Fausto Tozzi
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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Fotos
Películas (72)
El cabezota
1982 · Screenplay
The Black Stallion
1979 · Rescue Captain
Fear in the City
1976 · Warrant Officer Esposito
The Jackpot
1976 · Mark Lemmon
Street People
1976 · Luigi Nicoletta
Oh, Serafina!
1976 · Carlo Vigeva
The Left Hand of the Law
1975 · brigadiere Giulio Costello
L'altro Dio
1975
Cry of a Prostitute
1974 · Don Ricuzzo Cantimo
Crazy Joe
1974 · Frank
Mean Frank and Crazy Tony
1973 · Massara
The Valdez Horses
1973 · Cruz
The Funny Face of the Godfather
1973 · Tony Malonzo
The Bloody Hands of the Law
1973 · Nicolò Patrovita
The Sicilian Connection
1972 · Don Vincenzo Russo
The Valachi Papers
1972 · Albert Anastasia
Trastevere
1971 · Himself at St. Maria in Trastevere (uncredited), Director, Writer
Between Miracles
1971 · Primario
Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù?
1971 · Il marito eschimese
The Deserter
1970 · Orozco
A Man Called Sledge
1970 · Maximum security prisoner
The Demise of Father Mouret
1970 · Jeanbernat
The Odyssey
1969 · Menelaus
The Appointment
1969 · Renzo
Le avventure di Ulisse
1969 · Menelao
The Man Who Killed Billy the Kid
1967 · Pat Garrett
The Sailor from Gibraltar
1967 · Captain
Knives of the Avenger
1966 · Hagen
The Agony and the Ecstasy
1965 · Foreman, uomo
Pyramid of the Sun God
1965
Mercenaries of the Rio Grande
1965 · Benito Juarez
The Visit
1964 · Darvis (uncredited)
The Spy
1964 · Paoli
Scheherazade
1963 · Barmak
The Shortest Day
1963 · Soldato combattente (uncredited)
Commando
1962 · Brascia
The Swordsman of Siena
1962 · Hugo
The Wonders of Aladdin
1961 · Grand Vizier
El Cid
1961 · Dolfos
The Return of Dr. Mabuse
1961 · Warden Wolf
Saint-Tropez Blues
1961 · Nino Trabucci
Constantine and the Cross
1961 · Hadrian
Questo amore ai confini del mondo
1960 · Don Claudio, Writer
The Night of the Great Attack
1959 · Zanco
Dagli Appennini alle Ande
1959 · Marco's father
Un uomo facile
1959 · Writer
L'amico del giaguaro
1959 · Story
Quai des illusions
1959 · Fausto
Quando gli angeli piangono
1958 · Piero
Il cielo brucia
1958 · Marchi
The Tanks of El Alamein
1957 · Capt. Valerio Bruschi
Castle of the Banned Lovers
1956 · Olimpio Calvetti
Un po' di cielo
1955 · Roberto Maltoni
The Red Cloak
1955 · Luca de Bardi
La ciudad perdida
1955 · Rafael
La ladra
1955 · Nino
Songs from all over Italy
1955
Divisione Folgore
1954 · Sergente Turchi
Casta diva
1954 · Gaetano Donizetti
House of Ricordi
1954 · Arrigo Boito
I cinque dell'Adamello
1954 · Leonida
In the Eddy of Sin
1954 · Alberto Valli
The Hunt
1953 · Marco / Musoduro, Writer
Siempre Carmen
1953 · José Salviatti
The Bandit of Tacca del Lupo
1952 · Luogotenente Magistrelli, Co-Writer
Three Girls from Rome
1952 · Co-Writer
Brothers of Italy
1952
The City Defends Itself
1951 · Luigi Girosi
Women Without Names
1950
Heaven Over the Marshes
1949 · Screenplay, Assistant Director
Under the Sun of Rome
1948 · Screenplay, Story
Professor, My Son
1946 · Screenplay, Story, First Assistant Director
