Sergio Tofano
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Sergio Tofano | |
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Born | Rome, Lazio, Italy | August 20, 1886
Died | October 28, 1973 Rome, Lazio, Italy | (aged 87)
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Years active | 1909–1973 |
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Children | 1 |
Sergio Tòfano (August 20, 1886 – October 28, 1973) was an Italian actor, director, playwright, scene designer and illustrator.
Tofano was born in Rome. In 1909, he made his first appearance on stage with Ermete Novelli, then joined 's company (1913–23). He soon specialized as a comic actor, giving his role a new elegance and complexity. He worked with other famous actors and directors: Dario Niccodemi (1924–27); Luigi Almirante and Giuditta Rissone (1927–30), Elsa Merlini, Vittorio De Sica, Evi Maltagliati, Gino Cervi etc. During those years, he made his famous performances as Doctor Knock in Jules Romains' play, and as Professor Toti in Luigi Pirandello's Pensaci, Giacomino!. He also led important theatrical firms.
After the Second World War, he worked with the most important directors, like Luchino Visconti and Giorgio Strehler.
In 1917 Tofano invented, for a children's magazine, Il Corriere dei Piccoli, a famous character, Signor Bonaventura, whose adventures lasted for more than forty years. He used to sign as Sto. He wrote and illustrated several children's books and illustrated The Chess Set in the Mirror by Massimo Bontempelli.[1]
Partial filmography[]
- Tigrana (1916, dir. by Edouard Micheroux de Dillon)
- The Private Secretary (1931, dir. by Goffredo Alessandrini) - Otello, l'usciere
- Your Money or Your Life (1932, dir. by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia) - Daniele
- The Telephone Operator (1932, dir. by Nunzio Malasomma) - Bàttigo - the tenor
- Paprika (1933, dir. by Carl Boese) - Checco
- The Girl with the Bruise (1933, dir. by E. W. Emo)
- Seconda B (1934, dir. by Goffredo Alessandrini) - Professore Monti
- (1936, dir. by Nunzio Malasomma) - Giulio
- The Two Misanthropists (1937, dir. by Amleto Palermi) - Cosimo Bertelet
- Tonight at Eleven (1938, dir. by Oreste Biancoli) - Il colonnello Muffon
- (1938, dir. by Mario Bonnard) - Fanard
- (1938, dir. by Camillo Mastrocinque) - Borghetti
- The Sons of the Marquis Lucera (1939, dir. by Amleto Palermi) - Vigna
- Eravamo sette sorelle (1939, dir. by Mario Mattoli) - Antonio, il maggiordomo
- (1939, dir. by Guido Brignone) - Fernand Corbulon
- Father For a Night (1939, dir. by Mario Bonnard) - Edmondo Fontages
- (1939, dir. by Amleto Palermi) - Il barone Giorgio
- The Silent Partner (1939) - L'affaristo in borsa
- (1940, dir. by Camillo Mastrocinque) - Maurizio
- (1940, dir. by Raffaello Matarazzo) - Il capocomico
- (1940, dir. by Giacomo Gentilomo) - Il principe
- Una famiglia impossibile (1940, dir. by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia) - Il maggiordomo
- Idyll in Budapest (1941, dir. by ) - Altezza
- (1941, dir. by Flavio Calzavara) - Il signore Bisaccia
- Cenerentola e il signor Bonaventura (1941, anche soggetto e regia) - Il dottore (uncredited)
- (1942, dir. by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia) - Vittorio, il maggiordomo
- Disturbance (1942, dir. by Guido Brignone) - Antonio, padre di Silvia
- Souls in Turmoil (1942, dir. by ) - Perego
- (1942, dir. by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia) - L'avvocato Paolo, suo marito
- (1943, dir. by Nicola Manzari) - Il professore naturalista
- (1943, anche regia) - Il maestro di pianoforte
- (1943, dir. by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia) - Il giudice Ernesto Torriani
- (1943, dir. by Camillo Mastrocinque) - Cirillo
- (1947, dir. by ) - Il maestro Zingarelli
- Fabiola (1949, dir. by Alessandro Blasetti) - Luciano
- Abbiamo vinto! (1951, dir. by Robert A. Stemmle) - Temistocle Leoni
- Napoleon (1951, dir. by Carlo Borghesio) - Vignon
- Altri tempi (1952, dir. by Alessandro Blasetti) - Nonno di Guido (segment "L'idillio")
- La Fiammata (1952, dir. by Alessandro Blasetti) - Belmont
- L'ingiusta condanna (1952, dir. by ) - Prof. Valli
- Puccini (1953, dir. by Carmine Gallone) - Giulio Ricordi
- The Country of the Campanelli (1954, dir. by Jean Boyer) - Dott. Pott
- House of Ricordi (1954, dir. by Carmine Gallone) - Cesarini Sforza
- Cardinal Lambertini (1954, dir. by Giorgio Pastina) - Canonico Peggi
- La bella di Roma (1955, dir. by Luigi Comencini) - Agostino
- Andrea Chenier (1955, dir. by Clemente Fracassi) - Luigi Chénier
- (1956, dir. by Camillo Mastrocinque) - Giovanni
- Io, Caterina (1957)
- La vita degli altri (1957) - Linari
- Dreams in a Drawer (1957, dir. by Renato Castellani) - Lucia's Father
- Il bacio del sole (Don Vesuvio) (1958)
- Il re di Poggioreale (1961, dir. by Duilio Coletti) - Il contente Pignatelli
- La costanza della ragione (1964, dir. by Pasquale Festa Campanile) - Don Bonifazi
- Napoleone a Firenze (1964)
- Il padre di famiglia (1967, dir. by Nanni Loy) - General
- (1968, dir. by Bernardo Bertolucci) - Professor Petrushka
- Toh, è morta la nonna! (1969, dir. by Mario Monicelli) - The Grandfather
- (1970, dir. by Luigi Zampa) - Bishop
- La colonna infame (1973, dir. by Nelo Risi) - Il presidente del senato
- Rugantino (1973, dir. by Pasquale Festa Campanile) - Marchese Michele Sacconi
References[]
- ^ Modernism and the Avant-garde Body in Spain and Italy edited by Nicolas Fernandez-Medina and Maria Truglio, Taylor & Francis, 2016, Chapter 2: "But Who Is Playing This Game?" by Maria Truglio.
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- 1883 births
- 1973 deaths
- Italian male stage actors
- Italian male film actors
- Italian dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century Italian male actors
- 20th-century Italian dramatists and playwrights
- Italian children's book illustrators