Franco Columbu
Birthday
1941/08/07
Day of death
2019/08/30 (78 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Ollolai, Nuoro, Italia
Also know as
Francesco 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...Read more
Acting
(1984) The Terminator
as Future Terminator
(1980) The Comeback
as Self
(1980) The Hustler of Muscle Beach
as Self
(1976) Stay Hungry
as Franco Orsini (uncredited)
(1977) Pumping Iron
as Self
(2003) Ancient Warriors
as Aldo Paccione
(1994) Beretta's Island
as Franco Armando Beretta
(1982) Conan the Barbarian
as Pictish Scout
(1991) Perduta
as L'americano
(1993) Desperate Crimes
as Nerescu
(1988) Big Top Pee-wee
as Otto the Strongman
(1984) Getting Physical
as Himself
(1994) Taken Alive
as Enrico Costa
(2024) Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2011) Dreamland: The Land of Dreams
as Frank
(2014) Rocky IV: The American Punch
as Self
(1997) Doublecross on Costa's Island
as Enrico Costa
(1986) Rickles... On the Loose
as Self
(2015) One More Round
as Franco Turelli
(2002) Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'
as Self - Mr. Olympia 1981
(1987) The Running Man
as 911 Security Officer #2
(1988) Schwarzenegger: Total Rebuild
as Self
(1984) The Road To Olympia
as Self
(1962) Herakles
as ---
(1987) Predator
as Medic (uncredited)
(1989) Tales from the Crypt
as Doctor's Assistant (uncredited)
(1977) The World's Strongest Man
as Competitor
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self