Anthony Franciosa

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Anthony Franciosa

Acting October 25, 1928

New York City, New York, USA

Anthony Franciosa (born Anthony George Papaleo; October 25, 1928 – January 19, 2006) was an American actor. Franciosa began his career on stage and made a breakthrough after port…

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What's My Line?

What's My Line?

7.0 1950 TV Show
The Love Boat

The Love Boat

6.3 1977 TV Show
Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

7.0 1944 TV Show
Tenebre

Tenebre

6.8 1982 Movie
Death Wish II

Death Wish II

6.2 1982 Movie
The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

7.7 1985 TV Show
The Virginian

The Virginian

6.5 1962 TV Show
Studio One

Studio One

5.4 1948 TV Show
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.2 1985 TV Show
Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected

6.7 1979 TV Show
Hotel

Hotel

6.8 1982 TV Show
The Oscars

The Oscars

7.0 1953 TV Show

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Anthony Franciosa (born Anthony George Papaleo; October 25, 1928 – January 19, 2006) was an American actor. Franciosa began his career on stage and made a breakthrough after portraying a brother of the drug addict in the play A Hatful of Rain, which earned him a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. He reprised his role in its subsequent film adaptation, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anthony Franciosa,  licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2021
    Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

    Movie Self

  2. 2018
    The Ghost of Peter Sellers

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  3. 2018
    The Green Fog

    Movie

  4. 2014
    Mystical Traveler: The Life and Times of Dr. John-Roger

    Movie Self (archive footage) (as Tony Franciosa)

  5. 2003
    Barbra Streisand: The Movie Album

    Movie Bene (archive footage)

  6. 2003
    Rita

    Movie Self

  7. 1998
    Anthony Quinn - A Lust for Life

    Movie Self

  8. 1997
    Dellaventura

    TV show Sergio Alfano

  9. 1997
    Sunset Boulevard - 27 Meilen Amerika

    Movie Self

  10. 1996
    E! True Hollywood Story

    TV show

  11. 1996
    City Hall

    Movie Paul Zapatti

  12. 1992
    Double Threat

    Movie Crocker Scott

  13. 1990
    Backstreet Dreams

    Movie Angelo

  14. 1990
    Anthony Quinn: An Original

    Movie Self

  15. 1989
    Ghost Writer

    Movie Vincent Carbone

  16. 1989
    Fashion Crimes

    Movie Commissioner Rizzo

More credits
  1. 1989
    Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief

    Movie Self

  2. 1988
    Zombie Death House

    Movie Vic Moretti

  3. 1987
    Jake and the Fatman

    TV show

  4. 1987
    Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife

    Movie Lou Di Luca

  5. 1986
    Stagecoach

    Movie Henry Gatewood

  6. 1985
    The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    TV show Morris Conrad

  7. 1985
    The Twilight Zone

    TV show

  8. 1985
    Larry King Live

    TV show Self

  9. 1985
    Night of 100 Stars II

    Movie Self

  10. 1984
    Finder of Lost Loves

    TV show Cary Maxwell

  11. 1983
    Masquerade

    TV show

  12. 1983
    Julie Darling

    Movie Harold Wilding

  13. 1982
    Tenebre

    Movie Peter Neal

  14. 1982
    Hotel

    TV show

  15. 1982
    Kiss My Grits

    Movie Charlie Karkas

  16. 1982
    Death Wish II

    Movie Herman Baldwin

  17. 1981
    Side Show

    Movie Zaranov

  18. 1981
    Help Me Dream

    Movie Ray

  19. 1980
    The Cricket

    Movie Annibale Meneghetti, detto Ulisse

  20. 1979
    The World Is Full of Married Men

    Movie David Cooper

  21. 1979
    Firepower

    Movie the doctor Charles Félix

  22. 1979
    Tales of the Unexpected

    TV show Arnold Bourdon

  23. 1978
    Wheels

    TV show Smokey Stevenson

  24. 1977
    Aspen

    TV show Alex Budde