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Franco Columbu
Actor, Producer, Writer, Director, Additional Credits
Born August 7, 1941Died August 30, 2019 (78 years)
An Italian born former bodybuilder, actor and author. Despite his short statue at 5 ft 5 (165cm) he won Mr. Olympia bodybuilding in 1976 and 1981. During a competition in Munich in 1965, he met Arnold Schwarzenegger and the two of them got very close. After Arnolds relocation to USA, he brought Franco over not long after because he missed his best friend. It was a friendship that would last for 54 years til Franco'a death. Franco Columbo's would participate in several minor roles in movies after his US entry, acting along side Schwarzenegger in a few of his motion pictures. Although he held a US residence and lived there since the 1970's, Columbu would often travel back home to Sardinia on vacation, and it was there he ultimately passed away at the age of 78.
Franco Columbu Filmography
| 2015 | One More Round · as Franco Turelli |
| 2011 | Dreamland: La terra dei sogni · as Frank |
| 2003 | Ancient Warriors · as Aldo Paccione |
| 1997 | Doublecross on Costa's Island · as Enrico Costa |
| 1994 | Taken Alive · as Enrico Costa |
| 1993 | Beretta's Island · as Franco "beretta" Armando |
| 1991 | Desperate Crimes · as Nerescu |
| 1991 | The Doors · as Man Backstage In Miami |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt (TV Series) · as Doctor's Assistant (uncredited) (segment "the Switch") |
| 1988 | Big Top Pee-wee · as Otto The Strongman |
| 1987 | The Running Man · as 911 Security Officer #2 |
| 1987 | Last Man Standing · as Batty |
| 1987 | Predator · as Medic (uncredited) |
| 1984 | The Terminator · as Future Terminator |
| 1982 | Conan the Barbarian · as Pictish Scout |
| 1977 | The World's Strongest Man (TV Series) · as Competitor |
| 1976 | Stay Hungry · as Franco Orsini (uncredited) |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series) · as San Francisco Contest Builder #6 |
| 1962 |
| 2022 | |
| 2019 | Calum Von Moger: Unbroken · as Self |
| 2014 | Rocky IV: The American Punch · as Self |
| 2008 | Rambo III: How to Become Rambo Part 3 · as Self |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | First Blood: How to Become Rambo Part 1 · as Self |
| 2002 | Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron' · as Self - Mr. Olympia 1981 |
| 1998 | |
| 1988 | Schwarzenegger: Total Rebuild · as Self |
| 1984 | Getting Physical · as Himself |
| 1980 | The Alan Thicke Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1980 | The Hustler of Muscle Beach · as Self |
| 1980 | The Comeback · as Self |
| 1977 | Pumping Iron · as Self |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | |
| 1997 | |
| 1994 | |
| 1993 | |
| 1991 | Desperate Crimes · as Executive Producer |
| 1987 | City of Shadows · as Executive Producer |
| 1993 | Beretta's Island · as Author |