Franco Merli
October 31, 1956 · 69 years old
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…
Known For
3 titles
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
In World War II Italy, four fascist libertines round up nine adolescent boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of torture.
Arabian Nights
In ancient Arabia, a beautiful slave girl chooses a youth to be her new master, then she is kidnapped and they must search for each other. Stories are told within stories: love, travel and the whims of destiny.
Ugly, Dirty and Bad
Four generations of a family live in a shantytown in the outskirts of Rome. The household engages in various forms of sexual idiosyncrasies, land swindles, incest, drugs and adultery.