Venditti, Franco

Post by **Bill Carson** » 26/10/2022, 20:03

: Franco Venditti during an interview.

Franco Venditti (born in Rome on 2 semptember 1939, dead on 25 july 2022) was a boxe coach and generico.
He started boxing at 14, in a gym of Flaminio stadium in Rome, his sport career is shortly interrupted due to an accident, during a sparring with his friend and singer Lando Fiorini.
From then he began his career as a boxe coach, preparing athletes such as italian world champion Giovanni De Carolis.
His first known cinematographic experience was in Pasolini's Accattone (1961), the assisant director Bernardo Bertolucci chose him for playing a kid with a speaking line in the "dip from bridge" scene, later he took part in other films and tv series, including various movies of his friend Carlo Verdone.
He was a great friend of Mario Brega, Sergio Leone and Alfredo Ciarpelloni.

: A young Franco Venditti.

Filmography

1961

Accattone .... Kid (uncredited)

1980
Un sacco bello .... Driver (uncredited)

1981
Bianco, Rosso e Verdone .... Homeless (uncredited)

1982
Borotalco .... Lucio Dalla's staff member (uncredited)
Grand Hotel Excelsior .... Boxe coach (uncredited)

1983
Acqua e sapone .... Bowling technichan (uncredited)

1986
Troppo forte .... Patient (uncredited)

2002
Gangs of New York .... Boxe coach (uncredited)

2009
Io, loro e Lara .... Old man on bus (credited)

Titles to check

Roma (1972)
Romanzo criminale, tv serie (2008) (confirmed but image needed)
Don Matteo, tv serie (2009) (confirmed but image needed)

Post by **Bill Carson** » 26/10/2022, 20:14

Venditti as a boxe coach in Grand Hotel Excelsior (1982)

Post by **Bill Carson** » 26/10/2022, 20:16

As a kid in Accattone (1961)

Post by **Bill Carson** » 26/10/2022, 20:18

As a homeless in Bianco, Rosso e Verdone (1981)

Post by **Bill Carson** » 26/10/2022, 20:20

As Angry old man on bus in Io, loro e Lara (2009), credited

Post by **Bill Carson** » 26/10/2022, 20:20

As a patient in Troppo forte (1986)

Post by **Bill Carson** » 26/10/2022, 20:21

As a driver in Un sacco bello (1980)

Post by **Bill Carson** » 26/10/2022, 20:23

As Lucio Dalla staff's member in Borotalco (1982)

Post by **Bill Carson** » 26/10/2022, 20:27

As a Bowling technichan in Acqua e sapone (1983)

Post by **Bill Carson** » 26/10/2022, 21:00

As boxe coach in Gangs of New York (2002)