Editing Anthony Franciosa (section)

===Television===
[[File:Name of the Game cast 1968.JPG|right|thumb|Tony Franciosa with [[Robert Stack]] (left) and [[Gene Barry]] in the TV series ''[[The Name of the Game (TV series)|The Name of the Game]]'' (1968)]]
Franciosa guest starred on ''The DuPont Show of the Week'', ''Arrest and Trial'', ''Breaking Point'', ''The Greatest Show on Earth'', and ''Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre''. He had supporting parts in two films for Fox: ''[[Rio Conchos (1964 film)|Rio Conchos]]'' (1964) with [[Stuart Whitman]] and [[Richard Boone]], and ''[[The Pleasure Seekers (1964 film)|The Pleasure Seekers]]'' (1964) with [[Ann-Margret]] and [[Carol Lynley]].<ref name="mclellan">{{cite news |last=McLellan |first=Dennis |date=January 21, 2006 |title=Anthony Franciosa, 77; Versatile Star of Stage, Film and Television |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-21-me-franciosa21-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=May 22, 2019}}</ref>

He starred in a TV series ''[[Valentine's Day (TV series)|Valentine's Day]]'' (1964–65).<ref>{{cite news |last=Adams |first=Val |date=June 9, 1964 |title='HOOTENANNY' CUT FROM A.B.C. LIST; Franciosa to Star Next Fall in TV 'Valentine's Day' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/06/09/archives/hootenanny-cut-from-abc-list-franciosa-to-star-next-fall-in-tv.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=May 22, 2019}}</ref> When that ended he had support parts in ''[[A Man Could Get Killed]]'' (1966) with [[James Garner]] and ''[[Assault on a Queen]]'' (1966) with [[Frank Sinatra]]. He was [[leading man]] to [[Ann-Margret]] in ''[[The Swinger]]'' (1966) at Paramount<ref name="mclellan" /> and [[Raquel Welch]] in ''[[Fathom (1967 film)|Fathom]]'' (1967) at Fox. In a 1966 interview he confessed that Hollywood stardom had come a little too early: "It was an incredible amount of attention, and I wasn't quite mature enough psychologically or emotionally for it."<ref name="ind" />

He starred in Universal's ''[[Fame Is the Name of the Game]]'' (1966), then a spaghetti Western at Universal, ''[[A Man Called Gannon]]'' (1968), a drama with [[Jacqueline Bisset]] at Fox, ''[[The Sweet Ride]]'' (1968), and a war film at Universal, ''[[In Enemy Country]]'' (1968). Producer [[David Dortort]] was on the verge of casting him as [[Cameron Mitchell (actor)|Cameron Mitchell]]'s best friend and brother-in-law, Manolito Montoya, on the [[Western (genre)|western]], ''[[The High Chaparral]]'', if [[Henry Darrow]] did not make it to the set in time. Darrow did.<ref>[http://www.thehighchaparral.com/cast.htm#Henry Darrow]</ref>

Franciosa returned to regular series with ''[[The Name of the Game (TV series)|The Name of the Game]]'' (1968–71) (based on ''[[Fame Is the Name of the Game]]''), as lead role of charismatic but doggedly determined star reporter Jeff Dillon, alternating the regular lead spot with [[Gene Barry]] and [[Robert Stack]]. The three leading actors were never onscreen at the same time at any point in the series. He was fired from the show in 1970 because of his temper. He was in ''[[Web of the Spider]]'' (1971), an Italian horror film, then a series of TV movies: ''[[The Deadly Hunt]]'' (1971), ''[[Earth II]]'' (1971), and ''[[The Catcher]]'' (1972). He had a support part in the action film ''[[Across 110th Street]]'' (1972).

Franciosa had a further alternating lead role in a TV series, this time rotating with [[Hugh O'Brian]] and [[Doug McClure]], as agent Nick Bianco in [[Search (American TV series)|''Search'']] (1972). When that ended he supported [[Peter Sellers]] in ''[[Ghost in the Noonday Sun]]'' (1973) and ''[[The Drowning Pool (film)|The Drowning Pool]]'' (1975) with former ''[[The Long, Hot Summer]]'' co-star [[Paul Newman]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Hall |first=William |date=December 22, 1973 |title=Peter Sellers Goes to Sea |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>
[[File:Tony Franciosa and Laraine Stephens - Matt Helm 1975.jpg|thumb|With Laraine Stephens in a publicity photo for the TV series ''[[Matt Helm (TV series)|Matt Helm]]'' in 1975]]
He had his own series with ''[[Matt Helm (TV series)|Matt Helm]]'' (1975), a television version of the spy-spoof theatrical films that starred [[Dean Martin]], but it only lasted 14 episodes. He was in ''[[Curse of the Black Widow]]'' (1977), ''[[Wheels (novel)|Wheels]]'' (1978), ''[[Firepower (1979 film)|Firepower]]'' (1979), ''[[The World Is Full of Married Men (film)|The World Is Full of Married Men]]'' (1979), ''[[The Cricket (1980 film)|The Cricket]]'' (1980), ''[[Death Wish II]]'' (1982), ''[[Tenebrae (film)|Tenebrae]]'' (1982), and ''[[Julie Darling]]'' (1983).

In his memoir, ''From I Love Lucy to Shōgun and Beyond: Tales from the Other Side of the Camera'', [[Jerry London]] stated that Franciosa could not remember his lines during the shooting of the television movie ''Wheels'', so co-star [[Rock Hudson]] had to hold up cue cards for him during one scene in a car.<ref>{{cite book | title=From ''I Love Lucy'' to ''Shōgun'' and Beyond: Tales from the Other Side of the Camera | first1=Jerry | last1=London | first2=Rhonda | last2=Collier | author-link=Jerry London | year=2017 | page=60 | publisher=JRL Productions Incorporated | isbn=978-0692866993}}</ref>