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Gigi Ballista

Gigi Ballista

Actor · 1918–1980 · Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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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.

Acted in 56

1980s

  1. 1981

    L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...

    Bishop

  2. 1980

    I Hate Blondes

    Psychiatrist

1970s

  1. 1979

    Liquirizia

    Sig. Bartolozzi

  2. 1978

    Midnight Express

    Chief Judge

    75

  3. Il furto della gioconda

    Poupardin · 3 episodes

  4. 1977

    The Schoolmate

    Girardi

    47

  5. Mala, Love and Death

    Carlo Alberto Giorgi

  6. 1976

    Un amore targato Forlì

    Movie

  7. Horse Fever

    Count Dallara

  8. Under the Sheets

    Professor Ciotti

    50

  9. Salon Kitty

    Nazi General

    48

  10. Confessions of a Lady Cop

    Questore Moretti

  11. La madama

    The Venetian

  12. 1975

    The Sunday Woman

    Vollero

    66

  13. The Family Vice

    Conte Giosuè

  14. The Noon Vigilante

    direttore Filiberto Rossetti

  15. Cassiodorus Is the Hardest Praetorian

    Cornelius da Mediolanum

  16. 1974

    Policewoman

    avvocato

    62

  17. Poker in Bed

    comm. Gervasio Caminata

  18. Italian Sex

    padre di Carletto

  19. Stavisky...

    Gaston Henriet

    67

  20. Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?

    Gino's Friend

  21. Fischia Il Sesso

    Mr. Lewis

  22. Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia

    doctor

  23. Anima mia

    Filippo Tornabuoni

  24. 1973

    The Lady Has Been Raped

    Carini

  25. Blume in Love

    Older Man

  26. Giovannona Long-Thigh

    Commendatore La Noce

    56

  27. Increase and Multiply

    Dottore

  28. 1972

    Blessed Are the Rich

    Commendatore

  29. Black Turin

    Marinotti

  30. 1001 Nights of Pleasure

    Genie in Lamp

  31. Snow Job

    Movie

  32. 1971

    Trastevere

    Count

  33. Roma bene

    Vitozzi

  34. Do Not Commit Adultery

    Padre Spiridione

  35. No One Will Notice You're Naked

    Silvio Borelon

  36. 1970

    Lady Caliph

    Il principe industriale

  37. Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It

    Il medico

  38. Jet Set Swingers

    Borgognini

  39. The Secret of Santa Vittoria

    Padre Polenta

    73

1960s

  1. 1968

    Emma Hamilton

    Cardinal Ruffo

  2. Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses

    Engineer

  3. Galileo

    commissario domenicano

  4. Sunstroke

    Conte Malvezzi

  5. Il Circolo Pickwick

    Nathaniel Winkle · 6 episodes

  6. 1967

    The Dress Rehearsal

    Movie

  7. The Seventh Floor

    medico

  8. The Man Who Betrayed the Mafia

    Aldo

  9. The Climax

    Don Michele

  10. 1966

    Pleasant Nights

    Luca di Montemerlo

  11. How I Learned to Love Women

    sir Archibald

  12. The Queens

    The Priest ("Fata Marta")

    58

  13. The Birds, the Bees and the Italians

    Giacinto Castellan

  14. 1965

    Il morbidone

    Movie

  15. 1964

    The Maniacs

    Count at the Party (segment "l'hobby") (uncredited)