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