He was born Domenico Orobona in Naples on February 8th 1925.
No other biographical details are currently known.
His earliest known roles come in TV productions in the mid-1950's, including several filmed operas. From the start of the 60's he shifted his attentions to feature films and was quite prolific for the next 2 decades, returning to television in the early 80's.
Franco died in Rome on January 14th 1985, at the age of 60.
I have found a couple of undocumented roles for Franco, so there may be more.
- Birthplace: Naples.
- Height: 1,82 m.
- Instruction: Scientific Lyceum.
- Foreign languages: French, English.
- Dubbing.
- Radio.
- Television.
- Prose and revue theater.
- He lived in Rome, in via S. Maria dell'Anima, 39.
- Il delitto di Lord Arturo Savile (TV movie) .... Giovanni (credited)
- Il vicolo del se (TV movie) .... role unknown (credited)
1955 - La notte di sette minuti (TV movie) .... The other agent (credited)
- Sogno di un valzer (TV movie) .... An official (credited)
1956 - Cime tempestose (TV mini-series) Ep. 3 .... Robert (credited)
1959 - La cento chilometri .... Gay race competitor (uncredited)
1960 - Il corazziere .... German officer (uncredited)
1961 - Caccia all'uomo .... Head butler (uncredited)
- Gli invasori .... King Lotar (credited)
- I masnadieri .... Grillo (uncredited)
- Il mantenuto .... René (credited)
- L'assassino .... Doctor Francesconi (credited)
- Le meraviglie di Aladino .... The Grand Vizier's lieutenant (credited)
- Maciste alla corte del Gran Khan .... Captain of the Khan's guards (credited)
- Una vita difficile .... Reporter (uncredited)
1962 - Il cadetto Winslow (TV movie) .... John (credited)
- Il tiranno di Siracusa .... Guard (uncredited)
- Lo smemorato di Collegno .... Publicity agent (credited)
- Marco Polo .... Guard searching for Marco (credited)
- Oliviero in terra e in cielo (TV movie) .... Second medieval gentleman (credited)
- Totò diabolicus .... Doctor (uncredited)
1963 - D'Artagnan contro i 3 moschettieri .... English dignitary (credited)
- I 4 monaci .... Baron Cimino (credited)
- I quattro moschettieri .... Lord Buckingham (credited)
- Il giorno più corto .... German officer (uncredited)
- Il monaco di Monza .... Tax collector (credited)
- La ragazza che sapeva troppo .... Arresting officer at the airport (uncredited)
- Notturno a New York (TV movie) .... Roy (credited)
- Scandali nudi .... Director Pagiolini (credited)
- Totò e Cleopatra .... Dissatisfied slave customer (uncredited)
1964 - 6 donne per l'assassino .... Marquis Riccardo Morelli (credited)
- Che fine ha fatto Totò baby .... American official (uncredited)
- In ginocchio da te .... Gian Maria (credited)
- Totò contro il pirata nero .... The Scarred (credited)
1965 - Agente 077 dall'oriente con furore .... Goldwyn (credited as "Frank Ressel")
- Agente S 03: Operazione Atlantide .... Fritz (credited as "Frank Ressel")
- All'ombra di una colt .... Jackson (credited as "Frank Ressel")
- Due marines e un generale .... Colonel Jaeger (credit unknown)
- Il gladiatore che sfidò l'impero .... Lusinio (credited)
- James Tont operazione U.N.O. .... (credited, but not found)
- La sfida dei giganti .... Eteocles (credited)
1966 - Du rififi à Paname .... Rudolph (credited)
- El rojo .... Wallace (credited as "Frank Ressel")
- I criminali della galassia .... Lieutenant Jeffries (credited as "Frank Ressel")
- Il pianeta errante .... Captain Charles Danton (credited)
