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