Totò
Known for Acting · 126 credits
- Born
- 1898-02-14
- Died
- 1967-04-15
- Place of birth
- Naples, Campania, Italy
- Also known as
- Antonio De Curtis · Antonio Vincenzo Stefano Clemente · Тото
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, 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.
Known For
TV Shows (1)
Movies (125)
The Shortest Day
1963
as frate bersagliere
We Are Cinema
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Lo smemorato di Collegno
1962
as lo smemorato
The Witches
1967
as Ciancicato Miao (segment "La Terra vista dalla Luna")
Big Deal on Madonna Street
1958
as Dante Cruciani
The Hawks and the Sparrows
1966
as Totò Innocenti / Frate Cicillo
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor
1957
as Michele Spillone detto Mike
Toto and the Women
1952
as Antonio Scaparro
The Monk of Monza
1963
as Pasquale Cicciacalda / Don Manuel
The Band of Honest Men
1956
as Antonio Buonocore
Latin Lovers
1965
as Rag. Antonio Gargiulo (ep. Amore e morte)
The Gold of Naples
1954
as Don Saverio Petrillo (segment "Il guappo")
Gli onorevoli
1963
as Antonio La Trippa
47 Talking Corpses
1950
as Il barone Antonio Peletti
Toto in Madrid
1959
as Totò Scorceletti
Totò, Peppino and... the Sweet Life
1961
as Antonio Barbacane
Le motorizzate
1963
as Urbano Cacace (segment "Il Vigile Ignoto")
Totò vs the Four
1963
as commissario Antonio Saracino
The Overtaxed
1959
as Torquato Pezzella
Poverty and Nobility
1954
as Don Felice Sciosciammocca
You're on Your Own
1959
as Il nonno illuminato
The Treasure of San Gennaro
1966
as Don Vincenzo
The Law Is the Law
1958
as Giuseppe La Paglia
The Passionate Thief
1960
as Umberto 'Infortunio' Pennazzuto
La cambiale
1959
as Cesare Posalaquaglia
Totòtruffa '62
1961
as Antonio LoRuffo
What Ever Happened to Baby Toto?
1964
as Totò Baby / il Padre
Slave Girl
1947
as Gobbone il cammello (narratore)
Caprice Italian Style
1968
as Anziano Signore / Iago
Beautiful Families
1964
as Filiberto Comanducci
Man, Beast and Virtue
1953
as Prof. Paolino
Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today
1960
as Cavalier Antonio Cocozza
The Two Marshals
1961
as Antonio Capurro
Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy
1956
as Antonio Caponi
Roman Tales
1955
as Professor Semprini
Tutto Totò - Il grande maestro
1967
as Mardoccheo Stonatelli
Totò sexy
1963
as Nini Cantachiaro
Animal Crackers
1939
as Barone Tolomeo dei Tolomei
Where Is Freedom?
1954
as Salvatore Lojacono
He Who Hesitates Is Lost
1960
as Antonio Guardalavecchia
The Mandrake
1965
as il frate
How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche
1958
as Antonio Vignarello
Totò diabolicus
1962
as Galeazzo / Carlo / Scipione / Antonio / Laudomia / Pasquale
Forza Italia!
1977
as Self (archive footage)
Legs of Gold
1958
as Barone Luigi Fontana
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
1977
Toto the Third Man
1951
as Piero / Paolo / Totò
Toto and Cleopatra
1963
as Marc'Antonio / Totonno
Seven Hours of Troubles
1951
as Totò De Pasquale
Two Colonels
1963
as Colonnello Di Maggio
Totò Story
1968
Totò e Peppino divisi a Berlino
1962
as Antonio La Puzza / Amministratore di Canarinis
Neapolitan Turk
1953
as Felice Sciosciammocca
Toto and the Kings of Rome
1952
as Ercole Pappalardo
The Three Thieves
1954
as Tapioca
Yvonne of the Night
1949
as Nino, il fantasista
Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare
1961
as Dott. Biagio Tanzarella
Totó in color
1952
as Antonio Scannagatti
Toto Tours Italy
1948
as Prof. Totò Casamandrei
The Emperor of Capri
1949
as Antonio De Fazio
Totò all'inferno
1955
as Antonio Marchi
What Are the Clouds?
