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Fausto Tozzi
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 Th…
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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. Source: Article "Fausto Tozzi" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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1979
The Black Stallion
Movie Rescue Captain
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1976
Origins of the Mafia
TV show Nicu Borello
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1976
Fear in the City
Movie Warrant Officer Esposito
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1976
The Jackpot
Movie Mark Lemmon
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1976
Street People
Movie Luigi Nicoletta
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1976
Oh, Serafina!
Movie Carlo Vigeva
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1975
The Left Hand of the Law
Movie brigadiere Giulio Costello
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1975
L'altro Dio
Movie
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1974
Cry of a Prostitute
Movie Don Ricuzzo Cantimo
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1974
Crazy Joe
Movie Frank
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1973
Mean Frank and Crazy Tony
Movie Massara
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1973
The Valdez Horses
Movie Cruz
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1973
The Funny Face of the Godfather
Movie Tony Malonzo
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1973
The Bloody Hands of the Law
Movie Nicolò Patrovita
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1972
The Sicilian Connection
Movie Don Vincenzo Russo
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1972
The Valachi Papers
Movie Albert Anastasia
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1971
Trastevere
Movie Himself at St. Maria in Trastevere (uncredited)
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1971
Between Miracles
Movie Primario
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1971
Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù?
Movie Il marito eschimese
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1970
The Deserter
Movie Orozco
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1970
A Man Called Sledge
Movie Maximum security prisoner
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1970
The Demise of Father Mouret
Movie Jeanbernat
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1969
The Odyssey
Movie Menelaus
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1969
The Appointment
Movie Renzo
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1968
The Odyssey
TV show Menelaus
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1967
The Man Who Killed Billy the Kid
Movie Pat Garrett
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1967
The Sailor from Gibraltar
Movie Captain
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1966
Knives of the Avenger
Movie Hagen
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1965
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Movie Foreman
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1965
I Spy
TV show
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1965
Pyramid of the Sun God
Movie
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1965
Mercenaries of the Rio Grande
Movie Benito Juarez
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1964
The Visit
Movie Darvis (uncredited)
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1964
The Spy
Movie Paoli
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1963
Scheherazade
Movie Barmak
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1963
The Shortest Day
Movie Soldato combattente (uncredited)
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1962
Commando
Movie Brascia
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1962
The Swordsman of Siena
Movie Hugo
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1961
The Wonders of Aladdin
Movie Grand Vizier
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1961
El Cid
Movie Dolfos
