1922-03-23 Cremona, Lombardy, Italy
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.
![]() |
La voglia matta di vivere | Self (archive footage) | 2022-03-17 |
![]() |
Noi siamo cinema | Self (archive footage) | 2021-12-16 |
![]() |
L'Extravagant Monsieur Piccoli | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 2017-05-28 |
![]() |
Ritratto di mio padre | Self (archive footage) | 2010-10-27 |
![]() |
La batalla de los tres reyes | Carlo di Palma | 1990-12-21 |
![]() |
Tolérance | Marmant | 1989-10-20 |
![]() |
Arrivederci e grazie | Carlo | 1988-05-11 |
![]() |
I giorni del commissario Ambrosio | Giulio Ambrosio | 1988-10-20 |
![]() |
Ultimo minuto | Walter Ferroni | 1987-10-08 |
![]() |
Yiddish Connection | Mosche | 1986-08-27 |
![]() |
La Cage aux folles 3 - « Elles » se marient | Renato Baldi | 1985-11-20 |
![]() |
Fatto su misura | Nathan | 1985-02-01 |
![]() |
Amici miei - Atto III° | Conte Mascetti | 1985-06-06 |
![]() |
Le Bon Roi Dagobert | La pape Honorius et son sosie | 1984-08-22 |
![]() |
Bertoldo, Bertoldino e Cacasenno | Bertoldo | 1984-12-22 |
![]() |
Il petomane | Joseph Pujol | 1983-10-28 |
![]() |
Scherzo del destino in agguato dietro l'angolo come un brigante da strada | onorevole De Andreis | 1983-09-29 |
![]() |
La chiave | drunk | 1983-10-19 |
![]() |
Scusa se è poco | Carlo Reani | 1982-05-04 |
![]() |
Amici miei - Atto II° | Il Conte Mascetti - Raffaello "Lello" Mascetti | 1982-12-22 |
![]() |
La tragedia di un uomo ridicolo | Primo Spaggiari | 1981-10-01 |
![]() |
Droit de Réponse | Self | 1981-12-12 |
![]() |
La Cage aux folles II | Renato Baldi | 1980-12-10 |
![]() |
Les Séducteurs | Armando (sketch 'Le carnet d'Armando') | 1980-10-31 |
![]() |
La terrazza | Amedeo | 1980-02-08 |
![]() |
Sono fotogenico | Ugo Tognazzi (uncredited) | 1980-03-21 |
![]() |
Arrivano i bersaglieri | Don Prospero | 1980-10-29 |
![]() |
SuperTotò | 1980-04-18 | |
![]() |
I viaggiatori della sera | Orso Banti | 1979-10-26 |
![]() |
L'ingorgo | Professor | 1979-01-12 |
![]() |
La mazzetta | Il Commissario Assenza | 1978-03-17 |
![]() |
Dove vai in vacanza? | Enrico (episodio "Sarò tutta per te") | 1978-12-21 |
![]() |
Formula 1 - Febbre della velocità | Self | 1978-09-15 |
![]() |
Primo amore | Ugo | 1978-11-10 |
![]() |
La Cage aux folles | Renato Baldi | 1978-10-20 |
![]() |
Casotto | Alfredo Cerquetti | 1977-10-27 |
![]() |
Il gatto | Amedeo Pecoraro | 1977-12-16 |
![]() |
I nuovi mostri | il marito/il cuoco/il figlio | 1977-12-15 |
![]() |
La stanza del vescovo | Orimbelli | 1977-03-18 |
![]() |
Nenè | Barber "Baffo" (uncredited) | 1977-09-21 |
![]() |
Al piacere di rivederla | Mario Aldara | 1976-01-01 |
![]() |
Telefoni bianchi | Adelmo | 1976-02-06 |
![]() |
Signore e signori, buonanotte | Generale / Menelao Guardiaferri | 1976-10-28 |
![]() |
Cattivi pensieri | Mario Marani | 1976-10-26 |
![]() |
Amici miei | Raffaello Mascetti | 1975-10-24 |
![]() |
L'anatra all'arancia | Livio | 1975-12-19 |
![]() |
La mazurka del barone, della santa e del fico fiorone | Barone Anteo Pellacani | 1975-01-22 |
![]() |
E il Casanova di Fellini? | Self | 1975-05-06 |
![]() |
La Faille | Georgis | 1975-01-01 |
![]() |
Touche pas à la femme blanche | Mitch | 1974-01-23 |
![]() |
Il generale dorme in piedi | Col. Umberto Leone | 1974-10-05 |
