Totò



First NameTotò
Full Name at BirthAntonio Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno De Curtis Di Bisanzio Gagliardi
Other NamesIl Principe
Il Principe della risata
Age69 (age at death)
Date of BirthFebruary 15, 1898
BirthplaceNaples , Italy
Date of DeathApril 15, 1967
Location of DeathRome, Italy
Cause of DeathHeart attack
BuildSlim
Eye ColorBrown - Dark
Hair ColorBrown - Dark
Star SignAquarius
ReligionRoman Catholic
EthnicityWhite
NationalityItalian
Occupation CategoryActor
Music GenreRock, Pop/Rock
Music StyleSoft Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Album Rock, Adult Contemporary
Music MoodStylish, Smooth, Earnest, Theatrical, Amiable/Good-Natured, Laid-Back/Mellow, Poignant, Refined/Mannered, Rousing, Sentimental, Romantic, Slick
FatherGiuseppe De Curtis (who legally recognized him as his son in 1937)
Francesco Maria Gagliardi Focas (step father) (adottepd in 1933)
MotherAnna Clemente
FriendsPeppino De Filippo, Eduardo De Filippo

Antonio De Curtis, best known by the stage name Totò (Naples, 15 February 1898 - Rome, 15 April 1967) and nicknamed il principe della risata ("the prince of laughter") was an Italian comedian, film and theatre actor, writer, singer, and songwriter. He is 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, his poetry, and his songs are all deemed to be outstanding; his style and a number of his recurring jokes have become universally known memes in Italy. Writer and philosopher Umberto Eco has thus commented on the importance of Totò in Italian culture:


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Filmography

Selected Totò film and TV show credits:


Acting Credits

1968
Anziano signore /Iago

1967
Ciancicato Miao

1967
Serafino Benvenuti

1967
Totò Ye Ye
Capelline

1967
Il latitante
Gennaro La Pezza

1967
Don Giovannino
Don Giovannino

1967
Il grande maestro
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1967
Il tuttofare
Rosario 'Lollo' di Gennaro

1967
La scommessa
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1967
Totò a Napoli
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1966
Innocenti Totò/Brother Cicillo

1966
Don Vincenzo

1966
Totò

1965
Il Frate

1965
Antonio Gargiulo

1964
Filiberto Comanducci

1964
Antonio La Puzza/Canarinis

1964
Totokamen Sabachi

1964
Totò Baby/il Padre

1963
Antonio Guardalavecchia

1963
Pasquale Cicciacalda/Don Manuel

1963
Urbano Cacace

1963
Antonio La Trippa

1963
Nini Cantachiaro

1963
Col. Antonio Cavalli

1963
Marquis Galeazzo di Torrealta/Gen. Scipione di Torrealta/Prof. Carlo di Torrealta/Baroness Laudomia di Torrealta/Mons. Antonino di Torrealta/Pasquale Bonocore

1963
Antonio Saracino

1963
Antonio Lo Ruffo

1962
The Shortest Day
Frate bersagliere

1962
Colonnello Di Maggio

1962
Lo smemorato

1961
Antonio Barbacane

1961
Dott. Biagio Tanzarella

1961
Antonio Capurro

1961
Antonio Di Cosimo

1960
Umberto 'Infortunio' Pennazzuto

1960
Ottone Degli Ulivi, detto Zazà

1960
Antonio Cocozza

1960
Marchese Gastone de Chemantel/Chateau-Boiron/il vagabondo Totò

1960
Antonio Vignarello

1960
Noi duri
L'Algerino

1960
Totò ciak
Toto

1959
Torquato Pezzella

1959
Totò Scorceletti

1959
Cesare Posalaquaglia

1959
Commissario Di Savio

1959
Il nonno illuminato

1958
Dante Cruciani

1958
Giuseppe La Paglia

1958
Luigi Fontana

1958
Antonio Buonocore

1958
Totò

1958
Pasquale Belafronte

1957
Michele 'Mike' Spillone

1957
Gennaro Vaccariello

1956
Antonio Caponi

1956
Toto Esposito

1956
Rosario Chiarchiaro

1956
Duca Gagliardo della Forcoletta

1956
Antonio La Quaglia

1955
Carosello del varietà
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1955
Professore Semprini

1955
Antonio Marchi/March' Antonio

1955
Antonio Caccavallo

1954
Felice Sciosciammocca

1954
Il fotografo

1954
Don Saverio Petrillo

1954
Salvatore Lojacono

1954
Felice Sciosciammocca

1954
Antonio Scaparro

1954
Totò cerca pace
Gennaro Piselli

1954
I tre ladri
Tapioca

1953
Antonio Scannagatti

1953
Tottons, il clown/Una signora del pubblico

1953
Felice Sciosciammocca

1953
One of Those
Rocco

1953
Sette ore di guai
Totò De Pasquale

1953
Prof. Paolino

1952
Le sei mogli di Barbablù
Totò Esposito

1951
Ferdinando Esposito

1951
Antonio Lumaconi/Totò le Moko

1951
Ercole Pappalardo

1951
Toto

1951
Piero/Paolo/Totò

1950
Antonio Della Buffas

1950
Il barone Antonio Peletti

1950
Pasquale Miele

1950
Beniamino Lomacchio

1950
Totò sceicco
Antonio Sapore, il maggiordomo

1949
Antonio De Fazio

1949
The Suitor - Disguises Himself as Dummy/Band Leader

1949
Yvonne of the Night
Nino, il fantasista

1948
Prof. Toto' Casamandrei

1948
Nicolino Capece

1947
Gasparre

1945
Aristide Tromboni

1943
Arcobaleno
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1941
Nicolino & Gelsomino & Antonino

1940
Mastro Agostino Miciacio

1939
Totò/Barone Tolomeo dei Tolomei

1937
Antonio 'Totò' Toretota

Soundtrack Credits

2008
That's Amore!: Italian-American Favorites
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2003
Perduto amor
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1999
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1999
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1957
Malafemmena
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Writer Credits

1967
Il tuttofare
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1967
La scommessa
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1957
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1953
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