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Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 23, 1922
Died
October 27, 1990
Place of Birth
Cremona, Lombardy, Italy
Also Known As
- Ottavio Tognazzi
Ugo Tognazzi
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Biography
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
0.0
Self (archive footage)
La voglia matta di vivere
2022
9.5
Self (archive footage)
We Are Cinema
2021
6.9
Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Incredible Mr. Piccoli
2017
7.3
Self (archive footage)
Portrait Of My Father
2010
5.9
Carlo di Palma
Drums of Fire
1990
2.0
Marmant
Tolérance
1989
6.4
Giulio Ambrosio
Days of Inspector Ambrosio
1988
4.8
Carlo
Arrivederci e grazie
1988
5.9
Walter Ferroni
The Last Minute
1987
5.1
Self
Sacrée Soirée
1987
Credits
La voglia matta di vivere
as Self (archive footage)
2022
0.0
We Are Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2021
9.5
The Incredible Mr. Piccoli
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2017
6.9
Portrait Of My Father
as Self (archive footage)
2010
7.3
Drums of Fire
as Carlo di Palma
1990
5.9
Tolérance
as Marmant
1989
2.0
Days of Inspector Ambrosio
as Giulio Ambrosio
1988
6.4
Arrivederci e grazie
as Carlo
1988
4.8
The Last Minute
as Walter Ferroni
1987
5.9
Sacrée Soirée
as Self
1987
5.1
Yiddish Connection
as Mosche
1986
8.0
La Cage aux Folles 3
as Renato Baldi
1985
5.1
My Friends Act III
as Conte Mascetti
1985
6.4
Fatto su misura
as Nathan
1985
6.0
Sogni e bisogni
as Sig. De Amicis
1985
0.0
Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno
as Bertoldo
1984
6.9
Good King Dagobert
as La pape Honorius et son sosie
1984
4.1
Petomaniac
as Joseph Pujol
1983
5.8
The Key
as drunk
1983
6.0
A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Street Bandit
as onorevole De Andreis
1983
4.6
My Friends Act II
as Il Conte Mascetti - Raffaello "Lello" Mascetti
1982
7.6
Unfaithfully Yours
as Carlo Reani
1982
5.5
Droit de Réponse
as Self
1981
8.0
Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man
as Primo Spaggiari
1981
6.5
La Cage aux Folles II
as Renato Baldi
1980
6.0
Sunday Lovers
as Armando (sketch 'Le carnet d'Armando')
1980
5.7
Arrivano i bersaglieri
as Don Prospero
1980
6.1
SuperTotò
1980
8.0
I'm Photogenic
as Ugo Tognazzi (uncredited)
1980
5.3
The Terrace
as Amedeo
1980
7.2
I viaggiatori della sera
as Orso Banti
1979
5.4
Traffic Jam
as Professor
1979
6.8
Where Are You Going on Holiday?
as Enrico (episodio "Sarò tutta per te")
1978
5.7
First Love
as Ugo
1978
5.5
La Cage aux Folles
as Renato Baldi
1978
6.8
Formula 1 - Speed fever
as Self
1978
7.0
The Payoff
as Il Commissario Assenza
1978
6.0
The Cat
as Amedeo Pecoraro
1977
6.0
The New Monsters
as il marito/il cuoco/il figlio
1977
7.0
Beach House
as Alfredo Cerquetti
1977
6.3
Nenè
as Barber "Baffo" (uncredited)
1977
4.3
The Bishop's Bedroom
as Orimbelli
1977
5.5
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen
as Generale / Menelao Guardiaferri
1976
6.7
Evil Thoughts
as Mario Marani
1976
5.3
The Career of a Chambermaid
as Adelmo
1976
4.8
Pleased To See You Again
as Mario Aldara
1976
5.0
Duck in Orange Sauce
as Livio
1975
6.1
My Friends
as Raffaello Mascetti
1975
8.1
E il Casanova di Fellini?
