Franco Columbu
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1941-08-07 – 2019-08-30
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
The Terminator
1984Future Terminator
The Comeback
1980Self
Pumping Iron
1977Self
Stay Hungry
1976Franco Orsini (uncredited)
The Hustler of Muscle Beach
1980Self
Ancient Warriors
2003Aldo Paccione
Beretta's Island
1994Franco "Beretta" Armando
Conan the Barbarian
1982Pictish Scout
Perduta
1991L'americano
Desperate Crimes
1993Nerescu
Big Top Pee-wee
1988Otto the Strongman
Getting Physical
1984Himself
Taken Alive
1994Enrico Costa
Dreamland: The Land of Dreams
2011Frank
Rocky IV: The American Punch
2014Self
Doublecross on Costa's Island
1997Enrico Costa
Rickles... On the Loose
1986Self
One More Round
2015Franco Turelli
Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'
2002Self - Mr. Olympia 1981