Lino Toffolo (31 December 1934 – 16 May 2016) was an Italian actor, singer-songwriter, author, and television presenter.
Life and career Born in Murano, shortly after his debut Toffolo moved to Milan where he obtained his first successes at the Derby Club, performing the character of the drunkard who sang his songs in Venetian dialect. Toffolo made his film debut in 1968, in Chimera. He appeared in 24 titles between 1968 and 1978, including films by Dino Risi, Mario Monicelli, Salvatore Samperi, Pasquale Festa Campanile, then focused his works on stage and on television.
His variegated career includes three music albums and several singles, of which the most successful was "Johnny Bassotto", that in 1972 ranked second on the Italian Hit Parade. Toffolo even wrote two books, A Ramengo and A Gratis, and is the author of two theatrical plays, Gelati caldi and Fisimat.
Selected filmography I Vitelloni (1953) - Un ragazzo al carnevale (uncredited) Chimera (1968) - Sammarco I quattro del pater noster (1969) - Paul When Women Had Tails (1970) - Put Brancaleone at the Crusades (1970) - Panigotto Million Dollar Eel (1971) - Giovanni Boscolo 'Bissa' Secret Fantasy (1971) - Cavalmoretti In Love, Every Pleasure Has Its Pain (1971) - Bazzarello When Women Lost Their Tails (1972) - Put Cause of Divorce (1972) - Vladimiro Pellegrini Beati i ricchi (1972) - Geremia Little Funny Guy (1973) - Italian anarchist Lovers and Other Relatives (1974) - Lino La bellissima estate (1974) - Red Baron Yuppi du (1975) - Nane The Sensuous Nurse (1975) - Giovanni Garbin Lunatics and Lovers (1976) - Gondrano Rossi Sturmtruppen (1976) - Una recluta The Career of a Chambermaid (1976) - Agostino Messalina, Messalina! (1977) - Giulio Nelio, the Man from Venice Scherzi da prete (1978) - Monsignor Cassola L'inquilina del piano di sopra (1978) - Arturo Canestrari One Day More (2011) - Fausto
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