Franco Diogene

Born: 1947-10-20

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.


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The Paramedic

as Palletta, lo sfasciacarrozze
Released: 1982-02-07

At work, Mario Millio is the only male nurse not on strike. At home, his wife is more interested...

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The Name of the Rose

as Papal Visitor
Released: 1986-09-24

14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference...

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The Big Blue

as Receptionist
Released: 1988-05-10

Two men answer the call of the ocean in this romantic fantasy-adventure. Jacques and Enzo are a...

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Madly in Love

as Capo cameriere
Released: 1981-12-18

Cristina is a rich, spoiled princess visiting Rome with her royal parents. The mission of their...

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Midnight Express

as Yesil
Released: 1978-08-31

Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to...

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City of Women

as Party guest (uncredited)
Released: 1980-03-28

The charismatic Snaporaz encounters an alluring woman on a train and pursues her through a...

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The Teasers

as Amante di Monica
Released: 1975-10-31

Loredana is a schoolgirl who takes advantage of her fellow students and teachers by using her...

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The Grumpy

as controllore del treno
Released: 1986-12-20

Traveling from New York to Italia, pretty Mary rushes into moody macho lawyer Tito. The girl...

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The Stendhal Syndrome

as Victim’s Husband
Released: 1996-01-26

A young policewoman slowly goes insane while tracking down an elusive serial rapist/killer...

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Pretty Princess

as Titolare del bar
Released: 1993-12-03

A princess from a Nordic European country is obligated to marry the boy her family chose. She...

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7 Kilos in 7 Days

as Assessore Turri
Released: 1986-12-18

Two not very clever young doctors open a fitness center and promise to let people lose seven...

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Don Camillo

as Binella
Released: 1984-02-08

A priest helps the small town he's stationed in to resolve conflicts by working together.

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Maria Goretti

as uncredited
Released: 2003-02-23

The life of the virgin and martyr Santa Maria Goretti

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Il ragazzo di campagna

as Insurrance Manager
Released: 1984-12-20

A man is forced to completely change his habits when he decides to move from the country to the...

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Tentacles

as Chuck
Released: 1977-02-25

Several people disappear from and at the sea. Their bodies are found gnawed to the skeleton,...

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Taxi Girl

as Sheik Abdul Lala
Released: 1977-04-15

Marcella inherits a taxi business from her father and now sets out on the job of her life. With...

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Attila Scourge of God

as mercante genovese
Released: 1982-12-22

The misadventures of Attila and his band of barbarians as they take up arms against the Roman...

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Grand Hotel Excelsior

as Ing. Binotti
Released: 1982-10-07

Taddeus is the manager of the Grand Hotel Excelsior. The Summer season begins in May and since...

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Crime at Porta Romana

as Busoni
Released: 1980-10-29

A police inspector is called to Milan to investigate a murder case since he grew up in the same...

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A Policewoman on the Porno Squad

as Joe Maccarone
Released: 1979-08-10

The adventures of Gianna, a sexy policewoman who wants to help a child in search of his mother.

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The Haunted House

as il proprietario della casa fatiscente
Released: 1982-03-04

George and Lucia are newlyweds and have also been lucky enough to find a home at a low price ,...

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Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen

as Droghiere (uncredited)
Released: 1976-10-28

An episodic satire of the political and social status of Italy in the seventies, through the...

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School Teacher on the Sea with Her Class

as Preside
Released: 1980-02-07

It's summer. Lisa goes every day in a holiday hotel to give French lessons to Mario, the owner's...

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La collegiale

as Carlo De Marchi
Released: 1975-01-01

The sexually naive Daniela returns home from boarding school only to realize that her family is...

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Strip Nude for Your Killer

as Maurizio Montani
Released: 1975-08-24

After a fashion model dies during a botched abortion, the doctor stages her death to exonerate...

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Teresa the Thief

as uncredited
Released: 1973-10-11

Teresa gets her first taste of crime -- and its consequences -- when, during World War II, she...

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The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair

as Luigi Mennini
Released: 2002-03-07

A reconstruction of the bankruptcy of the Banco Ambrosiano bank and its liaisons with the...

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Ci hai rotto papà

as Colonnello Nardini
Released: 1993-09-03

Kids from a huge apartment complex in Rome form a secret society to unite their forces and get...

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Sex with a Smile

as Comm Ignazio (episodio "I soldi in bocca")
Released: 1976-01-09

Five short comic sketches, all unrelated to each other, except that they are all expressions of...

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The New Godfathers

as Achmet
Released: 1979-08-24

A revolution in Iran halts a heroin shipment, but an alliance of crime families is set on...

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Love Sacrifice

as Sciaccaluga
Released: 1976-05-19

Leonidas, of noble lineage but poor, serves in the house of Count Aristide Of the Fava Dongo,...

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Attenti a quei P2

as lo sceicco Kasheri
Released: 1982-03-19

Attenti a quei P2 (Beware of those P2s) is a satirical parody of the judicial affair concerning...

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Heads I Win, Tails You Lose

as team manager
Released: 1982-12-26

Two back-to-back stories that deals with two "taboo" themes, the celibacy of the clergy in the...