as Self
1975
0.0
The Baron's Mazurka
as Barone Anteo Pellacani
1975
6.7
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
1975
6.0
Weak Spot
as Georgis
1975
6.3
Come Home and Meet My Wife
as Giulio Blasetti
1974
7.2
Il generale dorme in piedi
as Col. Umberto Leone
1974
5.8
Spécial cinéma
as Self
1974
0.0
Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?
as Gino Pistone
1974
4.0
Don't Touch the White Woman!
as Mitch
1974
5.5
Property Is No Longer a Theft
as The Butcher
1973
7.2
La Grande Bouffe
as Ugo
1973
7.1
We Want the Colonels
as On. Giuseppe Tritoni
1973
6.7
The Master and Margarita
as Nikolaj Afanasijevic Maksudov 'Maestro'
1972
5.1
The Audience
as Aureliano Diaz
1972
6.5
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Midi trente
as Self
1972
6.0
This Kind of Love
as Federico / Federico's father
1972
5.5
Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
1972
8.0
In the Name of the Italian People
as Mariano Bonifazi
1971
7.2
Stanza 17-17 palazzo delle tasse, ufficio imposte
as Ugo La Strizza
1971
5.6
The Superwitness
as Marino Bottecchia detto 'Mocassino'
1971
5.6
Lady Caliph
as Annibale Doberdò
1970
5.3
Come Have Coffee with Us
as Emerenziano Paronzini
1970
6.2
FBI – Francesco Bertolazzi investigatore
as Francesco Bertolazzi
1970
0.0
Lonely Hearts
as Stefano
1970
5.3
Splendori e miserie di Madame Royale
as Alessio / Madame Royale
1970
5.4
The Conspirators
as Cardinal Agostino Rivarola
1969
7.6
Police Chief Pepe
as Commissario Antonio Pepe
1969
5.7
Pigsty
as Herdhitze
1969
7.1
The Degenerates
as Trimalchione
1969
6.5
Baby Doll
as Giulio Broggini
1968
7.4
Dismissed on His Wedding Night
as Oscar Pettini
1968
5.4
Barbarella
as Mark Hand
1968
6.0
Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
as Umberto Ciceri
1968
6.7
The Harem
as Self (uncredited)
1967
5.1
The Head of the Family
as Remo
1967
6.5
The Man with the Balloons
as Man With Car
1967
6.8
The Seventh Floor
as Giuseppe Inzerna
1967
5.8
The Climax
as Sergio Masini
1967
5.9
Gli altri, gli altri e noi
as 'Cavalier Mele'
1966
0.0
Pleasant Nights
as Uguccione de' Tornaquinci
1966
6.3
Our Husbands
as Umberto Codegato
1966
5.8
A Matter of Honor
as Efisio Mulas
1966
6.0
The Wedding March
as Avvocato / Michele / Frank / Igor Savoia
1966
6.3
Kiss the Other Sheik
as Man With Car (segment "L'uomo dei 5 palloni") (uncredited)
1965
6.4
Menage Italian Style
as Carlo Vignola Federico Valdesi
1965
6.0
I Knew Her Well
as Gigi Baggini
1965
7.4
Complexes
as Prof. Gildo Beozi
1965
7.0
Run for Your Wife
as Riccardo
1965
6.2
Controsesso
as The professor (segment "Il professore")
1964
6.4
The Magnificent Cuckold
as Andrea Artusi
1964
6.5
Laughs Italian Style
1964
5.9
It's a Hard Life
as Luciano Bianchi
1964
6.5
The Ape Woman
as Antonio Semola
1964
7.3
A Very Handy Man
as Liolà
1964
9.0
High Infidelity
as Cesare
1964
5.0
Outlaws of Love
as Vasco Timballo
1963
5.0
Follie d'estate
as medico
1963
0.0
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")
1963
7.3
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I Mostri [Episodi Inediti]
1963
0.0
The Conjugal Bed
as Alfonso
1963
6.4
The Hours of Love
as Gianni
1963
4.4
La donna degli altri è sempre più bella
as Self (segment "La luna di miele")
1963
4.9
Ro.Go.Pa.G.
