Franco Diogene
Acting
Biography
Franco Diogene was born on October 20, 1947 in Catania, Sicily, Italy as Concetto Francesco Diogene. He was an actor, known for Midnight Express (1978), The Big Blue (1988) and The Name of the Rose (1986). He was married to Mariella Denari. He died on May 28, 2005 in Genova, Italy.
Born: October 20, 1947
Place of Birth: Catania, Sicily, Italy
Known For
The Name of the Rose
14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church's authority and fight the shadowy conspiracy of monastery monks using only his intelligence; which is considerable.
Midnight Express
Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his family, and the American government, or the "Midnight Express".
The Big Blue
Two men answer the call of the ocean in this romantic fantasy-adventure. Jacques and Enzo are a pair of friends who have been close since childhood, and who share a passion for the dangerous sport of free diving. Professional diver Jacques opted to follow in the footsteps of his father, who died at sea when Jacques was a boy; to the bewilderment of scientists, Jacques harbors a remarkable ability to adjust his heart rate and breathing pattern in the water, so that his vital signs more closely resemble that of dolphins than men. As Enzo persuades a reluctant Jacques to compete against him in a free diving contest -- determining who can dive deeper and longer without scuba gear -- Jacques meets Johana, a beautiful insurance investigator from America, and he finds that he must choose between his love for her and his love of the sea.
Same Sea, Same Beach
City of Women
The charismatic Snaporaz encounters an alluring woman on a train and pursues her through a forest. He ends up at a hotel populated by women gathered for a feminist conference, where he is an unwanted presence. Snaporaz soon discovers he’s entered a phantasmagoric world where women have taken power.
The Soup
Two homeless men in Rome are arrested due to a misunderstanding. In jail, they meet a man who has been arrested for eating and running from restaurants. Together they embark on a series of escapades around Tuscany.
Teresa the Thief
Teresa gets her first taste of crime -- and its consequences -- when, during World War II, she is nabbed for robbing an apartment. But being poor and perpetually starving, the pretty petty thief doesn't give up her quest for ill-gotten gains and soon turns to pick-pocketing. Despite her questionable thieving skills, the bumbling crook tries scheme after scheme, pilfering from strangers and dodging the law as she searches for a way to fund an adequate meal.
Il ragazzo di campagna
A man is forced to completely change his habits when he decides to move from the country to the city.
The New Godfathers
A revolution in Iran halts a heroin shipment, but an alliance of crime families is set on getting it to the US. They decide to run the drug through an unsuspecting network of good-natured, local smugglers in Naples, while an international anti-narcotics agent rushes to shut their operation down. Betrayals and divided loyalties lead to a final, bloody confrontation in America.
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen
An episodic satire of the political and social status of Italy in the seventies, through the shows of one day of a television channel.
Filmography
as Luigi Mennini
as Pasotti
as L'avvocato della sig.ra Marzano
as Giuseppe
as Omaccio
as Professore Siciliano
as Victim’s Husband
as Various characters
as Bunny
as Dott. Bianchi
as Titolare del bar
as Colonnello Nardini
as Direttore della Casa di Riposo
as Sheriff Barker
as il portiere della pensione
as Padre di Violetta
as Camille
as Mr. Coby
as Receptionist
as Rat
as controllore del treno
as Assessore Turri
as Papal Visitor
as Tai-Ling
as Nitti
as Hagen
as Insurrance Manager
as Binella
as Piero
as team manager
as Genoese Merchant
as Ing. Binotti
as notaio Baldelli
as lo sceicco Kasheri
as il proprietario della casa fatiscente
as Palletta, lo sfasciacarrozze
as Capo cameriere
as Campione americano
as Busoni
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as Preside
as Bitto
as Achmet
as Joe Maccarone
as l'avvocato del gangster (episodio "Venerdì")
as Gardenia's Friend
as Yesil
as Brothel Customer
as Sheik Abdul Lala
as Chuck
as Droghiere (uncredited)
as Laurenti's Lawyer #1 (uncredited)
as Sciaccaluga
as Fruit Vendor
as Comm Ignazio (episodio "I soldi in bocca")
as Amante di Monica
as Maurizio Montani
as Tenente Parisi
as il vigile corrotto Nardini
as Carlo De Marchi
as Peppino il Barbiere
as Nino