Anthony Franciosa

Anthony Franciosa

Nascimento : 1928-10-25, New York City, New York, USA

Morte : 2006-01-19

História

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.

Perfil

Anthony Franciosa

Filmes

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s as recounted by a diverse cast of Broadway stars who lived through it, creating a first-hand archive of personal backstage stories and memories. The new documentary is the long-awaited sequel to late filmmaker Rick McKay’s award-winning 2003 film Broadway: The Golden Age, continuing the saga into the '60s and '70s and spotlighting beloved classic Broadway shows including Once Upon a Mattress, Bye Bye Birdie, Barefoot in the Park, Pippin, A Chorus Line, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Chicago, and 42nd Street. Featuring a galaxy of stars including Alec Baldwin, Carol Burnett, Glenn Close, André De Shields, Jane Fonda, Robert Goulet, Liza Minnelli, Chita Rivera, Dick Van Dyke, Ben Vereen, and many more, the film also includes rare archival photos and never-before-seen footage both onstage and off.
The Ghost of Peter Sellers
Himself (Archive)
A incrível história sobre Peter Sellers e a loucura de um filme quando ele se desfaz.
Facing the Past
Self
Documentary about the film 'A Face in the Crowd'.
Rita
Self
Biography of 1940's sex goddess Rita Hayworth.
Anthony Quinn - A Lust for Life
Self
City Hall - Conspiração no Alto Escalão
Paul Zapatti
Num dia chuvoso em Nova York, um tiroteio entre um detetive da Delegacia de Narcóticos e um traficante de drogas deixa ambos mortos, sendo que uma bala perdida mata também um menino de 6 anos. John Papas (Al Pacino), o prefeito, busca contornar o problema da melhor forma possível, mas Kevin Calhoun (John Cusack), o vice-prefeito, é um idealista e resolve averiguar, descobrindo que foi dada sursis a um criminoso ao qual originariamente tinha sido recomendado uma pena entre dez e vinte anos, sendo que por acaso este criminoso é também filho do chefe da Máfia local.
Double Threat
Crocker Scott
A former movie star, Monica Scott, returns to the big screen along with younger boyfriend, Eric Cline, after a long absence. Monica is very jealous of the attention Eric gives to her body double - Lisa. The plot becomes difficult to follow as it changes between real life and the movie they are making. The jealousy inevitably leads to murder attempts and denials
Sonhos de um Rebelde
Angelo
Homem que faz pequenos trabalhos sujos para um gângster se apaixona pela assistente social incumbida de tratar de seu filho autista.
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Self
Nascido no México, Anthony Quinn tornou-se o principal provedor da família quando seu pai morreu em um acidente. Assim começou a história de um homem que tinha mil empregos antes de atuar num filme de Cecil B. DeMille…
Ghost Writer
Vincent Carbone
A writer moves into a Malibu beach house, and comes up against the ghost of an actress who supposedly had committed suicide there 30 years previously, but had been murdered by her boyfriend. The ghost asks the writer's help in proving her boyfriend the killer.
Fashion Crimes
Commissioner Rizzo
On her way home, a fashion model, Gloria, saw a man fought against a woman and killed her in a strangely noisy room in the old villa where a German Countess named Greta Stella used to live. But when the police Commissioner, who is crazy about fishing, and his dull assistant go to the problematic villa in the next morning, the villa is perceived to have been empty for twenty years and there seems to be nothing criminal left. And then Gloria asks help from a playboy-typed psychiatrist, Gianmarco Contini, who is one of the eight joint-owners of the problematic villa...
Zombie Death House
Vic Moretti
A renegade federal agent uses a new drug to create an army of unbeatable warriors.
Promessa de Sangue
Lou Di Luca
Jovem órfã apaixona-se e casa com atraente advogado vindo do interior. Aos poucos o sonho de amor eterno vira pesadelo: ela descobre que o marido trabalha, na verdade, com a máfia da cocaína.
Stagecoach
Henry Gatewood
Story follows a stagecoach ride through Old West Apache territory. On board are a cavalry man's pregnant wife, a prostitute with a broken heart, a Marshal taking in his prisoner Johnny Ringo, a crooked gambler, and the infamous Doc Holliday
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was taped February 17, 1985, at New York's Radio City Music Hall, this sequel to the 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" special features 288 celebrities.
Julie Darling
Harold Wilding
A teenage girl whose inaction caused her mother's death arranges a similarly gruesome fate for her stepmother and brother.
Tenebre
Peter Neal
O escritor Peter Neal chega à cidade de Roma para promover seu último livro, Tenebre, mas descobre que alguém está usando seus romances como inspiração para cometer assassinatos. Logo ele se vê envolvido nos crimes e passa a tentar descobrir o provável assassino.
