Amerigo Tot
Amerigo Tot | |
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 Tot in 1969. | |
| Born | Imre Tóth 27 September 1909 |
| Died | 13 December 1984 (aged 75) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation(s) | actor, sculptor |
| Years active | 1967–1977 |
Amerigo Tot (born Imre Tóth; 27 September 1909 – 13 December 1984) was a Hungarian sculptor and occasional actor. Born in
Nazis came to power he moved to Rome where he worked sculpting memorials on a grant from the Roman-Hungarian Academy, where he eventually became an advisor. He fought in the Italian resistance movement
starting in 1943.
He first received international recognition for his work on the
Madonna sculpture in his native Fehérvárcsurgó, as well as abstract sculptures and public monuments, including Microcosm in Macrocosm (a tribute to Béla Bartók), His Majesty and The Kilowatt in Kecskemét
. The Amerigo Tot Museum in Budapest is named after him.
In the 1960s and 1970s he made small appearances in films. He is perhaps best-known to English-speaking audiences for his role as Bussetta,
Johnny Ola in The Godfather Part II.[3][4][5] According to George S. Larke-Walsh, Tot's character in the film had to be brutal so that Michael's authority was retained.[6] Tot also appeared in The Most Beautiful Wife and Pulp (1972). The latter was directed by Mike Hodges for United Artists and featured Tot as Sotgio.[7]
Tot died in Rome in 1984. He is interred in the Farkasréti Cemetery in Budapest.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1968 | Listen, Let's Make Love | Baron von Tummler | |
| 1969 | Satyricon | Lica - Trifena's husband | |
| 1970 | The Most Beautiful Wife | Antonino Stella | |
| 1970 | La califfa |
Industrialist | |
| 1972 | Pulp | Partisan | |
| 1974 | The Godfather Part II | Michael's Bodyguard | |
| 1976 | Cuore di cane |
Il portiere |
References
- ISBN 978-0-9665734-2-8.
- ^ "Amerigo Tot, scultore romano - Article Reader - Amerigo Tot Research".
- ISBN 978-0-7432-8777-7.
- ISBN 978-0-8108-8248-5.
- ^ Murphy, A.D. (December 9, 1974). "The Godfather, Part II". Variety. Retrieved 2007-07-01.
- ISBN 978-0-7864-5613-0.
- ISBN 978-0-7864-2015-5.
Sources
- - new website by Peter Nemes
- amerigotot.hu - website by Peter Nemes
- - Official Amerigo Tot Museum, Pécs
- - Amerigo Tot memorial room, Budapest
- exhibition in Ludwig Museum Budapest Archived 2009-10-25 at the Wayback Machine
- Amerigo Tot at IMDb
- Sinkovits P. (1982): Az érintések öröme. (The joy of touch.) Report with Amerigo Tot. Művészet, XXIII, No. 7. p. 10-14. (In Hungarian)
- Nagy Z. (1982): Szemelvények egy életműből. (Section of an ouvre.) Exhibition of Amerigo Tot in Budapest, in the Vigadó Galéria. Művészet, XXIII, No. 7. p. 14-19. (In Hungarian)
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