1968
as Iago
The Thieves
1959
as Commissario Di Savio
Noi duri
1960
as L'Algerino
Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge
1956
as Antonio
Funniest Show on Earth
1953
as Tottons
Le sei mogli di Barbablù
1950
as Totò Esposito
Rita the American Girl
1965
as Serafino Benvenuti
Are We Men or Corporals?
1955
as Totò Esposito
Toto and Carolina
1955
as Antonio Caccavallo
Two Little Orphans
1947
as Gasparre
Destinazione Piovarolo
1955
as Antonio La Quaglia
L'allegro fantasma
1941
as Nicolino & Gelsomino & Antonino
Letto a tre piazze
1960
as Antonio Di Cosimo
Of Life and Love
1954
as Rosario Chiarchiaro
Naples '44
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Totò Looking for a House
1949
as Beniamino Lomacchio
The Firemen of Viggiù
1949
as Totò
Tototarzan
1950
as Antonio Della Buffas
Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca
1975
as (archive footage)
Cops and Robbers
1951
as Ferdinando Esposito
Totò in the Moon
1958
as Pasquale Belafronte
SuperTotò
1980
Totò Double or Nothing?
1956
as Duca Gagliardo della Forcoletta
The Anatomy of Love
1954
as Dionillo
Il medico dei pazzi
1954
as Felice Sciosciammocca
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
Totò d'Arabia
1965
as Totò
Figaro qua... Figaro là
1950
as Figaro
Totò nella fossa dei leoni
1943
as Totò
Totò le Mokò
1949
as Antonio Lumaconi / Totò le Moko
Totò Looking for Wife
1950
as Totò
Il coraggio
1955
as Gennaro Vaccariello
Siamo tutti Alberto Sordi?
2020
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Toto the Sheik
1950
as Antonio Sapone
Side Street Story
1950
as Pasquale Miele
Totò versus the Black Pirate
1964
as Josè
Signori si nasce
1960
as Ottone Degli Ulivi, detto Zazà
Toto in Paris
1958
as Marchese Gastone de Chemantel / Chateau-Boiron / il vagabondo Totò
Totò versus Maciste
1962
as Totokamen
Laughs Italian Style
1964
Una di quelle
1953
as Rocco Bardelli
The Earth As Seen from the Moon
1967
as Ciancicato Miao
Variety carousel
1955
The Commandant
1963
as Col. Antonio Cavalli
Il latitante
1967
as Gennaro La Pezza
San Giovanni decollato
1940
as Mastro Agostino Miciacio
Totò Seeks Peace
1954
as Gennaro Piselli
Fifa e arena
1948
as Nicolino Capece
Tutto Totò - Il tuttofare
1967
Tutto Totò - Totò Ciak
1967
as Totò l'agente segreto
Toto and Marcellino
1958
as Il Professore
Cleopatsy
1918
as Mark Handy
The Rape of the Sabine
1945
as Aristide Tromboni
Tutto Totò - Don Giovannino
1967
as Barnaba Parmiggiani aka 'Babà'
Tutto Totò - Totò a Napoli
1967
as Totò, la guida non autorizzata
Toto at Night
1962
as Nini
Tutto Totò - La scommessa
1967
as Oberdan Lo Cascio
About Totò
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 an… With 126 credits spanning from 1918 to 2023, Totò has appeared in 125 films and 1 TV show.
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Most Popular Totò Movies
- The Shortest Day (1963) — as frate bersagliere
- We Are Cinema (2021) — as Self (archive footage)
- Lo smemorato di Collegno (1962) — as lo smemorato
- The Witches (1967) — as Ciancicato Miao (segment "La Terra vista dalla Luna")
- Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958) — as Dante Cruciani
Where to Watch Totò Films
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