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Fausto Tozzi
Fausto Tozzi
	Tozzi circa 1953
Born	29 October 1921; Rome, Italy
Died	10 December 1978 (aged 57); Rome, Italy
Occupation(s)	Actor; Screenwriter
Years active	1946–1978

Fausto 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.^[1] He also directed one film, Trastevere.^[2]

Life and career

Born in Rome, after graduating in accountancy Tozzi made several humble jobs, including peddler and bird taxidermist.^[3] He was introduced in the cinema industry by Sergio Amidei, for whom he worked as a stenographer.^[3]^[4] 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).^[4] In the early 1950s, he also started working as an assistant director and as an actor, sometimes being cast in main roles.^[4] His typical roles were of hardmen and villains.^[3] 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.^[4]

Tozzi died of respiratory failure, aged 57.^[3]

Selected filmography

Under the Sun of Rome (1948, screenwriter)
Heaven over the Marshes (1949)
Women Without Names (1950)
Il caimano del Piave (1951)
Four Ways Out (1951) - Luigi Girosi
The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo (1952) - Lt. Magistrelli
Fratelli d'Italia (1952)
Three Girls from Rome (1952 - screenwriter)
Carmen proibita (1953) - José Salviatti
Musoduro (1953) - Marco / Musoduro
The Steel Rope (1953) - Filippo
Casta Diva (1954) - Gaetano Donizetti
Nel gorgo del peccato (1954) - Alberto Valli
House of Ricordi (1954) - Arrigo Boito
I cinque dell'Adamello (1954) - Leonida
The Lost City (1955) - Rafael
The Red Cloak (1955) - Luca de Bardi
Folgore Division (1955) - Sergeant Turchi
La ladra (1955) - Nino
Un po' di cielo (1955)
Songs of Italy (1955)
Beatrice Cenci (1956) - Olimpio Calvetti
East of Kilimanjaro (1957) - Dr. Enrico Trino
The Sky Burns (1958) - Marchi
Quando gli angeli piangono (1958)
El Alamein (1958) - Capitano Valerio Bruschi
The Defeated Victor (1958 - screenwriter)
Quay of Illusions (1959) - Fausto
Un uomo facile (1959)
Dagli Appennini alle Ande (1959) - Marco's father
Le secret du Chevalier d'Éon (1959)
The Night of the Great Attack (1959) - Captain Zanco Di Monforte
Questo amore ai confini del mondo (1960) - Don Claudio
Constantine and the Cross (1961) - Hadrian
Saint-Tropez Blues (1961) - Nino Trabucci, le peintre
The Return of Doctor Mabuse (1961) - Warden Wolf
El Cid (1961) - Dolfos
The Wonders of Aladdin (1961) - Grand Vizier
The Legion's Last Patrol (1962) - Brascia
Swordsman of Siena (1962) - Hugo
The Shortest Day (1963) - Uno dei soldati combattenti (uncredited)
Shéhérazade (1963) - Barmak
Gibraltar (1964) - Paoli
The Visit (1964) - Darvis
The Treasure of the Aztecs (1965) - Benito Juárez
Pyramid of the Sun God (1965) - (uncredited)
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) - Foreman
I coltelli del vendicatore (1966) - Hagen
El hombre que mató a Billy el Niño (1967) - Pat Garrett
The Sailor from Gibraltar (1967) - Captain
The Appointment (1969) - Renzo
La Faute de l'abbé Mouret (1970) - Jeanbernat
A Man Called Sledge (1970) - Maximum security prisoner
Mazzabubù... Quante corna stanno quaggiù? (1971) - Il marito eschimese
Between Miracles (1971) - Primario
The Deserter (1971) - Orozco
Trastevere (1971) - Man near Joseph at St. Maria in Trastevere (uncredited)
The Valachi Papers (1972) - Albert Anastasia
The Sicilian Connection (1972)
The Funny Face of the Godfather (1973) - Tony Malonzo
Chino (1973) - Cruz
The Bloody Hands of the Law (1973) - Nicolò Patrovita
Mean Frank and Crazy Tony (1973) - Massara
War Goddess (1973) - General
Cry of a Prostitute (1974) - Don Ricuzzo Cantimo
Crazy Joe (1974) - Frank
The Left Hand of the Law (1975) - Giulio Costello
L'altro Dio (1975) - Daniele Corsin
The Sicilian Cross (1976) - Luigi Nicoletta
Il colpaccio (1976)
Oh, Serafina! (1976) - Carlo Vigeva
Fear in the City (1976) - Esposito
The Black Stallion (1979) - Rescue Captain

References

^ "9th Berlin International Film Festival". Film Affinity. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
^ "Fausto Tozzi". MyMovies. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Achille Valdata (11 December 1978). "È morto Fausto Tozzi "duro" dello schermo". La Stampa. No. 285.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884402697.