What is Franco Citti?
[[File:Franco Citti, close up, colors.jpg|thumb|Citti in [[The Decameron (1971 movie)|''The Decameron'']] (1971)]] '''Franco Citti''' (23 April 1935 &ndash; 14 January 2016) was an [[Italians|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 (movie)|Oedipus Rex]]'' (1967). Citti was born in [[Fiumicino]], [[Rome]]. His brother was the director and screenwriter [[Sergio Citti]] (1933&ndash;2005). Citti died on 14 January 2016 in Rome, aged 80.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/14/franco-citti-dies-the-godfather|title=Franco Citti, Italian star of Godfather I and III, dies in Rome aged 80|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=15 January 2016|access-date=15 January 2016}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * {{IMDb name|id=0162948|name=Franco Citti}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Citti, Franco}} [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Actors from Rome]] [[Category:Italian movie actors]] [[Category:Italian television actors]] {{Actor-stub}}