Mario Castellani

Mario Castellani
Castellani in Chi si ferma è perduto (1960)
Born	(1906-11-24)24 November 1906 Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Died	25 April 1978(1978-04-25) (aged 71) Rome, Italy
Occupations	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). ^[1] He appeared with the latter in all his major movies, as well as many of Totò's theatre productions.

Partial filmography

Mario Castellani (on the right) with Carlo Ninchi and Totò in Le sei mogli di Barbablù (1950)

• 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
• Deceit (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 "La macchina fotografica")
• The Three Thieves (1954, directed by Lionello De Felice) - Ornano's Lawyer
• The Doctor of the Mad (1954, directed by Mario Mattoli) - Cristaldi
• Toto Seeks Peace (1954, directed by Mario Mattoli) - Testimone
• Toto 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
• Malafemmena (1957, directed by Armando Fizzarotti)
• La cambiale (1959, directed by Camillo Mastrocinque) - Avvocato Incarta
• I baccanali di Tiberio (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
• Il corazziere (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 "Vigile ignoto") (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 José Antonio De La Loma, 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 "Amore e morte")
• Ringo e Gringo contro tutti (1966, directed by Bruno Corbucci) - Sceriffo
• Totò Ye Ye (1967, TV Movie, directed by Daniele D'Anza) - Compagno del 'capellone'
• Totò story (1968, directed by various)
• Specialists (1969) - Judge Ham
• Er Più - Storia di amore e di coltello (1971, directed by Sergio Corbucci) - Il Dottore
• Totò, une anthologie (1978, directed by Jean-Louis Comolli)

References

1. "Alle spalle di Totò: Mario Castellani ovvero l'onorevole Trombetta". ècampania (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-04-04.

External links

• Two sketches of Mario Castellani with Totò on YouTube on canale RAI YouTube