Ugo Tognazzi
Skuespiller, Instruktør, Forfatter, Producer
23. marts 1922 — 27. oktober 1990 (68 år)
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.
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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| 2021 | |
| 1996 | Nitrate Base · as Cast |
| 1990 | La batalla de los Tres Reyes · as Carlo Di Palma |
| 1989 | Tolérance · as Marmant |
| 1988 | Days of Inspector Ambrosio · as Giulio Ambrosio |
| 1988 | Goodbye and Thank You · as Carlo |
| 1987 | The Last Minute · as Walter Ferroni |
| 1986 | Yiddish Connection · as Mosche |
| 1985 | All My Friends Part 3 · as Conte Mascetti |
| 1985 | La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding · as Renato Baldi |
| 1985 | Sogni e bisogni · as Sig. De Amicis |
| 1984 | Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cascacenno · as Bertoldo |
| 1984 | Le bon roi Dagobert · as La Pape Honorius Et Son Sosie |
| 1983 | Petomaniac · as Joseph Pujol |
| 1983 | The Key · as Drunk |
| 1983 | A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Bandit · as Onorevole De Andreis |
| 1982 | All My Friends Part 2 · as Il Conte Mascetti - Raffaello "lello" Mascetti |
| 1982 | Scusa se è poco · as Carlo Reani |
| 1981 | Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man · as Primo Spaggiari |
| 1980 | La Cage aux Folles II · as Renato Baldi |
| 1980 | Sunday Lovers · as Armando (sketch 'le Carnet D'armando') |
| 1980 | Arrivano i bersaglieri · as Don Prospero |
| 1980 | I'm Photogenic · as Ugo Tognazzi (uncredited) |
| 1980 | The Terrace · as Amedeo |
| 1979 | I viaggiatori della sera · as Orso Banti |
| 1979 | Traffic Jam · as Professor |
| 1978 | Where Are You Going on Holiday? · as Enrico (episodio "sarò Tutta Per Te") |
| 1978 | La Cage aux Folles · as Renato BaldiPå Plex |
| 1978 | First Love · as Ugo |
| 1978 | The Payoff · as Il Commissario Assenza |
| 1977 | Viva Italia! · as Il Marito/il Cuoco/il Figlio |
| 1977 | The Cat · as Amedeo Pecoraro |
| 1977 | Beach House · as Alfredo Cerquetti |
| 1977 | Sweet Adolescents · as Barber "baffo" (uncredited) |
| 1977 | La stanza del vescovo · as OrimbelliPå Plex |
| 1976 | Al piacere di rivederla · as Mario Aldara |
| 1976 | Signore e signori, buonanotte · as Generale / Menelao Guardiaferri |
| 1976 | Cattivi pensieri · as Mario Marani |
| 1976 | The Career of a Chambermaid · as Adelmo |
| 1975 | Duck in Orange Sauce · as Livio |
| 1975 | My Friends · as Raffaello Mascetti |
| 1975 | Weak Spot · as Georgis |
| 1975 | La mazurka del barone, della santa e del fico fiorone · as Barone Anteo Pellacani |
| 1974 | Come Home and Meet My Wife · as Giulio Blasetti |
| 1974 | Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia? · as Gino Pistone |
| 1974 | Don't Touch the White Woman! · as Mitch |
| 1973 | Property Is No Longer a Theft · as The Butcher |
| 1973 | The Big Feast · as Ugo |
| 1973 | Vogliamo i colonnelli · as On. Giuseppe Tritoni |
| 1972 | Il generale dorme in piedi · as Col. Umberto Leone |
| 1972 | The Master and Margaret · as Nikolaj Afanasijevic Maksudov 'maestro' |
| 1972 | L'udienza · as Aureliano Diaz |
| 1972 | This Kind of Love · as Federico / Federico's Father |
| 1971 | In the Name of the Italian People · as Mariano Bonifazi |
| 1971 | La supertestimone · as Marino Bottecchia Detto 'mocassino' |
| 1971 | Stanza 17-17 palazzo delle tasse, ufficio imposte · as Ugo La Strizza |
| 1970 | Lady Caliph · as Annibale Doberdò |
| 1970 | Come Have Coffee with Us · as Emerenziano Paronzini |
| 1970 | Cuori solitari · as Stefano |
| 1970 | Splendori e miserie di Madame Royale · as Alessio / Madame Royale |
| 1969 | The Conspirators · as Cardinal Agostino Rivarola |
| 1969 | Pigsty · as Herdhitze |
| 1969 | Police Chief Pepe · as Commissario Antonio Pepe |
| 1969 | Satyricon · as Trimalchione |
| 1968 | La bambolona · as Giulio Broggini |
| 1968 | Dismissed on His Wedding Night · as Oscar Pettini |
| 1968 | Barbarella · as Mark Hand |
| 1968 | Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses · as Umberto Ciceri |
| 1967 | Il padre di famiglia · as Remo |
| 1967 | The Man with the Balloons · as Man With Car |
| 1967 | The Seventh Floor · as Giuseppe Inzerna |
