Long careers are rarer than they look, and Franco Pesce has become a familiar face known to audiences from a long list of titles rather than from one. He has worked in comedy more often than in any other register. Television and film have both stayed in regular use across the career. Playing il sacrestano in 'The Little World of Don Camillo' put him in front of the widest audience of the career. 'Don Camillo: Monsignor' is the other credit most often cited. The early stretch of the career is the part least seen today.