Franco Merli

Person · Open Library

Works

1

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Film & TV

Rome, Italy

Franco Merli was an Italian actor born in Rome, Italy, on the 31st of October, 1956. Much of Merli's earlier life is unknown, but whilst working as a petrol station attendant at 16, he was discovered by the Italian poet and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini, and was cast in Pasolini's Arabian Nights as Nur Ed Din thanks to his lean figure and dark complexion. Later, Merli would go on to play one of…

Known for

• Pasolini prossimo nostro — Se stesso2006
• Hypochondriac1979
• Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom — Male Victim1976
• Ugly, Dirty and Bad — Fernando1976
• La collegiale — Stefano1975
• Arabian Nights — Nur Ed Din1974

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Total plays

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Franco

Gender

male

Citizenship

Italy

Place of birth

Rome

Place of death

Rome

Occupation

film actor

Languages spoken

Italian

Image

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