Ugo Tognazzi
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. ...
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Movies (158)
La voglia matta di vivere
2022 · Self (archive footage)
We Are Cinema
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
The Incredible Mr. Piccoli
2017 · Self - Actor (archive footage)
Portrait Of My Father
2010 · Self (archive footage)
Ultrà
1991 · Thanks
Drums of Fire
1990 · Carlo di Palma
Tolérance
1989 · Marmant
Days of Inspector Ambrosio
1988 · Giulio Ambrosio
Arrivederci e grazie
1988 · Carlo
The Last Minute
1987 · Walter Ferroni
Yiddish Connection
1986 · Mosche
La Cage aux Folles 3
1985 · Renato Baldi
My Friends Act III
1985 · Conte Mascetti
Fatto su misura
1985 · Nathan
Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno
1984 · Bertoldo
Good King Dagobert
1984 · La pape Honorius et son sosie
Petomaniac
1983 · Joseph Pujol
The Key
1983 · drunk
A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Street Bandit
1983 · onorevole De Andreis
My Friends Act II
1982 · Il Conte Mascetti - Raffaello "Lello" Mascetti
Unfaithfully Yours
1982 · Carlo Reani
Droit de Réponse
1981 · Self
Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man
1981 · Primo Spaggiari
La Cage aux Folles II
1980 · Renato Baldi
Sunday Lovers
1980 · Armando (sketch 'Le carnet d'Armando')
Arrivano i bersaglieri
1980 · Don Prospero
SuperTotò
1980
I'm Photogenic
1980 · Ugo Tognazzi (uncredited)
The Terrace
1980 · Amedeo
I viaggiatori della sera
1979 · Orso Banti, Writer, Director
Traffic Jam
1979 · Professor
Where Are You Going on Holiday?
1978 · Enrico (episodio "Sarò tutta per te")
First Love
1978 · Ugo
La Cage aux Folles
1978 · Renato Baldi
Formula 1 - Speed fever
1978 · Self
The Payoff
1978 · Il Commissario Assenza
The Cat
1977 · Amedeo Pecoraro
The New Monsters
1977 · il marito/il cuoco/il figlio
Beach House
1977 · Alfredo Cerquetti
Nenè
1977 · Barber "Baffo" (uncredited)
The Bishop's Bedroom
1977 · Orimbelli
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen
1976 · Generale / Menelao Guardiaferri
Evil Thoughts
1976 · Mario Marani, Director
The Career of a Chambermaid
1976 · Adelmo
Pleased To See You Again
1976 · Mario Aldara
Duck in Orange Sauce
1975 · Livio
My Friends
1975 · Raffaello Mascetti
E il Casanova di Fellini?
1975 · Self
The Baron's Mazurka
1975 · Barone Anteo Pellacani
Weak Spot
1975 · Georgis
Come Home and Meet My Wife
1974 · Giulio Blasetti
Il generale dorme in piedi
1974 · Col. Umberto Leone
Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?
1974 · Gino Pistone
Don't Touch the White Woman!
1974 · Mitch
Property Is No Longer a Theft
1973 · The Butcher
La Grande Bouffe
1973 · Ugo
We Want the Colonels
1973 · On. Giuseppe Tritoni
The Master and Margarita
1972 · Nikolaj Afanasijevic Maksudov 'Maestro'
The Audience
1972 · Aureliano Diaz
This Kind of Love
1972 · Federico / Federico's father
In the Name of the Italian People
1971 · Mariano Bonifazi
Stanza 17-17 palazzo delle tasse, ufficio imposte
1971 · Ugo La Strizza
The Superwitness
1971 · Marino Bottecchia detto 'Mocassino'
Lady Caliph
1970 · Annibale Doberdò
Come Have Coffee with Us
1970 · Emerenziano Paronzini
Lonely Hearts
1970 · Stefano
Splendori e miserie di Madame Royale
1970 · Alessio / Madame Royale
The Conspirators
1969 · Cardinal Agostino Rivarola
Police Chief Pepe
1969 · Commissario Antonio Pepe
Pigsty
1969 · Herdhitze
The Degenerates
1969 · Trimalchione
Baby Doll
1968 · Giulio Broggini
Dismissed on His Wedding Night
1968 · Oscar Pettini, Director
Barbarella
1968 · Mark Hand
Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
1968 · Umberto Ciceri
The Harem
1967 · Self (uncredited)
The Head of the Family
1967 · Remo
The Man with the Balloons
1967 · Man With Car
The Seventh Floor
1967 · Giuseppe Inzerna, Director, Screenplay, Producer
The Climax
1967 · Sergio Masini
Gli altri, gli altri e noi
1966 · 'Cavalier Mele'
Pleasant Nights
1966 · Uguccione de' Tornaquinci
Our Husbands
1966 · Umberto Codegato
A Matter of Honor
1966 · Efisio Mulas
The Wedding March
1966 · Avvocato / Michele / Frank / Igor Savoia
Kiss the Other Sheik
1965 · Man With Car (segment "L'uomo dei 5 palloni") (uncredited)
Menage Italian Style
1965 · Carlo Vignola Federico Valdesi
I Knew Her Well
1965 · Gigi Baggini
Complexes
1965 · Prof. Gildo Beozi
Run for Your Wife
1965 · Riccardo
Controsesso
1964 · The professor (segment "Il professore")
The Magnificent Cuckold
1964 · Andrea Artusi
Laughs Italian Style
1964
It's a Hard Life
1964 · Luciano Bianchi
The Ape Woman
1964 · Antonio Semola
A Very Handy Man
1964 · Liolà
High Infidelity
1964 · Cesare
Outlaws of Love
1963 · Vasco Timballo
Follie d'estate
1963 · medico
The Monsters
1963 · 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")
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I Mostri [Episodi Inediti]
1963
The Conjugal Bed
1963 · Alfonso
The Hours of Love
1963 · Gianni
La donna degli altri è sempre più bella
1963 · Self (segment "La luna di miele")
Il pollo ruspante
1963 · Togni
Ro.Go.Pa.G.
