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Gigi Ballista

Gigi Ballista

Actor · Born 1918-12-01 · Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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Biography

Gigi Ballista (1 December 1918 – 2 August 1980) was an Italian film and television actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1961 and 1980. Born in Florence, Ballista graduated in Law, then he started working as a PR consultant in the field of advertising and industrial documentaries. He debuted as an actor at a mature age in the early 1960s with some minor roles, but his breakout came in 1966 with a role of weight in Pietro Germi's The Birds, the Bees and the Italians. Following the critical and commercial success of the film, Ballista decided to pursue a professional career as an actor, and he became, mainly thanks to his characteristic hoarse and dysphonic voice, one of the most recognizable character actors in Italian cinema and television. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gigi Ballista, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Midnight Express (1978) — Chief Judge
  2. Horse Fever (1976) — Count Dallara
  3. Salon Kitty (1976) — Nazi General
  4. Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia (1974) — doctor
  5. Stavisky... (1974) — Gaston Henriet
  6. The Sunday Woman (1975) — Vollero
  7. The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966) — Giacinto Castellan
  8. The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1970) — Padre Polenta
  9. Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses (1968) — Engineer
  10. Giovannona Long-Thigh (1973) — Commendatore La Noce
  11. Confessions of a Lady Cop (1976) — Questore Moretti
  12. Galileo (1968) — commissario domenicano
  13. The Schoolmate (1977) — Girardi
  14. Policewoman (1974) — avvocato
  15. Lady Caliph (1970) — Il principe industriale
  16. Blume in Love (1973) — Older Man
  17. Black Turin (1972) — Marinotti
  18. Poker in Bed (1974) — comm. Gervasio Caminata
  19. The Family Vice (1975) — Conte Giosuè
  20. The Queens (1966) — The Priest ("Fata Marta")
  21. The Climax (1967) — Don Michele
  22. Do Not Commit Adultery (1971) — Padre Spiridione
  23. No One Will Notice You're Naked (1971) — Silvio Borelon
  24. Roma bene (1971) — Vitozzi
  25. The Maniacs (1964) — Count at the Party (segment "l'hobby") (uncredited)
  26. The Seventh Floor (1967) — medico
  27. Emma Hamilton (1968) — Cardinal Ruffo
  28. Italian Sex (1974) — padre di Carletto
  29. Under the Sheets (1976) — Professor Ciotti
  30. How I Learned to Love Women (1966) — sir Archibald
  31. 1001 Nights of Pleasure (1972) — Genie in Lamp
  32. Pleasant Nights (1966) — Luca di Montemerlo
  33. L'assistente sociale tutto pepe... (1981) — Bishop
  34. Trastevere (1971) — Count
  35. Liquirizia (1979) — Bartolozzi
  36. I Hate Blondes (1980) — Psychiatrist
  37. Mala, Love and Death (1977) — Carlo Alberto Giorgi
  38. Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It (1970) — Il medico
  39. Snow Job (1972)
  40. The Noon Vigilante (1975) — direttore Filiberto Rossetti