Totò
Acting
Born: Feb 14, 1898 — Died: Apr 15, 1967
From: Naples, Campania, Italy
Credits: 30 titles
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, …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hawks and the Sparrows | Totò Innocenti / Frate Cicillo | 1966 | 7.21 |
| Totò d'Arabia | Totò | 1965 | 6.313 |
| What Ever Happened to Baby Toto? | Totò Baby / il Padre | 1964 | 6.631 |
| Gli onorevoli | Antonio La Trippa | 1963 | 6.846 |
| Totò vs the Four | commissario Antonio Saracino | 1963 | 6.653 |
| Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare | Dott. Biagio Tanzarella | 1961 | 6.72 |
| He Who Hesitates Is Lost | Antonio Guardalavecchia | 1960 | 6.938 |
| Letto a tre piazze | Antonio Di Cosimo | 1960 | 7.0 |
| Signori si nasce | Ottone Degli Ulivi, detto Zazà | 1960 | 7.052 |
| You're on Your Own | Il nonno illuminato | 1959 | 7.186 |
| Toto in Madrid | Totò Scorceletti | 1959 | 6.513 |
| Big Deal on Madonna Street | Dante Cruciani | 1958 | 8.085 |
| Toto in Paris | Marchese Gastone de Chemantel / … | 1958 | 6.259 |
| Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche | Antonio Vignarello | 1958 | 6.551 |
| Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor | Michele Spillone detto Mike | 1957 | 5.516 |
| Totò Double or Nothing? | Duca Gagliardo della Forcoletta | 1956 | 6.953 |
| Toto and Carolina | Antonio Caccavallo | 1955 | 6.478 |
| Il coraggio | Gennaro Vaccariello | 1955 | 6.591 |
| Totò Seeks Peace | Gennaro Piselli | 1954 | 6.458 |
| Totó in color | Antonio Scannagatti | 1952 | 7.284 |
| Toto and the Women | Antonio Scaparro | 1952 | 6.82 |
| Cops and Robbers | Ferdinando Esposito | 1951 | 7.557 |
| Side Street Story | Pasquale Miele | 1950 | 7.429 |
| Toto the Sheik | Antonio Sapone | 1950 | 6.776 |
| Le sei mogli di Barbablù | Totò Esposito | 1950 | 5.412 |
| Yvonne of the Night | Nino, il fantasista | 1949 | 5.5 |
| Totò Looking for a House | Beniamino Lomacchio | 1949 | 6.835 |
| Fifa e arena | Nicolino Capece | 1948 | 6.733 |
| Toto Tours Italy | Prof. Totò Casamandrei | 1948 | 6.458 |
| Two Little Orphans | Gasparre | 1947 | 6.019 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1898 |
| From | Naples, Campania, Italy |