Franco Columbu
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.
In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin...
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A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find...
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By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and U.S. society has become a totalitarian police...
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A horde of rampaging warriors massacre the parents of young Conan and enslave the young child...
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Stay Hungry
as Franco Orsini (uncredited)A dishonest businessman asks rich layabout Craig Blake to help him buy a gym, which will be...
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Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)TMZ exclusively sits down with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone as they discuss for...
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Pumping Iron
as SelfAmateur and professional bodybuilders prepare for the 1975 Mr. Olympia and Mr. Universe contests...
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Big Top Pee-wee
as Otto the StrongmanPaul Reubens stars as Pee-wee Herman in his second full-length film about a farmer who joins the...
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Ancient Warriors
as Aldo PaccioneSpecial Forces Captain Aldo Paccione must pull together his former world team Delta Force and go...
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The Comeback
as HimselfAfter an absence of five years, six times Mr Olympia winner Arnold Schwarzenegger makes a...
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Beretta's Island
as Franco Armando BerettaFranco Columbo stars as Interpol operative Franco Armando - code name Beretta - who's forced out...
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The Hustler of Muscle Beach
as SelfA slick promoter in the bodybuilding subculture of Venice Beach, California, finds what he...
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Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'
as Himself - Mr. Olympia 1981A documentary on the making of "Pumping Iron" to celebrate its 25th anniversary. Aired on Cinemax.
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Getting Physical
as HimselfThe world of female bodybuilding provides the backdrop for this tale of an aspiring young...
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Taken Alive
as Enrico CostaA beautiful secret agent recruits a local sculptor to aid her in rescuing a presidential...
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Dreamland: The Land of Dreams
as FrankGiacomo, a boy from Puglia, leaves immediately after the war for the United States of America,...
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Herakles
as uncreditedBasically, 'Herakles' is an omnium-gatherum of film clips depicting images of machismo. Some of...
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Rickles... On the Loose
as SelfSpecial featuring Don Rickles in his live comedy act at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas, mixed...
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Rocky IV: The American Punch
as SelfRocky IV is dually symbolic - it embodies both the victory of the American boxer over the Soviet...
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Schwarzenegger: Total Rebuild
as HimselfAfter an absence of five years, six times Mr. Olympia winner Arnold Schwarzenegger makes a...
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Desperate Crimes
as NerescuIn the large industrial port of an Italian city - sailors, women, black market traffickers,...
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Doublecross on Costa's Island
as Enrico CostaSix years after stopping a multi-national arms deal that would have wiped out Los Angeles, Agent...
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The Road To Olympia
as HimselfA truly iconic video based on the Mr. Olympia contest from 1984. Every single one of the...
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One More Round
as Franco TurelliBasically a Christian version of Rocky
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Tales from the Crypt
as Doctor's Assistant (uncredited)Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and...
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The World's Strongest Man
as CompetitorAthletes compete for a place in the World Finals.
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