Cast & creator
Totò
Best known for Cinépanorama, The Gold of Naples, Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today
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.
Also known as: Antonio De Curtis, Antonio Vincenzo Stefano Clemente, Тото
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television credits
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1937–2025 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (135)
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Cinépanorama
Self
1956
The Gold of Naples
Don Saverio Petrillo (segment "Il guappo")
1954
Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today
Cavalier Antonio Cocozza
1960
Big Deal on Madonna Street
Dante Cruciani
1958
Where Is Freedom?
Salvatore Lojacono
1954
The Witches
Ciancicato Miao (segment "La Terra vista dalla Luna")
1967
The Shortest Day
frate bersagliere
1963
Roman Tales
Professor Semprini
1955
Figaro qua... Figaro là
Figaro
1950
Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche
Antonio Vignarello
1958
We Are Cinema
Self (archive footage)
2021
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
1977
Totò sexy
Nini Cantachiaro
1963
Slave Girl
Gobbone il cammello (narratore)
1947
The Passionate Thief
Umberto 'Infortunio' Pennazzuto
1960
Toto and the Women
Antonio Scaparro
1952
The Law Is the Law
Giuseppe La Paglia
1958
Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare
Dott. Biagio Tanzarella
1961
Il coraggio
Gennaro Vaccariello
1955Il coraggio
Screenplay
1955
Two Hearts Against the Beast
Totò
1943
Totò, Peppino and... the Sweet Life
Antonio Barbacane
1961
Letto a tre piazze
Antonio Di Cosimo
1960
The Anatomy of Love
Dionillo
1954
Toto and the Kings of Rome
Ercole Pappalardo
1952
Funniest Show on Earth
Tottons
1953
Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy
Antonio Caponi
1956
Caprice Italian Style
Anziano Signore / Iago
1968
Tutto Totò - Il tuttofare
1967
The Treasure of San Gennaro
Don Vincenzo
1966
Totòtruffa '62
Antonio LoRuffo
1961
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
Self (archive footage)
2021
The Hawks and the Sparrows
Totò Innocenti / Frate Cicillo
1966
Of Life and Love
Rosario Chiarchiaro
1954
Toto at Night
Nini
1962
Le sei mogli di Barbablù
Totò Esposito
1950
Latin Lovers
Rag. Antonio Gargiulo (ep. Amore e morte)
1965
Toto in Madrid
Totò Scorceletti
1959
Animal Crackers
Barone Tolomeo dei Tolomei
1939
The Monk of Monza
Pasquale Cicciacalda / Don Manuel
1963
Poverty and Nobility
Don Felice Sciosciammocca
1954
What Ever Happened to Baby Toto?
Totò Baby / il Padre
1964
The Band of Honest Men
Antonio Buonocore
1956
What Are the Clouds?
Iago
1968
How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio
Self (archive footage)
2004
Totò e Peppino divisi a Berlino
Antonio La Puzza / Amministratore di Canarinis
1962
Man, Beast and Virtue
Prof. Paolino
1953
He Who Hesitates Is Lost
Antonio Guardalavecchia
1960
The Emperor of Capri
Antonio De Fazio
1949
Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge
Antonio
1956
Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca
(archive footage)
1975
Tutto Totò - Totò a Napoli
Totò, la guida non autorizzata
1967
The Rape of the Sabine
Aristide Tromboni
1945
Seven Hours of Troubles
Totò De Pasquale
1951
The Overtaxed
Torquato Pezzella
1959
Totò all'inferno
Antonio Marchi
1955Totò all'inferno
Screenplay
1955Totò all'inferno
Story
1955
Toto Tours Italy
Prof. Totò Casamandrei
1948
Totò in the Moon
Pasquale Belafronte
1958
Lo smemorato di Collegno
lo smemorato
1962
Cops and Robbers
Ferdinando Esposito
1951
Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor
Michele Spillone detto Mike
1957
The Firemen of Viggiù
Totò
1949
Tutto Totò - Totò Ye Ye
musicista capellone
1967
Toto the Sheik
Antonio Sapone
1950
Forza Italia!
