Paolo Villaggio

Acting · Born 1932-12-31 in Genova, Liguria, Italy

Biography

Paolo Villaggio (30 December 1932 — 3 July 2017) was an Italian actor, writer, director and comedian. He is noted for the characters he created with paradoxical and grotesque characteristics: Professor Kranz, the ultra-timid Giandomenico Fracchia, and the obsequious and meek accountant Ugo Fantozzi, perhaps the favourite character in Italian comedy. He wrote several books, usually of satirical character. He also acted in dramatic roles, and appeared in several movies.

Filmography

• Ciao, Professore! as Marco Sperelli
• The Second Tragic Fantozzi as Ugo Fantozzi
• Fantozzi: White Collar Blues as Ugo Fantozzi
• Who's Afraid of Dracula? as Giandomenico Fracchia
• Tit for Tat as Gino Sciaccaluga
• Fantozzi Still Suffers as Rag. Ugo Fantozzi
• Fracchia The Human Beast as Giandomenico Fracchia / La Belva Umana
• Fantozzi Retires as Rag. Ugo Fantozzi
• Fantozzi 2000 - The Cloning as Rag. Ugo Fantozzi
• Fantozzi in Heaven as Rag. Ugo Fantozzi

TV

• Giandomenico Fracchia - Sogni proibiti di uno di noi as Giandomenico Fracchia
• Carabinieri as Padre Paolo Benelli
• Carabinieri as Giovanni Benelli
• Sanremo Music Festival as Self - Host