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Years active
  
1950 - 1990

Siblings
  
Ines Tognazzi

Role
  
Film actor

Name
  
Ugo Tognazzi

Political party
  

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Full Name
  
Ottavio Ugo Tognazzi

Born
  
23 March 1922 (
1922-03-23
)
Cremona, Lombardy, Italy

Occupation
  
actor, director, screenwriter

Died
  
October 27, 1990, Rome, Italy

Spouse
  
Franca Bettoia (m. 1972–1990)

Children
  
Gianmarco Tognazzi, Ricky Tognazzi, Maria Sole Tognazzi, Thomas Robsahm

Movies
  
La Cage aux Folles, My Friends, The Big Feast, I mostri, All My Friends Part 2

Similar People
  

Ugo Tognazzi e la mitica Uliana ne "Il commissario Pepe" (1969)


Ugo Tognazzi ([ˈuːɡo toɲˈɲattsi]; 23 March 1922 – 27 October 1990) was an Italian film, TV, and theatre actor, director, and screenwriter.

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Early life

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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.

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After his return to his native city in 1936, he worked in a salami production plant. During World War II, he was inducted into the Army and returned home after the Armistice of 8 September 1943, and joined the Brigate Nere 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.

Career

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In 1950, Tognazzi made his cinematic debut in I cadetti di Guascogna 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.

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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 (Amici miei), Marco Ferreri (La grande abbuffata), 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 Il fischio al naso. 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 La tragedia di un uomo ridicolo, 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.

Personal life

Ugo Tognazzi died of a brain hemorrhage in Rome in 1990, although rumors persist to this day that his chronic depression led to suicide. He is buried in the cemetery of Velletri.

His sons Ricky Tognazzi (b. 1955) and Gianmarco Tognazzi (b. 1967) are cinema actors. He was also the father of the Norwegian film director and film producer Thomas Robsahm (b. 1964). His daughter Maria Sole Tognazzi (b. 1971) is, like Ricky, a film director.

