Ugo Tognazzi
Acting
Ottavio "Ugo" Tognazzi (23 March 1922 – 27 October 1990) was an Italian actor, director, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the most important faces of Italian comedy together with Vittorio Gassman, Nino Manfredi, Marcello Mastroianni, and Alberto Sordi. Tognazzi was born in Cremona, in northern Italy but spent his youth in various localities as his father was a travelling clerk for an insurance company. After his return to his native city in 1936, he worked in a cured meats production plant where he achieved the position of accountant. During World War II, he was inducted into the Army and returned home after the Armistice of 8 September 1943, and joined the Black Brigades for a while. His passion for theater and acting dates from his early years, and also during the conflict he organized shows for his fellow soldiers. In 1945, he moved to Milan, where he was enrolled in the theatrical company led by Wanda Osiris. A few years later, he formed his own successful musical revue company. In 1950, Tognazzi made his cinematic debut in The Cadets of Gascony directed by Mario Mattoli. The following year, he met Raimondo Vianello, with whom he formed a successful comedy duo for the new-born RAI TV (1954–1960). Their shows, sometimes containing satirical material, were among the first to be censored on Italian television. After the successful role in The Fascist (Il Federale) (1961), directed by Luciano Salce, Tognazzi became one of the most renowned characters of the so-called Commedia all'Italiana (Italian comedy style). He worked with all the main directors of Italian cinema, including Mario Monicelli (My Friends), Marco Ferreri (La Grande Bouffe), Carlo Lizzani (La vita agra), Dino Risi, Pier Paolo Pasolini (Pigsty), Ettore Scola, Alberto Lattuada, Nanni Loy, Pupi Avati and others. Tognazzi also directed some of his films, including the 1967 film The Seventh Floor. The film was entered into the 17th Berlin International Film Festival. He was a well-known actor in Italy, and starred in several important international films, which brought him fame in other parts of the world. Roger Vadim cast Tognazzi as Mark Hand, the Catchman, in Barbarella (1968). He rescues Barbarella (Jane Fonda) from the biting dolls she encounters, and after her rescue, he requests payment by asking her to make love with him (the "old-fashioned" way, not the psycho-cardiopathic way of their future). In 1981, he won the Best Male Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival for Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. While he worked primarily in Italian cinema, Tognazzi is perhaps best remembered for his role as Renato Baldi, the gay owner of a St. Tropez nightclub, in the 1978 French comedy La Cage aux Folles which became the highest grossing foreign film ever released in the U.S. Tognazzi had various relationships during his life, being married to actresses Margarete Robsahm and later Franca Bettoia. He had four children from three different women: his sons Ricky Tognazzi (b. 1955) and Gianmarco Tognazzi (b. 1967) are actors; another son, Thomas Robsahm (b. 1964), is a Norwegian film director and producer; his daughter, Maria Sole Tognazzi (b. 1971), is also a film director. ... Source: Article "Ugo Tognazzi" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
TV Shows(8)
Movies(157)
La voglia matta di vivere
Self (archive footage)
2022
We Are Cinema
Self (archive footage)
2021
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
The Incredible Mr. Piccoli
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2017
Portrait Of My Father
Self (archive footage)
2010
Drums of Fire
Carlo di Palma
1990
Tolérance
Marmant
1989
Days of Inspector Ambrosio
Giulio Ambrosio
1988
Arrivederci e grazie
Carlo
1988
The Last Minute
Walter Ferroni
1987
Yiddish Connection
Mosche
1986
La Cage aux Folles 3
Renato Baldi
1985
My Friends Act III
Conte Mascetti
1985
Fatto su misura
Nathan
1985
Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno
Bertoldo
1984
Good King Dagobert
La pape Honorius et son sosie
1984
Petomaniac
Joseph Pujol
1983
The Key
drunk
1983
A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Street Bandit
onorevole De Andreis
1983
My Friends Act II
Il Conte Mascetti - Raffaello "Lello" Mascetti
1982
Unfaithfully Yours
Carlo Reani
1982
Droit de Réponse
Self
1981
Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man
Primo Spaggiari
1981
La Cage aux Folles II
Renato Baldi
1980
Sunday Lovers
Armando (sketch 'Le carnet d'Armando')
1980
Arrivano i bersaglieri
Don Prospero
1980
SuperTotò
1980
I'm Photogenic
Ugo Tognazzi (uncredited)
1980
The Terrace
Amedeo
1980
I viaggiatori della sera
Orso Banti
1979
Traffic Jam
Professor
1979
Where Are You Going on Holiday?
