Totò
Antonio Griffo Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno Porfirogenito Gagliardi de Curtis di Bisanzio (15 February 1898 – 15 April 1967), best known by his stage name Totò (Italian pronunciation: [toˈtɔ]), or simply as Antonio de Curtis, and nicknamed il Principe della risata ("the Prince of laughter"), was an Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter, dramatist, poet, singer and lyricist. He was commonly referred to as one of the most popular Italian performers of all time. He is best known for his funny and sometimes cynical character as a comedian in theatre and then in many successful films shot from the 1940s to the 1960s, but he also worked with many iconic Italian film directors in dramatic/poetic roles. While he first gained his popularity as a comic actor, his dramatic roles, poetry, and songs are all deemed to be outstanding; in 2007, writer and philosopher Umberto Eco commented on the im...
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Naples '44
SuperTotò
Caprice Italian Style
Totò Story
The Treasure of San Gennaro
The Hawks and the Sparrows
The Mandrake
Latin Lovers
Rita, the American Girl
Beautiful Families
What Ever Happened to Baby Toto?
Laughs Italian Style
Totò versus the Black Pirate
The Commandant
Gli onorevoli
Toto and Cleopatra
The Monk of Monza
Totò vs the Four
The Shortest Day
Two Colonels
Totosexy
Lo smemorato di Collegno
Totò diabolicus
Toto and Peppino Divided in Berlin
Totò di notte n. 1
Toto vs. Maciste
The Two Marshals
Totòtruffa '62
Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare
Totò, Peppino and... the Sweet Life
He Who Hesitates Is Lost
The Passionate Thief
Letto a tre piazze
Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today
Gentlemen Are Born
Noi duri
La cambiale
You're on Your Own
The Thieves
The Overtaxed
Toto in Madrid
Totò in the Moon
Toto in Paris
The Law Is the Law
Legs of Gold
Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche
Big Deal on Madonna Street
Toto and Marcellino
Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor
Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge
Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy
Totò Double or Nothing?
The Band of Honest Men
Il coraggio
Destinazione Piovarolo
Are We Men or Corporals?
Totò all'inferno
Toto and Carolina
Totò Seeks Peace
The Gold of Naples
Il medico dei pazzi
The Three Thieves
Poverty and Nobility
The Anatomy of Love
Where Is Freedom?
Of Life and Love
Funniest Show on Earth
Una di quelle
Neapolitan Turk
Man, Beast and Virtue
Toto and the Women
Toto and the Kings of Rome
Totó in color
Cops and Robbers
Seven Hours of Troubles
Toto the Third Man
47 Talking Corpses
Toto the Sheik
Le sei mogli di Barbablù
Tototarzan
Figaro qua... Figaro là
Side Street Story
Totò Looking for Wife
Totò le Mokò
The Emperor of Capri
Totò Looking for a House
Yvonne of the Night
The Firemen of Viggiù
Toto Tours Italy
Fifa e arena
Two Little Orphans
The Rape of the Sabine
Two Hearts Against the Beast
L'allegro fantasma
San Giovanni decollato
Animal Crackers
Hands Off Me!