Filmography

Actor
1991
Una famiglia in giallo (TV Movie)
1990
La batalla de los Tres Reyes as
Carlo di Palma
1989
Tolérance as
Marmant
1988
I giorni del commissario Ambrosio as
Giulio Ambrosio
1988
Arrivederci e grazie as
Carlo
1987
Qui c'est ce garçon? (TV Mini Series) as
Renzo
- Le torchon brûlé (1987) - Renzo
- Grand-mère ou pas? (1987) - Renzo
- Les amours de Petite Chérie (1987) - Renzo
- Justine a un enfant (1987) - Renzo
- Le grand mariage (1987) - Renzo
- Les amours de Justine (1987) - Renzo
1987
The Last Minute as
Walter Ferroni
1986
Yiddish Connection as
Mosche
1985
Amici miei - Atto III° as
Lello Mascetti
1985
La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding as
Renato Baldi
1985
Sogni e bisogni (TV Mini Series) as
Matteo De Amicis
- Cuore nero (1985) - Matteo De Amicis
1985
Fatto su misura as
Dottor Nathan
1984
Bertoldo, Bertoldino e Cacasenno as
Bertoldo
1984
Le bon roi Dagobert as
La pape Honorius et son sosie
1983
Il petomane as
Joseph Pujol
1983
A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Bandit as
On. Vincenzo De Andreiis
1982
Amici miei - Atto II° as
Conte Raffaello 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 (segment "Armando's Notebook")
1980
Arrivano i bersaglieri as
Don Prospero
1980
Sono fotogenico as
Ugo Tognazzi (uncredited)
1980
La terrazza as
Amedeo
1979
I viaggiatori della sera as
Orso Banti
1979
Traffic Jam as
Professor
1978
Where Are You Going on Holiday? as
Enrico (segment "Sarò tutta per te")
1978
La Cage aux Folles as
Renato Baldi
1978
First Love as
Ugo Cremonesi detto 'Picchio'
1978
La mazzetta as
Il commissario Assenza
1977
Viva Italia! as
Il marito (segment "L'uccellino della Val Padana") / Il cuoco (segment "Hostaria") / Il figlio (segment "Mammina mammona")
1977
Il gatto as
Amedeo Pecoraro
1977
Beach House as
Alfredo Cerquetti
1977
Sweet Adolescents as
Baffo (uncredited)
1977
La stanza del vescovo as
Temistocle Mario Orimbelli
1976
Al piacere di rivederla as
Mario Aldara
1976
Signore e signori, buonanotte as
General in Toilet / Menelao the Retired Railroad Supervisor
1976
Cattivi pensieri as
Mario Marani
1976
The Career of a Chambermaid as
Adelmo
1975
Duck in Orange Sauce as
Livio Stefani
1975
Amici miei as
Lello Mascetti
1975
La faille as
Georgis
1975
La mazurka del barone, della santa e del fico fiorone as
Baron Anteo Pellacani
1974
Romanzo popolare as
Giulio Basletti
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
Onorevole Giuseppe 'Beppe' 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 / Padre di Federico
1971
In nome del popolo italiano 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
Splendori e miserie di Madame Royale as
Alessio / Madame Royale
1970
FBI - Francesco Bertolazzi investigatore (TV Mini Series) as
Francesco Bertolazzi
- Getto della spugna (1970) - Francesco Bertolazzi
- Labbra serate (1970) - Francesco Bertolazzi
- Notte americana (1970) - Francesco Bertolazzi
- Rapina a mano armata (1970) - Francesco Bertolazzi
- Il ritorno di Ulisse (1970) - Francesco Bertolazzi
- Sparita il giorno delle nozze (1970) - Francesco Bertolazzi
1970
Cuori solitari as
Stefano
1969
Nell'anno del Signore as
Cardinale Agostino Rivarola
1969
Il commissario Pepe as
Commissario Antonio Pepe
1969
Pigsty as
Herdhitze
1969
Satyricon as
Trimalchione
1968
La bambolona as
Giulio Broggini
1968
Sissignore as
Oscar Pettini
1968
Barbarella as
Mark Hand
1968
Straziami ma di baci saziami as
Umberto Ciceri
1968
The Man with the Balloons as
Man With Car
1967
Gli altri, gli altri... e noi
1967
Il padre di famiglia as
Romeo
1967
The Climax as
Sergio Masini
1967
Il fischio al naso as
Giuseppe Inzerna
1966
Le piacevoli notti as
Uguccione de' Tornaquinci
1966
I nostri mariti as
Appuntato Umberto Codegato (segment "Il marito di Attilia")
1966
Una questione d'onore as
Efisio Mulas
1966
The Wedding March as
Igor Savoia / Michele / Frank
1965
Menage all'italiana as
Carlo Vignola Federico Valdesi
1965
Kiss the Other Sheik as
Man With Car (segment "L'uomo dei 5 palloni") (uncredited)
1965
I Knew Her Well as
Gigi Baggini
1965
I complessi as
Prof. Gildo Beozi (segment "Il Complesso della Schiava nubiana")
1965
Run for Your Wife as
Riccardo Vanzi
1964
Countersex as
The professor (segment "Il professore")
1964
The Magnificent Cuckold as
Andrea Artusi
1964
It's a Hard Life as
Luciano Bianchi
1964
Risate all'italiana
1964
The Ape Woman as
Antonio Focaccia
1964
Liolà as
Liolà
1964
High Infidelity as
