Acting
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.
Filmography
La voglia matta di vivere
Film · 2022
We Are Cinema
Film · 2021
Morceaux de Cannes
Film · 2021
The Incredible Mr. Piccoli
Film · 2017
Portrait Of My Father
Film · 2010
Una famiglia in giallo
Series · 1991
Drums of Fire
Film · 1990
Tolérance
Film · 1989
Arrivederci e grazie
Film · 1988
Days of Inspector Ambrosio
Film · 1988
The Last Minute
Film · 1987
Sacrée soirée
Series · 1987
Yiddish Connection
Film · 1986
My Friends Act III
Film · 1985
La Cage aux Folles 3
Film · 1985
Fatto su misura
Film · 1985
Sogni e bisogni
Series · 1985
Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno
Film · 1984
Good King Dagobert
Film · 1984
Petomaniac
Film · 1983
The Key
Film · 1983
A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Street Bandit
Film · 1983
My Friends Act II
Film · 1982
Unfaithfully Yours
Film · 1982
Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man
Film · 1981
Droit de Réponse
Film · 1981
Telepatria international ovvero niente paura siamo italiani
Series · 1981
La Cage aux Folles II
Film · 1980
The Terrace
Film · 1980
Sunday Lovers
Film · 1980
I'm Photogenic
Film · 1980
Arrivano i bersaglieri
Film · 1980
SuperTotò
Film · 1980
Traffic Jam
Film · 1979
I viaggiatori della sera
Film · 1979
La Cage aux Folles
Film · 1978
Where Are You Going on Holiday?
Film · 1978
First Love
Film · 1978
The Payoff
Film · 1978
Formula 1 - Speed fever
Film · 1978
Ciné regards
Series · 1978
The Bishop's Bedroom
Film · 1977
The New Monsters
Film · 1977
Beach House
Film · 1977
Nenè
Film · 1977
The Cat
Film · 1977
Evil Thoughts
Film · 1976
The Career of a Chambermaid
Film · 1976
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen
Film · 1976
Pleased To See You Again
Film · 1976
My Friends
Film · 1975
Duck in Orange Sauce
Film · 1975
The Baron's Mazurka
Film · 1975
Weak Spot
Film · 1975
E il Casanova di Fellini?
Film · 1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Series · 1975
Come Home and Meet My Wife
Film · 1974
Don't Touch the White Woman!
Film · 1974
Il generale dorme in piedi
Film · 1974
Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?
Film · 1974
Spécial cinéma
Series · 1974
La Grande Bouffe
Film · 1973
We Want the Colonels
Film · 1973
Property Is No Longer a Theft
Film · 1973
The Master and Margarita
Film · 1972
The Audience
Film · 1972
This Kind of Love
Film · 1972
Le Grand Échiquier
Series · 1972
Midi trente
Series · 1972
Stanza 17-17 palazzo delle tasse, ufficio imposte
Film · 1971
The Superwitness
Film · 1971
In the Name of the Italian People
Film · 1971
Lady Caliph
Film · 1970
Come Have Coffee with Us
Film · 1970
Splendori e miserie di Madame Royale
Film · 1970
Lonely Hearts
Film · 1970
FBI – Francesco Bertolazzi investigatore
Series · 1970
Pigsty
Film · 1969
Police Chief Pepe
Film · 1969
The Conspirators
Film · 1969
The Degenerates
Film · 1969
Barbarella
Film · 1968
Baby Doll
Film · 1968
Dismissed on His Wedding Night
Film · 1968
Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
Film · 1968
The Climax
Film · 1967
The Head of the Family
Film · 1967
The Harem
Film · 1967
The Man with the Balloons
Film · 1967
The Seventh Floor
Film · 1967
Our Husbands
Film · 1966
The Wedding March
Film · 1966
Pleasant Nights
Film · 1966
A Matter of Honor
Film · 1966
Gli altri, gli altri e noi
Film · 1966
Complexes
Film · 1965
Menage Italian Style
Film · 1965
Kiss the Other Sheik
Film · 1965
I Knew Her Well
Film · 1965
Run for Your Wife
Film · 1965
The Ape Woman
Film · 1964
It's a Hard Life
Film · 1964
Controsesso
Film · 1964
The Magnificent Cuckold
Film · 1964
Laughs Italian Style
Film · 1964
A Very Handy Man
Film · 1964
High Infidelity
Film · 1964
Il pollo ruspante
Film · 1963
The Monsters
Film · 1963
The Conjugal Bed
Film · 1963
Ro.Go.Pa.G.
Film · 1963
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I Mostri [Episodi Inediti]
Film · 1963
The Hours of Love
Film · 1963
Outlaws of Love
Film · 1963
La donna degli altri è sempre più bella
Film · 1963
The Shortest Day
Film · 1963
Follie d'estate
Film · 1963
March on Rome
Film · 1962
Crazy Desire
Film · 1962
I tromboni di Fra' Diavolo
Film · 1962
I motorizzati
Film · 1962
Always on Sunday
Film · 1962
Fists, Girls and Sailors
Film · 1961
Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare
Film · 1961
The Fascist
Film · 1961
5 Marines for 100 Girls
Film · 1961
The Joy of Living
Film · 1961
His Women
Film · 1961
Psycosissimo
Film · 1961
I magnifici tre
Film · 1961
The Girl of a Thousand Months
Film · 1961
Le Olimpiadi dei mariti
Film · 1960
Un dollaro di fifa
Film · 1960
Love, the Italian Way
Film · 1960
Tu che ne dici?
Film · 1960
We Like It Cold
Film · 1960
I baccanali di Tiberio
Film · 1960
Genitori in blue-jeans
Film · 1960
Il principe fusto
Film · 1960
My Pal, Dr. Jekyll
Film · 1960
La cambiale
Film · 1959
The Woman's Confidant
Film · 1959
Noi siamo 2 evasi
Film · 1959
The Sheriff
Film · 1959
The Maids
Film · 1959
La Pica sul Pacifico
Film · 1959
Non perdiamo la testa
Film · 1959
Guardatele ma non toccatele
Film · 1959
Fantasmi e ladri
Film · 1959
Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
Film · 1959
Beach Types
Film · 1959
Totò in the Moon
Film · 1958
Domenica è sempre domenica
Film · 1958
Marinai, donne e guai
Film · 1958
My Police Granny
Film · 1958
La via del successo
Series · 1958
La moglie è uguale per tutti
Film · 1955
Laugh! Laugh! Laugh!
Film · 1954
Aces to the fore
Film · 1954
I milanesi a Napoli
Film · 1954
L'Incantevole nemica
Film · 1953
Singing Café
Film · 1953
Sua altezza ha detto: no!
Film · 1953
Se vincessi cento milioni
Film · 1953
La paura fa 90
Film · 1951
Una bruna indiavolata!
Film · 1951
Greetings and sons!
Film · 1951
I cadetti di Guascogna
Film · 1950