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.

KNOWN FOR

Sanremo Music Festival
1972
Carabinieri
2002
Domenica In
1982
Indietro tutta!
1988
The Apocalypse
2004
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen
1976
The Voice of the Moon
1990
Fantozzi: White Collar Blues
1975
Sogni e bisogni
1985
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
2021
Don't Touch the White Woman!
1974
The Second Tragic Fantozzi
1976

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
104
Directing
2
Writing
27
2024
Mostruosamente Villaggio
as Self (Archive Footage)
2021
We Are Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2018
Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia
as Self
2018
W gli sposi
as Psychologist
2017
La voce di Fantozzi
as Sé stesso
2012
Everything Everything Nothing Nothing
as Presidente del Consiglio
2011
30 anni di SuperQuark - un viaggio sorprendente
2010
Portrait Of My Father
as Self
2010
Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore
as Self
2009
A Matter of Heart
as Renato
2009
L'uomo dalla bocca storta
as Self
2009
Generazione 1000 euro
as Gelsomino il professore
2008
Torno a vivere da solo
as Giacomo's father
2008
Carabinieri
as Padre Paolo Benelli
2007
Finalmente Natale
as Cesare
2006
Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds
as Self
2005
GAS
as Renato
2004
The Apocalypse
as Gaio
2004
Renzo e Lucia
as Don Abbondio
2004
Renzo e Lucia
as Don Abbondio
2002
The Magic of Fellini
as Self
2002
Carabinieri
as Giovanni Benelli
2001
Heidi
as Großvater
2001
Delirio di un povero vecchio
2000
Teeth
as Dr. Cagnano
2000
Azzurro
as Giuseppe De Metrio
1999
Fantozzi 2000 - The Cloning
as Rag. Ugo Fantozzi
1998
A Liar in Paradise
as Gino
1997
Banzai
as Sergio Colombo
1996
Fantozzi The Return
as Rag. Ugo Fantozzi
1995
I Don't Speak English
as Sergio
1995
Camerieri
as Loris Bianchi
1995
Snowball
as Billy Bolla
1994
The New Comics
as Paolo
1994
Dear Goddamned Friends
as Dieci
1994
In morte di Federico Fellini
1993
Fantozzi in Heaven
as Rag. Ugo Fantozzi
1993
The Secret of the Old Woods
as Col. Procolo
1992
Ciao, Professore!
as Marco Sperelli
1991
The Comics 2
as Paolo
1990
The Comics
as Paolo
1990
Fantozzi to the Rescue
as Rag. Ugo Fantozzi
1990
The Voice of the Moon
as Gonnella
1989
I Won the New Year's Lottery
as Paolo Ciottoli
1988
Fantozzi Retires
as Rag. Ugo Fantozzi
1988
The Big Fox
as Ugo Maria Volpone
1988
Indietro tutta!
as Se stesso
1987
Firefighters 2: Heroic Mission
as Paolo Casalotti
1987
School of Thieves 2
as Dalmazio Siraghi
1987
Rimini Rimini
as Ermenegildo Morelli
1987
Stuff for the Rich
as Attilio Carbone (1° episodio)
1987
How Long Is the Adventure
as Gianni Zappi
1986
Department Store
as Detenuto Turati / Robot
1986
Super Fantozzi
as Ugo Fantozzi
1986
School of Thieves
as Dalmazio Siraghi
1985
Who's Afraid of Dracula?
as Giandomenico Fracchia
1985
Firefighters
as Paolo Casalotti
1985
Sogni e bisogni
as Orazio
1984
Tit for Tat
as Gino Sciaccaluga
1983
Fantozzi Still Suffers
as Rag. Ugo Fantozzi
1983
Bonnie and Clyde Italian Style
as Leo Gavazzi
1983
Two of a Kind
as Ringhio / Il Geometra
1982
Forbidden Dreams
as Paolo Coniglio
1982
Domenica In
as Self
1981
Fracchia The Human Beast
as Giandomenico Fracchia / La Belva Umana
1981
Il turno
as Don Pepe Alletto
1981
Telepatria international ovvero niente paura siamo italiani
as Cristoforo Colombo
1980
Fantozzi Against the Wind
as Rag. Ugo Fantozzi
1980
The Precarious Bank Teller
as Rag. Arturo De Fanti
1980
La locandiera
as marchese di Forlipopoli
1979
Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot
as Dr. Jekyll / Mr Hyde
1978
Where Are You Going on Holiday?
as Arturo (episodio "Si Buana")
1978
Io tigro, tu tigri, egli tigra
as Della Spigola (2° episodio)
1978
Quando c'era lui... caro lei!
as Berretta
1978
Professor Kranz german in Germany
as Prof. Otto von Kranz
1977
Three Tigers Against Three Tigers
as Avvocato Scorza
1977
Il... Belpaese
as Guido Belardinelli
1976
The Second Tragic Fantozzi
as Ugo Fantozzi
1976
Mr. Robinson
as Robi
1976
Strange Occasion
as Giobatta (episodio "Italian Superman")
1976
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen
as Professor Schmidt / Presentatore quiz
1976
Babau
1975
The Baron's Mazurka
as Checco Coniglio
1975
What's Your Sign?
as Dante Bompazzi
1975
Fantozzi: White Collar Blues
as Ugo Fantozzi
1975
Giandomenico Fracchia - Sogni proibiti di uno di noi
as Giandomenico Fracchia
1974
Don't Touch the White Woman!
as The CIA agent
1974
To My Dear Mother on Her Birthday
as Conte Fernando - Didino
1974
I'll Fix America and Be Right Back
as Giovanni Bonfiglio
1973
Cake in the Sky
1972
Blessed Are the Rich
as Augusto
1972
What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution?
as Don Albino Moncalieri
1972
Without Family
as Agostino Antoniucci
1972
Carosello - Martini - Paolo Villaggio e i sogni proibiti - Sergente
1972
Carosello - Martini - Paolo Villaggio e i sogni proibiti - Barone Rosa
1972
Carosello - Martini - Paolo Villaggio e i sogni proibiti - Il puglie
1972
Sanremo Music Festival
as Self - Host
1970
Brancaleone at the Crusades
as Thorz
1969
In the Name of the Father
as Eddy
1969
You Are Always In My Mind
as vigile Filini
1969
Il Terribile Ispettore
as Paolo De Angelis
1969
Il killer
1968
Eat It
as Volpi