Acting
Ugo Tognazzi
IT, FR, ES, EN cinema · 158 credits
Born
23 March 1922
Died
27 October 1990 (aged 68)
Birthplace
Cremona, Lombardy, Italy
Also known as Ottavio 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. ... Source: Article "Ugo Tognazzi" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Known for
Filmography
La voglia matta di vivere
as Self (archive footage)
We Are Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
The Incredible Mr. Piccoli
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Portrait Of My Father
as Self (archive footage)
Ultrà
Thanks
Drums of Fire
as Carlo di Palma
Tolérance
as Marmant
Arrivederci e grazie
as Carlo
Days of Inspector Ambrosio
as Giulio Ambrosio
The Last Minute
as Walter Ferroni
Yiddish Connection
as Mosche
My Friends Act III
as Conte Mascetti
La Cage aux Folles 3
as Renato Baldi
Fatto su misura
as Nathan
Good King Dagobert
as La pape Honorius et son sosie
Petomaniac
as Joseph Pujol
The Key
as drunk
A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Street Bandit
as onorevole De Andreis
My Friends Act II
as Il Conte Mascetti - Raffaello "Lello" Mascetti
Unfaithfully Yours
as Carlo Reani
Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man
as Primo Spaggiari
Droit de Réponse
as Self
La Cage aux Folles II
as Renato Baldi
The Terrace
as Amedeo
Sunday Lovers
as Armando (sketch 'Le carnet d'Armando')
I'm Photogenic
as Ugo Tognazzi (uncredited)
Arrivano i bersaglieri
as Don Prospero
Traffic Jam
as Professor
I viaggiatori della sera
as Orso Banti, Writer, Director
La Cage aux Folles
as Renato Baldi
Where Are You Going on Holiday?
as Enrico (episodio "Sarò tutta per te")
First Love
as Ugo
The Payoff
as Il Commissario Assenza
The Bishop's Bedroom
as Orimbelli
The New Monsters
as il marito/il cuoco/il figlio
Beach House
as Alfredo Cerquetti
Nenè
as Barber "Baffo" (uncredited)
The Cat
as Amedeo Pecoraro
Evil Thoughts
as Mario Marani, Director
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen
as Generale / Menelao Guardiaferri
Pleased To See You Again
as Mario Aldara
My Friends
as Raffaello Mascetti
Duck in Orange Sauce
as Livio
The Baron's Mazurka
as Barone Anteo Pellacani
Weak Spot
as Georgis
Come Home and Meet My Wife
as Giulio Blasetti
Il generale dorme in piedi
as Col. Umberto Leone
Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?
as Gino Pistone
We Want the Colonels
as On. Giuseppe Tritoni
Property Is No Longer a Theft
as The Butcher
The Master and Margarita
as Nikolaj Afanasijevic Maksudov 'Maestro'
The Audience
as Aureliano Diaz
This Kind of Love
as Federico / Federico's father
Stanza 17-17 palazzo delle tasse, ufficio imposte
as Ugo La Strizza
The Superwitness
as Marino Bottecchia detto 'Mocassino'
In the Name of the Italian People
as Mariano Bonifazi
Lady Caliph
as Annibale Doberdò
Come Have Coffee with Us
as Emerenziano Paronzini
Splendori e miserie di Madame Royale
as Alessio / Madame Royale
Lonely Hearts
as Stefano
Pigsty
as Herdhitze
Police Chief Pepe
as Commissario Antonio Pepe
The Conspirators
as Cardinal Agostino Rivarola
The Degenerates
as Trimalchione
Barbarella
as Mark Hand
Baby Doll
as Giulio Broggini
Dismissed on His Wedding Night
as Oscar Pettini, Director
Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
as Umberto Ciceri
The Climax
as Sergio Masini
The Harem
as Self (uncredited)
The Man with the Balloons
as Man With Car
The Seventh Floor
as Giuseppe Inzerna, Director, Screenplay, Producer
Our Husbands
as Umberto Codegato
The Wedding March
as Avvocato / Michele / Frank / Igor Savoia
Pleasant Nights
as Uguccione de' Tornaquinci
A Matter of Honor
as Efisio Mulas
Gli altri, gli altri e noi
as 'Cavalier Mele'
Complexes
as Prof. Gildo Beozi
Menage Italian Style
as Carlo Vignola Federico Valdesi
Kiss the Other Sheik
as Man With Car (segment "L'uomo dei 5 palloni") (uncredited)
I Knew Her Well
as Gigi Baggini
Run for Your Wife
as Riccardo
The Ape Woman
as Antonio Semola
It's a Hard Life
as Luciano Bianchi
Controsesso
as The professor (segment "Il professore")
The Magnificent Cuckold
as Andrea Artusi
A Very Handy Man
as Liolà
High Infidelity
as Cesare
Il pollo ruspante
as Togni
The Monsters
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
as Alfonso
Ro.Go.Pa.G.
as Togni (segment "Il pollo ruspante")
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The Hours of Love
as Gianni
Outlaws of Love
as Vasco Timballo
La donna degli altri è sempre più bella
as Self (segment "La luna di miele")
The Shortest Day
as Pecoraio
Follie d'estate
as medico
March on Rome
as Umberto Gavazza
Crazy Desire
as Ing. Antonio Berlinghieri
I tromboni di Fra' Diavolo
as Sergente Visicato
I motorizzati
as Achille Pestani
Always on Sunday
as Benito
Fists, Girls and Sailors
as Capo Campana
The Fascist
as Federale Primo Arcovazzi
5 Marines for 100 Girls
as sergente Imparato
The Joy of Living
as Anarchist
His Women
as Stefano, Director, Screenplay
Psycosissimo
as Ugo Bertolazzi
I magnifici tre
as Domingo
The Girl of a Thousand Months
as Maurizio d'Alteni
Le Olimpiadi dei mariti
as Ugo Bitetti
Un dollaro di fifa
as Alamo
Love, the Italian Way
as Ugo Lemeni
Tu che ne dici?
as Solitario
We Like It Cold
as Ugo Bevilacqua
Genitori in blue-jeans
as Renzino
Il principe fusto
as Frate
My Pal, Dr. Jekyll
as Giacinto Floria
La cambiale
as Alfredo Balzarini
Noi siamo 2 evasi
as Bernardo Cesarotti
The Sheriff
as Colorado Joe
The Maids
as Mario
La Pica sul Pacifico
as Roberto De Nobel
Non perdiamo la testa
as Tony Cuccar
Guardatele ma non toccatele
as maresciallo la Notte
Fantasmi e ladri
as Gaetano
Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
as Il professore, cliente della stireria (uncredited)
Beach Types
as Pasubio Giovinezza
Totò in the Moon
as Achille Paoloni
Marinai, donne e guai
as Capo Campana
My Police Granny
as Lucio
Laugh! Laugh! Laugh!
as Dottore
Aces to the fore
as Self
I milanesi a Napoli
as Franco Baraldi
L'Incantevole nemica
as Colombo
Singing Café
as Se stesso
Se vincessi cento milioni
as Ugo (segment "Il principale")
La paura fa 90
as Anastasio Lapin / Saverio Bompignac
Una bruna indiavolata!
as Carlo Soldi
Greetings and sons!
as Mario fidanzato di Luciana
I cadetti di Guascogna
as Ugo Bossi