Mauro Di Francesco (17 May 1951 – 25 October 2025) was an Italian actor, comedian and television personality.

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.

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)