Fausto Tozzi
Photoplayd Industry Rating
Not enough rated films yet to compute a weighted score.
Roles are weighted by involvement: director 1.0, screenwriter 0.7, lead 0.8, supporting 0.4, crew 0.1.
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
Credits
Street People (1976)
as Luigi Nicoletta
Divisione Folgore (1954)
as Sergente Turchi
The Black Stallion (1979)
as Rescue Captain
Oh, Serafina! (1976)
as Carlo Vigeva
El Cid (1961)
as Dolfos
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
as Foreman
Dagli Appennini alle Ande (1959)
as Marco's father
Constantine and the Cross (1961)
as Hadrian
The Jackpot (1976)
as Mark Lemmon
Brothers of Italy (1952)
Actor
Le avventure di Ulisse (1969)
as Menelao
Scheherazade (1963)
as Barmak
The Hunt (1953)
as Marco / Musoduro
I cinque dell'Adamello (1954)
as Leonida
A Man Called Sledge (1970)
as Maximum security prisoner
The Valachi Papers (1972)
as Albert Anastasia
Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù? (1971)
as Il marito eschimese
Commando (1962)
as Brascia
The Valdez Horses (1973)
as Cruz
The Wonders of Aladdin (1961)
as Grand Vizier
Women Without Names (1950)
Actor
Fear in the City (1976)
as Warrant Officer Esposito
The Return of Dr. Mabuse (1961)
as Warden Wolf
Quai des illusions (1959)
as Fausto
Mean Frank and Crazy Tony (1973)
as Massara
Il cielo brucia (1958)
as Marchi
The Visit (1964)
as Darvis (uncredited)
Saint-Tropez Blues (1961)
as Nino Trabucci
Mercenaries of the Rio Grande (1965)
as Benito Juarez
The Sailor from Gibraltar (1967)
as Captain
Pyramid of the Sun God (1965)
Actor
The Shortest Day (1963)
as Soldato combattente (uncredited)
L'altro Dio (1975)
Actor
The Man Who Killed Billy the Kid (1967)
as Pat Garrett
The Spy (1964)
as Paoli
Cry of a Prostitute (1974)
as Don Ricuzzo Cantimo
The Deserter (1970)
as Orozco
The Appointment (1969)
as Renzo
The Demise of Father Mouret (1970)
as Jeanbernat
Knives of the Avenger (1966)
as Hagen
The City Defends Itself (1951)
as Luigi Girosi
House of Ricordi (1954)
as Arrigo Boito
The Sicilian Connection (1972)
as Don Vincenzo Russo
The Odyssey (1969)
as Menelaus
The Left Hand of the Law (1975)
as brigadiere Giulio Costello
The Night of the Great Attack (1959)
as Zanco
The Swordsman of Siena (1962)
as Hugo
Un po' di cielo (1955)
as Roberto Maltoni
The Bandit of Tacca del Lupo (1952)
as Luogotenente Magistrelli
The Funny Face of the Godfather (1973)
as Tony Malonzo
Crazy Joe (1974)
as Frank
Between Miracles (1971)
as Primario
In the Eddy of Sin (1954)
as Alberto Valli
The Bloody Hands of the Law (1973)
as Nicolò Patrovita
La ladra (1955)
as Nino
Trastevere (1971)
as Himself at St. Maria in Trastevere (uncredited)
The Tanks of El Alamein (1957)
as Capt. Valerio Bruschi
Castle of the Banned Lovers (1956)
as Olimpio Calvetti
Quando gli angeli piangono (1958)
as Piero
La ciudad perdida (1955)
as Rafael
Casta diva (1954)
as Gaetano Donizetti
Siempre Carmen (1953)
as José Salviatti
Questo amore ai confini del mondo (1960)
as Don Claudio
Un uomo facile (1959)
Actor
The Red Cloak (1955)
as Luca de Bardi
Songs from all over Italy (1955)
Actor