Mario Castellani
Mario Castellani | |
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 Castellani in Chi si ferma è perduto (1960) | |
| Born | 24 November 1906 Rome, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 25 April 1978 (aged 71) Rome, Italy |
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| Years active | 1924–1971 |
Mario Castellani (24 November 1906 – 25 April 1978) was an Italian comic actor, best known as the sidekick of famous comic actor Antonio De Curtis (Totò).[1] He appeared with the latter in all his major movies, as well as many of Totò's theatre productions.
Partial filmography
- Romulus and the Sabines (1945, directed by Mario Bonnard) - Il proprietario del teatro
- Down with Misery (1945, directed by Gennaro Righelli) - Un agente
- The Two Orphans (1947, directed by Mario Mattoli) - Il maggiordomo (uncredited)
- Fear and Sand (1948, directed by Mario Mattoli)
- Toto Tours Italy (1948, directed by Mario Mattoli) - Renato Stella, allenatore
- The Firemen of Viggiù (1949, directed by Mario Mattoli) - Jealous husband
- Toto Looks for a House (1949, directed by Steno and Mario Monicelli) - Truffatore
- The Emperor of Capri (1949, directed by Luigi Comencini) - Asdrubale Stinchi
- Totò Le Mokò (1949, directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia) - Za, gang member
- Toto Looks for a Wife (1950, directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia) - Filippo
- Figaro Here, Figaro There (1950, directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia) - Roberto
- Tototarzan (1950, directed by Mario Mattoli) - Stanis
- Toto the Sheik (1950, directed by Mario Mattoli) - Il colonnello dei ribelli
- Bluebeard's Six Wives (1950, directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia) - Amilcare
- 47 morto che parla (1950, directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia) - Il colonello Bertrand de Tassiny
- Toto the Third Man (1951, directed by Mario Mattoli) - Alfredo
- Revenge of the Pirates (1951, directed by Primo Zeglio) - Armagnac
- La paura fa 90 (1951, directed by Giorgio Simonelli) - Avv. Lefevre
- Seven Hours of Trouble (1951, directed by Vittorio Metz and Marcello Marchesi) - Antonino
- Cops and Robbers (1951, directed by Steno and Mario Monicelli) - The Taxi Driver
- The Two Sergeants (1951, directed by Carlo Alberto Chiesa)
- Toto in Color (1952, directed by Steno) - On. Trombetta
- Deceit (1952, directed by Guido Brignone) - Ubriaco al night-club
- Five Paupers in an Automobile (1952, directed by Mario Mattoli) - Il regista
- Toto and the King of Rome (1952, directed by Steno and Mario Monicelli) - Corrado
- Toto and the Women (1952, directed by Steno and Mario Monicelli) - Rag. Carlini
- Man, Beast and Virtue (1953, directed by Steno) - The doctor
- Neapolitan Turk (1953, directed by Mario Mattoli) - L'onorevole Cocchetelli
- One of Those (1953, directed by Aldo Fabrizi) - Piero
- Funniest Show on Earth (1953, directed by Mario Mattoli) - Il domatore
- Of Life and Love (1954, episode La patente, directed by Luigi Zampa) - Altro avvocato
- Where Is Freedom? (1954, directed by Roberto Rossellini) - Il pubblico ministero
- A Slice of Life (1954, directed by Alessandro Blasetti) - (segment "La macchina fotografica")
- The Three Thieves (1954, directed by Lionello De Felice) - Ornano's Lawyer
- The Doctor of the Mad (1954, directed by Mario Mattoli) - Cristaldi
- Toto Seeks Peace (1954, directed by Mario Mattoli) - Testimone
- Toto and Carolina (1955, directed by Mario Monicelli) - Goffredo Barozzoli
- Toto in Hell (1955, directed by Camillo Mastrocinque) - Cri-Cri / Un marito
- I giorni più belli (1956, directed by Mario Mattoli) - L'ingegnere della banca
- Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy (1956, directed by Camillo Mastrocinque) - Mezzacapa
- Toto, Peppino and the Outlaws (1956, directed by Camillo Mastrocinque) - Un bandito
- Malafemmena (1957, directed by Armando Fizzarotti)
- La cambiale (1959, directed by Camillo Mastrocinque) - Avvocato Incarta
- I baccanali di Tiberio (1959, directed by Giorgio Simonelli)
- Tough Guys (1960, directed by Camillo Mastrocinque) - Alì
- Letto a tre piazze (1960, directed by Steno) - Il Preside
- Appuntamento a Ischia (1960, directed by Mario Mattoli) - Mina's Agent
- Who Hesitates is Lost (1960, directed by Sergio Corbucci) - Comm. Pasquetti
- Il corazziere (1960, directed by Camillo Mastrocinque) - L'ufficiale giudiziario
- Totò, Peppino e...la dolce vita (1961, directed by Sergio Corbucci) - Il Presidente
- Tototruffa 62 (1961, directed by Camillo Mastrocinque) - Teacher in 'Lausanne' College (uncredited)
- The Two Marshals (1961, directed by Sergio Corbucci) - Ladro che si confessa (uncredited)
- His Women (1961, directed by Ugo Tognazzi) - Virgilio De Rossi
- Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare (1961, directed by Mario Mattoli)
- Totò Diabolicus (1962, directed by Steno) - Ispettore Scalarini
- Lo smemorato di Collegno (1962, directed by Sergio Corbucci) - Giorgio Ballarini
- Sexy Toto (1963, directed by Mario Amendola) - Guardia carceraria (Prison guard)
- Toto vs. the Four (1963, directed by Steno) - Lancetti
- The Monk of Monza (1963, directed by Sergio Corbucci) - Il nobile con due scarpe destre
- Le motorizzate (1963, directed by Marino Girolami) - Il Brigadiere dei Vigili Urbani (segment "Vigile ignoto") (uncredited)
- Toto and Cleopatra (1963, directed by Fernando Cerchio) - Il chirurgo cranico reale
- Gli onorevoli (1963, directed by Sergio Corbucci) - Segretario (uncredited)
- The Commandant (1963, directed by Paolo Heusch) - Castelletti
- Toto vs. the Black Pirate (1964, directed by Fernando Cerchio) - Il pirata con l'uncino
- What Ever Happened to Baby Toto? (1964, directed by Ottavio Alessi, in reality by Paolo Heusch) - Direttore del Riformatorio
- Toto of Arabia (1964, directed by José Antonio De La Loma, in reality by Paolo Heusch) - El agente americano
- I figli del leopardo (1965, directed by Sergio Corbucci)
- Latin Lovers (1965, directed by Mario Costa) - Un paziente (segment "Amore e morte")
- Ringo e Gringo contro tutti (1966, directed by Bruno Corbucci) - Sceriffo
- Totò Ye Ye (1967, TV Movie, directed by Daniele D'Anza) - Compagno del 'capellone'
- Totò story (1968, directed by various)
- The Specialists (1969) - Judge Ham
- Er Più – storia d'amore e di coltello (1971, directed by Sergio Corbucci) - Il Dottore
- Totò, une anthologie (1978, directed by Jean-Louis Comolli)
References
- ^ "Alle spalle di Totò: Mario Castellani ovvero l'onorevole Trombetta". ècampania (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-04-04.
External links
- Two sketches of Mario Castellani with Totò on YouTube on canale RAI YouTube