Bodybuilder, Chiropractor, Actor, Film Producer, Stunt Performer
Nationality
United States of America
Spouse
Deborah Columbu (m. 1990)
Nicknames
Dr. Franco Columbo , Franco Columbo , The Sardinian Strongman
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Fact
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Inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame in 2013.
2
Appeared on the sleeve of Grand Funk Railroad's 1974 album "All the Girls in the World Beware!!!" with fellow-bodybuilders Arnold Schwarzenegger and Frank Zane. Band member faces were cleverly superimposed on their muscle-bound bodies.
3
Is in the Guinness Book of World Records for blowing up a hot water bottle by just blowing into it.
Is a highly respected chiropractor in Southern California.
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During the first ever "worlds strongest man" competition, he dislocated his knee during the refrigerator carring race. The scene was not edited for CBS and was shown and even instant replayed. During an interview immediately following the race (while lying on a stretcher) he claimed that they told him it was broken but he said being a chiropractor he knew it was just dislocated.
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Credited as director of movie within a movie in Last Action Hero (1993) starring his friend Schwarzenegger.
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