Franco Silva
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; 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. Silva was the father of scriptwriter and novelist Carla Vistarini and actress Mita Medici.
Acted in
Patrick Still Lives
1980
as Lyndon Kraft
Spasmo
1974
as Luca
The Assassination of Matteotti
1973
as Benedetto Fasciolo
This Freedom to Have... Wet Wings
1971
as Robin
The Tough and the Mighty
1969
as Arecu
Charge of the Black Lancers
1962
as Gamul
The Count of Monte Cristo
1961
as Mario
The Mongols
1961
as Stepen of Crakow
Hannibal
1959
as Maharbal
Guardatele ma non toccatele
1959
Adorable and Lying
1958
as Il commissario di polizia
Song of Naples
1957
as Franco
Occhi senza luce
1956
as Sandro
Mi permette babbo!
1956
as Gigi Biagi, cognato di Rodolfo
Forbidden song
1956
Il canto dell'emigrante
1956
as Franco Lari
Count of Bragelonne
1954
as Boissière
The Last Race
1954
as Marco
The Woman Who Came from the Sea
1954
as Commendator Luigi Ferri
Frine cortigiana d'Oriente
1953
as Claus
The Man From Cairo
1953
as Armeno
The Queen of Sheba
1952
as Kabaal, commander of the Sheban army
Femmina Senza Cuore
1952
as Carlo
Wonderful Adventures of Guerrin Meschino
1952
as Bayazil
Malavita
1951
as Mario
High Time
1950
as Alfredo
Vietato ai minorenni
1944
as Studente in medicina