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Fausto Tozzi
Actor, Writer, Director
Died December 10, 1978 (57 years)
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. 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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Filmography
| 1979 | The Black Stallion · as Rescue Captain |
| 1976 | Street People · as Luigi Nicoletta |
| 1976 | Hot Stuff · as Esposito |
| 1976 | Origins of the Mafia (TV Series) · as Nicu Borelli |
| 1974 | Cry of a Prostitute · as Don Ricuzzo Cantimo |
| 1974 | Crazy Joe · as Frank |
| 1973 | Le guerriere dal seno nudo · as General |
| 1973 | Chino · as Cruz |
| 1973 | Mean Frank and Crazy Tony · as Massara |
| 1973 | La mano spietata della legge · as Nicolò Patrovita |
| 1972 | The Valachi Papers · as Albert Anastasia |
| 1972 | The Sicilian Connection · as Don Vincenzo Russo |
| 1971 | Between Miracles · as Primario |
| 1971 | Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù? · as Il marito eschimese |
| 1970 | The Demise of Father Mouret · as Jeanbernat |
| 1970 | A Man Called Sledge · as Maximum security prisoner |
| 1970 | The Devil's Backbone · as Orozco |
| 1969 | The Appointment · as Renzo |
| 1968 | The Odyssey (1968) (TV Series) · as Menelao |
| 1967 | The Sailor from Gibraltar · as Captain |
| 1967 | I'll Kill Him and Return Alone · as Pat Garrett |
| 1966 | Knives of the Avenger · as Hagen |
| 1965 | The Agony and the Ecstasy · as uomo |
| 1965 | I Spy (TV Series) · as Ascanio |
| 1965 | Treasure of the Aztecs · as Benito Juarez |
| 1965 | Pyramid of the Sun God · as Benito Juarez |
| 1964 | The Visit · as Darvis (uncredited) |
| 1963 | The Shortest Day · as Soldato combattente (uncredited) |
| 1963 | Scheherazade · as Barmak |
| 1962 | Swordsman of Siena · as Hugo |
| 1962 | Commando · as Brascia |
| 1961 | El Cid · as Dolfos |
| 1961 | The Return of Dr. Mabuse · as Warden Wolf |
| 1961 | Constantine and the Cross · as Hadrian |
| 1961 | Saint-Tropez Blues · as Nino Trabucci |
| 1961 | The Wonders of Aladdin · as Grand Vizier |
| 1959 | Le secret du Chevalier d'Éon · as actor |
| 1958 | The Sky Burns · as Marchi |
| 1957 | El Alamein · as Capt. Valerio Bruschi |
| 1957 | East of Kilimanjaro · as Dr. Enrico Trino |
| 1956 | Castle of the Banned Lovers · as Olimpio Calvetti |
| 1955 | Terroristi a Madrid · as Rafael |
| 1954 | House of Ricordi · as Arrigo Boito |
| 1954 | Nel gorgo del peccato · as Alberto Valli |
| 1954 | Casta diva · as Gaetano Donizetti |
| 1954 | La corda d'acciaio · as Filippo |
| 1954 | Folgore Division · as Sergente Turchi |
| 1952 | The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo · as Luogotenente Magistrelli |
| 1951 | Four Ways Out · as Luigi Girosi |
| 1950 | Women Without Names · as Unknown |