
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. ... Source: Article "Ugo Tognazzi" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
165 acting credits · 5 directing credits
Acting · 165

Sacrée soirée
1987

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975

Spécial cinéma
1974

Le Grand Échiquier
1972
Midi trente
1972

The Key
1983

Barbarella
1968

Beach House
1977

Sogni e bisogni
1985

My Friends Act III
1985

The Shortest Day
1963

We Are Cinema
2021

My Friends
1975

La Grande Bouffe
1973

Pigsty
1969

La Cage aux Folles
1978

Stanza 17-17 palazzo delle tasse, ufficio imposte
1971

Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen
1976

La donna degli altri è sempre più bella
1963

The Bishop's Bedroom
1977

First Love
1978

The Terrace
1980

Drums of Fire
1990

Days of Inspector Ambrosio
1988

The Ape Woman
1964

The Degenerates
1969

Lady Caliph
1970

Ro.Go.Pa.G.
1963

Come Home and Meet My Wife
1974

March on Rome
1962

La Cage aux Folles II
1980

Property Is No Longer a Theft
1973

I Knew Her Well
1965

Weak Spot
1975

My Friends Act II
1982

La Cage aux Folles 3
1985

Droit de Réponse
1981

I motorizzati
1962

The Baron's Mazurka
1975

FBI – Francesco Bertolazzi investigatore
1970

Baby Doll
1968

His Women
1961

I'm Photogenic
1980

Good King Dagobert
1984

The Head of the Family
1967

The Magnificent Cuckold
1964

Nenè
1977

Where Are You Going on Holiday?
1978

Sunday Lovers
1980

Evil Thoughts
1976

In the Name of the Italian People
1971

Un dollaro di fifa
1960

The Joy of Living
1961

The Conspirators
1969

Outlaws of Love
1963

High Infidelity
1964

Traffic Jam
1979

The New Monsters
1977

The Payoff
1978

Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?
1974

Guardatele ma non toccatele
1959

Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man
1981

Dismissed on His Wedding Night
1968

The Monsters
1963

L'Incantevole nemica
1953

Don't Touch the White Woman!
1974

Unfaithfully Yours
1982

We Want the Colonels
1973

Fists, Girls and Sailors
1961

La cambiale
1959

Morceaux de Cannes
2021

Complexes
1965

Psycosissimo
1961

Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno
1984

The Fascist
1961

Love, the Italian Way
1960

The Harem
1967

The Conjugal Bed
1963

A Very Handy Man
1964

Singing Café
1953

Police Chief Pepe
1969

The Last Minute
1987

The Master and Margarita
1972

The Superwitness
1971

The Wedding March
1966

The Career of a Chambermaid
1976

The Sheriff
1959

The Cat
1977

Crazy Desire
1962

Formula 1 - Speed fever
1978

The Maids
1959

A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Street Bandit
1983

Il principe fusto
1960

Portrait Of My Father
2010

Duck in Orange Sauce
1975

I cadetti di Guascogna
1950

La Pica sul Pacifico
1959

Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare
1961

Una bruna indiavolata!
1951

5 marines per 100 ragazze
1961

Come Have Coffee with Us
1970

La moglie è uguale per tutti
1955

Kiss the Other Sheik
1965

My Police Granny
1958

The Seventh Floor
1967

Pleasant Nights
1966

Tolérance
1989

Menage Italian Style
1965

La voglia matta di vivere
2022

Controsesso
1964

Marinai, donne e guai
1958

The Woman's Confidant
1959

I magnifici tre
1961

Gli altri, gli altri e noi
1966

Yiddish Connection
1986

Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
1959

Pleased To See You Again
1976

Noi siamo 2 evasi
1959

Our Husbands
1966

The Incredible Mr. Piccoli
2017

Petomaniac
1983

Run for Your Wife
1965

A Matter of Honor
1966

Arrivederci e grazie
1988

Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
1968

The Girl of a Thousand Months
1961

The Climax
1967

The Hours of Love
1963

Domenica è sempre domenica
1958

My Pal, Dr. Jekyll
1960

Greetings and sons!
1951

I viaggiatori della sera
1979

I baccanali di Tiberio
1960

Totò in the Moon
1958

Genitori in blue-jeans
1960

Tipi da spiaggia
1959

SuperTotò
1980

Lonely Hearts
1970

The Man with the Balloons
1967

La paura fa 90
1951

Arrivano i bersaglieri
1980

It's a Hard Life
1964

Le Olimpiadi dei mariti
1960

Non perdiamo la testa
1959

The Audience
1972

This Kind of Love
1972

Il generale dorme in piedi
1974

La via del successo
1958

Ridere! Ridere! Ridere!
1954

Always on Sunday
1962

We Like It Cold
1960

I milanesi a Napoli
1954

Laughs Italian Style
1964

I tromboni di Fra' Diavolo
1962

Fatto su misura
1985

Fantasmi e ladri
1959

Il pollo ruspante
1963

Aces to the fore
1954

Tu che ne dici?
1960

Follie d'estate
1963

Splendori e miserie di Madame Royale
1970
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I Mostri [Episodi Inediti]
1963

E il Casanova di Fellini?
1975

Se vincessi cento milioni
1953

Sua altezza ha detto: no!
1953