Franco Silva


Francesco Vistarini, known professionally as Franco Silva, was an Italian actor.
Born in Genoa, 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 scriptwriter and novelist Carla Vistarini and actress Mita Medici.

Partial filmography