Laitano, Franco


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Laitano, Franco

Post by Ciavazzaro » 07/04/2019, 0:10

Franco Laitano in Salon Kitty (1976)
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Franco Laitano is another generico who have been credited in two movies: Miracoloni (1981) and W la foca (1982) where he did have speaking roles. But Franco have begin his career in the 1970s and can be found uncredited in many movies.
Filmography

1974
  1. ...altrimenti ci arrabbiamo! .... Cook (uncredited)
  2. Il testimone deve tacere .... Newspapers vendor (uncredited)

    1975
  3. Lo sgarbo .... Man playing cards (uncredited)

    1976
  4. Con la rabbia agli occhi .... Wedding guest witnessing the groom being assassinated (uncredited)
  5. Il grande racket .... Restaurant diner (uncredited)
  6. Salon Kitty .... Client at Salon Kitty touching hands (uncredited)

    1977
  7. Napoli si ribella .... Man in shop watching football game on TV (uncredited)

    1979
  8. La patata bollente .... Dancing man (uncredited)

    1980
  9. Café Express .... Train passenger (uncredited)
  10. Delitto a Porta Romana .... Prison inmate (uncredited)

    1981
  11. Il caso Graziosi (TV mini-series) .... Juror (uncredited)
  12. L'assistente sociale tutto pepe .... Restaurant diner (uncredited)
  13. La cage aux folles II / Il vizietto II .... Countryman (uncredited)
  14. Miracoloni .... Reanimated body (credited)
  15. Vita di Antonio Gramsci (TV mini-series) - ep. 1: "L'educazione politica" .... Man at political meeting (uncredited)

    1982
  16. W la foca .... Man who enters the bar (credited)

    1983
  17. Acqua e sapone .... Man in front of "Gino" the dyer's shop (uncredited)

    1989
  18. Splendor .... Audience member at the cinema (uncredited)

    1990
  19. Il male oscuro .... One of Giuseppe's neighbors (uncredited)

    1991
  20. Condominio .... Tenant (uncredited)
Films to check

  • 1982 Settefolli (Tv) (found on Radiocorriere but no actors mentioned)
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Re: Franco Laitano

Post by Ciavazzaro » 07/04/2019, 0:14

Some years later as a living corpse in Miracoloni (1981)
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The second credited role in W La foca (1982) with a comic role as man in the bar
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Post by Ciavazzaro » 07/04/2019, 0:22

Cult role as a client in the infamous Salon Kitty (1976) who is having an hand "threesome" with a man and a woman while watching Ingrid Thulin's show...
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...but he is turned on only when the man touch his hand :p
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Card player in Lo sgarbo (1975)
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Post by Ciavazzaro » 07/04/2019, 0:32

Franco is a man at the murder scene post wedding in Con la rabbia agli occhi (1976)
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Post by Johan Melle » 07/04/2019, 1:01

La patata bollente (1979) as a dancing man who looks disapprovingly at Renato Pozzetto and Massimo Ranieri when they're dancing together
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Post by Johan Melle » 08/04/2019, 23:58

Il caso Graziosi (1981) (TV mini series) as Juror
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and in this case, jury duty is no laughing matter because later during the re-enactment of the crime they make him assume the role of the victim :p
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Post by Ciavazzaro » 15/04/2019, 0:54

Earliest role for Franco as newspaper vendor in Il testimone deve tacere (1974)
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Post by Ciavazzaro » 15/04/2019, 23:06

Delitto a Porta Romana (1980) as Prison inmate on the right
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Post by Johan Melle » 29/04/2019, 20:23

Napoli si ribella (1977) as Man in shop watching football game on TV
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Café Express (1980) as Train passenger
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Post by Johan Melle » 03/05/2019, 16:53

A late role in Condominio (1991) as Tenant
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