Fausto Tozzi
Date of birth: 1921-10-29
Place of birth: Roma, Italy
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Фаусто Тоцци
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.
Movie Credits
The Spy
1964-02-27
The British Admiralty is worried: several cargo ships carrying troops have mysteriously jumped off G
The Swordsman of Siena
1962-10-19
A 16th-century Spanish overlord hires Thomas Stanswood (Stuart Granger) to protect his, less than ea
Odissea
1968-03-24
Odysseus' journey told in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. After fighting in the Trojan War, Odysseus spen
The Bandit of Tacca del Lupo
1952-10-15
In 19th century southern Italy (near Melfi, Basilicata), a small force of soldiers fight in the hill
Knives of the Avenger
1966-05-30
A mysterious knife-throwing viking warrior protects a young peasant woman and her young son from the
Street People
1976-03-30
A Mafia boss is enraged when he is suspected of smuggling a heroin shipment into San Francisco. He d
The Demise of Father Mouret
1970-10-14
Serge Mouret is a frail and devout young priest in a tough country parish. When he falls down and lo
Crazy Joe
1974-02-08
The rise and fall of a Mafia gangster, based on the life of murdered New York gangster "Crazy" Joey
Mercenaries of the Rio Grande
1965-03-04
Dr. Karl Sternau, the personal physician of the count Bismarck, who spent much of his youth in Mexic
Oh, Serafina!
1976-01-01
Augusto Valle is a successful young industrialist who weds Palmira, the girl working in his factory,
The Valdez Horses
1973-09-14
Chino Valdez is a loner horse breeder living in the old west. Partly a loner by choice, and partly b
The Appointment
1969-05-22
Lawyer Federico Fendi has reasons to suspect that his fashion model wife Carla is secretly one of Ro
The Tanks of El Alamein
1957-09-19
Italian move on the battle of El Alamein
Fear in the City
1976-09-14
The film focuses on Murri; the token maverick cop. He is called in after a bunch of criminals pull o
Cry of a Prostitute
1974-04-04
The gangster Tony Aniante in the middle of a feud between two mafia families. He manipulates both fa
Scheherazade
1963-05-10
Sheherazade is promised to a powerful Sultan as a gift in exchange for free passage to the Holy Land
Castle of the Banned Lovers
1956-09-06
The beautiful Beatrice Cenci, daughter of the noble Francesco, falls in love with Olimpio. But she h
The Man Who Killed Billy the Kid
1967-03-09
This spaghetti western presents a fictitious version of the often filmed legend of Pat Garrett and B
The City Defends Itself
1951-10-12
Four criminals commit a robbery at a soccer stadium, and then split up to try to hide separately fro
I cinque dell'Adamello
1954-11-30
The odyssey of 5 Alpine soldiers who died during the First World War because of an avalanche. Their
The Sicilian Connection
1972-12-21
A small time hood smuggles drugs from Turkey to Italy in an effort to make it into the big time, but
The Agony and the Ecstasy
1965-09-16
During the Italian Renaissance, Pope Julius II contracts the influential artist Michelangelo to scul
La ladra
1955-03-08
Whistle is an orphaned boy, raised in an environment unsuitable for a budding child and thief. A sha
In the Eddy of Sin
1954-10-30
After years of detachment Alberto Valli returns to the home of Margherita, his widowed mother, with
Brothers of Italy
1952-01-01
Capodistria, 1915. Captain Nazario Sauro, an officer in the Austrian Navy, is one of those patriots
The Return of Dr. Mabuse
1961-01-01
The supposedly dead and buried Mabuse returns to his criminal activities, as his longtime foe Police
The Black Stallion
1979-10-13
While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion that
Pyramid of the Sun God
1965-04-17
Mexico, 1864. The country is divided by the struggle against the French occupation and emperor Maxim
Quando gli angeli piangono
1958-08-08
After the end of World War II, a man comes back to his former fiancée and finds out that she is marr
Quai des illusions
1959-01-21
Lise is bored with her parents and gets a job as a waitress. She meets a sailor, Fausto, who leaves
The Night of the Great Attack
1959-10-29
In 15th century Romagna rules violence and fright. Cesare Borgia wants to incorporate the duchy of C
Questo amore ai confini del mondo
1960-10-20
Argentinian-Italian western features a rancher and landowner who makes a common mistake - he marries
Divisione Folgore
1954-12-30
In the summer of 1942, during the Second World War, a group of young paratroopers from the Folgore D
The Deserter
1970-12-04
A young cavalry officer finds his woman tortured by the Apaches and blames the Army for not properly
The Valachi Papers
1972-01-06
When Joe Valachi has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese, he must take desperate steps to p
Dagli Appennini alle Ande
1959-09-03
A young boy travels by himself to reach his sick mother.
