Mario Castellani
Acting
Biography
Mario Castellani was born in 1906 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor and assistant director.
Born: November 24, 1906
Place of Birth: Rome, Italy
Known For
Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy
Antonio, Peppino and Lucia are three brothers who live in the country near Naples. Lucia's son, Gianni, goes to Naples to study medicine, but there he knows a ballet dancer. They fall in love and, when she goes to Milan, Gianni follows her. Informed of this and afraid that their nephew will stop studying, the three Caponi brothers leave for Milan to persuade Gianni to come back and continue studying and abandon the "Malafemmina" (bad girl).
SuperTotò
After an introduction consisting of a series of close-ups of Totò, the anthology presents clips from films performed by the late comedian actor, collected in chapters.
Totòtruffa '62
Antonio, a former variety actor, keeps his daughter in an excellent boarding school by organizing small scams with his friend and colleague Felice. Commissioner Malvasia good-naturedly persecuted him. When their respective unsuspecting children fall in love, the two fathers make peace.
Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge
Antonio and Peppino live in a small town in central Italy: Peppino is the barber, Totò is maintained by the rich but avaricious wife Teresa.
Cops and Robbers
Esposito is a thief who cons tourists in Rome. Officer Bottoni manages to catch him and starts persecuting him. When Esposito manages to flee, Bottoni's superiors inform him that he'll lose his job if he can't catch Esposito.
Totó in color
In the first Italian film to be shot in color, Totò portrays a musician named Antonio Scannagatti who strongly hopes to sell his composition, "Epopea italiana", to Tiscordi, who is one of the most important Italian impresarios.
Neapolitan Turk
Naples/Sorrento, mid 20s. A couple of small thieves conceive a scam whereby one of them dresses up as a eunuch Turk to care for the women of the family of a wealthy man. They end up messing everything up, with lots of gags and funny events in the meantime.
The Two Marshals
September 1943: in the general confusion a thief dressed as a priest and a sergeant exchange clothes and roles.
Totò diabolicus
The marquis Galeazzo di Torre Alta is murdered by a mysterious killer who calls himself Diabolicus. His heirs are his three brothers and a sister, but all of them, with the exception of Monsignor Antonino di Torre Alta, are killed by Diabolicus. The police are unable to solve the case, but when Antonino gives his inheritance to Pasquale Bonocore, illegitimate son of his father and Pasquale is in prison and therefore can't be the killer, all the clues are in the hand of the police.
47 Talking Corpses
Greedy Baron Antonio Peletti refuses to give to his town the heredity left by his father, a box full of precious jewels, which he keeps for himself. The major and the rest of the townspeople therefore organize a trick at his expense: they'll make him believe he is dead, and, in a fake "afterlife", they'll try to convince him to finally show them where the money is hidden to save his soul.
Filmography
as Judge Ham
as pistolero
as compagno del capellone
as Piceretti
as Gennaro Spaghetti
as Maître
as Cosimo Trombetta
as Alberto Verdi
as Sceriffo
as Gaiza
as marchese Begalini
as Agente americano
as direttore del riformatorio
as Uncino
as Castelletti
as Il chirurgo cranico reale
as Guardia carceraria (Prison guard)
as Commendatore Filippo Lancetti
as Giorgio Ballarini
as Ispettore Scalarini
as marito di Amalia
as ladro
as Teacher in 'Lausanne' College (uncredited)
as Presidente
as L'ufficiale giudiziario
as Commendator Pasquetti
as Agente di Mina
as Il Preside
as Alì
as pretore Caio Leto
as Avvocato Incarta
as Braccio destro del Torchio
as Mezzacapa
as Cri-Cri / Un marito
as Agente di pubblica sicurezza
as Cristaldi
as Ornano's Lawyer
as Barista
as Giudice istruttore D'Andrea
as Il domatore
as Il farmacista
as L'onorevole Cocchetelli
as The doctor
as ragionier Carlini
as Onorevole Trombetta
as Amilcare
as avvocato Lefevre
as Antonino
as Alfredo
as Il colonello Bertrand de Tassiny
as Il capo dei ribelli
as Amilcare
as Stanis
as Roberto
as Filippo
as Za il teppista
as Asdrubale Stinchi
as Truffatore
as Jealous husband
as Renato Stella
as Il bandito Cast
as Maggiordomo (uncredited)
as Un agente (uncredited)
as Il proprietario del teatro