Kiss My Grits
Charlie Karkas
A man heads for Mexico with a mobster's girlfriend.
Desejo de Matar 2
Herman Baldwin
Paul Kersey, que teve a esposa assassinada, sai de Nova York e leva uma vida normal, deixando de lado seu sentimento de vingança. Mas quando sua filha é estuprada e morta, Kersey volta a fazer justiça com as próprias mãos.
Side Show
Zaranov
A teenage boy who runs off to join the circus as a side show puppeteer stumbles onto the dark secrets of the fellow performers.
Aiutami a sognare
Ray
In 1943, during the war, Francesca, widowed, moves with her three daughters to her country house, to get away from the bombing of Bologna. In the villa she finds her childhood friends and her old love Guido, who has not forgotten her. Francesca has a passion for everything that comes from America, like music and cinema. She even tells her daughters that her husband who died in the war would actually leave for the USA, where he would live.
The Cricket
Annibale Meneghetti, detto Ulisse
An impressionable young woman's relationship with an aging prostitute leads to a job as a maid at a brothel.
The World Is Full of Married Men
David Cooper
David Cooper works in advertising but spends more time on his love life despite the fact that he is married. When his wife Linda discovers his girlfriends, she decides to get revenge by having an affair.
Poder de Fogo
the doctor Charles Félix
A mercenary is hired by the FBI to track down a powerful recluse criminal, a woman is also trying to track him down for her own personal vendetta.
A Maldição da Viúva Negra
Mark Higbie
Tony Franciosa plays a detective who's on the trail of a murderer whose mutilated and predominantly male victims are found encased in silken cocoons...
A Piscina Mortal
Broussard
Um detetive particular da cidade grande viaja para o sul profundo para ajudar uma velha namorada que está preocupada que o marido descubra que ela está traindo ele.
Matt Helm
Matt Helm
In this pilot film for the later series, a former secret agent, now a private investigator, is hired to protect a beautiful film star and gets involved with black marketeers and gun runners.
This Is the West That Was
J.W. McCanles
A lighthearted look at the saga of Wild Bill Hickok and his relationship with Calamity Jane as he is targeted for revenge by some tough gunfighters.
Ghost in the Noonday Sun
Pierre Rodriguez
A pirate crewman kills his captain after learning where he has hidden his buried treasure. However, as he begins to lose his memory, he relies more and more on the ghost of the man he just murdered to help him find the loot.
A Máfia Nunca Perdoa
Nick D'Salvio
Quando três homens negros vestidos como policiais roubam uma grande quantia de um local controlado pela máfia, a cidade é mergulhada em uma guerra entre grupos rivais. Agora, o policial Mattelli (Anthony Quinn), junto com o novato Pope, corre contra o tempo para encontrar os culpados antes que eles sejam executados.
The Catcher
Joe Cade
An ex-cop and a Harvard graduate team up to become bounty hunters.
Terra 2
Frank Karger
In the near future, a space station dubbed Earth II is built for the purpose of scientific research and world peace. However, that peace is shattered when the Chinese send up a nuclear bomb that is orbiting just a few miles away from the station. Can the crew disarm the bomb before it detonates, not only destroying the station but setting off World War III?
The Deadly Hunt
Ryan
A young couple on a forest holiday become unwitting targets for paid killers, and a forest fire helps them escape.
Web of the Spider
Alan Foster
Alan Foster, a professional American journalist, travels to London to meet with Edgar Allen Poe for an interview. While in London, Alan soon finds himself in the company of Lord Blackwood, and Alan accepts a bet to spend a night in his castle
The Enemy Before Us
Jeff Dillon (as Tony Franciosa)
Jeff Dillon decides to revisit the scenes of his impoverished youth, and learns sadly that "you can't go home again".
In Enemy Country
Charles (as Tony Franciosa)
Wartime secret agents are on a mission to destroy a deadly new type of torpedo, hidden in a Nazi stronghold in France.
A Praia dos Desejos
Collie Ransom
AA tennis bum (Tony Franciosa) and his Malibu Beach buddies hang out with a TV actress (Jacqueline Bisset) headed for trouble.
A Man Called Gannon
Gannon
A seasoned cowboy takes a young tender-foot under his wing. They become embroiled in a range war, and end up on opposite sides.
A Espiã Que Veio do Céu
Peter Merriwether
Explosões de brincos, danças com touros, saltos de aviões a 10.000 pés de altitude... Fathom dá conta de tudo isso e muito mais nesta divertida história de espionagem. A sensual e voluptuosa pára-quedista Fathom Harvill (Raquel Welch) é recrutada por uma agência governamental ultra-secreta para saltar sobre a Espanha em busca de um desertor de guerra (Tony Franciosa) e de um detonador da bomba H que dizem estar com a misteriosa figura. Mas a espiã supersexy pode ter que revelar mais do que intencionava à medida que descobre a verdade por trás dos motivos de seu empregador e os resultados... serão hilários!
