Cast

Ugo Tognazzi

Acting

Cast

Ugo Tognazzi

Known for

Acting

Born

1922-03-23

From

Cremona, Lombardy, Italy

Died

1990-10-27

Also known as Ottavio Tognazzi

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.

★6.3

MOVIE1977

Beach House

as Alfredo Cerquetti

★5.7

MOVIE1978

First Love

as Ugo

★6.0

MOVIE1983

The Key

as drunk

★8.1

MOVIE1975

My Friends

as Raffaello Mascetti

★6.0

MOVIE1968

Barbarella

as Mark Hand

★6.3

MOVIE1970

Come Have Coffee with Us

as Emerenziano Paronzini

★7.1

MOVIE1973

La Grande Bouffe

as Ugo

★5.3

MOVIE1964

High Infidelity

as Cesare

★6.4

MOVIE1985

My Friends Act III

as Conte Mascetti

★6.7

MOVIE1969

The Degenerates

as Trimalchione

★6.7

MOVIE1976

Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen

as Generale / Menelao Guardiaferri

★7.4

MOVIE1963

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")

Ugo Tognazzi

Ugo Tognazzi

Biography

Beach House

First Love

The Key

My Friends

Barbarella

Come Have Coffee with Us

La Grande Bouffe

High Infidelity

My Friends Act III

The Degenerates

Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen

The Monsters

The Bishop's Bedroom

I Knew Her Well

La Cage aux Folles

Come Home and Meet My Wife

Complexes

Pigsty

5 marines per 100 ragazze

Crazy Desire

The Shortest Day

Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare

Love, the Italian Way

Sunday Lovers

Nenè

Don't Touch the White Woman!

Dismissed on His Wedding Night

La Cage aux Folles II

The Ape Woman

The Incredible Mr. Piccoli

Morceaux de Cannes

Evil Thoughts

Good King Dagobert

Traffic Jam

My Friends Act II

Fatto su misura

Where Are You Going on Holiday?

The New Monsters

In the Name of the Italian People

Kiss the Other Sheik

I cadetti di Guascogna

La Cage aux Folles 3

Totò in the Moon

A Matter of Honor

The Magnificent Cuckold

The Career of a Chambermaid

I motorizzati

Lady Caliph

Tipi da spiaggia

The Terrace

The Audience

The Master and Margarita

The Conspirators

The Fascist

Ro.Go.Pa.G.

Droit de Réponse

The Conjugal Bed

Outlaws of Love

Property Is No Longer a Theft

Laughs Italian Style

March on Rome

Duck in Orange Sauce

Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses

The Wedding March

Arrivederci e grazie

The Harem

The Joy of Living

Days of Inspector Ambrosio

I'm Photogenic

Greetings and sons!

La cambiale

L'Incantevole nemica

Weak Spot

We Want the Colonels

Police Chief Pepe

The Baron's Mazurka

Baby Doll