Fausto Tozzi
Born: 1921-10-29 in Roma, Italy
Died: 1978-12-10
Known For: Acting
Biography
Fausto TozziFausto Tozzi (29 October 1921 – 10 December 1978) was an Italian film actor and screenwriter. He appeared in 70 films between 1951 and 1978. He wrote the script for The Defeated Victor, which was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival. He also directed one film, Trastevere. Born in Rome, after graduating in accountancy Tozzi made several humble jobs, including peddler and bird taxidermist. He was introduced in the cinema industry by Sergio Amidei, for whom he worked as a stenographer. Through Amidei, Tozzi met Renato Castellani, with whom he collaborated as a screenwriter for Professor, My Son (1946) and Under the Sun of Rome (1948, based on a Tozzi's original story). In the early 1950s, he also started working as an assistant director and as an actor, sometimes being cast in main roles. His typical roles were of hardmen and villains. He was also active on stage, where he is best known for the role of Gnecco in Rugantino, and on television, in which he is well known for his performance as Menelaus in L'Odissea. Tozzi died of respiratory failure, aged 57. Source: Article "Fausto Tozzi" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
1979
- The Black Stallion as Rescue Captain
1976
- Street People as Luigi Nicoletta
- Big Pot as Mark Lemmon
- Oh, Serafina! as Carlo Vigeva
- Fear in the City as Warrant Officer Esposito
- Origins of the Mafia as Nicu Borelli
1975
- L'altro Dio
- The Left Hand of the Law as brigadiere Giulio Costello
1974
- Crazy Joe as Frank
- Cry of a Prostitute as Don Ricuzzo Cantimo
1973
- The Valdez Horses as Cruz
- The Funny Face of the Godfather as Tony Malonzo
- Mean Frank and Crazy Tony as Massara
- The Bloody Hands of the Law as Nicolò Patrovita
1972
- The Sicilian Connection as Don Vincenzo Russo
- The Valachi Papers as Albert Anastasia
1971
- Trastevere as Himself at St. Maria in Trastevere (uncredited)
- Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù? as Il marito eschimese
- Between Miracles as Primario
1970
- The Deserter as Orozco
- A Man Called Sledge as Maximum security prisoner
- The Demise of Father Mouret as Jeanbernat
1969
- The Appointment as Renzo
1968
- Odissea as Menelao
- The Odyssey as Menelao
1967
- The Man Who Killed Billy the Kid as Pat Garrett
1966
- Knives of the Avenger as Hagen
1965
- I Spy
- The Agony and the Ecstasy as Foreman
- Pyramid of the Sun God
- Mercenaries of the Rio Grande as Benito Juarez
1963
- The Shortest Day as Soldato combattente (uncredited)
- Scheherazade as Barmak
1962
- Commando as Brascia
- The Swordsman of Siena as Hugo
1961
- El Cid as Dolfos
- The Wonders of Aladdin as Grand Vizier
- The Return of Dr. Mabuse as Warden Wolf
- Constantine and the Cross as Hadrian
- Saint-Tropez Blues as Nino Trabucci
1960
- Questo amore ai confini del mondo as Don Claudio
1959
- Un uomo facile
- L'amico del giaguaro ... (Story)
- Dagli Appennini alle Ande as Marco's father
- Quai des illusions as Fausto
- The Night of the Great Attack as Zanco
1958
- Il cielo brucia as Marchi
- Quando gli angeli piangono as Piero
1957
- The Tanks of El Alamein as Capt. Valerio Bruschi
1956
- Castle of the Banned Lovers as Olimpio Calvetti
1955
- La ladra as Nino
- The Red Cloak as Luca de Bardi
- Songs from all over Italy
- La ciudad perdida as Rafael
- Un po' di cielo as Roberto Maltoni
1954
- House of Ricordi as Arrigo Boito
- Divisione Folgore as Sergente Turchi
- In the Eddy of Sin as Alberto Valli
- Casta diva as Gaetano Donizetti
- I cinque dell'Adamello as Leonida
1953
- Siempre Carmen as José Salviatti
- The Hunt as Marco / Musoduro
1952
- Three Girls from Rome ... (Co-Writer)
- The Bandit of Tacca del Lupo as Luogotenente Magistrelli
- Brothers of Italy
1951
- The City Defends Itself as Luigi Girosi
1950
1949
- Heaven Over the Marshes ... (Screenplay)
1948
- Under the Sun of Rome ... (Story)
1946
- Professor, My Son ... (Story)