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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.
Acted in 151
2020s
- 2021
Morceaux de Cannes
Movie
1990s
- 1990
Drums of Fire
Carlo di Palma
1980s
- 1989
Tolérance
Marmant
- 1988
Days of Inspector Ambrosio
Giulio Ambrosio
Arrivederci e grazie
Carlo
- 1987
The Last Minute
Walter Ferroni
- 1986
Yiddish Connection
Mosche
- 1985
La Cage aux Folles 3
Renato Baldi
Fatto su misura
Nathan
Sogni e bisogni
Sig. De Amicis · 11 episodes
- 1984
Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno
Bertoldo
Good King Dagobert
La pape Honorius et son sosie
- 1983
Petomaniac
Joseph Pujol
A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Street Bandit
onorevole De Andreis
- 1982
My Friends Act II
Il Conte Mascetti - Raffaello "Lello" Mascetti
Unfaithfully Yours
Carlo Reani
- 1981
Telepatria international ovvero niente paura siamo italiani
San Giuseppe da Bobbolone · 1 episode
Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man
Primo Spaggiari
- 1980
Sunday Lovers
Armando (sketch 'Le carnet d'Armando')
Arrivano i bersaglieri
Don Prospero
SuperTotò
Movie
I'm Photogenic
Ugo Tognazzi (uncredited)
The Terrace
Amedeo
1970s
- 1979
I viaggiatori della sera
Orso Banti
- 1978
Where Are You Going on Holiday?
Enrico (episodio "Sarò tutta per te")
The Payoff
Il Commissario Assenza
- 1977
The Cat
Amedeo Pecoraro
Nenè
Barber "Baffo" (uncredited)
- 1976
Evil Thoughts
Mario Marani
The Career of a Chambermaid
Adelmo
Pleased To See You Again
Mario Aldara
- 1975
Duck in Orange Sauce
Livio
The Baron's Mazurka
Barone Anteo Pellacani
Weak Spot
Georgis
- 1974
Il generale dorme in piedi
Col. Umberto Leone
Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?
Gino Pistone
Don't Touch the White Woman!
Mitch
- 1973
Property Is No Longer a Theft
The Butcher
We Want the Colonels
On. Giuseppe Tritoni
- 1972
The Master and Margarita
Nikolaj Afanasijevic Maksudov 'Maestro'
The Audience
Aureliano Diaz
This Kind of Love
Federico / Federico's father
- 1971
In the Name of the Italian People
Mariano Bonifazi
Stanza 17-17 palazzo delle tasse, ufficio imposte
Ugo La Strizza
The Superwitness
Marino Bottecchia detto 'Mocassino'
- 1970
Lady Caliph
Annibale Doberdò
Come Have Coffee with Us
Emerenziano Paronzini
FBI – Francesco Bertolazzi investigatore
Francesco Bertolazzi · 6 episodes
Lonely Hearts
Stefano
Splendori e miserie di Madame Royale
Alessio / Madame Royale
1960s
- 1969
The Conspirators
Cardinal Agostino Rivarola
Police Chief Pepe
Commissario Antonio Pepe
Pigsty
Herdhitze
The Degenerates
Trimalchione
- 1968
Baby Doll
Giulio Broggini
Dismissed on His Wedding Night
Oscar Pettini
Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
Umberto Ciceri
- 1967
The Man with the Balloons
Man With Car
The Seventh Floor
Giuseppe Inzerna
The Climax
Sergio Masini
- 1966
Gli altri, gli altri e noi
'Cavalier Mele'
Pleasant Nights
Uguccione de' Tornaquinci
Our Husbands
Umberto Codegato
A Matter of Honor
Efisio Mulas
The Wedding March
Avvocato / Michele / Frank / Igor Savoia
- 1965
Kiss the Other Sheik
Man With Car (segment "L'uomo dei 5 palloni") (uncredited)
Menage Italian Style
Carlo Vignola Federico Valdesi
I Knew Her Well
Gigi Baggini
Run for Your Wife
Riccardo
- 1964
Controsesso
The professor (segment "Il professore")
The Magnificent Cuckold
Andrea Artusi
Laughs Italian Style
Movie
It's a Hard Life
Luciano Bianchi
A Very Handy Man
Liolà
- 1963
Outlaws of Love
Vasco Timballo
Follie d'estate
medico
I Mostri [Episodi Inediti]
Movie
The Conjugal Bed
Alfonso
The Hours of Love
Gianni
Il pollo ruspante
Togni
Ro.Go.Pa.G.
