretta" Armando, Author
- Il ritmo del silenzio · Nerescu
- Perduta · L'americano
- I racconti della cripta · Doctor's Assistant (uncredited) (segment "The Switch")
- Big Top Pee-wee - La mia vita picchiatella · Otto the Strongman
- Schwarzenegger: Total Rebuild · In persona
- L'implacabile · 911 Security Officer #2
- Last Man Standing · Batty
- Predator · Medic (uncredited)
- Rickles... On the Loose · In persona
- The Road To Olympia · In persona
- Terminator · Future Terminator
- Getting Physical · In persona, Technical Advisor
- Conan il barbaro · Pictish Scout
- The Hustler of Muscle Beach · In persona
- The Comeback · In persona
- The World's Strongest Man · Competitor
- Uomo d'acciaio · In persona
- Il gigante della strada · Franco Orsini (uncredited)
- Ercole
- The Mike Douglas Show · In persona