Franco Columbu
Photoplayd Industry Rating
Not enough rated films yet to compute a weighted score.
Roles are weighted by involvement: director 1.0, screenwriter 0.7, lead 0.8, supporting 0.4, crew 0.1.
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
Credits
Predator (1987)
as Medic (uncredited)
The Terminator (1984)
as Future Terminator
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
as Pictish Scout
The Running Man (1987)
as 911 Security Officer #2
Stay Hungry (1976)
as Franco Orsini (uncredited)
Pumping Iron (1977)
as Self
Big Top Pee-wee (1988)
as Otto the Strongman
Taken Alive (1994)
as Enrico Costa
Beretta's Island (1994)
as Franco "Beretta" Armando
Ancient Warriors (2003)
as Aldo Paccione
Last Man Standing (1987)
as Batty
The Comeback (1980)
as Self
Getting Physical (1984)
as Himself
Desperate Crimes (1993)
as Nerescu
Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron' (2002)
as Self - Mr. Olympia 1981
Rickles... On the Loose (1986)
as Self
The Hustler of Muscle Beach (1980)
as Self
Doublecross on Costa's Island (1997)
as Enrico Costa
Rocky IV: The American Punch (2014)
as Self
Schwarzenegger: Total Rebuild (1988)
as Self
Herakles (1962)
Actor
One More Round (2015)
as Franco Turelli
Dreamland: The Land of Dreams (2011)
as Frank
Perduta (1991)
as L'americano
The Road To Olympia (1984)
as Self
How To Become Rambo... Part One (2018)
as Self