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{{Short description|Italian actor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Franco Silva
| name = Franco Silva
| image = Mizar1.jpg
| image = File:Dawn Addams and Franco Silva.jpg
| caption = Franco Silva and [[Dawn Addams]]<br> in the film ''Mizar'' (1954)
| caption = [[Dawn Addams]] and Franco Silva<br> in the film ''[[Mizar (Sabotaggio in mare)|Mizar]]'' (1954)
| birth_name = Francesco Vistarini
| birth_name = Francesco Vistarini
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1920|2|18}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1920|2|18}}
| birth_place = [[Genoa]]
| birth_place = [[Genoa]], [[Kingdom of Italy]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1995|11|10|1920|2|18}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1995|11|10|1920|2|18}}
| death_place = [[Livorno]]
| death_place = [[Livorno]], Italy
| occupation = Actor
| occupation = Actor
| children = {{ublist|[[Carla Vistarini]]|[[Mita Medici|Patrizia Vistarini]]}}
}}
}}
'''Franco Silva''' (18 February 1920 – 10 November 1995) was an Italian actor.
'''Francesco Vistarini''' (18 February 1920 – 10 November 1995), known professionally as '''Franco Silva''', was an Italian actor.


Born in [[Genoa]] as '''Francesco Vistarini''', Silva moved in Rome to attend the [[Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia]], from which he graduated in 1938;<ref name=bio>{{cite book|author1=Enrico Lancia |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Fabio Melelli |author4=Mario Pecorari |title=Gli Attori - Vol.3|publisher=Gremese Editore}}</ref> the following year he made his film debut in ''Ho visto brillare le stelle''. Silva was mainly active between the 1950s and the mid-1960s; he was also active on stage and on television.<ref name=bio/> Silva was the father of actress [[Mita Medici]].<ref name=bio/><ref>{{cite news|title=Morto l'attore Franco Silva|accessdate=4 April 2012|newspaper=La Stampa|date=12 November 1995}}</ref> and scriptwriter and novelist [[Carla Vistarini]].
Born in [[Genoa]], Silva moved in Rome to attend the [[Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia]], from which he graduated in 1938;<ref name=bio>{{cite book|author1=Enrico Lancia |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Fabio Melelli |author4=Mario Pecorari |title=Gli Attori - Vol.3|publisher=Gremese Editore}}</ref> the following year he made his film debut in ''Ho visto brillare le stelle''. Silva was mainly active between the 1950s and the mid-1960s; he was also active on stage and on television.<ref name=bio/> Silva was the father of scriptwriter and novelist [[Carla Vistarini]] and actress [[Mita Medici]].<ref name=bio/><ref>{{cite news|title=Morto l'attore Franco Silva|newspaper=La Stampa|date=12 November 1995}}</ref>


