Totò
Actor/Actriz
124
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
Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare
Dott. Biagio Tanzarella
Tutto Totò - Totò Ye Ye
musicista capellone
Napoli milionaria
Pasquale Miele
SuperTotò
Naples '44
Self (archive footage)
Slave Girl
Gobbone il cammello (narratore)
Gli onorevoli
Antonio La Trippa
Totò Story
Los desconocidos de siempre
Dante Cruciani
Le streghe
Ciancicato Miao (segment "La Terra vista dalla Luna")
Totò sexy
Nini Cantachiaro
Totò le Mokò
Antonio Lumaconi / Totò le Moko
Totò sceicco
Antonio Sapone
Racconti romani
Professor Semprini
Totó, Vittorio e la dottoressa
Michele Spillone detto Mike
Destinazione Piovarolo
Antonio La Quaglia
Uccellacci e uccellini
Totò Innocenti / Frate Cicillo
Totò contro il pirata nero
Josè
La cambiale
Cesare Posalaquaglia
Dov'è la libertà...?
Salvatore Lojacono
La loi c'est la loi
Giuseppe La Paglia
Chi si ferma è perduto
Antonio Guardalavecchia
Totò, Eva e il pennello proibito
Totò Scorceletti
Tutto Totò - La scommessa
Oberdan Lo Cascio
Miseria e nobiltà
Don Felice Sciosciammocca
Totòtruffa '62
Antonio LoRuffo
Totò e Cleopatra
Marc'Antonio / Totonno
Noi siamo cinema
Self (archive footage)
Operazione San Gennaro
Don Vincenzo