Mario Castellani
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Mario Castellani | |
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| Born | 24 November 1906 Rome, Italy |
| Died | 25 April 1978 (aged 71) Rome, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation | Actor Comedian |
| 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).[citation needed] He appeared with the latter in all his major movies, as well as many of Totò's theatre productions.
Filmography[]
Below is a partial list of his films—
- Romulus and the Sabines (1945, directed by Mario Bonnard) - Il proprietario del teatro
- Abbasso la miseria! (1945, directed by Gennaro Righelli) - Un agente
- I due orfanelli (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
- I pompieri di Viggiù (1949, directed by Mario Mattoli) - Jealous husband
- Toto Looks For a House (1949, directed by Steno and Mario Monicelli) - Truffatore
- L'imperatore di 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
- Le sei mogli di Barbablù (1950, directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia) - Amilcare
- 47 morto che parla (1950, directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia) - Il colonello Bertrand de Tassiny
- Totò terzo uomo (1951, directed by Mario Mattoli) - Alfredo
- La vendetta del corsaro (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
- Guardie e ladri (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
- (1952, directed by Guido Brignone) - Ubriaco al night-club
- Cinque poveri in automobile (1952, directed by Mario Mattoli) - Il regista
- Toto and the King of Rome (1952, directed by Steno and Mario Monicelli) - Corrado
- Totò e le donne (1952, directed by Steno and Mario Monicelli) - Rag. Carlini
- L'uomo, la bestia e la virtù (1953, directed by Steno) - The doctor
- Un turco napoletano (1953, directed by Mario Mattoli) - L'onorevole Cocchetelli
- Una di quelle (1953, directed by Aldo Fabrizi) - Piero
- Il più comico spettacolo del mondo (1953, directed by Mario Mattoli) - Il domatore
- Questa è la vita (1954, episode La patente, directed by Luigi Zampa) - Altro avvocato
- Dov'è la libertà? (1954, directed by Roberto Rossellini) - Il pubblico ministero
- Tempi nostri (1954, directed by Alessandro Blasetti) - (segment "")
- The Three Thieves (1954, directed by ) - Ornano's Lawyer
- The Doctor of the Mad (1954, directed by Mario Mattoli) - Cristaldi
- Toto Seeks Peace (1954, directed by Mario Mattoli) - Testimone
- Totò and Carolina (1955, directed by Mario Monicelli) - Goffredo Barozzoli
- Totò all'inferno (1955, directed by Camillo Mastrocinque) - Cri-Cri / Un marito
- I giorni più belli (1956, directed by Mario Mattoli) - L'ingegnere della banca
- Totò, Peppino e... la malafemmina (1956, directed by Camillo Mastrocinque) - Mezzacapa
- Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge (1956, directed by Camillo Mastrocinque) - Un bandito
- (1957, directed by Armando Fizzarotti)
- La cambiale (1959, directed by Camillo Mastrocinque) - Avvocato Incarta
- (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
- (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)
- I due marescialli (1961, directed by Sergio Corbucci) - Ladro che si confessa (uncredited)
- Il mantenuto (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)
- Totò contro i quattro (1963, directed by Steno) - Lancetti
- Il monaco di 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 "") (uncredited)
- Toto and Cleopatra (1963, directed by Fernando Cerchio) - Il chirurgo cranico reale
- Gli onorevoli (1963, directed by Sergio Corbucci) - Segretario (uncredited)
- Il comandante (1963, directed by Paolo Heusch) - Castelletti
- Totò contro il pirata nero (1964, directed by Fernando Cerchio) - Il pirata con l'uncino
- Che fine ha fatto Totò Baby? (1964, directed by Ottavio Alessi, in reality by Paolo Heusch) - Direttore del Riformatorio
- Totò d'Arabia (1964, directed by , in reality by Paolo Heusch) - El agente americano
- I figli del leopardo (1965, directed by Sergio Corbucci)
- Gli amanti latini (1965, directed by Mario Costa) - Un paziente (segment "")
- (1966, directed by Bruno Corbucci) - Sceriffo
- (1967, TV Movie, directed by Daniele D'Anza) - Compagno del 'capellone'
- (1968, directed by various)
- Specialists (1969) - Judge Ham
- Er Più - Storia di amore e di coltello (1971, directed by Sergio Corbucci) - Il Dottore
- (1978, directed by Jean-Louis Comolli)
External links[]
- Two sketches of Mario Castellani with Totò on YouTube on canale RAI YouTube
Categories:
- 1906 births
- 1978 deaths
- Italian male comedians
- Male actors from Rome
- 20th-century Italian male actors
- Italian male film actors
- Italian male stage actors
- Italian male television actors
- 20th-century comedians