Fausto Tozzi

Acting · Writing

Born October 29, 1921, Roma, Italy

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

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