| 1967 | The Climax · as Sergio Masini |
| 1966 | Pleasant Nights · as Uguccione De' Tornaquinci |
| 1966 | I nostri mariti · as Umberto Codegato |
| 1966 | Una questione d'onore · as Efisio Mulas |
| 1966 | The Wedding March · as Avvocato / Michele / Frank / Igor Savoia |
| 1965 | Kiss the Other Sheik · as Man With Car (segment "l'uomo Dei 5 Palloni") (uncredited) |
| 1965 | Menage Italian Style · as Carlo Vignola Federico Valdesi |
| 1965 | I Knew Her Well · as Gigi Baggini |
| 1965 | I complessi · as Prof. Gildo Beozi |
| 1965 | Run for Your Wife · as Riccardo |
| 1964 | Countersex · as The Professor (segment "il Professore") |
| 1964 | The Magnificent Cuckold · as Andrea Artusi |
| 1964 | |
| 1964 | It's a Hard Life · as Luciano Bianchi |
| 1964 | The Ape Woman · as Antonio Semola |
| 1964 | Liolà · as Liolà |
| 1964 | High Infidelity · as Cesare |
| 1963 | Outlaws of Love · as Vasco Timballo |
| 1963 | The Wild Weird Wonderful Italians · as Cast |
| 1963 | 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 | The Conjugal Bed · as Alfonso |
| 1963 | The Hours of Love · as Gianni |
| 1963 | Ro.Go.Pa.G. · as Togni (segment "il Pollo Ruspante") |
| 1963 | The Shortest Day · as Pecoraio |
| 1962 | La marcia su Roma · as Umberto Gavazza |
| 1962 | I Motorizzati · as Achille Pestani |
| 1962 | I tromboni di Fra Diavolo · as Sergente Visicato |
| 1962 | La cuccagna · as Un Automobilista |
| 1962 | Crazy Desire · as Ing. Antonio Berlinghieri |
| 1961 | Il mantenuto · as Stefano |
| 1961 | Pugni, pupe e marinai · as Capo Campana |
| 1961 | I magnifici tre · as Domingo |
| 1961 | 5 marines per 100 ragazze · as Sergente Imparato |
| 1961 | The Fascist · as Federale Primo Arcovazzi |
| 1961 | The Joy of Living · as Anarchist |
| 1961 | Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare · as Ernesto |
| 1961 | Psycosissimo · as Ugo Bertolazzi |
| 1960 | Love, the Italian Way · as Ugo Lemeni |
| 1960 | Le olimpiadi dei mariti · as Ugo Bitetti |
| 1960 | Un dollaro di fifa · as Alamo |
| 1960 | My Friend, Dr. Jekyll · as Giacinto Floria |
| 1960 | A noi piace freddo...! · as Ugo Bevilacqua |
| 1960 | Genitori in blue-jeans · as Renzino |
| 1960 | I baccanali di Tiberio · as Primo |
| 1959 | La cambiale · as Alfredo Balzarini |
| 1959 | Tipi da spiaggia · as Pasubio Giovinezza |
| 1959 | Noi siamo due evasi · as Bernardo Cesarotti |
| 1959 | Guardatele ma non toccatele · as Maresciallo La Notte |
| 1959 | The Woman's Confidant · as Cesar |
| 1959 | Le cameriere · as Mario |
| 1959 | Non perdiamo la testa · as Tony Cuccar |
| 1959 | Policarpo · as Il Professore, Cliente Della Stireria (uncredited) |
| 1959 | Marinai, donne e guai · as Capo Campana |
| 1958 | Toto in the Moon · as Achille Paoloni |
| 1958 | Mia nonna poliziotto · as Lucio |
| 1958 | Sunday Is Always Sunday · as Ugo |
| 1955 | La moglie è uguale per tutti · as Ugo |
| 1953 | Café chantant · as Se Stesso |
| 1953 | L'incantevole nemica · as Colombo, L'adjoint Du Directeur De La Fromagerie |
| 1951 | Una bruna indiavolata! · as Carlo Soldi |
| 1951 | La paura fa 90 · as Anastasio Lapin / Saverio Bompignac |
| 1951 | Auguri e figli maschi! · as Mario Fidanzato Di Luciana |
| 1950 | I cadetti di Guascogna · as Ugo Bossi |
| 2023 | The Family · as Self |
| 2022 | Nel nostro cielo un rombo di tuono · as Self |
| 2022 | La voglia matta di vivere · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2022 | Nos italiennes, de Magnani à Muti · as Self |
| 2021 | |
| 2020 | The Last Movie Painter · as Self |
| 2017 | L'extravagant monsieur Piccoli · as Self - Actor (archive Footage) |
| 2015 | Marcello Mastroianni, the Ideal Italian · as Self |
| 2014 | Happy to Be Different · as Self |
| 2006 | Marcello, una vita dolce · as Self |
| 1978 | Speed Fever · as Self |
| 1975 | Sunday meetings · as Self |
| 1972 | Midi Trente · as Self |
| 1967 | The Harem · as Self (uncredited) |
| 1963 | La donna degli altri è sempre più bella · as Self (segment "la Luna Di Miele") |
| 1951 | Sanremo · as Self - Guest |
| 1979 | |
| 1976 | |
| 1968 | Dismissed on His Wedding Night · as Screenplay |
| 1967 | The Seventh Floor · as Screenplay |
| 1961 | Il mantenuto · as Screenplay |