Highest rated as cast or director
Lino Ventura's 7 titles from the 1960s have a median Balasaur Score of 70, led by Army of Shadows (88) and The Big Risk (81), against 64 for those from the 1970s.
Biography
Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura (14 July 1919 – 22 October 1987), known as Lino Ventura, was an Italian-born actor and philanthropist, who lived and worked for most of his life in France. He was considered one of the greatest leading men of French cinema during the 1960s and 1970s, known for his portrayal of tough characters on both sides of the law in crime dramas. Born in Parma and raised in Paris, Ventura worked as a professional wrestler before an injury ended his career. He made his film debut as a gangster in the 1954 Jacques Becker film Touchez pas au grisbi and rapidly became one of France's favourite film actors, playing opposite many other great stars and working with such leading directors as Louis Malle, Claude Sautet, and Claude Miller. Usually portraying a tough man, either a criminal or a cop, he also featured as a leader of the Resistance in the Jean-Pierre Melville-directed Army of Shadows (1969). He was nominated for a Cesar Award for his portrayal of Jean Valjean in the 1982 film adaptation of Les Misérables. After one of his four children, a daughter, was born handicapped, he and his wife founded a charity Perce-Neige (Snowdrop) which aids disabled children and their parents. Though a lifelong resident and pop cultural icon in France, Ventura always considered himself an Italian first and foremost, and never took French citizenship. He was nonetheless voted 23rd in a 2005 poll of the 100 greatest Frenchmen. ... Description above from the Wikipedia article Lino Ventura, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acted in 78
2020s
- 2024
At the End of the Day
Lino (archive footage) (uncredited)
1980s
- 1987
La Rumba
un caïd
- 1986
Sword of Gideon
Papa
- 1984
One Hundred Days in Palermo
General Carlo Dalla Chiesa
- 1983
The Ruffian
Aldo
- 1982
Spy, Stand Up
Sébastien Grenier
- 1981
The Inquisitor
Inspector Antoine Gallien
- 1980
Sunday Lovers
François Quérole (sketch 'La méthode française')
1970s
- 1979
Jig-Saw
Romain Dupre
- 1978
Butterfly on the Shoulder
Roland Fériaud
- 1976
- 1975
The Cage
Julien
- 1974
The Slap
Jean Douléan
Three Tough Guys
Father Charlie
- 1973
A Pain in the Ass
Ralf Milan
Far West
Prisoner
Happy New Year
Simon
The Right of the Maddest
Le gendarme motorisé instructeur
The Silent One
Clément Tibère
- 1972
Money Money Money
Lino Massaro
- 1971
Fantasia Among the Squares
Sagamore Noonan
- 1970
Last Known Address
Principal Inspector Marceau Leonetti
1960s
- 1969
- 1968
Birds of Prey
Le rapace / Le rital
- 1967
Deux Romains en Gaule
Un client du bar
- 1966
Le Deuxième Souffle
Gustave "Gu" Minda
To Skin a Spy
Pascal Fabre
Let's Not Get Angry
Antoine Beretto
- 1965
The Wise Guys
Laurent Dannecker
Cloportes
Alphonse Maréchal aka 'Le Malin'
- 1964
The Monocle's Sour Laugh
Elie's Client (uncredited)
- 1963
Crooks in Clover
Fernand Naudin
The Threepenny Opera
Brown, Polizeichef von London
- 1962
Carmen di Trastevere
Vincenzo, le caïd
Hitch-Hike
Paul, le chauffeur de car
Emile's Boat
Émile Bouet
- 1961
The Last Judgment
Giovanna's father
The Lions Are Loose
le docteur André Challenberg
Black City
Il bandito
Taxi for Tobruk
le brigadier Théo Dumas
Girl in the Window
Federico
- 1960
Mistress of the World - Part II
Biamonte
Mistress of the World - Part I
Biamonte
1950s
- 1959
Way of Youth
M. Tiercelin, restaurateur et as du marché noir
125 rue Montmartre
Pascal
Witness in the City
Ancelin
Marie-Octobre
Carlo Bernardi
Twelve Hours by the Clock
Fourbieux
Pensione Edelweiss
Borcher
The Beast Is Loose
Paul Lamiani
- 1958
The Mask of the Gorilla
Géo Paquet, Le Gorille
Three Days to Live
Lino Ferrari
Maigret Sets a Trap
Inspecteur Torrence
- 1957
Dishonorable Discharge
Paulo, Claire's lover
The Strange Mr. Steve
Denis
Speaking of Murder
Pepito
To Catch a Spy
Bérès
Burning Fuse
Legentil
- 1956
Crime and Punishment
Gustave Messonnier
Law of the Streets
Mario
- 1955
Razzia
Roger le Catalan
- 1954
Appearances25
2020s
- 2022
Patrick Dewaere, My Hero
Self (archive footage) - actor
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Self (archive footage)
2010s
- 2019
Aznavour by Charles
Self - Actor (archive footage)
- 2018
Lino Ventura, la part intime
Self (archive footage)
- 2017
Lino Ventura, une histoire d'homme
Self (archive footage)
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
Self (archive footage)
- 2011
Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres
Self (archive footage)
- 2010
Il était une fois... Les Tontons flingueurs
Self (archive footage)
Code Name: Melville
Self (archive footage)
2000s
- 2002
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
Self (archive footage)
1980s
- 1987
- 1982
The French
Self
1970s
- 1978
- 1977
- 1976
- 1975
- 1974
- 1972
1950s
- 1956