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Saturday, Sunday and Friday

as l'avvocato del gangster (episodio "Venerdì")
Released: 1979-06-06

SABATO (first episode): A company receives the visit of a very very important person. This...

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Madman at War

as Nitti
Released: 1985-05-21

A young psychiatrist struggles to remove an erratic captain from command at an Italian base in...

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Killer vs Killers

as Hagen
Released: 1985-01-01

A businessman recruits some thieves to steal a valuable chemical formula kept in an well guarded...

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The Soup

as Campione americano
Released: 1981-02-20

Rome, 1960. Four different people meet each other at the Olympics. They follow the games and...

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Watch Out for Perestroika

as il portiere della pensione
Released: 1990-10-05

Three friends, Fulvio, Marco and Filippo who are employed in a company that sells agricultural...

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The Bachelor

as uncredited
Released: 1990-03-29

In pre-WWI Austria-Hungary, a physician struggles with his decision about which woman will he marry.

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The Third Solution

as uncredited
Released: 1988-04-08

The Roman Catholic Pope is planning a reconciliatory meeting with the head of the Ukrainian...

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Young, Beautiful... Probably Rich

as notaio Baldelli
Released: 1982-08-31

Claudia, Rita, and Caterina are three friends who live in a conservative Italian town and lead...

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How Colonel Buttiglione Became a General

as uncredited
Released: 1974-07-14

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Interzone

as Rat
Released: 1987-01-01

Humans fight mutants in a post-holocaust world.

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Caino e Caino

as Direttore della Casa di Riposo
Released: 1993-02-12

After the death of their industrialist father leaves them each with 49% of his company shares,...

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La madama

as uncredited
Released: 1976-01-16

In the slang of the underworld or "mala" there is a special term for cop: "Madama". But if word...

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Kidnap

as Nino
Released: 1974-03-08

This crime drama follows an Italian police commissioner as he races to rescue the 6-year-old...

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The Sweet House of Horrors

as Mr. Coby
Released: 1989-01-01

A murdered couple return from the beyond to care for their two young children, as well as seek...

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Esercizi di stile

as Various characters
Released: 1996-01-01

The end of a love story, told in fourteen different styles: from comedy to western, from noir to...

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There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs

as Padre di Violetta
Released: 1990-01-01

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Poliziotti

as Bunny
Released: 1995-02-10

When young cop Andrea is assigned to keep watch over dangerous Godfather Sante, who's in...

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Il piatto piange

as Peppino il Barbiere
Released: 1974-11-11

In Luino, on Lake Maggiore, during the fascist twenty years, a group of friends belonging to the...

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Un uomo perbene

as L'avvocato della sig.ra Marzano
Released: 1999-10-01

In June 1983 the journalist and TV presenter Enzo Tortora was arrested on charges of drug...

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Indiscretion of an American Wife

as Giuseppe
Released: 1998-03-09

An American diplomat's wife meets an Italian vintner at an embassy soirée. He sees her as more...

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La classe non è acqua

as Professore Siciliano
Released: 1997-03-14

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The Mines of Kilimanjaro

as Tai-Ling
Released: 1986-07-31

A World War II-era college student must journey to Africa both to find his missing archaeology...

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Arizona Road

as Sheriff Barker
Released: 1991-05-24

The head of a gang of criminals in Arizona tries to kidnap a girl, but is hindered in his...

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Rome, the Other Face of Violence

as Laurenti's Lawyer #1 (uncredited)
Released: 1976-07-27

Four bandits commit a robbery in a villa. The maid calls the police and Commissioner Carli...

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What the Chambermaid Saw

as uncredited
Released: 1973-05-07

Country bumpkin Maria Rosa becomes the new maid in a second-rate Roman hotel. A hole in the wall...

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Gardenia

as Gardenia's Friend
Released: 1979-05-05

A businessman comes into conflict with a gangster when he refuses to allow drugs to be sold...

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Il giustiziere di mezzogiorno

as il vigile corrotto Nardini
Released: 1975-03-20

Franco is abandoned by his wife and daughter who wrongly accuse him of being a wimp. Besides...

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Trauma

as Bitto
Released: 1980-01-01

A couple invites some friends to spend a weekend together in an isolated cabin surrounded by...

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Same Sea, Same Beach

as Piero
Released: 1983-05-04

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Blazing Flowers

as Brothel Customer
Released: 1978-02-05

Pino Scalise discharged from the prison he was in for robbery, take refuge in Milan at the home...

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Rack Up

as Omaccio
Released: 1997-05-09

In Spain, the billiard champion Jesus participates in a tournament to help his old friend Paco,...

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Il lupo di mare

as uncredited
Released: 1987-02-21

A waiter on a cruise ship tries to seduce the models that are aboard.

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The Three Graces

as uncredited
Released: 1979-09-21

A busty girl gets naked in the shopping centers to attract attention and thus allow her...

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Buttiglione diventa capo del servizio segreto

as Tenente Parisi
Released: 1975-08-10

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Valentina

as Camille
First aired: 1989-09-29

The stories revolve around the investigations of Valentina Rosselli, and the intrigues in which...

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