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Franco Columbu
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 his US entry, acting along side Schwarzenegger in a few of his motion pictures. Although he held a US residence and lived there since the 1970's, Columbu would often travel back home to Sardinia on vacation, and it was there he ultimately passed away at the age of 78.
As actor
How To Become Rambo... Part One
One More Round
Rocky IV: The American Punch
Dreamland: The Land of Dreams
Ancient Warriors
Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'
Doublecross on Costa's Island
Beretta's Island
Taken Alive
Desperate Crimes
Perduta
Big Top Pee-wee
Schwarzenegger: Total Rebuild
The Running Man
Predator
Last Man Standing
Rickles... On the Loose
The Terminator
Getting Physical
The Road To Olympia
Conan the Barbarian
The Comeback
The Hustler of Muscle Beach
Pumping Iron
Stay Hungry
Herakles