Sergio Franchi

Sergio Franchi was born on Apr 06, 1926 in Italy. Sergio Franchi's big-screen debut came with The Ed Sullivan Show - Season 16 directed by John Moffitt in 1962, strarring Opera Tenor / Opera Singer / Singer / .... Sergio Franchi is known for The Secret of Santa Vittoria directed by Stanley Kramer, Anthony Quinn stars as Bombolini and Anna Magnani as Rosa. The upcoming new movie Sergio Franchi plays is Race for Glory which will be released on Nov 03, 1989.

Born in Cogorno, Liguria to a Neapolitan father and a Genoese mother, Franchi made his singing debut at age 10 as a hunchback in a school play. He sang with jazz groups in Italy, but immigrated to South Africa in 1947, after he completed his compulsory military service. He worked as a draftsman and designed commercial interiors working for his father's furniture business. Within a few years, his amateur singing led to leading roles in operetta and opera.Having experienced local fame, Franchi was encouraged to return to Italy and pursue an operatic career. Fate intervened as opportunities opened instead in popular music and television. Discovered on a BBC TV show, he accepted an RCA recording contract and a Sol Hurok 1962-63 concert tour. Sergio Franchi quickly rose to multi-media stardom in America, and became an American citizen in 1972.