Franco Columbu
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1941-08-07
Deathday 2019-08-30 (78 years old)
Place of Birth Ollolai, Nuoro, Italia
Also Known As Francesco Columbu
Franco Columbu
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
Actor
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Franco Turelli
as Self
as Frank
as Aldo Paccione
as Self - Mr. Olympia 1981
as Enrico Costa
as Enrico Costa
as Franco Armando Beretta
as Nerescu
as L'americano
as Doctor's Assistant (uncredited)
as Otto the Strongman
as Self
as 911 Security Officer #2
as Medic (uncredited)
as Self
as Himself
as Future Terminator
as Himself
as Pictish Scout
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Competitor
as Franco Orsini (uncredited)
Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
Writer
Crew
Director
as Director