Sergio Tofano

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Sergio Tofano (right) with Luigi Silori in 1959

Sergio Tofano alias Sto (born August 20, 1883 in Rome , † October 28, 1973 there ) was an Italian comic artist, writer, director, actor and make-up artist. He was best known for the figure of Signor Bonaventura , which he drew from 1917 to 1953 and also brought to the stage.

life and work

As the son of a judge, Tofano initially studied law, but also had acting ambitions. From 1909 he was a member of several theater groups and began a career as an illustrator with the pseudonym Sto . From 1914 to 1923 he drew for the magazine Il Numero , on October 28, 1917 his most famous comic figure, Signor Bonaventure , appeared for the first time in Il Corriere dei Piccoli . Tofano not only drew this character until 1953, but also brought her onto the stage repeatedly , who always began her adventures poorly and was richer by a million lire at the end of each story without any merit of his own .

Together with the actress Rosetta Tofano , with whom he was married from 1923 until her suicide in 1960, Tofano had a son, the director and screenwriter Gilberto Tofano .

In German, Tofano has published the story volume The King, Who Had a Leg Too Much (original title: I cavoli a merenda ) ( Hanser Verlag , ISBN 3-446-16599-1 ).

Filmography

As a director

As an actor (selection)

  • 1916: Tigrana
  • 1916: Alcova tragica
  • 1931: La segretaria privata
  • 1932: La telefonista
  • 1933: O la borsa o la vita
  • 1937: I due misantropi
  • 1938: Inventiamo l'amore
  • 1941: Princess Cinderella ( Cenerentola e il signor Bonaventura )
  • 1943: Gian Burrasca
  • 1943: La maschera e il volto
  • 1947: Princess Waldenburg's last love ( Il cavaliere del sogno )
  • 1952: Other times ( Altri tempi )
  • 1955: Faithful to death ( Andrea Chénier )
  • 1957: dreams in the drawer ( I sogni nel cassetto )
  • 1958: Don Vesuvio and the house of the rascals ( Il bacio del sole )
  • 1958: uprising of the gladiators ( La rivolta dei gladiatori )
  • 1964: Under the sky of Florence ( La Costanza della ragione )
  • 1967: Il padre di famiglia
  • 1968: partner
  • 1973: Help, I'm sharp ... e! ( Rugantino )

literature

  • Franco Fossati: The large illustrated Ehapa comic lexicon . Ehapa Verlag, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-7704-0865-9 , pp. 35-36, 245.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Sergio Tofano on lfb.it (Italian) , accessed on August 2, 2011
  2. ↑ Sergio Tofano in the Internet Movie Database , accessed on August 2, 2011
  3. ↑ a b Sergio Tofano on lambiek.net (English) , accessed on August 2, 2011
  4. ^ Franco Fossati: The large illustrated Ehapa comic lexicon . Ehapa Verlag, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-7704-0865-9 , pp. 35-36
  5. ↑ Biographical data of Rosetta Tofano on imdb.com (English) , accessed on August 2, 2011
  6. ↑ Biographical data of Sergio Tofano on imdb.com (English) , accessed on August 2, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Tofano, Sergio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sto (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian comic artist, writer, director, actor and makeup artist
DATE OF BIRTH August 20, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome , Italy
DATE OF DEATH October 28, 1973
Place of death Rome , Italy