Franco Citti

Citti in The Decameron (1971)

Franco Citti (23 April 1935 – 14 January 2016) was an Italian actor. He acted in over fifty movies between the early 1960s and the late 1990s. He was best known to non-Italian audiences as Calò in The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part III (1990). He also appeared in the movies Accattone (1961) and Oedipus Rex (1967).

Citti was born in Fiumicino, Rome. His brother was the director and screenwriter Sergio Citti (1933–2005).

Citti died on 14 January 2016 in Rome, aged 80.[1]

References

  1. "Franco Citti, Italian star of Godfather I and III, dies in Rome aged 80". The Guardian. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.

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