Self (archive footage)
1977
The Earth As Seen from the Moon
Ciancicato Miao
1967
Totò Story
1968
Totò versus the Black Pirate
Josè
1964
Rita the American Girl
Serafino Benvenuti
1965
Il medico dei pazzi
Felice Sciosciammocca
1954Il medico dei pazzi
Screenplay
1954
Toto in Paris
Marchese Gastone de Chemantel / Chateau-Boiron / il vagabondo Totò
1958
Tototarzan
Antonio Della Buffas
1950
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
Tutto Totò - Totò Ciak
Totò l'agente segreto
1967
Totò Looking for Wife
Totò
1950
47 Talking Corpses
Il barone Antonio Peletti
1950
Are We Men or Corporals?
Totò Esposito
1955Are We Men or Corporals?
Screenplay
1955Are We Men or Corporals?
Story
1955
The Mandrake
il frate
1965
Totò vs the Four
commissario Antonio Saracino
1963
L'allegro fantasma
Nicolino & Gelsomino & Antonino
1941
Naples '44
Self (archive footage)
2016
Totò le Mokò
Antonio Lumaconi / Totò le Moko
1949
Siamo tutti Alberto Sordi?
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2020
Toto and Marcellino
Il Professore
1958
Tutto Totò - Don Giovannino
Barnaba Parmiggiani aka 'Babà'
1967
Totò Double or Nothing?
Duca Gagliardo della Forcoletta
1956
Yvonne of the Night
Nino
1949
Legs of Gold
Barone Luigi Fontana
1958
Totò Looking for a House
Beniamino Lomacchio
1949
Beautiful Families
Filiberto Comanducci
1964
Gentlemen Are Born
Ottone Degli Ulivi, detto Zazà
1960
Tutto Totò - Il grande maestro
Mardoccheo Stonatelli
1967Tutto Totò - Il grande maestro
Writer
1967
SuperTotò
1980
The Two Marshals
Antonio Capurro
1961The Two Marshals
Idea
1961
Destinazione Piovarolo
Antonio La Quaglia
1955
Gli onorevoli
Antonio La Trippa
1963
Neapolitan Turk
Felice Sciosciammocca
1953
Tutto Totò - La scommessa
Oberdan Lo Cascio
1967
Tutto Totò - Premio Nobel
il professor Serafino Bolletta
1967
Totò Seeks Peace
Gennaro Piselli
1954
You're on Your Own
Il nonno illuminato
1959
Totò e il Principe De Curtis - L'uomo oltre la maschera
Se stesso
2023
Totò versus Maciste
Totokamen
1962
La cambiale
Cesare Posalaquaglia
1959
Una di quelle
Rocco Bardelli
1953
Toto and Carolina
Antonio Caccavallo
1955
Noi duri
L'Algerino
1960
Two Colonels
Colonnello Di Maggio
1963
Totò d'Arabia
Totò
1965
Totò diabolicus
Galeazzo / Carlo / Scipione / Antonio / Laudomia / Pasquale
1962
Toto the Third Man
Piero / Paolo / Totò
1951
Toto and Cleopatra
Marc'Antonio / Totonno
1963
Side Street Story
Pasquale Miele
1950
Le motorizzate
Urbano Cacace (segment "Il Vigile Ignoto")
1963
Totó in color
Antonio Scannagatti
1952Totó in color
Story
1952
Fifa e arena
Nicolino Capece
1948
Hands Off Me!
Conte Toto di Torretota
1937
The Thieves
Commissario Di Savio
1959
The Three Thieves
Tapioca
1954
Variety carousel
1955
The Commandant
Col. Antonio Cavalli
1963
Laughs Italian Style
1964
Two Little Orphans
Gasparre
1947
San Giovanni decollato
Mastro Agostino Miciacio
1940'A Livella
Original Concept
2025
Il latitante
Gennaro La Pezza
1967
Antologia di Totò
Totò (se stesso)
1978