- James Tont operazione D.U.E. .... Jack Glifford (credited)
- Password: Uccidete agente Gordon .... Albert Kowalski / Ms. Kastiadis (credited as "Frank Ressel")
- Per il gusto di uccidere .... Aarons (credited as "Frank Ressel")
- Rififí ad Amsterdam .... Max Fischer (credited as "Frank Ressel")
1967 - Assalto al tesoro di stato .... Elias (credited as "Frank Ressel")
- Crónica de nueve meses .... Enrique (credited)
- Delitto a Posillipo - Londra chiama Napoli .... Peter Harriman (credited as "Frank Ressel")
- L'uomo dal pugno d'oro .... Krasna (credited as "Frank Ressell")
- L'uomo, l'orgoglio, la vendetta .... Lieutenant Pepe (credit unknown)
- La morte viene dal pianeta Aytin .... (credited, but not found)
- Tecnica per un massacro .... Steve Brand (credited as "Frank Ressel")
- Tom Dollar .... Mr. Gaber (credited)
1968 - Gangster '70 .... Agent on the plane (credited)
- Il figlio di Aquila Nera .... Wallace (credited as "Frank Ressel")
- Il mercenario .... Studs (credited)
- Lucrezia .... Ambassador of Aragon (credited as "Frank Ressel")
- Persecución hasta Valencia .... Javier (credited)
- Scacco internazionale .... Commissioner (poster credit - role unconfirmed)
- Storie italiane (TV series) - Ep.: "Sette giorni di felicità" .... Carlo (credited)
- T'ammazzo!... Raccomandati a Dio .... Mr. Hartman (credited as "Frank Ressel")
- Tutto sul rosso .... Reikovic (credited)
1969 - Ehi amico... c'è Sabata. Hai chiuso! .... Stengel (credited)
- I peccati di Madame Bovary .... Adolphe Lheureus (credited)
- Il ragazzo che sorride .... Mine owner (credited)
- L'amore è come il sole .... role unknown (poster credit)
- Nel labirinto del sesso .... Fetishist (credited)
- Tarzana, sesso selvaggio .... Groder (credited as "Frank Ressel")
- Un corpo caldo per l'inferno .... Wilkins (credited as "Frank Ressel")
- Zorro alla corte d'Inghilterra .... Lord Percy Moore (credited as "Frank Ressel")
1970 - Buon funerale amigos!... paga Sartana .... Samuel Piggot (credited)
- Formula 1: Nell'Inferno del Grand Prix .... Frank Donovan (credited)
- L'inafferrabile invincibile Mr. Invisibile .... Detective (credited)
- La califfa .... An industrialist (credited)
- Rangers: attacco ora X .... Captain Köhler (credited)
- Sartana nella valle degli avvoltoi .... Norton (uncredited)
1971 - ... continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità .... Maitre D' (credited)
- Gli fumavano le Colt... lo chiamavano Camposanto .... Judge (credited)
- Il diavolo a sette facce .... Inspector Rinker (credited)
- Il sergente Klems .... Lieutenant Dupleix (credited)
- La maison sous les arbres .... Desk Gendarme (credited)
- Le belve .... Attorney (credited)
- Stanza 17-17 palazzo delle tasse, ufficio imposte .... Gay man at train station (uncredited)
- Trafic .... (credited, but not found)
- Un omicidio perfetto a termine di legge .... Tommy Brown (credited)
- Un posto ideale per uccidere .... Man that buys aural porn (uncredited)
1972 - A.A.A. Massaggiatrice bella presenza offresi... .... D'Angelo (credited as "Franco Ressell")
- I due figli di Trinità .... Alex Armstrong (credited)
- Joe Valachi - I segreti di Cosa Nostra .... Detective watching the TV broadcast (uncredited)
- L'altro piatto della bilancia .... role unknown (credited)
- L'occhio nel labirinto .... Eugene (credited)
- Ragazza tutta nuda assassinata nel parco .... Bruno (uncredited)
- Treasure Island .... Sergeant Dance (uncredited)
- Tutti fratelli nel west... per parte di padre .... Red Temple (credited)
