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Post by Johan Melle » 24/07/2022, 4:13

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Pier Ugo Gragnani, in Totò diabolicus (1962)
Pier Ugo Gragnani (often credited simply as Ugo Gragnani) was a generico-actor who was active in Italian films throughout the 1950s and 60s.

Always very elegant and well-dressed, Pier Ugo was perhaps more of a bit part actor than a generico in the sense that he was usually entrusted with a bit of dialogue. He did also manage to score some credited roles throughout his career, but few of his part were particularly substantial, with the exception of his appearance in the Renato Polselli's horror film L'amante del vampiro (1960).

Much like Aristide Catoni and Ugo Mari, Pier Ugo looks to have been somewhat a favorite of the great comedian Totò as he has small speaking parts in a number of his films, but unfortunately, both IMDb and Wikipedia erroneously attribute several of these roles to other actors.

Whereas his earliest film appearance found so far is from 1950, he was active in theater since at least during the WW2 era, appearing with Renato Rascel in the revue "Allegro ma non troppo" at the Teatro Quattro Fontane in Rome in 1944[1].

There are currently no biographical details known for Pier Ugo.

Filmography

1950
  1. Totò sceicco .... Battista, the servant (uncredited)

    1952
  2. Tormento del passato .... Nightclub manager (uncredited)

    1953
  3. Cristo è passato sull'aia .... role? (poster credit as "Pierugo Gragnani")
  4. Il più comico spettacolo del mondo .... The baron, a client of the coiffeur (uncredited)
  5. La domenica della buona gente .... Conti's friend (credited as "Ugo Gragnani")
  6. Madonna delle rose .... Nightclub manager (credited as "Ugo Gragnano")

    1954
  7. Nel gorgo del peccato …. Police commissioner (credited as "Ugo Gragnani")

    1955
  8. Il coraggio .... Functionary reading the bids (uncredited)
  9. Scapricciatiello .... Simone, the majordomo (credited as "Ugo Gragnani")

    1956
  10. Totò lascia o raddoppia? .... Man at the racetrack (uncredited)
  11. Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge .... Tabarin customer who slaps (uncredited)

    1958
  12. Amore e chiacchiere .... Guest at Paseroni's house (uncredited)
  13. Totò a Parigi .... Museum employee (uncredited)
  14. Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche .... Audience member in the theater (uncredited)

    1959
  15. La cambiale .... Guest at Maria's house (uncredited)

    1960
  16. Il mattatore .... Cheated shoe store manager (uncredited)
  17. L'amante del vampiro .... The professor (credited as "Ugo Cragnani")
  18. Letto a tre piazze .... Doctor at the "La Quiete" clinic (uncredited)

    1961
  19. Fra Manisco cerca guai .... The prior (credited)
  20. Romolo e Remo .... High priest at the pagan ceremony (uncredited)
  21. Spade senza bandiera .... Head judge at the tribunal (credited)

    1962
  22. Totò diabolicus .... Nicola, the majordomo (uncredited)

    1963
  23. Il giorno più corto .... Court martial judge (uncredited)

    1964
  24. Una sporca faccenda .... The priest (credited)

    1970
  25. Terzo canale - Avventura a Montecarlo .... Film director (credited)

Titles to check
  • Quattro rose rosse (1952) ANICA
  • Suor Maria (1955) ANICA
  • A sud niente di nuovo (1957) ANICA
  • La duchessa di Santa Lucia (1959) ANICA
Notes and sources
1. Renato Rascel official website listing for "Allegro non troppo" (1944).
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Post by Johan Melle » 24/07/2022, 4:20

Totò sceicco (1950) as Battista, the servant who struggles to meet the impossibly high standards of the head majordomo played by Totò.

The first of numerous roles with Totò. Both Wikipedia and the Tototruffa website erroneously credit this role to a certain Ubaldo Loria.
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Post by Johan Melle » 24/07/2022, 4:21

Tormento del passato (1952) as Nightclub manager
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Post by Johan Melle » 24/07/2022, 4:22

La domenica della buona gente (1953) credited as "Ugo Gragnani", as Conti's friend
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Post by Johan Melle » 24/07/2022, 4:24

Madonna delle rose (1953) credited as "Ugo Gragnano", as Nightclub manager
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Post by Johan Melle » 24/07/2022, 4:25

Cristo è passato sull'aia (1953) credited on the poster as "Pierugo Gragnani", role uncertain
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Post by Johan Melle » 24/07/2022, 4:27

Nel gorgo del peccato (1954) credited as "Ugo Gragnani", as Police commissioner
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Post by Johan Melle » 24/07/2022, 4:28

Il coraggio (1955) as Functionary reading the bids
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Post by Johan Melle » 24/07/2022, 4:31

Scapricciatiello (1955) credited as "Ugo Gragnani", as Simone, the majordomo
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Post by Johan Melle » 24/07/2022, 4:33

Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge (1956) as Tabarin customer who slaps (and gets slapped back)
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