Mario Castellani
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Mario Castellani | |
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| Born | July 2, 1906 Rome, Italy |
| Died | April 26, 1978 (aged 71) Rome, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation(s) | Actor Comedian |
| Years active | 1924–1971 |
Mario Castellani (July 2, 1906 – April 26, 1978) was an Italian comic actor, best known as the sidekick of famous comic actor Antonio De Curtis (Totò). 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—
- Il ratto delle Sabine, directed by Mario Bonnard (1945)
- Abbasso la miseria!, directed by Gennaro Righelli (1945)
- I due orfanelli, directed by Mario Mattoli (1947)
- Fifa e arena, directed by Mario Mattoli (1948)
- Totò al giro d'Italia, directed by Mario Mattoli (1948)
- I pompieri di Viggiù, directed by Mario Mattoli (1949)
- Totò cerca casa, directed by Steno e Mario Monicelli (1949)
- Totò le Mokò, directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (1949)
- L'imperatore di Capri, directed by Luigi Comencini (1949)
- Totò cerca moglie, directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (1950)
- Figaro qua, Figaro là, directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (1950)
- Le sei mogli di Barbablù, directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (1950)
- Tototarzan, directed by Mario Mattoli (1950)
- Totò sceicco, directed by Mario Mattoli (1950)
- 47 morto che parla, directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (1950)
- Totò terzo uomo, directed by Mario Mattoli (1951)
- Sette ore di guai, directed by Vittorio Metz e Marcello Marchesi (1951)
- La paura fa 90, directed by Giorgio Simonelli (1951)
- The Two Sergeants, directed by Carlo Alberto Chiesa (1951)
- La vendetta del corsaro, directed by Primo Zeglio (1951)
- Guardie e ladri, directed by Steno e Mario Monicelli (1951)
- Totò e le donne, directed by Steno e Mario Monicelli (1952)
- Totò a colori, directed by Steno (1952)
- Cinque poveri in automobile, directed by Mario Mattoli (1952)
- Inganno, directed by Guido Brignone
- Dov'è la libertà?, directed by Roberto Rossellini (1952)
- L'uomo, la bestia e la virtù, directed by Steno (1953)
- Un turco napoletano, directed by Mario Mattoli (1953)
- Una di quelle, directed by Aldo Fabrizi (1953)
- Il più comico spettacolo del mondo, directed by Mario Mattoli (1953)
- Totò e Carolina, directed by Mario Monicelli (1953)
- Questa è la vita, episode La patente, directed by Luigi Zampa (1954)
- Tempi nostri, episode La macchina fotografica, directed by Alessandro Blasetti (1954)
- I tre ladri, directed by Lionello De Felice (1954)
- Il medico dei pazzi, directed by Mario Mattoli (1954)
- Totò cerca pace, directed by Mario Mattoli (1954)
- Totò all'inferno, directed by Camillo Mastrocinque (1955)
- I giorni più belli, directed by Mario Mattoli (1956)
- Totò, Peppino e... la malafemmina, directed by Camillo Mastrocinque (1956)
- Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge, directed by Camillo Mastrocinque (1956)
- Malafemmena, directed by Armando Fizzarotti (1957)
- La cambiale, directed by Camillo Mastrocinque (1959)
- I baccanali di Tiberio, directed by Giorgio Simonelli (1959)
- Noi duri, directed by Camillo Mastrocinque (1960)
- Appuntamento a Ischia, directed by Mario Mattoli (1960)
- Letto a tre piazze, directed by Steno (1960)
- Chi si ferma è perduto, directed by Sergio Corbucci (1960)
- Il corazziere, directed by Camillo Mastrocinque (1960)
- Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare, directed by Mario Mattoli (1961)
- Totò, Peppino e...la dolce vita, directed by Sergio Corbucci (1961)
- Tototruffa 62, directed by Camillo Mastrocinque (1961)
- I due marescialli, directed by Sergio Corbucci (1961)
- Il mantenuto, directed by Ugo Tognazzi (1961)
- Totò diabolicus, directed by Steno (1962)
- Lo smemorato di Collegno, directed by Sergio Corbucci (1962)
- Totò contro i quattro, directed by Steno (1963)
- Il monaco di Monza, directed by Sergio Corbucci (1963)
- Le motorizzate, episode Vigile ignoto, directed by Marino Girolami (1963)
- Totò e Cleopatra, directed by Fernando Cerchio (1963)
- Totò sexy, directed by Mario Amendola (1963)
- Gli onorevoli, directed by Sergio Corbucci (1963)
- Il comandante, directed by Paolo Heusch (1963)
- Totò contro il pirata nero, directed by Fernando Cerchio (1964)
- Che fine ha fatto Totò Baby?, directed by Ottavio Alessi, in reality by Paolo Heusch (1964)
- Totò d'Arabia, directed by José Antonio De La Loma, in reality by Paolo Heusch (1964)
- Gli amanti latini, episode Amore e morte, directed by Mario Costa (1965)
- I figli del leopardo, directed by Sergio Corbucci (1965)
- Ringo e Gringo contro tutti, directed by Bruno Corbucci (1966)
- Totò Ye Ye, directed by Daniele D'Anza (1967)
- Totò story, directed by various (1968)
- Er Più - Storia di amore e di coltello, directed by Sergio Corbucci (1971)
- Totò, une anthologie, directed by Jean-Louis Comolli (1978)
External links
- Two sketches of Mario Castellani with Totò on YouTube on canale RAI YouTube
