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Totò

Name in Native Language: "Antonio de Curtis" (Italian/IT)
Comedian / Playwright / Lyricist / Screenwriter / Poet / Writer / Composer / Actor | * 02/15/1898 († 69, 04/15/1967) | Napoli, Campania (Italy)
Antonio Griffo Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno Porfirogenito Gagliardi De Curtis di Bisanzio (15 February 1898 – 15 April 1967), best known by his stage name Totò (pronounced [toˈtɔ]), or simply as Antonio de Curtis, and nicknamed il principe della risata ("the prince of laughter"), was an Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter, dramatist, poet, singer and lyricist. He was commonly referred to as one of the most popular Italian performers of all time. He is best known for his funny and sometimes cynical character as a comedian in theatre and then in many successful films shot from the 1940s to the 1960s, but he also worked with many iconic Italian film directors in dramatic/poetic roles. ()
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Totò was born Antonio Clemente in a poor district of Naples, the illegitimate son of Anna Clemente from Sicily and Marquis Giuseppe De Curtis from Naples. Nicknamed “il principe della risata’ ("the prince of laughter"), he was an Italian comedian, film and theatre actor, writer, singer and songwriter, and widely considered one of the greatest Italian artists of the 20th century. While he first gained his popularity as a comic actor, his dramatic roles, poetry, and songs are all of cultural import; his style and a number of his recurring jokes and gestures have become universally known memes in Italy.As a comic actor, Totò is classified as an heir of the Commedia dell'Arte tradition, and has been compared to such figures as Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin. At the age of 15, he was already acting as a comedian in small theatres, under pseudonym "Clerment". His early repertoire mostly consisted in imitations of Gustavo De Marco's characters. He served in the army during World War I and then went back to acting to develop the trademarks of his style. In 1937, he appeared in his first movie "Fermo con le mani", and later starred in other 96 films, many of which are still frequently broadcast on Italian television.In his vast cinematographic career, Totò had the opportunity to act side by side with virtually all major Italian actors of the time. Totò's unmistakable figure, with his peculiarly irregular face (due to an accident in his teen years), and his unique trademark ability to disarticulate his body like a marionette, soon became very popular and his comic gags became part of the Italian culture. Totò died at the age of 69 in Rome, after a series of heart attacks. Due to overwhelming popular request there were three funeral services: the first in Rome, and the second and third in Naples. Totò's birth home has been recently opened to the public as a museum.

Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Documentaries

Known for these Movies & Shows

Awards & Nominations for Totò

Globo d'oro Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor
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Movies with Totò as Actor(115)

