Fausto Tozzi
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1921-10-29
Deathday 1978-12-10 (57 years old)
Place of Birth Roma, Italy
Also Known As Фаусто Тоцци
Fausto Tozzi
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.
Known For
Actor
as Rescue Captain
as Esposito
as Mark Lemmon
as Luigi Nicoletta
as Carlo Vigeva
as Nicu Borelli
as brigadiere Giulio Costello
as Don Ricuzzo Cantimo
as Frank
as Massara
as Cruz
as Tony Malonzo
as Nicolò Patrovita
as Don Vincenzo Russo
as Albert Anastasia
as Himself at St. Maria in Trastevere (uncredited)
as Primario
as Il marito eschimese
as Orozco
as Maximum security prisoner
as Jeanbernat
as Renzo
as Menelao
as Menelao
as Pat Garrett
as Hagen
as Foreman
as uomo
as Benito Juarez
as Darvis (uncredited)
as Paoli
as Barmak
as Soldato combattente (uncredited)
as Brascia
as Hugo
as Grand Vizier
as Dolfos
as Nino Trabucci
as Hadrian
as Warden Wolf
as Don Claudio
as Zanco
as Marco's father
as Piero
as Marchi
as Capt. Valerio Bruschi
as Olimpio Calvetti
as Luca de Bardi
as Rafael
as Nino
as Sergente Turchi
as Gaetano Donizetti
as Arrigo Boito
as Leonida
as Alberto Valli
as Marco / Musoduro
as José Salviatti
as Luogotenente Magistrelli
as Luigi Girosi
Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Story
as Writer
as Writer
as Co-Writer
as Co-Writer
as Screenplay
as Story
as Screenplay
as Story
as Screenplay
Director
as Director
as Assistant Director
as First Assistant Director