Totò
Acting Born Feb 14, 1898 Died Apr 15, 1967 Naples, Campania, Italy 135 credits
Biography
Totò was an Italian comedian, film and theatre actor, writer, singer and songwriter. He was born Antonio Clemente in a poor district of Naples, the illegitimate son of Anna Clemente from Sicily and Marquis Giuseppe De Curtis from Naples. Totò was nicknamed "il principe della risata" (the prince of laughter) and is widely considered one of the greatest Italian artists of the 20th century. He gained popularity as a comic actor and his style and recurring jokes and gestures have become universally known in Italy. Totò is classified as an heir of the Commedia dell'Arte tradition.
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Frequent co-stars
Mario Castellani
6 shared titles
Carlo Pisacane
3 shared titles
Elena Fabrizi
3 shared titles
Aldo Fabrizi
3 shared titles
Pietro De Vico
3 shared titles
Nando Bruno
3 shared titles
Salvo Libassi
3 shared titles
Ignazio Leone
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Luigi Pavese
3 shared titles
Peppino De Martino
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Career timeline
'A Livella · Original Concept
Totò e il Principe De Curtis - L'uomo oltre la maschera
We Are CinemaCinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
Siamo tutti Alberto Sordi?
Naples '44
Hollywood sul Tevere
How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio
SuperTotò
Antologia di Totò
Forza Italia!Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca
Totò StoryCaprice Italian StyleWhat Are the Clouds?
The WitchesTutto Totò - Il tuttofareTutto Totò - Don GiovanninoTutto Totò - Totò Ye YeTutto Totò - La scommessa
The Treasure of San GennaroThe Hawks and the Sparrows
Latin LoversThe MandrakeTotò d'ArabiaRita the American Girl
Laughs Italian StyleBeautiful FamiliesWhat Ever Happened to Baby Toto?Totò versus the Black Pirate
The Shortest DayToto and CleopatraTotò sexyGli onorevoliTotò vs the Four
Totò versus MacisteTotò diabolicusLo smemorato di CollegnoTotò e Peppino divisi a BerlinoToto at Night
Totòtruffa '62Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiareThe Two MarshalsThe Two Marshals · IdeaTotò, Peppino and... the Sweet Life
Letto a tre piazzeThe Passionate ThiefToto, Fabrizi and the Young People TodayHe Who Hesitates Is LostSignori si nasce
The OvertaxedLa cambialeToto in MadridThe ThievesYou're on Your Own
Big Deal on Madonna StreetTotò in the MoonLegs of GoldToto in ParisToto and Marcellino
Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor
CinépanoramaThe Band of Honest MenToto, Peppino, and the HussyTotò Double or Nothing?Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge
Il coraggioIl coraggio · ScreenplayRoman TalesToto and CarolinaTotò all'inferno
Where Is Freedom?The Gold of NaplesPoverty and NobilityIl medico dei pazziIl medico dei pazzi · Screenplay
Neapolitan TurkUna di quelleMan, Beast and VirtueFunniest Show on Earth
Toto and the WomenToto and the Kings of RomeTotó in colorTotó in color · Story
Cops and RobbersToto the Third ManSeven Hours of Troubles
Toto the SheikTotò Looking for Wife47 Talking CorpsesFigaro qua... Figaro làSide Street Story
Full Filmography
135 titles- 'A Livella (2025) Original Concept
- Totò e il Principe De Curtis - L'uomo oltre la maschera (2023) as Se stesso
- We Are Cinema (2021) as Self (archive footage)
- Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita (2021) as Self (archive footage)
- Siamo tutti Alberto Sordi? (2020) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Naples '44 (2016) as Self (archive footage)
- Hollywood sul Tevere (2009)
- How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio (2004) as Self (archive footage)
- SuperTotò (1980)
- Antologia di Totò (1978) as Totò (se stesso)
- Forza Italia! (1977) as Self (archive footage)
- Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti (1977)
- Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca (1975) as (archive footage)
