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Fausto Tozzi

Fausto Tozzi

Actor · Died December 10, 1978, aged 57 · Roma, Italy

Fausto TozziFausto Tozzi (29 October 1921 – 10 December 1978) was an Italian film actor and screenwriter. He appeared in 70 films between 1951 and 1978. He wrote the script for The Defeated Victor, which was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival. He also directed one film, Trastevere. Born in Rome, after graduating in accountancy Tozzi made several humble jobs, including peddler and bird taxidermist. He was introduced in the cinema industry by Sergio Amidei, for whom he worked as a stenographer. Through Amidei, Tozzi met Renato Castellani, with whom he collaborated as a screenwriter for Professor, My Son (1946) and Under the Sun of Rome (1948, based on a Tozzi's original story). In the early 1950s, he also started working as an assistant director and as an actor, sometimes being cast in main roles. His typical roles were of hardmen and villains. He was also active on stage, where he is best known for the role of Gnecco in Rugantino, and on television, in which he is well known for his performance as Menelaus in L'Odissea. Tozzi died of respiratory failure, aged 57. Source: Article "Fausto Tozzi" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Born
October 29, 1921
Died
December 10, 1978 (aged 57)
From
Roma, Italy
Works as
Actor
Titles
25 on MovieCove · 74 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Up 38% in 30 days

What are Fausto Tozzi's films like?

Across their 15 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Adventure5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 25th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Crime4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 49th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 29th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Drama2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 24th percentile
: browse their Drama movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
38%
Bonds
20%
Power
15%
Survival
11%
Self
7%
Society
6%
Ideas
2%
Justice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal2 titles, browse their movies with this themePower2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 15 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 3 · Stylized 11 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 11 · Intense 3

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 6 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 10 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 2

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 6 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 2

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 12 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

9 analyzed roles

Usually the Mentor: 4 of 9 analyzed roles.

Mentor
4 of 9
Shadow
2 of 9
Hero
1 of 9
Herald
1 of 9
Threshold guardian
1 of 9
Show the 9 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
11
Thrilling
6
Melancholic
5
Romantic
3
Triumphant
3
Other
11

How their films linger

Rousing6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy6
  • Bittersweet7
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Fausto Tozzi's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 25 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (10).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Fausto Tozzi's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

74 credits, 25 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Black Stallion(1979)

    as Rescue Captain

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Origins of the Mafia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Show 1 episode · as Nicu Borello

  • Fear in the City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Warrant Officer Esposito

  • The Jackpot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Mark Lemmon

  • Street People(1976)

    as Luigi Nicoletta

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Oh, Serafina! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Carlo Vigeva

  • The Left Hand of the Law(1975)

    as brigadiere Giulio Costello

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • L'altro Dio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Actor

  • Cry of a Prostitute (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Don Ricuzzo Cantimo

  • Crazy Joe(1974)

    as Frank

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Mean Frank and Crazy Tony(1973)

    as Massara

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Chino(1973)

    as Cruz

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • The Funny Face of the Godfather (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Tony Malonzo

  • The Bloody Hands of the Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Nicolò Patrovita

  • The Sicilian Connection (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Don Vincenzo Russo

  • The Valachi Papers(1972)

    as Albert Anastasia

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Trastevere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Director · Writer · as Himself at St. Maria in Trastevere (uncredited)

  • Between Miracles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Primario

  • Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Il marito eschimese

  • The Devil's Backbone(1970)

    as Orozco

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • A Man Called Sledge(1970)

    as Maximum security prisoner

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • The Demise of Father Mouret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Jeanbernat

  • The Odyssey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Menelaus

  • The Appointment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Renzo

  • Le avventure di Ulisse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Menelao

  • The Odyssey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Show 8 episodes · as Menelaus

  • A Few Bullets More(1967)

    as Pat Garrett

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • The Sailor from Gibraltar(1967)

    as Captain

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Knives of the Avenger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Hagen

