Anthony Franciosa
A handsome, forceful, compact leading man of Italian descent with an easy, lithe manner and walk and an aggressive, sly quality not unlike Burt Lancaster, Franciosa first established himself on stage with a powerful turn as the brother of a drug addict in Michael V Gazzo's play "A Hatful of Rain" (1956). Hollywood beckoned and in 1957 he had roles in four prominent features: a nightclub owner in "This Could Be the Night," an unethical personal manager in Elia Kazan's "A Face in the Crowd," a hired man who falls for his boss' wife in "Wild Is the Wind" and recreating his stage triumph in Fred Zinnemann's film version of "A Hatful of Rain," for which he earned a Best Actor Oscar nomination. The actor was miscast as a weak Southerner in "The Long Hot Summer" (1958) but delivered a strong portrayal of a struggling actor in "Career" (1959).
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Anthony Franciosa
Filmography
Movies
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60% |
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City Hall | Paul Zapatti (Character) | $20.0M | 1996 |
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Double Threat | Crocker Scott (Character) | - | 1992 |
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Backstreet Dreams | Angelo (Character) | - | 1990 |
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Ghost Writer | Vincent Carbone (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fashion Crimes | Commissario Rizzo (Character) | - | 1989 |
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Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife | Lou Di Luca (Character) | - | 1987 |
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Stagecoach | Henry Gatewood (Character) | - | 1986 |
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Julie Darling | Harold Wilding (Character) | - | 1983 |
81% |
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Tenebrae | Peter Neal (Character) | - | 1982 |
35% |
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Death Wish II | Herman Baldwin (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kiss My Grits | Charlie Karkas (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Side Show | Zaranov (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Aiutami a sognare | Ray (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The World Is Full of Married Men | David Cooper (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Cricket | Annibale Meneghetti (Character) | - | 1980 |
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Firepower | Dr. Charles Félix (Character) | - | 1979 |
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Curse of the Black Widow | Mark Higbie (Character) | - | 1977 |
53% |
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The Drowning Pool | Broussard (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matt Helm | Matt Helm (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | This Is the West That Was | J.W. McCanles (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ghost in the Noonday Sun | Pierre Rodriguez (Character) | - | 1973 |
83% |
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Across 110th Street | Nick D'Salvio (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Catcher | Joe Cade (Character) | - | 1972 |
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Earth II | Frank Karger (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Deadly Hunt | Ryab (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Love You, Billy Baker | Jeff Dillon (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Enemy Before Us | Jeff Dillon (Character) | - | 1971 |
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Web of the Spider | Alan Foster (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Prisoner Within | Jeff Dillon (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Blind Man's Bluff | Jeff Dillon (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Island of Gold and Precious Stones | Jeff Dillon (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The King of Denmark | Jeff Dillon (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jenny Wilde Is Drowning | Jeff Dillon (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Other Kind of a Spy | Jeff Dillon (Character) | - | 1970 |
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A Man Called Gannon | Gannon (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Keep the Doctor Away | Jeff Dillon (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laurie Marie | Jeff Dillon (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Black Answer | Jeff Dillon (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Collector's Edition | Jeff Dillon (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Incomparable Connie Walker | Jeff Dillon (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In Enemy Hands | Charles (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In Enemy Country | Charles (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fear of High Places | Jeff Dillon (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Taker | Jeff Dillon (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sweet Ride | Collie Ransom (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shine On, Shine On, Jesse Gil | Jeff Dillon (Character) | - | 1968 |
33% |
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Fathom | Peter Merriwether (Character) | - | 1967 |
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Assault on a Queen | Vic Rossiter (Character) | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fame Is the Name of the Game | Jeff Dillon (Character) | - | 1966 |
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A Man Could Get Killed |
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- | 1966 |
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The Swinger | Ric Colby (Character) | - | 1966 |
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The Pleasure Seekers | Emilio Lacayo (Character) | - | 1964 |
43% |
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Rio Conchos |
Juan Luis Rodriguez/ |
- | 1964 |
71% |
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Period of Adjustment | Ralph Baitz (Character) | - | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Senilità | Emilio Brentani (Character) | - | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Go Naked in the World | Nick Stratton (Character) | - | 1961 |
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The Story on Page One | Victor Santini (Character) | - | 1959 |
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Career | Sam Lawson (Character) | - | 1959 |
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The Naked Maja | Francisco Jose de Goya (Character) | - | 1959 |
86% |
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The Long, Hot Summer | Jody Varner (Character) | - | 1958 |
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A Hatful of Rain | Polo Pope (Character) | - | 1957 |
89% |
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A Face in the Crowd | Joey DePalma (Character) | - | 1957 |
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This Could Be the Night | Tony Armotti (Character) | - | 1957 |
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Wild Is the Wind | Bene (Character) | - | 1957 |
TV
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0% | No Score Yet | Dellaventura | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | 85% | The Twilight Zone | Unknown (Character) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown (Character) | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jake and the Fatman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Love Boat | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hotel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Finder of Lost Loves | Cary Maxwell (Character) | 1984-1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tales of the Unexpected | Arnold Bourdon (Character) | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matt Helm | Matt Helm (Character) | 1975-1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Search | Nick Bianco (Character) | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Virginian | Ritter Miley (Guest Star) | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Name of the Game | Unknown (Character) | 1968-1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's My Line? | Guest | 1957 |