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. Source: Article "Fausto Tozzi" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For: Acting

Born: Roma, Italy, 1921-10-29

Died: 1978-12-10

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	Women Without Names		63
2	1951	The City Defends Itself	Luigi Girosi	60
3	1952	Brothers of Italy		0
4	1952	The Bandit of Tacca del Lupo	Luogotenente Magistrelli	64
5	1953	Siempre Carmen	José Salviatti	0
6	1953	The Hunt	Marco / Musoduro	0
7	1954	In the Eddy of Sin	Alberto Valli	60
8	1954	I cinque dell'Adamello	Leonida	0
9	1954	House of Ricordi	Arrigo Boito	62
10	1954	Casta diva	Gaetano Donizetti	60
11	1954	Divisione Folgore	Sergente Turchi	64
12	1955	Songs from all over Italy		0
13	1955	La ladra	Nino	0
14	1955	La ciudad perdida	Rafael	50
15	1955	The Red Cloak	Luca de Bardi	0
16	1955	Un po' di cielo	Roberto Maltoni	0
17	1956	Castle of the Banned Lovers	Olimpio Calvetti	60
18	1957	The Tanks of El Alamein	Capt. Valerio Bruschi	44
19	1958	Il cielo brucia	Marchi	0
20	1958	Quando gli angeli piangono	Piero	0
21	1959	Quai des illusions	Fausto	0
22	1959	Un uomo facile		0
23	1959	Dagli Appennini alle Ande	Marco's father	57
24	1959	The Night of the Great Attack	Zanco	40
25	1960	Questo amore ai confini del mondo	Don Claudio	0
26	1961	The Return of Dr. Mabuse	Warden Wolf	61
27	1961	Constantine and the Cross	Hadrian	51
28	1961	Saint-Tropez Blues	Nino Trabucci	54
29	1961	El Cid	Dolfos	68
30	1961	The Wonders of Aladdin	Grand Vizier	51
31	1962	The Swordsman of Siena	Hugo	25
32	1962	Commando	Brascia	63
33	1963	The Shortest Day	Soldato combattente (uncredited)	62
34	1963	Scheherazade	Barmak	75
35	1964	The Spy	Paoli	30
36	1964	The Visit	Darvis (uncredited)	70
37	1965	Mercenaries of the Rio Grande	Benito Juarez	58
38	1965	Pyramid of the Sun God		55
39	1965	The Agony and the Ecstasy	Foreman	71
40	1965	The Agony and the Ecstasy	uomo	71
41	1966	Knives of the Avenger	Hagen	63
42	1967	The Man Who Killed Billy the Kid	Pat Garrett	56
43	1968	Odissea	Menelao	77
44	1969	The Appointment	Renzo	55
45	1970	The Demise of Father Mouret	Jeanbernat	43
46	1970	A Man Called Sledge	Maximum security prisoner	61
47	1970	The Deserter	Orozco	60
48	1971	Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù?	Il marito eschimese	55
49	1971	Between Miracles	Primario	71
50	1971	Trastevere	Himself at St. Maria in Trastevere (uncredited)	68
51	1972	The Valachi Papers	Albert Anastasia	65
52	1972	The Sicilian Connection	Don Vincenzo Russo	60
53	1973	The Bloody Hands of the Law	Nicolò Patrovita	67
54	1973	The Funny Face of the Godfather	Tony Malonzo	20
55	1973	Chino	Cruz	55
56	1973	Mean Frank and Crazy Tony	Massara	44
57	1974	Crazy Joe	Frank	60
58	1974	Cry of a Prostitute	Don Ricuzzo Cantimo	58
59	1975	L'altro Dio		0
60	1975	The Left Hand of the Law	brigadiere Giulio Costello	60
61	1976	Oh, Serafina!	Carlo Vigeva	53
62	1976	Street People	Luigi Nicoletta	49
63	1976	Big Pot	Mark Lemmon	0
64	1976	Fear in the City	Esposito	51
65	1979	The Black Stallion	Rescue Captain	70

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1965	I Spy		63
2	1968	The Odyssey	Menelao	89
3	1976	Origins of the Mafia	Nicu Borelli	0

Fausto Tozzi

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