Franco Silva

Franco Silva (18 February 1920 – 10 November 1995) was an Italian actor.
Born in Genoa as Francesco Vistarini, Silva moved in Rome to attend the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, from which he graduated in 1938; the following year he made his film debut in Ho visto brillare le stelle. Silva was mainly active between the 1950s and the mid-1960s; he was also active on stage and on television. Silva was the father of actress Mita Medici.

• The Lion of Amalfi (1950)
• The Queen of Sheba (1952)
• Frine, Courtesan of Orient (1953)
• Mizar (Frogwoman) (1954)
• Allow Me, Daddy! (1956)
• Song of Naples (1957)
• Adorabili e bugiarde (1958)
• Hannibal (1959)
• The Mongols (1961)
• The Count of Monte Cristo (1961)
• Charge of the Black Lancers (1962)
• The Tough and the Mighty (1969)
• The Assassination of Matteotti (1973)
• Spasmo (1974)
• Patrick Still Lives (1980)