Enrico (episodio "Sarò tutta per te")
1978
First Love
Ugo
1978
La Cage aux Folles
Renato Baldi
1978
Formula 1 - Speed fever
Self
1978
The Payoff
Il Commissario Assenza
1978
The Cat
Amedeo Pecoraro
1977
The New Monsters
il marito/il cuoco/il figlio
1977
Beach House
Alfredo Cerquetti
1977
Nenè
Barber "Baffo" (uncredited)
1977
The Bishop's Bedroom
Orimbelli
1977
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen
Generale / Menelao Guardiaferri
1976
Evil Thoughts
Mario Marani
1976
The Career of a Chambermaid
Adelmo
1976
Pleased To See You Again
Mario Aldara
1976
Duck in Orange Sauce
Livio
1975
My Friends
Raffaello Mascetti
1975
E il Casanova di Fellini?
Self
1975
The Baron's Mazurka
Barone Anteo Pellacani
1975
Weak Spot
Georgis
1975
Come Home and Meet My Wife
Giulio Blasetti
1974
Il generale dorme in piedi
Col. Umberto Leone
1974
Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?
Gino Pistone
1974
Don't Touch the White Woman!
Mitch
1974
Property Is No Longer a Theft
The Butcher
1973
La Grande Bouffe
Ugo
1973
We Want the Colonels
On. Giuseppe Tritoni
1973
The Master and Margarita
Nikolaj Afanasijevic Maksudov 'Maestro'
1972
The Audience
Aureliano Diaz
1972
This Kind of Love
Federico / Federico's father
1972
In the Name of the Italian People
Mariano Bonifazi
1971
Stanza 17-17 palazzo delle tasse, ufficio imposte
Ugo La Strizza
1971
The Superwitness
Marino Bottecchia detto 'Mocassino'
1971
Lady Caliph
Annibale Doberdò
1970
Come Have Coffee with Us
Emerenziano Paronzini
1970
Lonely Hearts
Stefano
1970
Splendori e miserie di Madame Royale
Alessio / Madame Royale
1970
The Conspirators
Cardinal Agostino Rivarola
1969
Police Chief Pepe
Commissario Antonio Pepe
1969
Pigsty
Herdhitze
1969
The Degenerates
Trimalchione
1969
Baby Doll
Giulio Broggini
1968
Dismissed on His Wedding Night
Oscar Pettini
1968
Barbarella
Mark Hand
1968
Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
Umberto Ciceri
1968
The Harem
Self (uncredited)
1967
The Head of the Family
Remo
1967
The Man with the Balloons
Man With Car
1967
The Seventh Floor
Giuseppe Inzerna
1967
The Climax
Sergio Masini
1967
Gli altri, gli altri e noi
'Cavalier Mele'
1966
Pleasant Nights
Uguccione de' Tornaquinci
1966
Our Husbands
Umberto Codegato
1966
A Matter of Honor
Efisio Mulas
1966
The Wedding March
Avvocato / Michele / Frank / Igor Savoia
1966
Kiss the Other Sheik
Man With Car (segment "L'uomo dei 5 palloni") (uncredited)
1965
Menage Italian Style
Carlo Vignola Federico Valdesi
1965
I Knew Her Well
Gigi Baggini
1965
Complexes
Prof. Gildo Beozi
1965
Run for Your Wife
Riccardo
1965
Controsesso
The professor (segment "Il professore")
1964
The Magnificent Cuckold
Andrea Artusi
1964
Laughs Italian Style
1964
It's a Hard Life
Luciano Bianchi
1964
The Ape Woman
Antonio Semola
1964
A Very Handy Man
Liolà
1964
High Infidelity
Cesare
1964
Outlaws of Love
Vasco Timballo
1963
Follie d'estate
medico
1963
The Monsters
The Father (segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") / Policeman (segment "Il Mostro") / Stefano (segment "Come un Padre") / Battacchi (segment "Il povero Soldato") / L'Onorevole (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole") / Dark Latin Lover (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini") / Pilade Fioravanti (segment "Testimone volontario") / The Traffic Warden (segment "L'Agguato") / The Car Buyer (segment "Vernissage") / Spectator at the Cinema (segment "Scenda l'Oblio") / The Husband (segment "L'Oppio dei Popoli") / Guarnacci (segment "La nobile Arte")
1963
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I Mostri [Episodi Inediti]
1963
The Conjugal Bed
Alfonso
1963
The Hours of Love
Gianni
1963
La donna degli altri è sempre più bella
Self (segment "La luna di miele")
1963
Il pollo ruspante
Togni
1963
Ro.Go.Pa.G.
