Franco Bracardi (16 May 1937 – 27 February 2005) was an Italian actor, composer, pianist and stand-up comedian. He was born in Rome and began working at night clubs by the early 1950s. Later, in the mid-1960s, he started composing songs for Mina, Mirelle Mathieu, Raffaella Carrà. During those same years, he started work as an actor and comedian.