- Totò Story (1968)
- Caprice Italian Style (1968) as Anziano Signore / Iago
- What Are the Clouds? (1968) as Iago
- The Witches (1967) as Ciancicato Miao (segment "La Terra vista dalla Luna")
- Tutto Totò - Il tuttofare (1967)
- Tutto Totò - Don Giovannino (1967) as Barnaba Parmiggiani aka 'Babà'
- Tutto Totò - Totò Ye Ye (1967) as musicista capellone
- Tutto Totò - La scommessa (1967) as Oberdan Lo Cascio
- Il latitante (1967) as Gennaro La Pezza
- Tutto Totò - Totò a Napoli (1967) as Totò, la guida non autorizzata
- Tutto Totò - Totò Ciak (1967) as Totò l'agente segreto
- The Earth As Seen from the Moon (1967) as Ciancicato Miao
- Tutto Totò - Premio Nobel (1967) as il professor Serafino Bolletta
- Tutto Totò - Il grande maestro (1967) as Mardoccheo Stonatelli
- Tutto Totò - Il grande maestro (1967) Writer
- The Treasure of San Gennaro (1966) as Don Vincenzo
- The Hawks and the Sparrows (1966) as Totò Innocenti / Frate Cicillo
- Latin Lovers (1965) as Rag. Antonio Gargiulo (ep. Amore e morte)
- The Mandrake (1965) as il frate
- Totò d'Arabia (1965) as Totò
- Rita the American Girl (1965) as Serafino Benvenuti
- Laughs Italian Style (1964)
- Beautiful Families (1964) as Filiberto Comanducci
- What Ever Happened to Baby Toto? (1964) as Totò Baby / il Padre
- Totò versus the Black Pirate (1964) as Josè
- The Shortest Day (1963) as frate bersagliere
- Toto and Cleopatra (1963) as Marc'Antonio / Totonno
- Totò sexy (1963) as Nini Cantachiaro
- Gli onorevoli (1963) as Antonio La Trippa
- Totò vs the Four (1963) as commissario Antonio Saracino
- Two Colonels (1963) as Colonnello Di Maggio
- Le motorizzate (1963) as Urbano Cacace (segment "Il Vigile Ignoto")
- The Monk of Monza (1963) as Pasquale Cicciacalda / Don Manuel
- The Commandant (1963) as Col. Antonio Cavalli
- Totò versus Maciste (1962) as Totokamen
- Totò diabolicus (1962) as Galeazzo / Carlo / Scipione / Antonio / Laudomia / Pasquale
- Lo smemorato di Collegno (1962) as lo smemorato
- Totò e Peppino divisi a Berlino (1962) as Antonio La Puzza / Amministratore di Canarinis
- Toto at Night (1962) as Nini
- Totòtruffa '62 (1961) as Antonio LoRuffo
- Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare (1961) as Dott. Biagio Tanzarella
- The Two Marshals (1961) as Antonio Capurro
- The Two Marshals (1961) Idea
- Totò, Peppino and... the Sweet Life (1961) as Antonio Barbacane
- Letto a tre piazze (1960) as Antonio Di Cosimo
- The Passionate Thief (1960) as Umberto 'Infortunio' Pennazzuto
- Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today (1960) as Cavalier Antonio Cocozza
- He Who Hesitates Is Lost (1960) as Antonio Guardalavecchia
- Signori si nasce (1960) as Ottone Degli Ulivi, detto Zazà
- Noi duri (1960) as L'Algerino
- The Overtaxed (1959) as Torquato Pezzella
- La cambiale (1959) as Cesare Posalaquaglia
- Toto in Madrid (1959) as Totò Scorceletti
- The Thieves (1959) as Commissario Di Savio
- You're on Your Own (1959) as Il nonno illuminato
- Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958) as Dante Cruciani
- Totò in the Moon (1958) as Pasquale Belafronte
- Legs of Gold (1958) as Barone Luigi Fontana
- Toto in Paris (1958) as Marchese Gastone de Chemantel / Chateau-Boiron / il vagabondo Totò
- Toto and Marcellino (1958) as Il Professore
- Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche (1958) as Antonio Vignarello
- The Law Is the Law (1958) as Giuseppe La Paglia
- Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor (1957) as Michele Spillone detto Mike
- Cinépanorama (1956) as Self
- The Band of Honest Men (1956) as Antonio Buonocore
- Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy (1956) as Antonio Caponi
- Totò Double or Nothing? (1956) as Duca Gagliardo della Forcoletta
- Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge (1956) as Antonio
- Il coraggio (1955) as Gennaro Vaccariello
- Il coraggio (1955) Screenplay
