Ugo Tognazzi

Acting · Born 1922-03-23 in Cremona, Lombardy, Italy

Biography

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…

Filmography

• La Grande Bouffe as Ugo
• My Friends as Raffaello Mascetti
• My Friends Act II as Il Conte Mascetti - Raffaello "Lello" Mascetti
• The New Monsters as il marito/il cuoco/il figlio
• Lady Caliph as Annibale Doberdò
• La Cage aux Folles as Renato Baldi
• Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno as Bertoldo
• La Cage aux Folles II as Renato Baldi
• My Friends Act III as Conte Mascetti
• Barbarella as Mark Hand

TV

• Le Grand Échiquier as Self
• Midi trente as Self
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
• Sacrée Soirée as Self