Togni (segment "Il pollo ruspante")
- 1962
March on Rome
Umberto Gavazza
I motorizzati
Achille Pestani
I tromboni di Fra' Diavolo
Sergente Visicato
Crazy Desire
Ing. Antonio Berlinghieri
- 1961
His Women
Stefano
Fists, Girls and Sailors
Capo Campana
I magnifici tre
Domingo
The Girl of a Thousand Months
Maurizio d'Alteni
5 Marines for 100 Girls
sergente Imparato
The Fascist
Federale Primo Arcovazzi
The Joy of Living
Anarchist
Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare
Ernesto
Psycosissimo
Ugo Bertolazzi
- 1960
Love, the Italian Way
Ugo Lemeni
Le Olimpiadi dei mariti
Ugo Bitetti
We Like It Cold
Ugo Bevilacqua
Un dollaro di fifa
Alamo
My Pal, Dr. Jekyll
Giacinto Floria
Il principe fusto
Frate
Tu che ne dici?
Solitario
Genitori in blue-jeans
Renzino
I baccanali di Tiberio
Primo
1950s
- 1959
La cambiale
Alfredo Balzarini
Beach Types
Pasubio Giovinezza
The Sheriff
Colorado Joe
Guardatele ma non toccatele
maresciallo la Notte
Noi siamo 2 evasi
Bernardo Cesarotti
The Woman's Confidant
Cesar
The Maids
Mario
Non perdiamo la testa
Tony Cuccar
Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
Il professore, cliente della stireria (uncredited)
Fantasmi e ladri
Gaetano
- 1958
Totò in the Moon
Achille Paoloni
Marinai, donne e guai
Capo Campana
My Police Granny
Lucio
Domenica è sempre domenica
Ugo
La via del successo
TV
- 1955
- 1954
I milanesi a Napoli
Franco Baraldi
Laugh! Laugh! Laugh!
Dottore
- 1953
Sua altezza ha detto: no!
Ronchi
Se vincessi cento milioni
Ugo (segment "Il principale")
L'Incantevole nemica
Colombo
- 1951
Una bruna indiavolata!
Carlo Soldi
La paura fa 90
Anastasio Lapin / Saverio Bompignac
Greetings and sons!
Mario fidanzato di Luciana
- 1950
I cadetti di Guascogna
Ugo Bossi
Directed 5
1970s
- 1979
I viaggiatori della sera
Director
- 1976
Evil Thoughts
Director
1960s
- 1968
Dismissed on His Wedding Night
Director
- 1967
The Seventh Floor
Director
- 1961
His Women
Director
Wrote 3
1970s
- 1979
I viaggiatori della sera
Writer
1960s
- 1967
The Seventh Floor
Screenplay
- 1961
His Women
Screenplay
Produced 1
1960s
- 1967
The Seventh Floor
Producer
Appearances16
2020s
- 2022
La voglia matta di vivere
Self (archive footage)
- 2021
We Are Cinema
Self (archive footage)
2010s
- 2017
The Incredible Mr. Piccoli
Self - Actor (archive footage)
- 2010
Portrait Of My Father
Self (archive footage)
1980s
- 1987
- 1981
Droit de Réponse
Self
1970s
- 1978
Formula 1 - Speed fever
Self
- 1975
E il Casanova di Fellini?
Self
- 1974
- 1972
1960s
- 1967
The Harem
Self (uncredited)
- 1963
La donna degli altri è sempre più bella
Self (segment "La luna di miele")
1950s
- 1954
Aces to the fore
Self
Thanked in the credits1
1990s
- 1991
Ultrà
Thanks