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Totò

Italian actor (1898-1967) · Italy · On the map · Actors · Died at 69

Antonio Griffo Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno Porfirogenito Gagliardi De Curtis di Bisanzio, best known by his stage name Totò, or simply as Antonio de Curtis, and nicknamed il principe della risata, was an Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter, dramatist, poet, singer and lyricist.

Totò is read about 1,131 times a day, in 46 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 110 days, one point a day.

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A life in dates

1967Died15 April 1967The WitchesFilm, 1967Ciancicato Miao (segment "La Terra vista dalla Luna")1966The Hawks and the SparrowsFilm, Totò Innocenti / Frate Cicillo1963Gli onorevoliFilm, Antonio La Trippa1961Grolla d'oro for Lifetime AchievementAwardThe Two MarshalsFilm, 1961Antonio Capurro1960Gentlemen Are BornFilm, Ottone Degli Ulivi, detto Zazà1959The OvertaxedFilm, Torquato Pezzella1958Big Deal on Madonna StreetFilm, Dante Cruciani1956CinépanoramaSeries1955Are We Men or Corporals?Film, Writer1954Il medico dei pazziFilm, Writer1953Neapolitan TurkFilm, Felice Sciosciammocca1952Toto and the Kings of RomeFilm, Ercole Pappalardo195047 Talking CorpsesFilm, Il barone Antonio Peletti1949Totò le MokòFilm, Antonio Lumaconi / Totò le Moko1948Toto Tours ItalyFilm, Prof. Totò Casamandrei1898Born15 February 1898
  • Big Deal on Madonna Street 1958
  • Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy 1956
  • Poverty and Nobility 1954
  • The Band of Honest Men 1956
  • Totòtruffa '62 1961

People around Totò

Filmography 40

135 credits on file

Television 1

Awards

Grolla d'oro for Lifetime Achievement1961
Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor
Targa d'Oro

About this person

He is commonly referred to as one of the most popular Italian performers of all time. While best known for his funny and sometimes cynical comic characters in theatre and then many successful comedy films made from the 1940s to the 1960s, he also worked with many iconic Italian film directors in dramatic roles.

Country
Italy
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1898 to 1967 · aged 69