Cesare (segment "Gente moderna")
1963
Outlaws of Love as
Vasco Timballo
1963
The Monsters as
The Father (segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") / Policeman (segment "Il Mostro") / Stefano (segment "Come un Padre") / ...
1963
The Conjugal Bed as
Alfonso
1963
I magnifici tre as
Domingo
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 (uncredited)
1962
La voglia matta as
Antonio Berlinghieri
1962
Always on Sunday as
Benito
1961
Pugni, pupe e marinai as
Capo Campana / Tognazzi
1961
Il mantenuto as
Stefano Garbelli (uncredited)
1961
La ragazza di mille mesi as
Maurizio d'Alteni
1961
The Fascist as
Primo Arcovazzi
1961
5 marines per 100 ragazze as
Sergente Imparato
1961
The Joy of Living as
1. Anarchist
1961
Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare as
Ernesto
1961
Gli incensurati as
Farinon
1961
Psycosissimo as
Ugo Bertolazzi
1960
Un dollaro di fifa as
Alamo
1960
Love, the Italian Way as
Ugo Lemeni
1960
Le olimpiadi dei mariti as
Ugo Bitetti
1960
My Friend, Dr. Jekyll as
Prof. Fabius / Giacinto Floria
1960
A noi piace freddo...! as
Ugo Bevilacqua
1960
Il principe fusto as
Frate
1960
Tu che ne dici? as
Solitario
1960
Genitori in blue-jeans as
Renzino
1960
I baccanali di Tiberio as
Primo
1959
Guardatele ma non toccatele as
Maresciallo Valentino La Notte
1959
La Pica sul Pacifico as
Roberto De Nobel
1959
La cambiale as
Alfredo Balzarini
1959
Tipi da spiaggia as
Pasubio Giovinezza
1959
La duchessa di Santa Lucia as
L'avvocato
1959
La sceriffa as
Colorado Joe
1959
Noi siamo due evasi as
Bernardo Cesarotti
1959
Le confident de ces dames as
Le vicomte Cesare de Corte Bianco
1959
Le cameriere as
Mario
1959
Policarpo 'ufficiale di scrittura' as
Il professore, cliente della stireria (uncredited)
1959
Non perdiamo la testa as
Tony Cuccar
1959
Marinai, donne e guai as
Domenico Campana
1959
Fantasmi e ladri as
Gaetano
1958
Il terribile Teodoro
1958
Mia nonna poliziotto as
Lucio
1958
Toto in the Moon as
Achille Paoloni
1958
Domenica è sempre domenica as
Carlo
1955
La moglie è uguale per tutti as
Ugo
1954
Milanesi a Napoli as
Franco Baraldi
1954
Ridere! Ridere! Ridere! as
Dottore
1954
Se vincessi cento milioni as
Ugo (segment "Il principale")
1953
Café chantant as
Se stesso / Self
1953
Siamo tutti Milanesi as
Filippo
1953
Sua altezza ha detto: no! as
Ronchi
1953
L'incantevole nemica as
Direttore della fabbrica
1951
Una bruna indiavolata! as
Carlo Soldi
1951
La paura fa 90 as
Anastasio Lapin / Saverio Bompignac
1951
Auguri e figli maschi! as
Mario
1950
I cadetti di Guascogna as
Ugo Bossi
Director
1979
I viaggiatori della sera
1976
Cattivi pensieri
1970
FBI - Francesco Bertolazzi investigatore (TV Mini Series) (6 episodes)
- Getto della spugna (1970)
- Labbra serate (1970)
- Notte americana (1970)
- Rapina a mano armata (1970)
- Il ritorno di Ulisse (1970)
- Sparita il giorno delle nozze (1970)
1968
Sissignore
1967
Il fischio al naso
1961
Il mantenuto
Writer
1979
I viaggiatori della sera (screenplay)
1976
Cattivi pensieri
1968
Sissignore (screenplay)
1967
Il fischio al naso (screenplay)
1961
Il mantenuto (collaboration)
Producer
1967
Il fischio al naso (producer)
Miscellaneous
1970
Transplant (voice dubbing: Gerlando Martelli - uncredited)
Thanks
1991
Ultrà (dedicatee)
Self
1990
La parada (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.36 (1990) - Self
1989
Fantastico 10 (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 23 December 1989 (1989) - Self
1988
Fantastico 9 (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 22 October 1988 (1988) - Self
1988
Certains Leeb Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 8 January 1988 (1988) - Self
1987
Festival (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 16 October 1987 (1987) - Self
1987
Àngel Casas Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #3.6 (1987) - Self
1987
Le grand échiquier (TV Series) as
Self
- Régine (1987) - Self
1986
Antenne 2 Midi (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 26 August 1986 (1986) - Self
1986
De película (TV Series) as
Self - Interviewee
- Panorama de actualidad IV (1986) - Self - Interviewee
1986
C'est encore mieux l'après-midi (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 21 January 1986 (1986) - Self
1985
Spécial cinéma (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 28 January 1985 (1985) - Self
1984
Mardi cinéma (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Episode dated 26 June 1984 (1984) - Self
