Totò
Actor/Actriz
125
Filmes
1
Séries
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.
Como Ator/Atriz
Cinépanorama
Self
Lo smemorato di Collegno
lo smemorato
Le streghe
Ciancicato Miao (segment "La Terra vista dalla Luna")
Gli amanti latini
Rag. Antonio Gargiulo (ep. Amore e morte)
Il giorno più corto
frate bersagliere
Los desconocidos de siempre
Dante Cruciani
Noi siamo cinema
Self (archive footage)
Le motorizzate
Urbano Cacace (segment "Il Vigile Ignoto")
Totò, Peppino e la dolce vita
Antonio Barbacane
Uccellacci e uccellini
Totò Innocenti / Frate Cicillo
Gli onorevoli
Antonio La Trippa
Il monaco di Monza
Pasquale Cicciacalda / Don Manuel
El oro de Nápoles
Don Saverio Petrillo (segment "Il guappo")
Totò e le donne
Antonio Scaparro
La banda degli onesti
Antonio Buonocore
La cambiale
Cesare Posalaquaglia
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
Self (archive footage)
La loi c'est la loi
Giuseppe La Paglia
Totò terzo uomo
Piero / Paolo / Totò
Totó, Vittorio e la dottoressa
Michele Spillone detto Mike
I tartassati
Torquato Pezzella
Arrangiatevi!
Il nonno illuminato
Racconti romani
Professor Semprini
47 morto che parla
Il barone Antonio Peletti
Operazione San Gennaro
Don Vincenzo
Rita, la figlia americana
Serafino Benvenuti
Un turco napoletano
Felice Sciosciammocca
Slave Girl
Gobbone il cammello (narratore)
Sette ore di guai
Totò De Pasquale
I due marescialli
Antonio Capurro