1963 · Togni (segment "Il pollo ruspante")
The Shortest Day
1963 · Pecoraio
March on Rome
1962 · Umberto Gavazza
I motorizzati
1962 · Achille Pestani
I tromboni di Fra' Diavolo
1962 · Sergente Visicato
Crazy Desire
1962 · Ing. Antonio Berlinghieri
Always on Sunday
1962 · Benito
His Women
1961 · Stefano, Director, Screenplay
Fists, Girls and Sailors
1961 · Capo Campana
I magnifici tre
1961 · Domingo
The Girl of a Thousand Months
1961 · Maurizio d'Alteni
5 Marines for 100 Girls
1961 · sergente Imparato
The Fascist
1961 · Federale Primo Arcovazzi
The Joy of Living
1961 · Anarchist
Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare
1961 · Ernesto
Psycosissimo
1961 · Ugo Bertolazzi
Love, the Italian Way
1960 · Ugo Lemeni
Le Olimpiadi dei mariti
1960 · Ugo Bitetti
We Like It Cold
1960 · Ugo Bevilacqua
Un dollaro di fifa
1960 · Alamo
My Pal, Dr. Jekyll
1960 · Giacinto Floria
Il principe fusto
1960 · Frate
Tu che ne dici?
1960 · Solitario
Genitori in blue-jeans
1960 · Renzino
I baccanali di Tiberio
1960 · Primo
La cambiale
1959 · Alfredo Balzarini
Beach Types
1959 · Pasubio Giovinezza
The Sheriff
1959 · Colorado Joe
Guardatele ma non toccatele
1959 · maresciallo la Notte
Noi siamo 2 evasi
1959 · Bernardo Cesarotti
The Woman's Confidant
1959 · Cesar
The Maids
1959 · Mario
La Pica sul Pacifico
1959 · Roberto De Nobel
Non perdiamo la testa
1959 · Tony Cuccar
Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
1959 · Il professore, cliente della stireria (uncredited)
Fantasmi e ladri
1959 · Gaetano
Totò in the Moon
1958 · Achille Paoloni
Marinai, donne e guai
1958 · Capo Campana
My Police Granny
1958 · Lucio
Domenica è sempre domenica
1958 · Ugo
La moglie è uguale per tutti
1955 · Ugo
I milanesi a Napoli
1954 · Franco Baraldi
Aces to the fore
1954 · Self
Laugh! Laugh! Laugh!
1954 · Dottore
Singing Café
1953 · Se stesso
Sua altezza ha detto: no!
1953 · Ronchi
Se vincessi cento milioni
1953 · Ugo (segment "Il principale")
L'Incantevole nemica
1953 · Colombo
Una bruna indiavolata!
1951 · Carlo Soldi
La paura fa 90
1951 · Anastasio Lapin / Saverio Bompignac
Greetings and sons!
1951 · Mario fidanzato di Luciana
I cadetti di Guascogna
1950 · Ugo Bossi
TV shows (11)
Una famiglia in giallo
1991
Sacrée soirée
1987 · Self
Sogni e bisogni
1985 · Sig. De Amicis
Telepatria international ovvero niente paura siamo italiani
1981 · San Giuseppe da Bobbolone
Ciné regards
1978 · Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self
Spécial cinéma
1974 · Self
Midi trente
1972 · Self
Le Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self
FBI – Francesco Bertolazzi investigatore
1970 · Francesco Bertolazzi
La via del successo
1958