as Togni (segment "Il pollo ruspante")
1963
7.2
Il pollo ruspante
as Togni
1963
6.0
The Shortest Day
as Pecoraio
1963
6.2
March on Rome
as Umberto Gavazza
1962
7.4
I motorizzati
as Achille Pestani
1962
5.8
I tromboni di Fra' Diavolo
as Sergente Visicato
1962
5.8
Crazy Desire
as Ing. Antonio Berlinghieri
1962
6.5
Always on Sunday
as Benito
1962
0.0
His Women
as Stefano
1961
5.0
Fists, Girls and Sailors
as Capo Campana
1961
4.8
I magnifici tre
as Domingo
1961
5.1
The Girl of a Thousand Months
as Maurizio d'Alteni
1961
2.0
5 marines per 100 ragazze
as sergente Imparato
1961
5.6
The Fascist
as Federale Primo Arcovazzi
1961
6.9
The Joy of Living
as Anarchist
1961
6.1
Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare
as Ernesto
1961
6.7
Psycosissimo
as Ugo Bertolazzi
1961
6.4
Love, the Italian Way
as Ugo Lemeni
1960
3.8
Le Olimpiadi dei mariti
as Ugo Bitetti
1960
7.3
We Like It Cold
as Ugo Bevilacqua
1960
6.5
Un dollaro di fifa
as Alamo
1960
5.4
My Pal, Dr. Jekyll
as Giacinto Floria
1960
7.0
Il principe fusto
as Frate
1960
0.0
Tu che ne dici?
as Solitario
1960
0.0
Genitori in blue-jeans
as Renzino
1960
6.3
I baccanali di Tiberio
as Primo
1960
5.4
La cambiale
as Alfredo Balzarini
1959
6.6
Tipi da spiaggia
as Pasubio Giovinezza
1959
6.2
The Sheriff
as Colorado Joe
1959
6.5
Guardatele ma non toccatele
as maresciallo la Notte
1959
5.5
Noi siamo 2 evasi
as Bernardo Cesarotti
1959
4.7
The Woman's Confidant
as Cesar
1959
5.1
The Maids
as Mario
1959
7.0
La Pica sul Pacifico
as Roberto De Nobel
1959
5.0
Non perdiamo la testa
as Tony Cuccar
1959
5.2
Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
as Il professore, cliente della stireria (uncredited)
1959
7.3
Fantasmi e ladri
as Gaetano
1959
6.0
Totò in the Moon
as Achille Paoloni
1958
5.6
Marinai, donne e guai
as Capo Campana
1958
5.0
My Police Granny
as Lucio
1958
6.0
Domenica è sempre domenica
as Ugo
1958
6.4
La Via del Successo
1958
0.0
La moglie è uguale per tutti
as Ugo
1955
6.9
I milanesi a Napoli
as Franco Baraldi
1954
5.0
Aces to the fore
as Self
1954
0.0
Ridere! Ridere! Ridere!
as Dottore
1954
0.0
Singing Café
as Se stesso
1953
5.0
Sua altezza ha detto: no!
as Ronchi
1953
0.0
Se vincessi cento milioni
as Ugo (segment "Il principale")
1953
0.0
L'Incantevole nemica
as Colombo, l'adjoint du directeur de la fromagerie
1953
7.0
Una bruna indiavolata!
as Carlo Soldi
1951
6.0
La paura fa 90
as Anastasio Lapin / Saverio Bompignac
1951
5.8
Greetings and sons!
as Mario fidanzato di Luciana
1951
6.0
I cadetti di Guascogna
as Ugo Bossi
1950
6.0