Francesco Leonetti was born on January 27, 1924 in Cosenza, Calabria, Italy. He was an actor and writer, known for Oedipe Roi (1967), L'Évangile selon saint Matthieu (1964) and Les cannibales (1970). He was previously married to Eleonora Fiorani. He died on December 17, 2017 in Milan, Italy.