== Selected filmography ==
== Partial filmography ==
{{div col}}
* ''Ho visto brillare le stelle'' (1939) - Mario
* ''Vietato ai minorenni'' (1944) - Lo studento in medicina
* ''[[The Lion of Amalfi]]'' (1950)
* ''[[The Lion of Amalfi]]'' (1950)
* ''[[The Queen of Sheba (1952 film)|The Queen of Sheba]]'' (1952)
* ''[[Malavita (1951 film)|Malavita]]'' (1951) - Serg. Mario
* ''[[Frine, Courtesan of Orient]]'' (1953)
* ''[[The Wonderful Adventures of Guerrin Meschino]]'' (1952) - Bayazil
* ''Femmina senza cuore'' (1952) - Carlo
⚫
* ''[[Mizar (Sabotaggio in mare)|Mizar]]'' (''Frogwoman'') (1954)
* ''[[The Queen of Sheba (1952 film)|The Queen of Sheba]]'' (1952) - Kabaal, commander of the Sheban army
⚫
* ''[[Allow Me, Daddy!]]'' (1956)
* ''[[Song of Naples]]'' (1957)
* ''[[The Man from Cairo]]'' (1953) - Armeno
* ''[[Adorabili e bugiarde]]'' (1958)
* ''[[Frine, Courtesan of Orient]]'' (1953) - Claus
⚫
* ''[[Mizar (Sabotaggio in mare)|Mizar]]'' (''Frogwoman'') (1954) - comandante Luigi Ferri
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* ''[[Hannibal (1959 film)|Hannibal]]'' (1959)
* ''[[The Mongols (film)|The Mongols]]'' (1961)
* ''[[The Last Race (1954 film)|The Last Race]]'' (1954)
* ''[[The Count of Monte Cristo (1961 film)|The Count of Monte Cristo]]'' (1961)
* ''[[The Count of Bragelonne]]'' (1954) - Boissière
* ''Processo all'amore'' (1955) - Enrico Mariani
⚫
* ''[[Charge of the Black Lancers]]'' (1962)
* ''Canzone proibita'' (1956) - Paolo
⚫
* ''[[The Tough and the Mighty]]'' (1969)
⚫
* ''[[Allow Me, Daddy!]]'' (1956) - Gigi Biagi - Cognato di Rodolfo
* ''Occhi senza luce'' (1956) - Sandro
* ''Il canto dell'emigrante'' (1956) - Franco Lari
* ''Donne, amore e matrimoni'' (1956) - Corrado
* ''Il ricatto di un padre'' (1957) - Serpieri
* ''[[Song of Naples]]'' (1957) - Max Rambarzi
* ''[[Adorabili e bugiarde]]'' (1958) - Police Commissioner
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* ''[[Hannibal (1959 film)|Hannibal]]'' (1959) - Maharbal
* ''[[Guardatele ma non toccatele]]'' (1959) - Morris Blond
* ''[[The Mongols (film)|The Mongols]]'' (1961) - Stepen of Crakow
* ''[[The Count of Monte Cristo (1961 film)|The Count of Monte Cristo]]'' (1961) - Mario
* ''L'urlo dei bolidi'' (1961)
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* ''[[Charge of the Black Lancers]]'' (1962) - Gamul
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* ''[[The Tough and the Mighty]]'' (1969) - Arecu
* ''Questa libertà di avere... le ali bagnate'' (1971) - Robin
* ''[[The Assassination of Matteotti]]'' (1973)
* ''[[The Assassination of Matteotti]]'' (1973)
* ''[[Spasmo]]'' (1974)
* ''[[Spasmo]]'' (1974) - Luca
* ''[[Patrick Still Lives]]'' (1980)
* ''[[Patrick Still Lives]]'' (1980) - Lyndon Kraft (final film role)
{{col div end}}


== References ==
== References ==
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[[Category:1995 deaths]]
[[Category:1995 deaths]]
[[Category:Italian male film actors]]
[[Category:Italian male film actors]]
[[Category:People from Genoa]]
[[Category:Actors from Genoa]]
[[Category:Male actors from Liguria]]
[[Category:Italian male television actors]]
[[Category:Italian male television actors]]
[[Category:Italian male stage actors]]
[[Category:Italian male stage actors]]

Latest revision as of 12:14, 27 April 2024

Franco Silva
Dawn Addams and Franco Silva
in the film Mizar (1954)
Born
Francesco Vistarini

(1920-02-18)18 February 1920
Genoa, Kingdom of Italy
Died10 November 1995(1995-11-10) (aged 75)
Livorno, Italy
OccupationActor
Children

Francesco Vistarini (18 February 1920 – 10 November 1995), known professionally as Franco Silva, was an Italian actor.

Born in Genoa, Silva moved in Rome to attend the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, from which he graduated in 1938;[1] the following year he made his film debut in Ho visto brillare le stelle. Silva was mainly active between the 1950s and the mid-1960s; he was also active on stage and on television.[1] Silva was the father of scriptwriter and novelist Carla Vistarini and actress Mita Medici.[1][2]

Partial filmography[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Enrico Lancia; Roberto Poppi; Fabio Melelli; Mario Pecorari. Gli Attori - Vol.3. Gremese Editore.
  2. ^ "Morto l'attore Franco Silva". La Stampa. 12 November 1995.

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