Totò

Personal Info

Known For:
Acting

Birthday:
February 14, 1898

Place of Birth:
Naples, Campania, Italy

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Totò

Biography

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 the 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 96 more 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 popularity 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.

Known For

Filmography

Year Movie Role
2023 Totò e il Principe De Curtis. L'uomo oltre la maschera Se stesso
2021 Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita Self (archive footage)
2021 We Are Cinema Self (archive footage)
2020 Siamo tutti Alberto Sordi? Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016 Naples '44 Self (archive footage)
2004 How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio Self (archive footage)
1980 SuperTotò
1978 Antologia di Totò Totò (se stesso)
1975 Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca (archive footage)
1968 Caprice Italian Style Anziano Signore / Iago
1968 Totò Story
1968 What Are the Clouds? Iago
1967 The Witches Ciancicato Miao (segment "La Terra vista dalla Luna")
1967 Il latitante Gennaro La Pezza
1967 Tutto Totò - Il tuttofare
1967 Tutto Totò - Don Giovannino Barnaba Parmiggiani aka 'Babà'
1967 Tutto Totò - Totò Ciak Totò l'agente segreto
1967 Tutto Totò - Totò Ye Ye musicista capellone
1967 Tutto Totò - Totò a Napoli Totò, la guida non autorizzata
1967 Tutto Totò - Premio Nobel il professor Serafino Bolletta
1967 Tutto Totò - La scommessa Oberdan Lo Cascio
1967 Tutto Totò - Il grande maestro Mardoccheo Stonatelli
1967 The Earth As Seen from the Moon Ciancicato Miao
1966 The Hawks and the Sparrows Totò Innocenti / Frate Cicillo
1966 The Treasure of San Gennaro Don Vincenzo
1965 Totò d'Arabia Totò
1965 The Mandrake il frate
1965 Rita the American Girl Serafino Benvenuti
1965 Latin Lovers Rag. Antonio Gargiulo (ep. Amore e morte)
1964 What Ever Happened to Baby Toto? Totò Baby / il Padre
1964 Totò versus the Black Pirate Josè
1964 Laughs Italian Style
1964 Beautiful Families Filiberto Comanducci
1963 Gli onorevoli Antonio La Trippa
1963 Totò vs the Four commissario Antonio Saracino
1963 The Monk of Monza Pasquale Cicciacalda / Don Manuel
1963 Toto and Cleopatra Marc'Antonio / Totonno
1963 The Commandant Col. Antonio Cavalli
1963 Le motorizzate Urbano Cacace (segment "Il Vigile Ignoto")
1963 Two Colonels Colonnello Di Maggio
1963 The Shortest Day frate bersagliere
1963 Totò Sexy Nini Cantachiaro
1962 Toto at Night Nini
1962 Lo smemorato di Collegno lo smemorato
1962 Totò diabolicus Galeazzo / Carlo / Scipione / Antonio / Laudomia / Pasquale
1962 Totò e Peppino divisi a Berlino Antonio La Puzza / Amministratore di Canarinis
1962 Totò versus Maciste Totokamen
1961 Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare Dott. Biagio Tanzarella
1961 Totò, Peppino and... the Sweet Life Antonio Barbacane
1961 The Two Marshals Antonio Capurro
1961 Totòtruffa '62 Antonio LoRuffo
1960 He Who Hesitates Is Lost Antonio Guardalavecchia
1960 Letto a tre piazze Antonio Di Cosimo
1960 Signori si nasce Ottone Degli Ulivi, detto Zazà
1960 The Passionate Thief Umberto 'Infortunio' Pennazzuto
1960 Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today Cavalier Antonio Cocozza
1960 Noi duri L'Algerino
1959 You're on Your Own Il nonno illuminato
1959 Toto in Madrid Totò Scorceletti
1959 The Overtaxed Torquato Pezzella
1959 The Thieves Commissario Di Savio
1959 La cambiale Cesare Posalaquaglia
1958 Big Deal on Madonna Street Dante Cruciani
1958 Toto in Paris Marchese Gastone de Chemantel / Chateau-Boiron / il vagabondo Totò
1958 Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche Antonio Vignarello
1958 Toto and Marcellino Il Professore
1958 Totò in the Moon Pasquale Belafronte
1958 The Law Is the Law Giuseppe La Paglia
1958 Legs of Gold Barone Luigi Fontana
1957 Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor Michele Spillone detto Mike
1956 Totò Double or Nothing? Duca Gagliardo della Forcoletta
1956 Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy Antonio Caponi
1956 The Band of Honest Men Antonio Buonocore
1956 Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge Antonio
1955 Toto and Carolina Antonio Caccavallo
1955 Il coraggio Gennaro Vaccariello
1955 Totò all'inferno Antonio Marchi
1955 Destinazione Piovarolo Antonio La Quaglia
1955 Variety carousel
1955 Are We Men or Corporals? Totò Esposito
1955 Roman Tales Professor Semprini
1954 Totò Seeks Peace Gennaro Piselli
1954 Il medico dei pazzi Felice Sciosciammocca
1954 The Three Thieves Tapioca
1954 Of Life and Love Rosario Chiarchiaro
1954 The Gold of Naples Don Saverio Petrillo (segment "Il guappo")
1954 Where Is Freedom? Salvatore Lojacono
1954 Poverty and Nobility Don Felice Sciosciammocca
1954 The Anatomy of Love Dionillo
1953 Funniest Show on Earth Tottons
1953 Neapolitan Turk Felice Sciosciammocca
1953 Man, Beast and Virtue Prof. Paolino
1953 Una di quelle Rocco Bardelli
1952 Totó in color Antonio Scannagatti
1952 Toto and the Women Antonio Scaparro
1952 Toto and the Kings of Rome Ercole Pappalardo
1951 Cops and Robbers Ferdinando Esposito
1951 Toto the Third Man Piero / Paolo / Totò
1951 Seven Hours of Troubles Totò De Pasquale
1950 Side Street Story Pasquale Miele
1950 Toto the Sheik Antonio Sapone
1950 Le sei mogli di Barbablù Totò Esposito
1950 Tototarzan Antonio Della Buffas
1950 47 Talking Corpses Il barone Antonio Peletti
1950 Figaro qua... Figaro là Figaro
1950 Totò Looking for Wife Totò
1949 Yvonne of the Night Nino, il fantasista
1949 Totò Looking for a House Beniamino Lomacchio
1949 The Emperor of Capri Antonio De Fazio
1949 Totò le Mokò Antonio Lumaconi / Totò le Moko
1949 The Firemen of Viggiù Totò
1948 Fifa e arena Nicolino Capece
1948 Toto Tours Italy Prof. Totò Casamandrei
1947 Two Little Orphans Gasparre
1947 Slave Girl Gobbone il cammello (narratore)
1945 The Rape of the Sabine Aristide Tromboni
1943 Totò nella fossa dei leoni Totò
1941 L'allegro fantasma Nicolino & Gelsomino & Antonino
1940 San Giovanni decollato Mastro Agostino Miciacio
1939 Animal Crackers Barone Tolomeo dei Tolomei
1937 Hands Off Me! Conte Toto di Torretota
Year TV Show Role
1956 Cinépanorama Self
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