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

1979
The Black Stallion

as Rescue Captain

1976
Fear in the City

as Esposito

1976
Big Pot

as Mark Lemmon

1976
Street People

as Luigi Nicoletta

1976
Oh, Serafina!

as Carlo Vigeva

1976
Origins of the Mafia

as Nicu Borelli

1975
The Left Hand of the Law

as brigadiere Giulio Costello

1974
Cry of a Prostitute

as Don Ricuzzo Cantimo

1974
Crazy Joe

as Frank

1973
Chino

as Cruz

1973
The Bloody Hands of the Law

as Nicolò Patrovita

1972
The Sicilian Connection

as Don Vincenzo Russo

1972
The Valachi Papers

as Albert Anastasia

1971
Trastevere

as Himself at St. Maria in Trastevere (uncredited)

1971
Between Miracles

as Primario

1970
The Deserter

as Orozco

1970
A Man Called Sledge

as Maximum security prisoner

1970
1969
1968
Odissea

as Menelao

1968
The Odyssey

as Menelao

1965
1965
1964
The Visit

as Darvis (uncredited)

1964
The Spy

as Paoli

1963
Scheherazade

as Barmak

1963
The Shortest Day

as Soldato combattente (uncredited)

1962
Commando

as Brascia

1961
The Wonders of Aladdin

as Grand Vizier

1961
El Cid

as Dolfos

1961
Saint-Tropez Blues

as Nino Trabucci

1961
1959
Dagli Appennini alle Ande

as Marco's father

1958
Il cielo brucia

as Marchi

1957
The Tanks of El Alamein

as Capt. Valerio Bruschi

1956
Castle of the Banned Lovers

as Olimpio Calvetti

1955
The Red Cloak

as Luca de Bardi

1955
1955
La ladra

as Nino

1954
Divisione Folgore

as Sergente Turchi

1954
Casta diva

as Gaetano Donizetti

1954
House of Ricordi

as Arrigo Boito

1954
1954
In the Eddy of Sin

as Alberto Valli

1953
The Hunt

as Marco / Musoduro

1953
Siempre Carmen

as José Salviatti

1952
The Bandit of Tacca del Lupo

as Luogotenente Magistrelli

1951
The City Defends Itself

as Luigi Girosi

Writer

1971
Trastevere

as Writer

1959
Un uomo facile

as Writer

1953
The Hunt

as Writer

1952
1949
1948
Under the Sun of Rome

as Screenplay

1946
1946
Professor, My Son

as Screenplay

Director

1971
Trastevere

as Director

1949
Heaven Over the Marshes

as Assistant Director

1946
Professor, My Son

as First Assistant Director