Ugo Tognazzi
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. ...
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Filmography of
Ugo Tognazzi
Self (archive footage)
... 2022
Self (archive footage)
... 2021
Self - Actor (archive footage)
... 2017
Self (archive footage)
... 2010
Carlo di Palma
... 1990
Marmant
... 1989
Giulio Ambrosio
... 1988
Carlo
... 1988
Walter Ferroni
... 1987
Mosche
... 1986
Renato Baldi
... 1985
Conte Mascetti
... 1985
Nathan
... 1985
Bertoldo
... 1984
La pape Honorius et son sosie
... 1984
Joseph Pujol
... 1983
drunk
... 1983
onorevole De Andreis
... 1983
Il Conte Mascetti - Raffaello "Lello" Mascetti
... 1982
Carlo Reani
... 1982
Self
... 1981
Primo Spaggiari
... 1981
Renato Baldi
... 1980
Armando (sketch 'Le carnet d'Armando')
... 1980
Don Prospero
... 1980
... 1980
Ugo Tognazzi (uncredited)
... 1980
Amedeo
... 1980
Orso Banti
... 1979
Professor
... 1979
Enrico (episodio "Sarò tutta per te")
... 1978
Ugo
... 1978
Renato Baldi
... 1978
... 1978
Il Commissario Assenza
... 1978
Amedeo Pecoraro
... 1977
il marito/il cuoco/il figlio
... 1977
Alfredo Cerquetti
... 1977
Barber "Baffo" (uncredited)
... 1977
Orimbelli
... 1977
Generale / Menelao Guardiaferri
... 1976
Mario Marani
... 1976
Adelmo
... 1976
Mario Aldara
... 1976
Livio
... 1975
Raffaello Mascetti
... 1975
... 1975
Barone Anteo Pellacani
... 1975
Georgis
... 1975
Giulio Blasetti
... 1974
Col. Umberto Leone
... 1974
Gino Pistone
... 1974
... 1974
The Butcher
... 1973
Ugo
... 1973
On. Giuseppe Tritoni
... 1973
Nikolaj Afanasijevic Maksudov 'Maestro'
... 1972
Aureliano Diaz
... 1972
Federico / Federico's father
... 1972
Mariano Bonifazi
... 1971
Ugo La Strizza
... 1971
Marino Bottecchia detto 'Mocassino'
... 1971
Annibale Doberdò
... 1970
Emerenziano Paronzini
... 1970
Stefano
... 1970
Alessio / Madame Royale
... 1970
Cardinal Agostino Rivarola
... 1969
Commissario Antonio Pepe
... 1969
Herdhitze
... 1969
Trimalchione
... 1969
Giulio Broggini
... 1968
Oscar Pettini
... 1968
Mark Hand
... 1968
Umberto Ciceri
... 1968
Self (uncredited)
... 1967
... 1967
Man With Car
... 1967
Giuseppe Inzerna
... 1967
Sergio Masini
... 1967
'Cavalier Mele'
... 1966
Uguccione de' Tornaquinci
... 1966
Umberto Codegato
... 1966
Efisio Mulas
... 1966
Avvocato / Michele / Frank / Igor Savoia
... 1966
Man With Car (segment "L'uomo dei 5 palloni") (uncredited)
... 1965
Carlo Vignola Federico Valdesi
... 1965
Gigi Baggini
... 1965
Prof. Gildo Beozi
... 1965
Riccardo
... 1965
The professor (segment "Il professore")
... 1964
Andrea Artusi
... 1964
... 1964
Luciano Bianchi
... 1964
Antonio Semola
... 1964
Liolà
... 1964
Cesare
... 1964
Vasco Timballo
... 1963
medico
... 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")
... 1963
... 1963
Alfonso
... 1963
Gianni
... 1963
Self (segment "La luna di miele")
... 1963
Togni
... 1963
Togni (segment "Il pollo ruspante")
... 1963
Pecoraio
... 1963
Umberto Gavazza
... 1962
Achille Pestani
... 1962
Sergente Visicato
... 1962
Ing. Antonio Berlinghieri
... 1962
Benito
... 1962
Stefano
... 1961
Capo Campana
... 1961
Domingo
... 1961
Maurizio d'Alteni
... 1961
sergente Imparato
... 1961
Federale Primo Arcovazzi
... 1961
Anarchist
... 1961
... 1961
Ugo Bertolazzi
... 1961
Ugo Lemeni
... 1960
Ugo Bitetti
... 1960
Ugo Bevilacqua
... 1960
Alamo
... 1960
Giacinto Floria
... 1960
Frate
... 1960
Solitario
... 1960
Renzino
... 1960
Primo
... 1960
Alfredo Balzarini
... 1959
Pasubio Giovinezza
... 1959
Colorado Joe
... 1959
maresciallo la Notte
... 1959
Bernardo Cesarotti
... 1959
Cesar
... 1959
Mario
... 1959
Roberto De Nobel
... 1959
Tony Cuccar
... 1959
Il professore, cliente della stireria (uncredited)
... 1959
Gaetano
... 1959
Achille Paoloni
... 1958
Capo Campana
... 1958
Lucio
... 1958
... 1958
... 1955
Franco Baraldi
... 1954
Self
... 1954
Dottore
... 1954
Se stesso
... 1953
Ronchi
... 1953
Ugo (segment "Il principale")
... 1953
Colombo, l'adjoint du directeur de la fromagerie
... 1953
Carlo Soldi
... 1951
Anastasio Lapin / Saverio Bompignac
... 1951
Mario fidanzato di Luciana
... 1951
Ugo Bossi
... 1950