Paolo Villaggio
1932–2017 · Italian actor, writer and comedian
Paolo Villaggio was an Italian actor, comedian, film director, and writer. 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.
Paolo Villaggio, in order
- 1968 Eat It: acted · directed by Francesco Casaretti
- 1969 I quattro del pater noster: acted · directed by Ruggero Deodato
- 1969 Pensando a te: acted · directed by Aldo Grimaldi
- 1970 Brancaleone at the Crusades: acted · directed by Mario Monicelli
- 1972 Beati i ricchi: acted · directed by Salvatore Samperi
- 1972 What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution?: acted · directed by Sergio Corbucci
- 1972 Without Family: acted · directed by Vittorio Gassman
- 1973 Cake in the Sky: acted · directed by Lino Del Fra
- 1974 Alla mia cara mamma nel giorno del suo compleanno: acted · directed by Luciano Salce
- 1974 Don't Touch the White Woman!: acted · directed by Marco Ferreri
- 1974 Sistemo l'America e torno: acted · directed by Nanni Loy
- 1975 Fantozzi: wrote, acted · directed by Luciano Salce
- 1975 La mazurka del barone, della santa e del fico fiorone: acted · directed by Pupi Avati
- 1975 What's Your Sign?: acted · directed by Sergio Corbucci
- 1976 Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen: acted · directed by Agenore Incrocci and Ettore Scola
- 1976 Mr. Robinson: wrote, acted · directed by Sergio Corbucci
- 1976 Strange Occasion: acted · directed by Luigi Comencini and Luigi Magni
- 1976 The Second Tragic Fantozzi: wrote, acted · directed by Luciano Salce
- 1977 Il... Belpaese: wrote, acted · directed by Luciano Salce
- 1977 Three Tigers Against Three Tigers: acted · directed by Sergio Corbucci and Steno
- 1978 Io tigro, tu tigri, egli tigra: acted · directed by Giorgio Capitani and Renato Pozzetto
- 1978 Professor Kranz tedesco di Germania: wrote, acted · directed by Luciano Salce
- 1978 Quando c'era lui... caro lei!: acted · directed by Giancarlo Santi
- 1978 Where Are You Going on Holiday?: acted · directed by Alberto Sordi and Luciano Salce
- 1979 Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot: acted · directed by Steno
- 1980 Fantozzi against everyone: directed, wrote, acted
- 1980 La locandiera: acted · directed by Paolo Cavara
- 1980 The Precarious Bank Teller: acted · directed by Luciano Salce
- 1981 Fracchia la belva umana: wrote, acted · directed by Neri Parenti
- 1981 Il turno: acted · directed by Tonino Cervi
- 1982 Bonnie and Clyde Italian Style: wrote, acted · directed by Steno
- 1982 Sogni mostruosamente proibiti: acted · directed by Neri Parenti
- 1983 Fantozzi Still Suffers: wrote, acted · directed by Neri Parenti
- 1983 Pappa e ciccia: wrote, acted · directed by Neri Parenti
- 1984 A tu per tu: acted · directed by Sergio Corbucci
- 1985 Fracchia contro Dracula: wrote, acted · directed by Neri Parenti
- 1985 I pompieri: acted · directed by Neri Parenti
- 1986 Grandi magazzini: acted · directed by Franco Castellano and Giuseppe Moccia
- 1986 Scuola di ladri: acted · directed by Neri Parenti
- 1986 Superfantozzi: wrote, acted · directed by Neri Parenti
- 1987 Com'è dura l'avventura: acted · directed by Flavio Mogherini
- 1987 Firefighters 2: Heroic Mission: acted · directed by Giorgio Capitani
- 1987 Rimini Rimini: acted · directed by Sergio Corbucci
- 1987 Roba da ricchi: acted · directed by Sergio Corbucci
- 1987 Scuola di ladri - Parte seconda: acted · directed by Neri Parenti
- 1988 Fantozzi va in pensione: wrote, acted · directed by Neri Parenti
- 1988 Il volpone: acted · directed by Maurizio Ponzi
- 1989 I Won the New Year's Lottery: acted · directed by Neri Parenti
- 1990 Fantozzi alla riscossa: wrote, acted · directed by Neri Parenti
- 1990 Le comiche: acted · directed by Neri Parenti
- 1990 The Voice of the Moon: acted · directed by Federico Fellini · audiences 61%
- 1991 The Comics 2: acted · directed by Neri Parenti
- 1992 Ciao, Professore!: acted · directed by Lina Wertmüller
- 1993 Fantozzi in Heaven: wrote, acted · directed by Neri Parenti
- 1993 The Secret of the Old Woods: acted · directed by Ermanno Olmi
- 1994 Dear Goddamned Friends: acted · directed by Mario Monicelli
- 1994 The New Comics: acted · directed by Neri Parenti
- 1995 Camerieri: acted · directed by Leone Pompucci
- 1995 I Don't Speak English: acted · directed by Carlo Vanzina
- 1995 Snowball: acted · directed by Maurizio Nichetti
- 1996 Fantozzi – Il ritorno: wrote, acted · directed by Neri Parenti
- 1997 Banzai: acted · directed by Carlo Vanzina
- 1998 Un bugiardo in paradiso: acted · directed by Enrico Oldoini
- 1999 Fantozzi 2000 - The Cloning: acted · directed by Domenico Saverni
- 2000 Azzurro: acted · directed by Denis Rabaglia
- 2000 Denti: acted · directed by Gabriele Salvatores
- 2001 Heidi: acted · directed by Markus Imboden
- 2002 Apocalypse Revelation (TV movie): acted · directed by Raffaele Mertes
- 2004 How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio: acted · directed by Daniele Ciprì and Franco Maresco
- 2004 Renzo e Lucia (TV series): acted · directed by Francesca Archibugi
- 2005 Gas: acted · directed by Luciano Melchionna
- 2007 Hermano: acted · directed by Giovanni Robbiano
- 2009 A Question of the Heart: acted · directed by Francesca Archibugi
- 2009 Generation 1000 Euros: acted · directed by Massimo Venier
- 2009 Torno a vivere da solo: acted · directed by Jerry Calà
- 2012 Tutto tutto niente niente: acted · directed by Giulio Manfredonia
- Giandomenico Fracchia - Sogni proibiti di uno di noi (TV series): acted · directed by Antonello Falqui