Franco Castellani

Franco Castellani was born on Nov 21, 1915 in Italy. Franco Castellani's big-screen debut came with Caravaggio, il pittore maledetto directed by Goffredo Alessandrini in 1941, strarring . Franco Castellani is known for The Monsters directed by Dino Risi, Ugo Tognazzi stars as The Father (segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") and Vittorio Gassman as The Actor (segment "La Raccomandazione"). The upcoming new movie Franco Castellani plays is Count Dracula which will be released on Oct 12, 1973.

Almost always used as a character, he has been active in film and television (he took part in several drama series) between the forties and the sixties. He is remembered among other things for being interpreter, alongside Vittorio Gassman, an episode of the 1963 "I mostri" movie. Actor and director, he was the founder of the Theatre of the Satyrs in Rome, where he became the first producer and artistic director. He was married to actress Elvy Lissiak.