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