as Self (archive footage)2021 Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
as himself (archive footage)2020 Siamo tutti Alberto Sordi?
as Self (archive footage)2016 Naples '44
as Anziano Signore / Iago1968 Caprice Italian Style
as Mardoccheo Stonatelli1967 Tutto Totò - Il grande maestro
as il professor Serafino Bolletta1967 Tutto Totò - Premio Nobel
as Totò, la guida non autorizzata1967 Tutto Totò - Totò a Napoli
as musicista capellone1967 Tutto Totò - Totò Ye Ye
as Totò l'agente segreto1967 Tutto Totò - Totò Ciak
as Ciancicato Miao1967 The Witches
as Oberdan Lo Cascio1967 La scommessa
as Totò Innocenti / Frate Cicillo1966 The Hawks and the Sparrows
as Don Vincenzo1966 The Treasure of San Gennaro
as himself1965 Totò d'Arabia
as Serafino Benvenuti1965 Rita the American Girl
as il frate1965 The Mandrake
as Rag. Antonio Gargiulo (ep. Amore e morte)1965 Gli amanti latini
as Filiberto Comanducci1964 Beautiful Families
as Totò Baby / il Padre1964 What Ever Happened to Baby Toto?
as Pasquale Cicciacalda / Don Manuel1963 The Monk of Monza
as Nini Cantachiaro1963 Totò Sexy
as Urbano Cacace (segment "Il Vigile Ignoto")1963 Le motorizzate
as Marc'Antonio / Totonno1963 Toto and Cleopatra
as commissario Antonio Saracino1963 Totò vs the Four
as Antonio LaTrippa1963 Gli onorevoli
as Col. Antonio Cavalli1963 The Commandant
as Colonnello Di Maggio1963 Two Colonels
as frate bersagliere1963 The Shortest Day
as Galeazzo / Carlo / Scipione / Antonio / Laudomia / Pasquale1962 Totò diabolicus
as Antonio La Puzza / Amministratore di Canarinis1962 Totò e Peppino divisi a Berlino
as Nini1962 Toto at Night
as lo smemorato1962 Lo smemorato di Collegno
as Totokamen1962 Totò contro Maciste
as Antonio Capurro1961 The Two Marshals
as Antonio Barbacane1961 Totò, Peppino and... the Sweet Life
as Antonio LoRuffo1961 Totòtruffa '62
as Dott. Biagio Tanzarella1961 Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare
as Antonio Di Cosimo1960 Letto a tre piazze
as Antonio Guardalavecchia1960 He Who Hesitates Is Lost
as Umberto 'Infortunio' Pennazzuto1960 The Passionate Thief
as Ottone Degli Ulivi, detto Zazà1960 Signori si nasce
as Cavalier Antonio Cocozza1960 Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today
as L'Algerino1960 Noi duri
as Commissario Di Savio1959 The Thieves
as Torquato Pezzella1959 The Overtaxed
as Cesare Posalaquaglia1959 La cambiale
as Il nonno illuminato1959 You're on Your Own
as Totò Scorceletti1959 Toto in Madrid
as Marchese Gastone de Chemantel / Chateau-Boiron / il vagabondo Totò1958 Toto in Paris
as Antonio Vignarello1958 Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche
as Pasquale Belafronte1958 Totò nella Luna
as Giuseppe La Paglia1958 The Law Is the Law
as Barone Luigi Fontana1958 Legs of Gold
as Il Professore1958 Toto and Marcellino
as Dante Cruciani1958 Big Deal on Madonna Street
as Michele Spillone detto Mike1957 Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor
as Antonio Caponi1956 Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy
as Duca Gagliardo della Forcoletta1956 Totò Double or Nothing?
as Antonio Buonocore1956 The Band of Honest Men
as Antonio La Quaglia1955 Destinazione Piovarolo
as Professor Semprini1955 Roman Tales
as Totò Esposito1955 Are We Men or Corporals?
as Gennaro Vaccariello1955 Il coraggio
as Antonio Marchi1955 Totò all'inferno
as Antonio Caccavallo1955 Toto and Carolina
as Tapioca1954 I tre ladri
as Don Saverio Petrillo (segment "Il guappo")1954 The Gold of Naples
as Felice Sciosciammocca1954 Il medico dei pazzi
as Rosario Chiarchiaro1954 Of Life and Love
as Salvatore Lojacono1954 Where Is Freedom?
as Gennaro Piselli1954 Totò cerca pace
as Don Felice Sciosciammocca1954 Poverty and Nobility
as Dionillo1954 A Slice of Life
as Tottons1953 Funniest Show on Earth
as Felice Sciosciammocca1953 Neapolitan Turk
as Rocco Bardelli1953 Una di quelle
as Prof. Paolino1953 Man, Beast and Virtue
as Antonio Scannagatti1952 Totó in color
as Antonio Scaparro1952 Toto and the Women
as Ercole Pappalardo1952 Toto and the Kings of Rome
as Ferdinando Esposito1951 Cops and Robbers
as Piero / Paolo / Totò1951 Toto the Third Man
as Totò De Pasquale1951 Sette ore di guai
as Il barone Antonio Peletti1950 47 Talking Corpses
as Antonio Sapone1950 Toto the Sheik
as Totò Esposito1950 Le sei mogli di Barbablù
as Antonio Della Buffas1950 Tototarzan
as Pasquale Miele1950 Side Street Story
as himself1950 Totò cerca moglie
as Antonio Lumaconi / Totò le Moko1949 Totò le Mokò
as Antonio De Fazio1949 The Emperor of Capri
as Nino, il fantasista1949 Yvonne of the Night
as himself1949 The Firemen of Viggiù
as Beniamino Lomacchio1949 Totò cerca casa
as Prof. Totò Casamandrei1948 Toto Tours Italy
as Nicolino Capece1948 Fifa e arena
as Gobbone il cammello (narratore)1947 Slave Girl
as Gasparre1947 I due orfanelli
as Aristide Tromboni1945 The Rape of the Sabine
as Nicolino & Gelsomino & Antonino1941 L'allegro fantasma
as Mastro Agostino Miciacio1940 San Giovanni decollato
as Barone Tolomeo dei Tolomei1939 Animal Crackers
as Conte Toto di Torretota1937 Hands Off Me!

TV Shows/Series with Totò as Actor(1)

as himself1956 Cinépanorama

Movies with Totò as Crew(10)

Writing/Idea1961 The Two Marshals
Writing/Story1955 Are We Men or Corporals?
Writing/Screenplay1955 Are We Men or Corporals?
Writing/Adaptation1955 Il coraggio
Writing/Screenplay1955 Il coraggio
Writing/Story1955 Totò all'inferno
Writing/Screenplay1955 Totò all'inferno
Writing/Screenplay1954 Il medico dei pazzi
Writing/Story1952 Totó in color

Citizenship: Italy
Born: Tuesday, 02/15 1898 (February) in Napoli, Campania (Italy)
Died: Saturday, 04/15 1967 (April) in Rome (aged: 69)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: Italian (IT)
Spouses (current/former): Diana Bandini Lucchesini Rogliani
Other names for Totò (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Antonio Griffo Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno Porfirogenito Gagliardi De Curtis di Bisanzio"
"Antonio De Curtis"
"Antonio Vincenzo Stefano Clemente"
"Тото"
"Антоніо Де Куртіс"
Totò frequently works together with these people:
Mario Castellani (73x, Actor)
Steno (41x, Crew)
Vittorio Metz (38x, Crew)
Agenore Incrocci (34x, Crew)
Furio Scarpelli (34x, Crew)
Bruno Corbucci (31x, Crew)
Luigi Pavese (28x, Actor)
Giuliano Laurenti (28x, Crew)
Giovanni Grimaldi (27x, Crew)
Piero Filippone (24x, Crew)
Mario Monicelli (22x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:4501, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/13/2024