Cast

Totò

Acting

Cast

Totò

Known for

Acting

Born

1898-02-14

From

Naples, Campania, Italy

Died

1967-04-15

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.

Totò

Totò

Biography

Latin Lovers

Where Is Freedom?

Roman Tales

The Shortest Day

Toto the Sheik

Forza Italia!

Big Deal on Madonna Street

Il coraggio

Totòtruffa '62

Animal Crackers

Slave Girl

Totò Looking for Wife

Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare

The Witches

Totò Seeks Peace

Letto a tre piazze

Caprice Italian Style

The Passionate Thief

Legs of Gold

Yvonne of the Night

Toto in Paris

The Gold of Naples

Totò Story

Totò all'inferno

Toto and the Kings of Rome

Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti

The Treasure of San Gennaro

Hollywood sul Tevere

The Mandrake

The Overtaxed

Totò sexy

Totò le Mokò

Toto and Marcellino

Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche

Toto and the Women

Il medico dei pazzi

Toto the Third Man

Toto and Carolina

We Are Cinema

Totò in the Moon

Totò Looking for a House

Signori si nasce

The Hawks and the Sparrows

Poverty and Nobility

Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor

Totó in color

Toto Tours Italy

Tutto Totò - Totò Ye Ye

The Commandant

He Who Hesitates Is Lost

The Two Marshals

Totò, Peppino and... the Sweet Life

Naples '44

Toto and Cleopatra

Totò vs the Four

Laughs Italian Style

The Thieves

Toto in Madrid

Totò d'Arabia

Beautiful Families

The Emperor of Capri

Cops and Robbers

Totò Double or Nothing?

Gli onorevoli

Seven Hours of Troubles

Le motorizzate

La cambiale

Tutto Totò - Don Giovannino

Tutto Totò - Il tuttofare

Tototarzan

What Ever Happened to Baby Toto?

Of Life and Love

Totò versus the Black Pirate

The Law Is the Law

Toto at Night

Funniest Show on Earth

Lo smemorato di Collegno