Franco Columbu
Italian bodybuilder and actor (1941–2019)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1941-08-07
- Died
- 2019-08-30
- Works
- 11
Top works
- Coming on strong
- [Bodybuilding course booklets]
- Winning weight lifting & powerlifting
- The businessman's minutes-a-day guide to shaping up
- Franco Columbu's Complete book of bodybuilding
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Ollolai, Nuoro, Italia
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…
Known for
- How To Become Rambo... Part One — Self2018
- One More Round — Franco Turelli2015
- Rocky IV: The American Punch — Self2014
- Dreamland: The Land of Dreams — Frank2011
- Ancient Warriors — Aldo Paccione2003