Ugo Tognazzi was an Italian film, TV, and theatre actor, director, and screenwriter, born 23 March 1922 and passing 27 October 1990. Tognazzi made his cinematic debut in I cadetti di Guascogna (1990) directed by Mario Mattoli. The following year, he formed a sucessful comedy duo with Raimondo Vianello whose satirical shows were among the first to be censored on Italian television. After the successful role in The Fascist (1961) he 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, Marco Ferreri, Carlo Lizzani, Dino Risi, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Ettore Scola, Alberto Lattuada, Nanni Loy, Pupi Avati and others. Tognazzi also directed some of his films, including the 1967 film Il fischio al naso. The film was entered into the 17th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1981, he won the Best Male Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival for La tragedia di un uomo ridicolo, 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. But Mr. Man is most fond of his butt baring turn as Ugo in La Grande Bouffe (1973), where he shows us a peek of peen as well as a fantastic view of his big beefy bottom while he lies on his stomach in bed.
