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