Togni (segment "Il pollo ruspante")
1963
The Shortest Day
Pecoraio
1963
March on Rome
Umberto Gavazza
1962
I motorizzati
Achille Pestani
1962
I tromboni di Fra' Diavolo
Sergente Visicato
1962
Crazy Desire
Ing. Antonio Berlinghieri
1962
Always on Sunday
Benito
1962
His Women
Stefano
1961
Fists, Girls and Sailors
Capo Campana
1961
I magnifici tre
Domingo
1961
The Girl of a Thousand Months
Maurizio d'Alteni
1961
5 marines per 100 ragazze
sergente Imparato
1961
The Fascist
Federale Primo Arcovazzi
1961
The Joy of Living
Anarchist
1961
Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare
Ernesto
1961
Psycosissimo
Ugo Bertolazzi
1961
Love, the Italian Way
Ugo Lemeni
1960
Le Olimpiadi dei mariti
Ugo Bitetti
1960
We Like It Cold
Ugo Bevilacqua
1960
Un dollaro di fifa
Alamo
1960
My Pal, Dr. Jekyll
Giacinto Floria
1960
Il principe fusto
Frate
1960
Tu che ne dici?
Solitario
1960
Genitori in blue-jeans
Renzino
1960
I baccanali di Tiberio
Primo
1960
La cambiale
Alfredo Balzarini
1959
Tipi da spiaggia
Pasubio Giovinezza
1959
The Sheriff
Colorado Joe
1959
Guardatele ma non toccatele
maresciallo la Notte
1959
Noi siamo 2 evasi
Bernardo Cesarotti
1959
The Woman's Confidant
Cesar
1959
The Maids
Mario
1959
La Pica sul Pacifico
Roberto De Nobel
1959
Non perdiamo la testa
Tony Cuccar
1959
Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
Il professore, cliente della stireria (uncredited)
1959
Fantasmi e ladri
Gaetano
1959
Totò in the Moon
Achille Paoloni
1958
Marinai, donne e guai
Capo Campana
1958
My Police Granny
Lucio
1958
Domenica è sempre domenica
Ugo
1958
La moglie è uguale per tutti
Ugo
1955
I milanesi a Napoli
Franco Baraldi
1954
Aces to the fore
Self
1954
Ridere! Ridere! Ridere!
Dottore
1954
Singing Café
Se stesso
1953
Sua altezza ha detto: no!
Ronchi
1953
Se vincessi cento milioni
Ugo (segment "Il principale")
1953
L'Incantevole nemica
Colombo, l'adjoint du directeur de la fromagerie
1953
Una bruna indiavolata!
Carlo Soldi
1951
La paura fa 90
Anastasio Lapin / Saverio Bompignac
1951
Greetings and sons!
Mario fidanzato di Luciana
1951
I cadetti di Guascogna
Ugo Bossi
1950