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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 7, 1941
Died
August 30, 2019
Place of Birth
Ollolai, Nuoro, Italia
Also Known As
- Francesco Columbu
Franco Columbu
1.1 Popularity
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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0.0
Self
How To Become Rambo... Part One
2018
1.0
Franco Turelli
One More Round
2015
6.4
Self
Rocky IV: The American Punch
2014
2.7
Frank
Dreamland: The Land of Dreams
2011
4.9
Aldo Paccione
Ancient Warriors
2003
7.0
Self - Mr. Olympia 1981
Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'
2002
4.2
Enrico Costa
Doublecross on Costa's Island
1997
6.0
Enrico Costa
Taken Alive
1994
3.5
Franco "Beretta" Armando
Beretta's Island
1994
3.2
Nerescu
Desperate Crimes
1993
Credits
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How To Become Rambo... Part One
as Self
2018
0.0
One More Round
as Franco Turelli
2015
1.0
Rocky IV: The American Punch
as Self
2014
6.4
Dreamland: The Land of Dreams
as Frank
2011
2.7
Ancient Warriors
as Aldo Paccione
2003
4.9
Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'
as Self - Mr. Olympia 1981
2002
7.0
Doublecross on Costa's Island
as Enrico Costa
1997
4.2
Taken Alive
as Enrico Costa
1994
6.0
Beretta's Island
as Franco "Beretta" Armando
1994
3.5
Desperate Crimes
as Nerescu
1993
3.2
Perduta
as L'americano
1991
3.0
Tales from the Crypt
as Doctor's Assistant (uncredited) (segment "The Switch")
1989
8.0
Big Top Pee-wee
as Otto the Strongman
1988
4.9
Schwarzenegger: Total Rebuild
as Self
1988
4.7
The Running Man
as 911 Security Officer #2
1987
6.5
Last Man Standing
as Batty
1987
4.0
Predator
as Medic (uncredited)
1987
7.5
Rickles... On the Loose
as Self
1986
0.0
The Road To Olympia
as Self
1984
0.0
The Terminator
as Future Terminator
1984
7.7
Getting Physical
as Himself
1984
2.0
Conan the Barbarian
as Pictish Scout
1982
6.8
The Hustler of Muscle Beach
as Self
1980
4.7
The Comeback
as Self
1980
6.0
The World's Strongest Man
as Competitor
1977
0.0
Pumping Iron
as Self
1977
7.1
Stay Hungry
as Franco Orsini (uncredited)
1976
5.7
Herakles
1962
5.9
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4