  • The Agony and the Ecstasy(1965)

    as uomo · as Foreman

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • I Spy(1965)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows

  • Pyramid of the Sun God(1965)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Treasure of the Aztecs(1965)

    as Benito Juarez

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • The Visit(1964)

    as Darvis (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Spy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Paoli

  • Scorching Sands(1963)

    as Barmak

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • The Shortest Day(1963)

    as Soldato combattente (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Commando (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Brascia

  • Swordsman of Siena(1962)

    as Hugo

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • The Wonders of Aladdin(1961)

    as Grand Vizier

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • El Cid(1961)

    as Dolfos

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Return of Dr. Mabuse(1961)

    as Warden Wolf

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Saint-Tropez Blues (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as Nino Trabucci

  • Constantine and the Cross(1961)

    as Hadrian

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Questo amore ai confini del mondo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Writer · as Don Claudio

  • The Night of the Great Attack (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Zanco

  • Dagli Appennini alle Ande (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Marco's father

  • Un uomo facile (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Writer · Actor

  • L'amico del giaguaro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Story

  • Quai des illusions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Fausto

  • Quando gli angeli piangono (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Piero

  • Il cielo brucia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Marchi

  • El Alamein(1957)

    as Capt. Valerio Bruschi

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Castle of the Banned Lovers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Olimpio Calvetti

  • Un po' di cielo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as Roberto Maltoni

  • The Red Cloak (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as Luca de Bardi

  • La ciudad perdida (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as Rafael

  • La ladra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as Nino

  • Songs from all over Italy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Actor

  • Divisione Folgore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Sergente Turchi

  • Casta diva (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Gaetano Donizetti

  • House of Ricordi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Arrigo Boito

  • I cinque dell'Adamello (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Leonida

  • In the Eddy of Sin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Alberto Valli

  • The Hunt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Writer · as Marco / Musoduro

  • Siempre Carmen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as José Salviatti

  • The Bandit of Tacca del Lupo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Co-Writer · as Luogotenente Magistrelli

  • Three Girls from Rome (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Co-Writer

  • Brothers of Italy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Actor

  • Four Ways Out(1951)

    as Luigi Girosi

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Women Without Names (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Actor

  • Heaven Over the Marshes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Assistant Director · Screenplay

  • Under the Sun of Rome (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Screenplay · Story

  • Professor, My Son (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    First Assistant Director · Screenplay · Story

Career shape

Star power in the 91st percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 74 titles from 1946 to 1979; peak year 1965.

Highest rated

The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)

Midcredits 87th

Most popular right now

Street People (1976)

Film career

19461979

Peak 1965 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1961Screen debut· El Cid
  • 1966Career best· Knives of the Avenger

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting68 of 74: 64 only acting, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score38thDirecting1 of 74: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting10 of 74: 3 only writing, 7 with another roleOther crew2 of 74: 0 only other crew, 2 with another role

74 titles, 7 with more than one role — acting and writing overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

1940s3 · crew1950s26 · 24 acting · 5 crew1960s23 · 23 acting · 1 crew1970s22 · 21 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 13th · top billed in 0% of 13 roles
6166

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Fausto Tozzi's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 38th percentile, the median of all 24; across their 15 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 39th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

39thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Approval · how many liked their films

30thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Reach · how many have seen their films

48thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Midcredits score across 25 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th10
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

8 of their 25 titles are Broadly Agreed.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser6
  • Broadly Agreed8
  • Mixed8

Most divisive · actor

The Sailor from Gibraltar (1967)

70th percentile spread · 15% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Black Stallion (1979)

Midcredits 90th · 78% liked

Reviewers score the acting 65/100 in their films, across 13 reviewed titles; fans 72, detractors 43. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Fausto Tozzi work with?

People who share at least 2 of Fausto Tozzi's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Dino De Laurentiis shares the most, 3.

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles