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Fausto Tozzi

Acting Born Oct 29, 1921 Roma, Italy 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Film

The Black Stallion

as Rescue Captain
Film

Street People

as Luigi Nicoletta

IN VERTIGO - OG Keemo und Funkvater Frank

as Grand Vizier

Full filmography

  • The Odyssey (1968) as Menelao
  • I Spy (1965)
  • The Black Stallion (1979) as Rescue Captain
  • El Cid (1961) as Dolfos
  • Scheherazade (1963) as Barmak
  • Origins of the Mafia (1976) as Nicu Borello
  • The Visit (1964) as Darvis (uncredited)
  • Street People (1976) as Luigi Nicoletta
  • The Valdez Horses (1973) as Cruz
  • Crazy Joe (1974) as Frank
  • The Valachi Papers (1972) as Albert Anastasia
  • The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) as Foreman
  • The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) as uomo
  • Between Miracles (1971) as Primario
  • The Shortest Day (1963) as Soldato combattente (uncredited)
  • Odissea (1968) as Menelao
  • A Man Called Sledge (1970) as Maximum security prisoner
  • Oh, Serafina! (1976) as Carlo Vigeva
  • The Wonders of Aladdin (1961) as Grand Vizier
  • House of Ricordi (1954) as Arrigo Boito
  • The Appointment (1969) as Renzo
  • The Bloody Hands of the Law (1973) as Nicolò Patrovita
  • The Sicilian Connection (1972) as Don Vincenzo Russo
  • Constantine and the Cross (1961) as Hadrian