![]() |
Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia? | Gino Pistone | 1974-04-13 |
![]() |
Romanzo popolare | Giulio Blasetti | 1974-10-29 |
![]() |
La proprietà non è più un furto | The Butcher | 1973-10-03 |
![]() |
La Grande Bouffe | Ugo | 1973-05-16 |
![]() |
Vogliamo i colonnelli | On. Giuseppe Tritoni | 1973-03-02 |
![]() |
L'udienza | Aureliano Diaz | 1972-03-31 |
![]() |
Il maestro e Margherita | Nikolaj Afanasijevic Maksudov 'Maestro' | 1972-07-15 |
![]() |
Questa specie d'amore | Federico / Federico's father | 1972-02-10 |
![]() |
La supertestimone | Marino Bottecchia detto 'Mocassino' | 1971-03-16 |
![]() |
Stanza 17-17 palazzo delle tasse, ufficio imposte | Ugo La Strizza | 1971-07-05 |
![]() |
In nome del popolo italiano | Mariano Bonifazi | 1971-12-18 |
![]() |
Venga a prendere il caffè da noi | Emerenziano Paronzini | 1970-09-22 |
![]() |
Splendori e miserie di Madame Royale | Alessio / Madame Royale | 1970-01-09 |
![]() |
Cuori solitari | Stefano | 1970-01-22 |
![]() |
La Califfa | Annibale Doberdò | 1970-12-31 |
![]() |
Il commissario Pepe | Commissario Antonio Pepe | 1969-09-24 |
![]() |
Porcile | Herdhitze | 1969-09-02 |
![]() |
Satyricon | Trimalchione | 1969-03-27 |
![]() |
Nell'anno del Signore | Cardinal Agostino Rivarola | 1969-10-24 |
![]() |
Straziami ma di baci saziami | Umberto Ciceri | 1968-10-04 |
![]() |
Sissignore | Oscar Pettini | 1968-11-14 |
![]() |
Barbarella | Mark Hand | 1968-10-10 |
![]() |
La bambolona | Giulio Broggini | 1968-12-15 |
![]() |
L'uomo dei cinque palloni | Man With Car | 1967-08-08 |
![]() |
L'immorale | Sergio Masini | 1967-03-25 |
![]() |
L'Harem | Self (uncredited) | 1967-10-06 |
![]() |
Il padre di famiglia | Remo | 1967-09-29 |
![]() |
Il fischio al naso | Giuseppe Inzerna | 1967-08-06 |
![]() |
Una questione d'onore | Efisio Mulas | 1966-02-24 |
![]() |
I nostri mariti | Umberto Codegato | 1966-08-21 |
![]() |
Marcia nuziale | Avvocato / Michele / Frank / Igor Savoia | 1966-02-17 |
![]() |
Le piacevoli notti | Uguccione de' Tornaquinci | 1966-10-12 |
![]() |
Gli altri, gli altri e noi | 'Cavalier Mele' | 1966-10-31 |
![]() |
Oggi, domani, dopodomani | Man With Car (segment "L'uomo dei 5 palloni") (uncredited) | 1965-12-28 |
![]() |
I complessi | Prof. Gildo Beozi | 1965-08-15 |
![]() |
Io la conoscevo bene | Gigi Baggini | 1965-12-01 |
![]() |
Ménage all'italiana | Carlo Vignola Federico Valdesi | 1965-12-22 |
![]() |
Una moglie americana | Riccardo | 1965-04-29 |
![]() |
Liolà | Liolà | 1964-01-23 |
![]() |
Il magnifico cornuto | Andrea Artusi | 1964-10-19 |
![]() |
La donna scimmia | Antonio Semola | 1964-01-31 |
![]() |
Alta infedeltà | Cesare | 1964-01-22 |
![]() |
Risate all'italiana | 1964-07-15 | |
![]() |
La vita agra | Luciano Bianchi | 1964-04-22 |
![]() |
Controsesso | The professor (segment "Il professore") | 1964-11-30 |
![]() |
Follie d'estate | medico | 1963-11-27 |
![]() |
Ro.Go.Pa.G. | Togni (segment "Il pollo ruspante") | 1963-02-19 |
![]() |
I mostri | 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") | 1963-10-30 |
![]() |
La donna degli altri è sempre più bella | Self (segment "La luna di miele") | 1963-02-21 |
![]() |
Una storia moderna - L'ape regina | Alfonso | 1963-04-07 |
![]() |
Il pollo ruspante | Togni | 1963-02-19 |