1973 - Kid, il monello del West .... Wilson (credited)
- La morte negli occhi del gatto .... Parson (credited)
- La ragazza fuoristrada .... Piero Badani (credited)
- La vedova inconsolabile ringrazia quanti la consolarono .... Caterina's lawyer (credited)
- Ming, ragazzi! .... Assistant to the site admiistrator (credited as "Frank Ressel")
- Un amore così fragile, così violento .... Marshal (credited)
- Una vita lunga un giorno .... Doctor (credited)
1974 - Il testimone deve tacere .... Aldo Marchetti (credited)
- L'eredità dello zio buonanima .... The architect (credited)
- Le scomunicate di San Valentino .... Alfonso Fuentes (credited)
- Manone il ladrone .... Lawyer (credited)
1975 - ...a tutte le auto della polizia... .... Gynaecologist (credited)
- Cagliostro .... Morandi (credited)
- Il pavone nero .... Kluger (credited)
- L'arbre de Guernica .... Onesimo (credited)
- La polizia interviene: ordine di uccidere! .... Lombardi's lawyer (credited)
1976 - Gli amici di Nick Hezard …. Jeweller Parker (credited)
- Paura in città .... Deputy prosecutor Lo Cascio (credited)
- Per amore .... Doctor in Geneva (credited)
- Povero Cristo .... Convicted man (credited)
1977 - Bobby Deerfield .... Man with dog (credited)
- California .... Full (credited)
- La malavita attacca. La polizia risponde. .... Franco (credited)
- Nazis dans le rétro .... General Keitel (poster credit - role unconfirmed)
1978 - Indagine su un delitto perfetto .... Sergeant Phillips (credited)
- Poliziotto senza paura .... Doctor Zimmer (credited)
- Scherzi da prete .... Newspaper editor (credited)
1979 - Sette uomini d'oro nello spazio .... Commander Barr (credit unknown)
1980 - Quattro grandi giornalisti (TV mini-series) Ep.: "Luigi Albertini" .... role unknown (credited)
1981 - Don Luigi Sturzo (TV mini-series) Ep. 2 .... Ernest Pezet (credited)
- I giochi del diavolo (TV mini-series) Ep. 3: "La presenza perfetta" .... Sir Edmund Orme (credited)
- Inchon .... Officer aboard Mount McKinley (uncredited)
1982 - Bakterion .... Mr. Milton (credited)
- Il conte Tacchia .... (credited, but not found)
- La certosa di Parma (TV mini-series) Eps. 2, 4, 5 .... General Fontana (credited in eps 2, 4, 5, 6)
- La nouvelle malle des Indes (TV mini-series) Eps. 2, 3 .... de Saint-Cricq (credited)
1983 - E la nave va .... The Doctor (uncredited)
- Il petomane .... Guglielmo II° (credited)
- L'homme de Suez (TV mini-series) Eps. 1, 6 .... M. de Bragard (credited)
1984 - A tu per tu .... Notary (credited)
- Scugnizza (1955 TV movie) IMDb
- L'assassino è di scena (1958 TV movie) IMDb as Ugo Franchi
- La figlia dell'ambasciatore (1958) Cineguida
- Spia - Il caso Philby (1977 TV movie) IMDb
- L'inquilina del piano di sopra (1978) IMDb as Plastic surgeon
- Le rose di Danzica (1979 TV mini-series) Eps. 1-3. IMDb as The Priest
- L'argent du ministre (1982) IMDb
- Abandons (1985 short film) IMDb
- Les amours des années 50 (1985 TV mini-series) Ep.: "Dangereux été". IMDb
- La Sfinge sorride prima di morire - Stop Londra (1964) IMDb with no role. Not credited and not found after multiple searches.
- I diafanoidi vengono da Marte (1966) IMDb with no role. Not credited and not found after multiple searches, presumably confused with his appearances in several other Antonio Margheriti space operas.
- El magnífico Tony Carrera (1968) IMDb as Airport security guard. It is not Franco in this role (or any other).
1. Dante Lazzaro. Cineguida 1961. |