Totò(1898-1967)

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Totò and his son Ninetto are drifting on a road in Italy when they meet a speaking crow.

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The Hawks and the Sparrows (1966)

'Antonio Griffo Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno Porfirogenito Gagliardi De Curtis di Bisanzio' was a descendant of the 'Comneno di Bizanzio' and also one of the most popular Italian film stars in history. His genre was undoubtedly the comedy where he achieved world fame. From 1917 he was an actor of the companies of the "comedia dell'arte" and also poet in Neapolitan dialect. In 1939 he started his career at the movies and as "Gaspare" in I due orfanelli (1947) he had his big breakthrough.

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Awards
- 4 wins & 1 nomination total

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Known for

Cops and Robbers

7.7

Ferdinando Esposito

1951

The Hawks and the Sparrows

7.2

Totò Innocenti
Frate Cicillo(as Toto')

1966

The Gold of Naples

7.3

Don Saverio Petrillo(segment "Il guappo")

1954

Two Colonels

7.1

Colonnello Di Maggio

1962

Credits

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Actor

Caprice Italian Style
6.3
- Anziano signore
- Iago (segments "Mostro della domenica, Il", "Che cosa sono le nuvole?")
- 1968
Che cosa sono le nuvole?
7.7
Short
- Iago
- 1968
Totò Ye Ye
5.5
TV Movie
- Capelline
- 1967
Il padre di famiglia
6.7
- Uomo al funerale (uncredited)
- 1967
Premio Nobel
6.3
TV Movie
- Serafino Bolletta
- 1967
Totò a Napoli
5.0
TV Movie
- La guida abusiva
- 1967
Totò ciak
5.0
TV Movie
- L'agente segreto
- 1967
La scommessa
5.6
TV Movie
- Oberdan Lo Cascio
- 1967
Don Giovannino
5.9
TV Movie
- Barnaba Parmiggiani detto 'Babà'
- 1967
Il tuttofare
6.1
TV Movie
- Rosario 'Lallo' di Gennaro
- 1967
Il latitante
6.0
TV Movie
- Gennaro La Pezza
- 1967
Tutto Totò
TV Series
- 1967
Il grande maestro
5.6
TV Movie
- Mardoccheo Stonatelli
- 1967
The Witches
5.9
- Ciancicato Miao (segment "La terra vista dalla luna", as Toto)
- 1967
The Treasure of San Gennaro
6.9
- Don Vincenzo
- 1966

Writer

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The Passionate Thief

Personal details

Alternative names
- Antonio De Curtis
Height
- 5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
Born
- February 15, 1898
- Naples, Campania, Italy
Died
- April 15, 1967
- Rome, Lazio, Italy(heart attack)
Spouse
- Diana Bandini RoglianiMarch 6, 1935 - 1939 (annulled, 1 child)
Children
- Liliana De Curtis
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Trivia
Adopted by Marquis Francesco Gagliardi Foccas in 1933. In 1946 the Court of Naples granted him the titles of Imperial Highness, Prince Don Antonio Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno de Curtis di Bisanzio Gagliardi, Count Palatine, Knight of the Sacred Roman Empire, Esarca of Ravenna, Duke of Macedonia and Illiria, Prince of Costantinopoli, Cicilia, Tessaglia, Ponte of Moldavia, Dardania, Peloponneso, Count of Cyprus and Epiro, Count and Duke of Drivasto and Durazzo.