Totò

Acting · 1.1 popularity

Age

128

Movies

124

Born: February 14, 1898 – April 15, 1967
From: Naples, Campania, Italy

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.

Works

124 films

Big Deal on Madonna Street

19588.1

Latin Lovers

19656.1

The Witches

19676.0

Totòtruffa '62

19617.6

Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare

19616.7

Toto the Sheik

19506.8

Il coraggio

19556.6

The Hawks and the Sparrows

19667.2

Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche

19586.6

Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti

19779.0

Tutto Totò - Il tuttofare

19676.1

Animal Crackers

19395.2

Totò sexy

19635.2

Tutto Totò - Totò Ye Ye

19674.8

Roman Tales

19556.1

Totò le Mokò

19496.9

The Shortest Day

19636.4

Totò Looking for a House

19496.8

Totò Story

19686.4

Where Is Freedom?

19546.5

The Passionate Thief

19606.9

Toto and Cleopatra

19636.7

Forza Italia!

19778.0

The Treasure of San Gennaro

19667.4

Totò Looking for Wife

19506.3

Toto and the Women

19526.8

Hollywood sul Tevere

2009

Totò versus Maciste

19626.5

Letto a tre piazze

19607.0

Slave Girl

19477.5

Tutto Totò - Totò Ciak

19675.9

Caprice Italian Style

19686.1

Yvonne of the Night

19495.5

The Gold of Naples

19547.3

Tutto Totò - La scommessa

19675.7

Toto and Marcellino

19586.4

Tutto Totò - Totò a Napoli

19675.5

Figaro qua... Figaro là

19506.2

The Overtaxed

19597.1

We Are Cinema

20219.5

Of Life and Love

19546.4

Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today

19607.2

Neapolitan Turk

19537.3

Tutto Totò - Don Giovannino

19675.6

Totò in the Moon

19585.7

Totò Seeks Peace

19546.5

The Monk of Monza

19637.0

Totò all'inferno

19556.3

Toto and Carolina

19556.5

Toto Tours Italy

19486.5

Totò vs the Four

19636.7

Cops and Robbers

19517.5

Laughs Italian Style

19645.9

Poverty and Nobility

19548.0

Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy

19568.0

Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor

19575.4

The Anatomy of Love

19546.4

Legs of Gold

19585.7

Naples '44

20165.7

Totò d'Arabia

19656.3

Totò Double or Nothing?

19567.0

The Law Is the Law

19587.2

The Thieves

19595.7

The Commandant

19636.9

Man, Beast and Virtue

19536.8

Rita the American Girl

19655.6

Totò diabolicus

19627.2

Two Little Orphans

19476.1

Gli onorevoli

19636.8

Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge

19567.6

Le motorizzate

19636.0

Tototarzan

19506.0

Beautiful Families

19646.7

Seven Hours of Troubles

19516.4

How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio

20046.8

Toto in Madrid

19596.5

La cambiale

19596.6

Toto the Third Man

19516.5

Lo smemorato di Collegno

19626.7

The Two Marshals

19617.2

Two Hearts Against the Beast

19435.9

The Mandrake

19655.8

The Emperor of Capri

19496.6

What Are the Clouds?

19688.5

The Band of Honest Men

19567.7

Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita

20217.3

Totò e Peppino divisi a Berlino

19626.6

Fifa e arena

19486.7

Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca

19754.8

Toto and the Kings of Rome

19527.0

Totò, Peppino and... the Sweet Life

19616.8

47 Talking Corpses

19507.1

Toto in Paris

19586.3

The Three Thieves

19546.5

Funniest Show on Earth

19536.2

Totò versus the Black Pirate

19646.4

What Ever Happened to Baby Toto?

19646.6

Side Street Story

19507.4

Il medico dei pazzi

19547.1

The Firemen of Viggiù

19495.7

You're on Your Own

19597.2

Totó in color

19527.3

Siamo tutti Alberto Sordi?

20206.8

Destinazione Piovarolo

19556.9

Le sei mogli di Barbablù

19505.4

The Earth As Seen from the Moon

19678.2

L'allegro fantasma

19415.3

He Who Hesitates Is Lost

19606.9

San Giovanni decollato

19406.7

Una di quelle

19537.1

Noi duri

19606.7

Two Colonels

19637.5

Are We Men or Corporals?

19556.7

Variety carousel

19556.8

Il latitante

19676.2

Toto at Night

19626.0

Totò e il Principe De Curtis - L'uomo oltre la maschera

2023

Gentlemen Are Born

19607.1

The Rape of the Sabine

19456.0

SuperTotò

19808.0

Tutto Totò - Premio Nobel

19676.4

Tutto Totò - Il grande maestro

19675.8

Hands Off Me!

19376.2

Antologia di Totò

1978