What is Franco Bracardi?
'''Franco Bracardi''' (16 May 1937 – 27 February 2005) was an [[Italians|Italian]] [[actor]], [[composer]], [[pianist]] and [[Stand-up comedy|stand-up comedian]]. He was born in [[Rome]] and began working at [[night club]]s by the early 1950s.<ref name=bio>{{cite book|last=Enrico Lancia, Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli attori|year=1996|url=https://archive.org/details/dizionariodelcin0000popp|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=8884402131}}</ref> Later, in the mid-1960s, he started composing songs for [[Mina]], [[Mirelle Mathieu]], [[Raffaella Carrà]].<ref name=corri>{{cite news|last=Claudia Provvedini|title=Addio a Bracardi, il pianista in frac della tv|url=http://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Spettacoli/2005/02_Febbraio/28/bracardi.shtml|accessdate=17 January 2014|newspaper= [[Corriere della Sera]]|date=28 February 2005}}</ref> During those same years, he started work as an actor and comedian. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bracardi, Franco}} [[Category:Italian musicians]] [[Category:20th-century Italian composers]] [[Category:Stand-up comedians]] [[Category:Actors from Rome]] [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:2005 deaths]] [[Category:Italian comedians]] {{bio-stub}}