![]() |
Il giorno più corto | Pecoraio | 1963-02-14 |
![]() |
I fuorilegge del matrimonio | Vasco Timballo | 1963-12-03 |
![]() |
I Mostri [Episodi Inediti] | 1963-10-26 | |
![]() |
Le ore dell'amore | Gianni | 1963-03-01 |
![]() |
Una domenica d'estate | Benito | 1962-03-10 |
![]() |
La marcia su Roma | Umberto Gavazza | 1962-12-20 |
![]() |
I motorizzati | Achille Pestani | 1962-11-30 |
![]() |
I tromboni di Fra' Diavolo | Sergente Visicato | 1962-10-11 |
![]() |
La voglia matta | Ing. Antonio Berlinghieri | 1962-03-15 |
![]() |
Psycosissimo | Ugo Bertolazzi | 1961-02-11 |
![]() |
Il mantenuto | Stefano | 1961-12-30 |
![]() |
I magnifici tre | Domingo | 1961-11-10 |
![]() |
Che gioia vivere | Anarchist | 1961-05-11 |
![]() |
Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare | Ernesto | 1961-03-30 |
![]() |
5 marines per 100 ragazze | sergente Imparato | 1961-08-10 |
![]() |
La ragazza di mille mesi | Maurizio d'Alteni | 1961-11-05 |
![]() |
Il federale | Federale Primo Arcovazzi | 1961-08-05 |
![]() |
Pugni, pupe e marinai | Capo Campana | 1961-11-17 |
![]() |
Le Olimpiadi dei mariti | Ugo Bitetti | 1960-10-27 |
![]() |
I baccanali di Tiberio | Primo | 1960-01-15 |
![]() |
Il principe fusto | Frate | 1960-03-26 |
![]() |
Un dollaro di fifa | Alamo | 1960-08-28 |
![]() |
A noi piace freddo...!! | Ugo Bevilacqua | 1960-09-20 |
![]() |
Genitori in blue-jeans | Renzino | 1960-02-10 |
![]() |
Intrigo a Taormina | Ugo Lemeni | 1960-12-22 |
![]() |
Tu che ne dici? | Solitario | 1960-03-10 |
![]() |
Il mio amico Jekyll | Giacinto Floria | 1960-08-11 |
![]() |
Fantasmi e ladri | Gaetano | 1959-02-12 |
![]() |
Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura | Il professore, cliente della stireria (uncredited) | 1959-03-18 |
![]() |
Tipi da spiaggia | Pasubio Giovinezza | 1959-11-12 |
![]() |
Noi siamo 2 evasi | Bernardo Cesarotti | 1959-06-26 |
![]() |
La sceriffa | Colorado Joe | 1959-08-15 |
![]() |
Le Confident de ces dames | Cesar | 1959-06-20 |
![]() |
Le cameriere | Mario | 1959-06-14 |
![]() |
La Pica sul Pacifico | Roberto De Nobel | 1959-04-24 |
![]() |
La cambiale | Alfredo Balzarini | 1959-11-19 |
![]() |
Guardatele ma non toccatele | maresciallo la Notte | 1959-06-27 |
![]() |
Non perdiamo la testa | Tony Cuccar | 1959-04-16 |
![]() |
Marinai, donne e guai | Capo Campana | 1958-11-06 |
![]() |
Totò nella Luna | Achille Paoloni | 1958-11-28 |
![]() |
Domenica è sempre domenica | Ugo | 1958-04-05 |
![]() |
Mia nonna poliziotto | Lucio | 1958-09-10 |
![]() |
La moglie è uguale per tutti | Ugo | 1955-10-21 |
![]() |
Ridere! Ridere! Ridere! | Dottore | 1954-01-01 |
![]() |
Assi alla ribalta | Self | 1954-08-14 |
![]() |
I milanesi a Napoli | Franco Baraldi | 1954-10-15 |
![]() |
Café Chantant | Se stesso | 1953-12-18 |
![]() |
L'Incantevole nemica | Colombo, l'adjoint du directeur de la fromagerie | 1953-06-14 |
![]() |
Se vincessi cento milioni | Ugo (segment "Il principale") | 1953-12-01 |
![]() |
Sua altezza ha detto: no! | Ronchi | 1953-12-01 |
![]() |
Una bruna indiavolata! | Carlo Soldi | 1951-11-21 |
![]() |
Auguri e figli maschi! | Mario fidanzato di Luciana | 1951-09-27 |
![]() |
La paura fa 90 | Anastasio Lapin / Saverio Bompignac | 1951-10-23 |
![]() |
I cadetti di Guascogna | Ugo Bossi | 1950-09-27 |