Made his directorial debut with "Per Grazia Ricevuta" (1971), which won
the Best First Film award at Cannes.
He has a natural daughter, Tonina (b.1985), from a relationship with a Bulgarian woman.
Wanted to work with Federico Fellini. He complained to Fellini that he never called him and that he wanted to work with him just once. Just one scene, half a scene, and that he'd do it without pay. Fellini replied, "You have too much personality!".
Popular Italian leading man, equally adept at drama and comedy.
Started in 1949 as a voice-over actor, for example, dubbing French star Gerard Philippe into Italian.
A former law student, he made a name for himself in the world of
Italian show business as a radio and music hall performer in the World
War II years.