Fausto Tozzi

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.

Life and career 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.

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 I'll Kill Him and Return Alone (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 Street People (1976) - Luigi Nicoletta Big Pot (1976) Oh, Serafina! (1976) - Carlo Vigeva Fear in the City (1976) - Esposito The Black Stallion (1979) - Rescue Captain