Ugo Tognazzi
Mar 23, 1922 — Oct 27, 1990 (68 years)
Cremona, Lombardy, Italy
142 Movies
2 Series
A career spanning 76+ years and 144+ titles makes Ugo Tognazzi one of the trade's long-distance runners. his Mark Hand in 'Barbarella' ranks among the most remembered of his filmography. Comedy has been his most frequent territory.
Known for
My Friends
as Raffaello Mascetti
La Grande Bouffe
as Ugo
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")
La Cage aux Folles
as Renato Baldi
68R.I.P.
142Movies
2Series
Ugo Tognazzi
142 Movies
2 Series
A career spanning 76+ years and 144+ titles makes Ugo Tognazzi one of the trade's long-distance runners. his Mark Hand in 'Barbarella' ranks among the most remembered of his filmography. Comedy has been his most frequent territory.
Known for
My Friends
as Raffaello Mascetti
La Grande Bouffe
as Ugo
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")
La Cage aux Folles
as Renato Baldi
68 R.I.P.
R.I.P.
142
Movies
2
Series
Movies
First Love
1978
Beach House
1977
The Key
1983
My Friends
1975
Barbarella
1968
La Grande Bouffe
1973
Come Have Coffee with Us
1970
High Infidelity
1964
My Friends Act III
1985
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen
1976
The Monsters
1963
La Cage aux Folles
1978
I Knew Her Well
1965
Come Home and Meet My Wife
1974
Complexes
1965
The Bishop's Bedroom
1977
The Head of the Family
1967
The Degenerates
1969
Love, the Italian Way
1960
Kiss the Other Sheik
1965
The Magnificent Cuckold
1964
Evil Thoughts
1976
Pigsty
1969
Where Are You Going on Holiday?
1978
Nenè
1977
Sunday Lovers
1980
La Cage aux Folles 3
1985
The Ape Woman
1964
Don't Touch the White Woman!
1974
The Shortest Day
1963
La Cage aux Folles II
1980
The New Monsters
1977
The Terrace
1980
My Friends Act II
1982
Property Is No Longer a Theft
1973
5 marines per 100 ragazze
1961
Dismissed on His Wedding Night
1968
In the Name of the Italian People
1971
I'm Photogenic
1980
Good King Dagobert
1984
Lady Caliph
1970
Crazy Desire
1962
Totò in the Moon
1958
Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man
1981
The Career of a Chambermaid
1976
Duck in Orange Sauce
1975
The Audience
1972
Tipi da spiaggia
1959
The Master and Margarita
1972
It's a Hard Life
1964
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Drums of Fire
Carlo di Palma
1990
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Tolérance
Marmant
1989
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Days of Inspector Ambrosio
Giulio Ambrosio
1988
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Arrivederci e grazie
Carlo
1988
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The Last Minute
Walter Ferroni
1987
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Yiddish Connection
Mosche
1986
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La Cage aux Folles 3
Renato Baldi
1985
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My Friends Act III
Conte Mascetti
1985
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Fatto su misura
Nathan
1985
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Is Ugo Tognazzi still alive?
Ugo Tognazzi passed away on October 27, 1990 at age 68.
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Ugo Tognazzi is best known for roles in Barbarella, My Friends, La Grande Bouffe.
How many movies has Ugo Tognazzi been in?
Over a 40-year career (since 1950), Ugo Tognazzi has appeared in 142 movies and 2 TV shows.
What was Ugo Tognazzi's first movie?
The career of Ugo Tognazzi began with I cadetti di Guascogna (1950).
What is Ugo Tognazzi's most recent movie or series?
Ugo Tognazzi's most recent release is Drums of Fire, which premiered on December 21, 1990.
What TV shows has Ugo Tognazzi appeared in?
On television, Ugo Tognazzi has appeared in Sacrée soirée, Le Grand Échiquier, Spécial cinéma, FBI – Francesco Bertolazzi investigatore.
Ugo Tognazzi
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. ...
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