{{Short description|Italian actor (1906–1978)}} {{Infobox person | name = Mario Castellani | image = Mario Castellani - Chi si ferma è perduto.png | caption = Castellani in ''Chi si ferma è perduto'' (1960) | birth_date = {{Birth date|1906|11|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Rome, Kingdom of Italy | death_date = {{Death date and age|1978|4|25|1906|11|24|df=y}} | death_place = Rome, Italy | occupation = {{flatlist| *Actor *comedian }} | other_names = | years_active = 1924–1971 | spouse = | children = }}
'''Mario Castellani''' (24 November 1906{{spaced ndash}}25 April 1978) was an Italian comic actor, best known as the sidekick of famous comic actor Antonio De Curtis (Totò).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alle spalle di Totò: Mario Castellani ovvero l'onorevole Trombetta |url=https://ecampania.it/event/alle-spalle-tot-mario-castellani-ovvero-l-onorevole-trombetta/ |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=ècampania |language=it-IT}}</ref> He appeared with the latter in all his major movies, as well as many of Totò's theatre productions.
==Partial filmography== [[File:Le sei mogli di Barbablù 04.jpg|thumb|Mario Castellani (on the right) with Carlo Ninchi and Totò in ''Bluebeard's Six Wives'' (1950)]] {{div col|content= * ''Romulus and the Sabines'' (1945, directed by Mario Bonnard) - Il proprietario del teatro * ''Down with Misery'' (1945, directed by Gennaro Righelli) - Un agente * ''The Two Orphans'' (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 * ''The Firemen of Viggiù'' (1949, directed by Mario Mattoli) - Jealous husband * ''Toto Looks for a House'' (1949, directed by Steno and Mario Monicelli) - Truffatore * ''The Emperor of 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 * ''Bluebeard's Six Wives'' (1950, directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia) - Amilcare * ''47 morto che parla'' (1950, directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia) - Il colonello Bertrand de Tassiny * ''Toto the Third Man'' (1951, directed by Mario Mattoli) - Alfredo * ''Revenge of the Pirates'' (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 * ''Cops and Robbers'' (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 * ''Five Paupers in an Automobile'' (1952, directed by Mario Mattoli) - Il regista * ''Toto and the King of Rome'' (1952, directed by Steno and Mario Monicelli) - Corrado * ''Toto and the Women'' (1952, directed by Steno and Mario Monicelli) - Rag. Carlini * ''Man, Beast and Virtue'' (1953, directed by Steno) - The doctor * ''Neapolitan Turk'' (1953, directed by Mario Mattoli) - L'onorevole Cocchetelli * ''One of Those'' (1953, directed by Aldo Fabrizi) - Piero * ''Funniest Show on Earth'' (1953, directed by Mario Mattoli) - Il domatore * ''Of Life and Love'' (1954, episode ''La patente'', directed by Luigi Zampa) - Altro avvocato * ''Where Is Freedom?'' (1954, directed by Roberto Rossellini) - Il pubblico ministero * ''A Slice of Life'' (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 * ''Toto in Hell'' (1955, directed by Camillo Mastrocinque) - Cri-Cri / Un marito * ''I giorni più belli'' (1956, directed by Mario Mattoli) - L'ingegnere della banca * ''Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy'' (1956, directed by Camillo Mastrocinque) - Mezzacapa * ''Toto, Peppino and the Outlaws'' (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) * ''The Two Marshals'' (1961, directed by Sergio Corbucci) - Ladro che si confessa (uncredited) * ''His Women'' (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) * ''Toto vs. the Four'' (1963, directed by Steno) - Lancetti * ''The Monk of 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) * ''The Commandant'' (1963, directed by Paolo Heusch) - Castelletti * ''Toto vs. the Black Pirate'' (1964, directed by Fernando Cerchio) - Il pirata con l'uncino * ''What Ever Happened to Baby Toto?'' (1964, directed by Ottavio Alessi, in reality by Paolo Heusch) - Direttore del Riformatorio * ''Toto of 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) * ''Latin Lovers'' (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) * ''The Specialists'' (1969) - Judge Ham * ''Er Più – storia d'amore e di coltello'' (1971, directed by Sergio Corbucci) - Il Dottore * ''Totò, une anthologie'' (1978, directed by Jean-Louis Comolli) }}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * Two sketches of {{YouTube|cH9gIv3vOsM| Mario Castellani with Totò}} on [https://www.youtube.com/user/rai canale RAI] YouTube
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