Ugo Tognazzi
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 23, 1922
- Died
- October 27, 1990 (aged 68)
- Birthplace
- Cremona, Lombardy, Italy
Biography
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.
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Filmography
La voglia matta di vivere
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
We Are Cinema
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Morceaux de Cannes
Movie
The Incredible Mr. Piccoli
Movie · as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Portrait Of My Father
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Una famiglia in giallo
TV · 2 eps
Drums of Fire
Movie · as Carlo di Palma
Tolérance
Movie · as Marmant
Arrivederci e grazie
Movie · as Carlo
Days of Inspector Ambrosio
Movie · as Giulio Ambrosio
The Last Minute
Movie · as Walter Ferroni
Sacrée soirée
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Yiddish Connection
Movie · as Mosche
My Friends Act III
Movie · as Conte Mascetti
La Cage aux Folles 3
Movie · as Renato Baldi
Fatto su misura
Movie · as Nathan
Sogni e bisogni
TV · as Sig. De Amicis · 11 eps
Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno
Movie · as Bertoldo
Good King Dagobert
Movie · as La pape Honorius et son sosie
Petomaniac
Movie · as Joseph Pujol
The Key
Movie · as drunk
A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Street Bandit
Movie · as onorevole De Andreis
My Friends Act II
Movie · as Il Conte Mascetti - Raffaello "Lello" Mascetti
Unfaithfully Yours
Movie · as Carlo Reani
Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man
Movie · as Primo Spaggiari
Droit de Réponse
Movie · as Self
Telepatria international ovvero niente paura siamo italiani
TV · as San Giuseppe da Bobbolone · 1 ep
La Cage aux Folles II
Movie · as Renato Baldi
The Terrace
Movie · as Amedeo
Sunday Lovers
Movie · as Armando (sketch 'Le carnet d'Armando')
I'm Photogenic
Movie · as Ugo Tognazzi (uncredited)
Arrivano i bersaglieri
Movie · as Don Prospero
SuperTotò
Movie
Traffic Jam
Movie · as Professor
I viaggiatori della sera
Movie · as Orso Banti
La Cage aux Folles
Movie · as Renato Baldi
Where Are You Going on Holiday?
Movie · as Enrico (episodio "Sarò tutta per te")
First Love
Movie · as Ugo
The Payoff
Movie · as Il Commissario Assenza
Formula 1 - Speed fever
Movie · as Self
Ciné regards
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Bishop's Bedroom
Movie · as Orimbelli
The New Monsters
Movie · as il marito/il cuoco/il figlio
Beach House
Movie · as Alfredo Cerquetti
Nenè
Movie · as Barber "Baffo" (uncredited)
The Cat
Movie · as Amedeo Pecoraro
Evil Thoughts
Movie · as Mario Marani
The Career of a Chambermaid
Movie · as Adelmo
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen
Movie · as Generale / Menelao Guardiaferri
Pleased To See You Again
Movie · as Mario Aldara
My Friends
Movie · as Raffaello Mascetti
Duck in Orange Sauce
Movie · as Livio
The Baron's Mazurka
Movie · as Barone Anteo Pellacani
Weak Spot
Movie · as Georgis
E il Casanova di Fellini?
Movie · as Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Come Home and Meet My Wife
Movie · as Giulio Blasetti
Don't Touch the White Woman!
Movie · as Mitch
Il generale dorme in piedi
Movie · as Col. Umberto Leone
Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?
Movie · as Gino Pistone
Spécial cinéma
TV · as Self · 1 ep
La Grande Bouffe
Movie · as Ugo
We Want the Colonels
Movie · as On. Giuseppe Tritoni
Property Is No Longer a Theft
Movie · as The Butcher
The Master and Margarita
Movie · as Nikolaj Afanasijevic Maksudov 'Maestro'
The Audience
Movie · as Aureliano Diaz
This Kind of Love
Movie · as Federico / Federico's father
Le Grand Échiquier
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Midi trente
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Stanza 17-17 palazzo delle tasse, ufficio imposte
Movie · as Ugo La Strizza
The Superwitness
Movie · as Marino Bottecchia detto 'Mocassino'
In the Name of the Italian People
Movie · as Mariano Bonifazi
Lady Caliph
Movie · as Annibale Doberdò
Come Have Coffee with Us
Movie · as Emerenziano Paronzini
Splendori e miserie di Madame Royale
Movie · as Alessio / Madame Royale
Lonely Hearts
Movie · as Stefano
FBI – Francesco Bertolazzi investigatore
TV · as Francesco Bertolazzi · 6 eps
