Acting

Franco Coop

Born September 27, 1891 · Napoli, Italy

Died March 27, 1962 · aged 70

No biography available.

Known For

Quel fantasma di mio maritoQuel fantasma di mio marito · 1950
Quel fantasma di mio marito
★ 7.21950
MovieDrama
Gianni Alberti is a journalist who is sent to Palestine. He decides to fake a fatal accident so he can then return home as a hero. But things don't turn out as planned, Gianni end up coming back to Italy, but only as a ghost.
Non perdiamo la testaNon perdiamo la testa · 1959
Non perdiamo la testa
★ 6.21959
MovieComedy
A mad scientist pursues a man hoping to study his brain.
Le vacanze del Sor ClementeLe vacanze del Sor Clemente · 1955
Le vacanze del Sor Clemente
★ 7.01955
MovieComedy
Sor Clemente tries to avoid an underwater fishing trip together with his authoritarian wife's friends and pretends to be ill. Left alone in the villa he's left in the company of a friend and a butler.
Hands Off Me!Hands Off Me! · 1937
Hands Off Me!
★ 6.21937
MovieComedy
In his first feature, great Italian clown Totò plays a carefree tramp moving from job to job, in order to provide for himself and his young Shirley Temple-like protégée.
Tragic SpellTragic Spell · 1951
Tragic Spell
★ 5.51951
MovieDrama
Some peasants are excited to marry their first-born with a beautiful young woman, but they are unaware of her ambitious personality. When the father-in-law finds a treasure, everything gets complicated.
Before the JuryBefore the Jury · 1931
Before the Jury
★ 10.01931
MovieDramaMystery
During a reception in a villa, wealthy banker Calandri is killed in the park with a gunshot. The gamekeeper Barra is immediately arrested, but he declares himself innocent. During the trial it turns out that the defendant had threatened the victim, guilty of courting his sister-in-law. But the deposition of a journalist present at the party soon leads to discover the existence of a dense network of equivocal relations between the victim, the guests and the servants. This judicial setting drama is allegedly the second Italian sound film after "The Song of Love", made using the RCA Photophone recording technique, and is also considered to be the first Italian detective film, a precursor to the later genre of Giallo films.
The Secretary for EveryoneThe Secretary for Everyone · 1932
The Secretary for Everyone
★ 10.01932
MovieComedyRomance
Taxi di notteTaxi di notte · 1950
Taxi di notte
★ 7.01950
MovieComedy
A taxi driver, with singing ambitions, finds an abandoned baby in his cab and begins to look for his mother. He doesn't find her but succeeds in finding two people who want to adopt the child.

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Before the JuryBefore the Jury · 1931
Before the Jury
★ 10.01931
MovieDramaMystery
During a reception in a villa, wealthy banker Calandri is killed in the park with a gunshot. The gamekeeper Barra is immediately arrested, but he declares himself innocent. During the trial it turns out that the defendant had threatened the victim, guilty of courting his sister-in-law. But the deposition of a journalist present at the party soon leads to discover the existence of a dense network of equivocal relations between the victim, the guests and the servants. This judicial setting drama is allegedly the second Italian sound film after "The Song of Love", made using the RCA Photophone recording technique, and is also considered to be the first Italian detective film, a precursor to the later genre of Giallo films.

Carlo Lirossi, il portiere di casa Calandri