Fausto Tozzi
Acting • Born 1921-10-29 – Died 1978-12-10
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.
Filmography
69 credits
The Spy
Movie • 1964
Paoli
The Swordsman of Siena
Movie • 1962
Hugo
Odissea
Movie • 1968
Menelao
The Bandit of Tacca del Lupo
Movie • 1952
Luogotenente Magistrelli
Knives of the Avenger
Movie • 1966
Hagen
Street People
Movie • 1976
Luigi Nicoletta
The Demise of Father Mouret
Movie • 1970
Jeanbernat
Crazy Joe
Movie • 1974
Frank
Mercenaries of the Rio Grande
Movie • 1965
Benito Juarez
Oh, Serafina!
Movie • 1976
Carlo Vigeva
The Valdez Horses
Movie • 1973
Cruz
The Appointment
Movie • 1969
Renzo
The Tanks of El Alamein
Movie • 1957
Capt. Valerio Bruschi
Fear in the City
Movie • 1976
Warrant Officer Esposito
Cry of a Prostitute
Movie • 1974
Don Ricuzzo Cantimo
Scheherazade
Movie • 1963
Barmak
Castle of the Banned Lovers
Movie • 1956
Olimpio Calvetti
The Man Who Killed Billy the Kid
Movie • 1967
Pat Garrett
The City Defends Itself
Movie • 1951
Luigi Girosi
The Sicilian Connection
Movie • 1972
Don Vincenzo Russo
I cinque dell'Adamello
Movie • 1954
Leonida
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Movie • 1965
Foreman
La ladra
Movie • 1955
Nino
In the Eddy of Sin
Movie • 1954
Alberto Valli
Brothers of Italy
Movie • 1952
The Return of Dr. Mabuse
Movie • 1961
Warden Wolf
The Black Stallion
Movie • 1979
Rescue Captain
Pyramid of the Sun God
Movie • 1965
Quando gli angeli piangono
Movie • 1958
Piero
Quai des illusions
Movie • 1959
Fausto
The Night of the Great Attack
Movie • 1959
Zanco
Questo amore ai confini del mondo
Movie • 1960
Don Claudio
Divisione Folgore
Movie • 1954
Sergente Turchi
The Deserter
Movie • 1970
Orozco
The Valachi Papers
Movie • 1972
Albert Anastasia
Dagli Appennini alle Ande
Movie • 1959
Marco's father
Casta diva
Movie • 1954
Gaetano Donizetti
Constantine and the Cross
Movie • 1961
Hadrian
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Movie • 1965
uomo
The Left Hand of the Law
Movie • 1975
brigadiere Giulio Costello
The Bloody Hands of the Law
Movie • 1973
Nicolò Patrovita
Big Pot
Movie • 1976
Mark Lemmon
Saint-Tropez Blues
Movie • 1961
Nino Trabucci
The Hunt
Movie • 1953
Marco / Musoduro
Between Miracles
Movie • 1971
Primario
A Man Called Sledge
Movie • 1970
Maximum security prisoner
El Cid
Movie • 1961
Dolfos
La ciudad perdida
Movie • 1955
Rafael
Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù?
Movie • 1971
Il marito eschimese
Mean Frank and Crazy Tony
Movie • 1973
Massara
The Funny Face of the Godfather
Movie • 1973
Tony Malonzo
The Visit
Movie • 1964
Darvis (uncredited)
Trastevere
Movie • 1971
Himself at St. Maria in Trastevere (uncredited)
The Wonders of Aladdin
Movie • 1961
Grand Vizier
Women Without Names
Movie • 1950
The Red Cloak
Movie • 1955
Luca de Bardi
Commando
Movie • 1962
Brascia
Un uomo facile
Movie • 1959
Songs from all over Italy
Movie • 1955
House of Ricordi
Movie • 1954
Arrigo Boito
The Shortest Day
Movie • 1963
Soldato combattente (uncredited)
Il cielo brucia
Movie • 1958
Marchi
Siempre Carmen
Movie • 1953
José Salviatti
Un po' di cielo
Movie • 1955
Roberto Maltoni
L'altro Dio
Movie • 1975
The Sailor from Gibraltar
Movie • 1967
Captain
I Spy
TV • 1965
Origins of the Mafia
TV • 1976
Nicu Borelli
The Odyssey
TV • 1968
Menelao