Pigsty
Movie · as Herdhitze
Police Chief Pepe
Movie · as Commissario Antonio Pepe
The Conspirators
Movie · as Cardinal Agostino Rivarola
The Degenerates
Movie · as Trimalchione
Barbarella
Movie · as Mark Hand
Baby Doll
Movie · as Giulio Broggini
Dismissed on His Wedding Night
Movie · as Oscar Pettini
Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
Movie · as Umberto Ciceri
The Climax
Movie · as Sergio Masini
The Head of the Family
Movie · as Remo
The Harem
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
The Man with the Balloons
Movie · as Man With Car
The Seventh Floor
Movie · as Giuseppe Inzerna
Our Husbands
Movie · as Umberto Codegato
The Wedding March
Movie · as Avvocato / Michele / Frank / Igor Savoia
Pleasant Nights
Movie · as Uguccione de' Tornaquinci
A Matter of Honor
Movie · as Efisio Mulas
Gli altri, gli altri e noi
Movie · as 'Cavalier Mele'
Complexes
Movie · as Prof. Gildo Beozi
Menage Italian Style
Movie · as Carlo Vignola Federico Valdesi
Kiss the Other Sheik
Movie · as Man With Car (segment "L'uomo dei 5 palloni") (uncredited)
I Knew Her Well
Movie · as Gigi Baggini
Run for Your Wife
Movie · as Riccardo
The Ape Woman
Movie · as Antonio Semola
It's a Hard Life
Movie · as Luciano Bianchi
Controsesso
Movie · as The professor (segment "Il professore")
The Magnificent Cuckold
Movie · as Andrea Artusi
Laughs Italian Style
Movie
A Very Handy Man
Movie · as Liolà
High Infidelity
Movie · as Cesare
Il pollo ruspante
Movie · as Togni
The Monsters
Movie · as 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")
The Conjugal Bed
Movie · as Alfonso
Ro.Go.Pa.G.
Movie · as Togni (segment "Il pollo ruspante")
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I Mostri [Episodi Inediti]
Movie
The Hours of Love
Movie · as Gianni
Outlaws of Love
Movie · as Vasco Timballo
La donna degli altri è sempre più bella
Movie · as Self (segment "La luna di miele")
The Shortest Day
Movie · as Pecoraio
Follie d'estate
Movie · as medico
March on Rome
Movie · as Umberto Gavazza
Crazy Desire
Movie · as Ing. Antonio Berlinghieri
I tromboni di Fra' Diavolo
Movie · as Sergente Visicato
I motorizzati
Movie · as Achille Pestani
Always on Sunday
Movie · as Benito
Fists, Girls and Sailors
Movie · as Capo Campana
Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare
Movie · as Ernesto
The Fascist
Movie · as Federale Primo Arcovazzi
5 Marines for 100 Girls
Movie · as sergente Imparato
The Joy of Living
Movie · as Anarchist
His Women
Movie · as Stefano
Psycosissimo
Movie · as Ugo Bertolazzi
I magnifici tre
Movie · as Domingo
The Girl of a Thousand Months
Movie · as Maurizio d'Alteni
Le Olimpiadi dei mariti
Movie · as Ugo Bitetti
Un dollaro di fifa
Movie · as Alamo
Love, the Italian Way
Movie · as Ugo Lemeni
Tu che ne dici?
Movie · as Solitario
We Like It Cold
Movie · as Ugo Bevilacqua
I baccanali di Tiberio
Movie · as Primo
Genitori in blue-jeans
Movie · as Renzino
Il principe fusto
Movie · as Frate
My Pal, Dr. Jekyll
Movie · as Giacinto Floria
La cambiale
Movie · as Alfredo Balzarini
The Woman's Confidant
Movie · as Cesar
Noi siamo 2 evasi
Movie · as Bernardo Cesarotti
The Sheriff
Movie · as Colorado Joe
The Maids
Movie · as Mario
La Pica sul Pacifico
Movie · as Roberto De Nobel
Non perdiamo la testa
Movie · as Tony Cuccar
Guardatele ma non toccatele
Movie · as maresciallo la Notte
Fantasmi e ladri
Movie · as Gaetano
Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
Movie · as Il professore, cliente della stireria (uncredited)
Beach Types
Movie · as Pasubio Giovinezza
Totò in the Moon
Movie · as Achille Paoloni
Domenica è sempre domenica
Movie · as Ugo
Marinai, donne e guai
Movie · as Capo Campana
My Police Granny
Movie · as Lucio
La via del successo
TV · 10 eps
La moglie è uguale per tutti
Movie · as Ugo
Laugh! Laugh! Laugh!
Movie · as Dottore
Aces to the fore
Movie · as Self
I milanesi a Napoli
Movie · as Franco Baraldi
L'Incantevole nemica
Movie · as Colombo
Singing Café
Movie · as Se stesso
Sua altezza ha detto: no!
Movie · as Ronchi
Se vincessi cento milioni
Movie · as Ugo (segment "Il principale")
La paura fa 90
Movie · as Anastasio Lapin / Saverio Bompignac
Una bruna indiavolata!
Movie · as Carlo Soldi
Greetings and sons!
Movie · as Mario fidanzato di Luciana
I cadetti di Guascogna
Movie · as Ugo Bossi