- Roman Tales (1955) as Professor Semprini
- Toto and Carolina (1955) as Antonio Caccavallo
- Totò all'inferno (1955) as Antonio Marchi
- Totò all'inferno (1955) Screenplay
- Totò all'inferno (1955) Story
- Destinazione Piovarolo (1955) as Antonio La Quaglia
- Are We Men or Corporals? (1955) as Totò Esposito
- Are We Men or Corporals? (1955) Story
- Are We Men or Corporals? (1955) Screenplay
- Variety carousel (1955)
- Where Is Freedom? (1954) as Salvatore Lojacono
- The Gold of Naples (1954) as Don Saverio Petrillo (segment "Il guappo")
- Poverty and Nobility (1954) as Don Felice Sciosciammocca
- Il medico dei pazzi (1954) as Felice Sciosciammocca
- Il medico dei pazzi (1954) Screenplay
- The Anatomy of Love (1954) as Dionillo
- Totò Seeks Peace (1954) as Gennaro Piselli
- Of Life and Love (1954) as Rosario Chiarchiaro
- The Three Thieves (1954) as Tapioca
- Neapolitan Turk (1953) as Felice Sciosciammocca
- Una di quelle (1953) as Rocco Bardelli
- Man, Beast and Virtue (1953) as Prof. Paolino
- Funniest Show on Earth (1953) as Tottons
- Toto and the Women (1952) as Antonio Scaparro
- Toto and the Kings of Rome (1952) as Ercole Pappalardo
- Totó in color (1952) as Antonio Scannagatti
- Totó in color (1952) Story
- Cops and Robbers (1951) as Ferdinando Esposito
- Toto the Third Man (1951) as Piero / Paolo / Totò
- Seven Hours of Troubles (1951) as Totò De Pasquale
- Toto the Sheik (1950) as Antonio Sapone
- Totò Looking for Wife (1950) as Totò
- 47 Talking Corpses (1950) as Il barone Antonio Peletti
- Figaro qua... Figaro là (1950) as Figaro
- Side Street Story (1950) as Pasquale Miele
- Le sei mogli di Barbablù (1950) as Totò Esposito
- Tototarzan (1950) as Antonio Della Buffas
- Totò le Mokò (1949) as Antonio Lumaconi / Totò le Moko
- Totò Looking for a House (1949) as Beniamino Lomacchio
- Yvonne of the Night (1949) as Nino, il fantasista
- The Firemen of Viggiù (1949) as Totò
- The Emperor of Capri (1949) as Antonio De Fazio
- Toto Tours Italy (1948) as Prof. Totò Casamandrei
- Fifa e arena (1948) as Nicolino Capece
- Slave Girl (1947) as Gobbone il cammello (narratore)
- Two Little Orphans (1947) as Gasparre
- The Rape of the Sabine (1945) as Aristide Tromboni
- Two Hearts Against the Beast (1943) as Totò
- L'allegro fantasma (1941) as Nicolino & Gelsomino & Antonino
- San Giovanni decollato (1940) as Mastro Agostino Miciacio
- Animal Crackers (1939) as Barone Tolomeo dei Tolomei
- Hands Off Me! (1937) as Conte Toto di Torretota
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Totò best known for?
Totò is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Forza Italia! (1977), The Witches (1967), Tutto Totò - La scommessa (1967), The Treasure of San Gennaro (1966).
When and where was Totò born?
Totò was born on February 14, 1898 in Naples, Campania, Italy. They passed away on April 15, 1967.
How many credits does Totò have?
Totò has accumulated over 135 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1937 to 2025.
What is Totò's background in cinema and television?
Totò was an Italian comedian, film and theatre actor, writer, singer and songwriter. He was born Antonio Clemente in a poor district of Naples, the illegitimate son of Anna Clemente from Sicily and Marquis Giuseppe De Curtis from Naples. Totò was nicknamed "il principe della risata" (the prince of laughter) and is wide...
Totò by the numbers
135credits
134films
1TV series
1937–2025active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- Cinépanorama (1956) as Self — aged about 58
- Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958) as Dante Cruciani — aged about 60
- Forza Italia! (1977) as Self (archive footage) — aged about 79
- Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy (1956) as Antonio Caponi — aged about 58
- Totòtruffa '62 (1961) as Antonio LoRuffo — aged about 63
- The Treasure of San Gennaro (1966) as Don Vincenzo — aged about 68
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