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