- First husband of Anna Moffo.
- He is also a theatre and television director, producer, collector and actor.
- He is a well-known collector, in the past has owned some legendary collections of old paintings and sculptures, illustrated rare books, antique fountain pens, all from him lovingly assembled piece by piece, now of period iron work and locks, gold and silver rattles, antique copper kitchen utensils, hand-crafted artisan furniture pieces, collections that pay respect to his new belief in artisan craftsmanship.
- He is a very good billiards player and precision shooter (shooting sport and clay pigeon shooting).
- During his stay in London, he developed a passion for greyhound racing, soon becoming the most prominent owner in the U.K. The media used to call him "the sheykh Mohamed of the dogs" (Sheykh Mohamed is considered the biggest racehorse owner in the world). His famous greyhound El Tenor, the most prolific winner of all time, made the front page of English newspapers and the Corriere della Sera in Italy. Italian publisher Franco Maria Ricci introduced Lanfranchi for a lecture as "the only case known of a man supported by a dog".
- Santa Maria del Piano, Parma, Italy: Living in a 16th Century villa. (October 2013)
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