Fame Is the Name of the Game
Jeff Dillon
A brash, big-time investigative reporter, looking into the death of a call girl, uncovers her diary and tries to find her killer among the names contained in it.
A Falsa Libertina
Ric Colby
An authoress writes a steaming sex-novel and proceeds to live out her heroine's adventures.
Assalto a um transatlântico
Vic Rossiter
Um grupo de aventureiros desencalha um submarino alemão da Segunda Guerra Mundial e pretende usá-lo para realizar algo grande: assaltar o navio The Queen Mary em pleno alto mar.
A Man Could Get Killed
Steve / Antonio
An American businessman visiting Lisbon gets mistaken for a British secret agent who stole some diamonds. As a result, he has everybody in Lisbon after him.
Em Busca do Prazer
Emilio Lacayo
A trio of gorgeous American tourists hope to find love while vacationing in Spain. Secretary Maggie Williams falls hard for a married newsman named Paul Barton while fighting off the advances of one of his employees. Singer Fran Hobson sets her sights on a handsome European doctor. And coed Susie Higgins receives an unexpected proposal from smooth-talking womanizer Emilio Lacaya.
Rio Conchos
Juan Luis Rodriguez
Após a guerra civil, ex-oficial sulista, sádico matador de indios, e um bandido mexicano são liberados da prisão em ordem de acompanhar um capitão nortista e seu companheiro um sargento negro, e achar a fonte de um suprimento de armas que pode ocasionar o reinício da guerra.
Contramarcha Nupcial
Ralph Bates
A newlywed couple on their honeymoon visit friends who are having marital problems of their own.
Beleza Perversa
Emilio Brentani
Emilio Brentani leads a peaceful and uneventful life with his older sister Amalia. Until he meets Angiolina Zarri, a beautiful but fickle, wayward and coquettish young woman. Unfortunately for him, Emilio falls madly in love with her.
Nua no Mundo
Nick Stratton
A domineering San Francisco businessman is determined to put an end to his son's romance with a high-priced hooker.
Drama na Página Um
Victor Santini
An adulterous couple is accused of murder after the woman's husband is shot and killed during a scuffle. A high-profile court case tells the story.
Calvário da Glória
Sam Lawson
Playwright James Lee adapted his off-Broadway play for the screen in this high-strung adaptation, directed by Joseph Anthony. In this simplistic, backroom show-business-success saga, Anthony Franciosa plays Sam, a struggling young actor who will forsake his family and take any type of menial job in order to become a Broadway star. Dean Martin is on hand as Maury, an aspiring director also trying to claw his way up the ladder of success. When Maury gets his big break, Sam wants a part in his show, but when Maury, who is unwilling to cast Sam in the production, turns down Sam's request, Sam seduces and marries Maury's girlfriend (Shirley MacLaine). In spite of everything, Maury wants his girl back, and Sam agrees to a divorce on the stipulation that Maury cast him as the star in his next show. Once again, Maury reneges and, before Sam can exact his revenge, Uncle Sam comes to the rescue and he is drafted into the army.
A Maja Desnuda
Francisco Jose de Goya
A historical fiction based on the lives of artist Goya and the Duchess of Alba
O Mercador de Almas
Jody Varner
Ben Quick chega em Frenchman's Bend, Mississippi, depois de ser expulso de outra cidade por supostamente queimar um celeiro por vingança. Will Varner é dono de quase tudo em Frenchman's Bend e contrata Ben para trabalhar em sua loja. Will acha que seu próprio filho, Jody, que administra a loja, não tem ambição e se desespera ao conseguir que sua esposa, Eula, fique grávida. Will acha que sua filha, Clara, professora de escola, nunca vai se casar. Ele decide que Ben Quick poderia ser um bom marido para Clara trazer sangue novo para a família.
Wild Is the Wind
Bene
A widowed Nevada rancher goes to Italy and marries the sister of his deceased wife and brings her back to the ranch, but his haunting memories of his lost love and her tendency to drift away to other men cause the two to have a tough time at keeping a marriage together.
Cárcere Sem Grades
Polo Pope
A Korean War veteran's morphine addiction wreaks havoc upon his family.
Um Rosto na Multidão
Joey DePalma
Mostra a ascensão de um estridente caipira chamado Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes, de dedilhador de guitarra itinerante de Ozark, para jornalista da mídia local, em superestrela de TV e finalmente em criador de político. Marcia Jeffries é a inocente garota de Sarah Lawrence que descobre o grande homem em uma prisão rural e é a primeira a cair sob seu feitiço. (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)
This Could Be the Night
Tony Armotti
To earn extra money, a prim schoolteacher takes a second job as secretary to the uncouth owner of a boisterous nightclub.