Name
Franco Columbu
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1941-08-07
Deathday
2019-08-30 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
Ollolai, Nuoro, Italia
Biography
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.
Known For
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In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assas...
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By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and U.S. society has become a totalitarian polic...
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A horde of rampaging warriors massacre the parents of young Conan and enslave the young ch...
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Cynical bodyguard Jericho is hired by a man possessed by Satan, who is in search of his br...
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A dishonest businessman asks rich layabout Craig Blake to help him buy a gym, which will b...
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Paul Reubens stars as Pee-wee Herman in his second full-length film about a farmer who joi...
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Amateur and professional bodybuilders prepare for the 1975 Mr. Olympia and Mr. Universe co...
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Franco Armando - code name Beretta - is forced out of retirement to avenge the cold-bloode...
- 1984 The Terminator as Future Terminator
- 1980 The Comeback as Self
- 1977 Pumping Iron as Self
- 1980 The Hustler of Muscle Beach as Self
- 1976 Stay Hungry as Franco Orsini (uncredited)
- 2003 Ancient Warriors as Aldo Paccione
- 1994 Beretta's Island as Franco "Beretta" Armando
- 1982 Conan the Barbarian as Pictish Scout
- 1991 Perduta as L'americano
- 1993 Desperate Crimes as Nerescu
- 1988 Big Top Pee-wee as Otto the Strongman
- 1984 Getting Physical as Himself
- 1994 Taken Alive as Enrico Costa
- 2011 Dreamland: The Land of Dreams as Frank
- 2014 Rocky IV: The American Punch as Self
- 1997 Doublecross on Costa's Island as Enrico Costa
- 1986 Rickles... On the Loose as Self
- 2015 One More Round as Franco Turelli
- 2002 Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron' as Self - Mr. Olympia 1981
- 1987 The Running Man as 911 Security Officer #2
- 1988 Schwarzenegger: Total Rebuild as Self
- 1984 The Road To Olympia as Self
- 1962 Herakles
- 1987 Predator as Medic (uncredited)
- 2018 How To Become Rambo... Part One as Self
- 1987 Last Man Standing as Batty
- 1989 Tales from the Crypt ( 1 episode ) as Doctor's Assistant (uncredited) (segment "The Switch")
- 1977 The World's Strongest Man ( 1 episode ) as Competitor
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
