Sergio Tofano
Sergio Tòfano (20 August 1886 – 28 October 1973) was an Italian actor, theatre 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 Virgilio Talli'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.
Acted in
Le ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis
1973
as Giuseppe Parini
Rugantino
1973
as Michele Sacconi
La colonna infame
1973
as Il presidente del senato
Let's Have a Riot
1970
as il vescovo
Oh, Grandmother's Dead
1969
as Grandfather
Partner
1968
as Professor Petrushka
The Head of the Family
1967
as Amedeo, padre di Marco
Don Giovanni
1967
as Don Luigi
The Constancy of Reason
1964
Black City
1961
as Il contente Pignatelli
The Idiot
1959
as Ljebedev
L'avaro
1957
as Arpagone
Orgoglio e Pregiudizio
1957
as Signor Bennet
I sogni nel cassetto
1957
as Lucia's Father
Porta un bacione a Firenze
1955
as maggiordomo
La bella di Roma
1955
as Agostino
Le souffle de la liberté
1955
Il cardinale Lambertini
1954
as Canonico Peggi
House of Ricordi
1954
as Cesarini Sforza
Puccini
1953
as Giulio Ricordi
Guilt Is Not Mine
1952
Times Gone By
1952
as il nonno di Guido
Napoleone
1951
as Vignon
Il cavaliere del sogno
1947
as Zingarelli
Il fidanzato di mia moglie
1943
as giudice Torriani
Quarta pagina
1942
as Professore zoologo
La maschera e il volto
1942
Anime in tumulto
1942
as Perego
Turbamento
1942
as Antonio, il padre di Silvia
If I Was Honest
1942
as Vittorio, il maggiordomo
Princess Cinderella
1941
as Il dottore
Il signore a doppio petto
1941
as Bisacca
Una famiglia impossibile
1940
as Maggiordomo
Validità giorni dieci
1940
as Maurizio
Giù il sipario
1940
as Il capocomico, signor Cirillo
Il socio invisibile
1939
as L'affarista in Borsa
Follies of the Century
1939
as Il barone Giorgio
Papà per una notte
1939
as Edmondo Fontages
Le sorprese del divorzio
1939
I figli del marchese Lucera
1939
as Vigna
Inventiamo l'amore
1938
as Borghetti
Jeanne Doré
1938
as Fanard
Tonight at Eleven
1937
as Colonnello Muffon
Lohengrin
1936
as Giulio
Seconda B
1934
as Professore Monti
Paprika
1933
Your Money or Your Life
1932
as Daniele
The operator
1932
as tenore Alfredo Bàttigo
The Private Secretary
1931
as L'usciere Otello