1982
Droit de réponse: l'esprit de contradiction (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 5 February 1983 (1983) - Self
- Cinéma et parapsychologie (1982) - Self
1982
Toute une vie dans un dimanche (TV Series) as
Self
- Spécial Avoriaz (1982) - Self
1981
Les nouveaux rendez-vous (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 18 October 1981 (1981) - Self
- Episode dated 24 May 1981 (1981) - Self
1981
Passez donc me voir (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 15 October 1981 (1981) - Self
1978
Les rendez-vous du dimanche (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 11 May 1980 (1980) - Self
- Episode dated 16 March 1980 (1980) - Self
- Episode dated 29 October 1978 (1978) - Self
- Episode dated 23 April 1978 (1978) - Self
- Episode dated 12 March 1978 (1978) - Self
1978
Ciné regards (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Episode dated 5 November 1978 (1978) - Self
1978
Speed Fever (Documentary) as
Self
1978
Le dessus du panier (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 18 March 1978 (1978) - Self
1977
Allons au cinéma (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 17 March 1978 (1978) - Self
- Episode dated 3 June 1977 (1977) - Self
1976
Trece oficios cinematográficos (TV Series) as
Self
- Montadores (1976) - Self
- Actores (1976) - Self
1975
E il Casanova di Fellini? (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
1974
Sport en fête (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 10 February 1974 (1974) - Self
1973
Pour le cinéma (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 14 November 1973 (1973) - Self
1973
Gala de l'union (TV Series) as
Self
- 40ème gala de l'union des artistes (1973) - Self
1973
De soleil et d'azur (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Episode dated 1 June 1973 (1973) - Self
1973
Midi Trente (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 21 May 1973 (1973) - Self
1967
The Harem as
Self (uncredited)
1963
The Wild Weird Wonderful Italians (Documentary)
1963
La donna degli altri è sempre più bella as
Self (segment "La luna di miele")
1959
Un due tre (TV Series) as
Self - Host
- Episode dated 2 August 1959 (1959) - Self - Host
1958
Canzonissima (TV Series) as
Self - Host (1958)
1954
Assi alla ribalta as
Self
1954
Album personale di Ugo Tognazzi (TV Movie) as
Self - Comedian
Archive Footage
2015
Compression (TV Series documentary)
- Compression Io la conoscevo bene de Antonio Pietrangeli (2023)
- Compression Le Piacevoli Notti de Armando Crispino et Luciano Lucignani (2015)
2023
Merci Zaza - La folle histoire de la Cage aux Folles (TV Movie documentary) as
Renato Baldi
2022
La voglia matta di vivere (Documentary) as
Self
2022
Visioni senza tempo - Anna Napoli e il montaggio cinematografico (Video)
2021
Rochefort, Noiret, Marielle: les copains d'abord (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2021
Morceaux de Cannes (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2020
Rembob'Ina (TV Series documentary)
- Le gala de l'union (2020)
2020
The Last Movie Painter (Documentary) as
Self (uncredited)
2018
Afilmbaimichi (TV Mini Series short) as
Michel's friend 1
- Compleanno e morte di Michel (2018) - Michel's friend 1
2017
Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary (Documentary) as
Self
2017
Le Fossoyeur de Films (TV Mini Series documentary) as
Self
- Barbarella (2017) - Self
2017
L'extravagant monsieur Piccoli (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2015
Tellement Gay! Homosexualité et pop culture (TV Mini Series documentary) as
Renato Baldi
- Inside (2015) - Renato Baldi
2014
Dolce Vitti (TV Movie) as
Self
2014
Les Chroniques du Mea (TV Series) as
Self
- The Birdcage/La Cage Aux Folles (2014) - Self
2014
Alfonso Sansone produttore per caso
2014
Happy to Be Different (Documentary) as
Self (uncredited)
2010
Portrait Of My Father (Documentary) as
Self
2010
Pupi Avati, ieri, oggi, domani
2007
Personnel et confidentiel (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Cannes, 60 ans d'histoires (2007) - Self
2006
Marcello, una vita dolce (Documentary) as
Self
2002
Heart of the Festival (TV Movie) as
Self
1996
Nitrato d'argento (uncredited)
1981
Ciné regards (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Episode dated 19 December 1981 (1981) - Self
1980
SuperTotò
1963
Follie d'estate as
Dottore

References

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