Mauro Di Francesco (17 May 1951 – 25 October 2025) was an Italian actor, comedian and television personality.
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Life and career
Born in Milan, Di Francesco started his career in the mid-1960s as a child actor appearing in some RAI miniseries. In the 1970s, he started performing as a comedian at the Derby Club, a cabaret nightclub in his hometown. In the 1980s, after appearing as a sidekick of Diego Abatantuono in a number of films, he had the peak of his career starring in a number of teen comedies. Also active on stage and on television, following an alcohol abuse problem in 2011 Di Francesco underwent a liver transplant. He died on 25 October 2025, at the age of 74.
Selected filmography
I fichissimi (1981)
Il paramedico (1982)
An Ideal Adventure (1982)
Scusa se è poco (1982)
Attila flagello di Dio (1982)
Sapore di mare 2 - Un anno dopo (1983)
Il ras del quartiere (1983)
Summer Games (1984)
Chewingum (1984)
The Barber of Rio (1996)
Gli inaffidabili (1997)
Really SSSupercool: Chapter Two (2006)
Odissea nell'ospizio (2019)