Casta diva
1954-12-27
As soon as he graduated from the Naples Conservatory, Vincenzo Bellini meets Maddalena Fumaroli and
Constantine and the Cross
1961-02-02
Constantine is fighting against Barbarians with his father when he is called to Rome. In his way to
The Agony and the Ecstasy
1965-09-16
During the Italian Renaissance, Pope Julius II contracts the influential artist Michelangelo to scul
The Left Hand of the Law
1975-09-03
After a couple of 'special squad' cops are gunned down while chasing some kidnappers, the head of th
The Bloody Hands of the Law
1973-03-11
When a crime boss is murdered while in hospital, a young woman sees the killers, but her room mate c
Big Pot
1976-06-15
A gang of robbers takes possession of a load of diamonds.. Only one of them, Mark Lemmon, is arreste
Saint-Tropez Blues
1961-07-21
With her parents away, Anne-Marie drops her studies to spend eight days in Saint-Tropez with her fri
The Hunt
1953-12-09
A young poacher is wrongly accused of killing the father of the woman he loves.
Between Miracles
1971-03-19
Benedetto is a child who came out of an accident uninjured on his first communion's day. The people
A Man Called Sledge
1970-11-14
James Garner is Luther Sledge, the leader of a pack of rebels who are planning to steal a stash of g
El Cid
1961-10-24
Epic film of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz ("El Cid" to his followers), who, without comp
La ciudad perdida
1955-04-11
Rafa, a Communist Republican exiled after the Spanish Civil War, returns to his hometown to carry ou
Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù?
1971-02-25
During a monologue on the theme of adultery, a man reviews a series of famous and anonymous cases of
Mean Frank and Crazy Tony
1973-11-23
There's trouble in Frankie Diomede's criminal empire in Genoa. A French gangster has moved into his
The Funny Face of the Godfather
1973-05-03
The Godfather Don Vito Monreale knows, by chance, the Italian-American singer Nick Bouillon. Since t
The Visit
1964-05-06
Carla Zachanassian had a child by Serge Miller as a teenager. When Serge refused to marry her, she w
Trastevere
1971-11-13
A retired actor's search for his stray pet strings together this episodic portrait of the ancient Ro
The Wonders of Aladdin
1961-10-31
Young Aladdin has a series of wild adventures after he discovers a magic lamp containing a genie.
Women Without Names
1950-03-23
This is the sad story of several desperate ladies incarcerated somewhere in Italy in a camp for disp
The Red Cloak
1955-09-17
Cosimo de' Bardi is assassinated by a gentleman called the Flemish. Time passes and at some point a
Commando
1962-11-14
A French Foreign Legion commander is told to assemble a unit and capture an Algerian rebel leader. H
Un uomo facile
1959-04-24
The changing fortunes of two boxers are explored in this interesting drama by Paolo Heusch, seen fro
Songs from all over Italy
1955-01-01
House of Ricordi
1954-12-01
The film covers a hundred years in the lives of the Ricordi family, the Milan publishing house of th
The Shortest Day
1963-02-14
Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an impor
Il cielo brucia
1958-06-14
Siempre Carmen
1953-01-01
Un po' di cielo
1955-12-30
L'altro Dio
1975-01-01