- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 1, 1918
- Place of Birth
- Florence, Tuscany, Italy
- Died
- August 2, 1980
Gigi Ballista
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.
Filmography
movieL'assistente sociale tutto pepe...
1981 · Bishop
movieI Hate Blondes
1980 · Psychiatrist
movieLiquirizia
1979 · Bartolozzi
movieMidnight Express
1978 · Chief Judge
tvIl furto della gioconda
1978 · Poupardin
movieThe Schoolmate
1977 · Girardi
movieMala, Love and Death
1977 · Carlo Alberto Giorgi
movieUn amore targato Forlì
1976
movieHorse Fever
1976 · Count Dallara
movieUnder the Sheets
1976 · Professor Ciotti
movieSalon Kitty
1976 · Nazi General
movieConfessions of a Lady Cop
1976 · Questore Moretti
movieLa madama
1976 · The Venetian
movieThe Sunday Woman
1975 · Vollero
movieThe Family Vice
1975 · Conte Giosuè
movieThe Noon Vigilante
1975 · direttore Filiberto Rossetti
movieCassiodorus Is the Hardest Praetorian
1975 · Cornelius da Mediolanum
Il fratello
movieIl fratello
1975
moviePolicewoman
1974 · avvocato
moviePoker in Bed
1974 · comm. Gervasio Caminata
movieItalian Sex
1974 · padre di Carletto
movieStavisky...
1974 · Gaston Henriet
moviePermettete signora che ami vostra figlia?
1974 · Gino's Friend
movieFischia Il Sesso
1974 · Mr. Lewis
movieUnbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia
1974 · doctor
movieAnima mia
1974 · Filippo Tornabuoni
movieThe Lady Has Been Raped
1973 · Carini
movieBlume in Love
1973 · Older Man
movieGiovannona Long-Thigh
1973 · Commendatore La Noce
movieIncrease and Multiply
1973 · Dottore
movieBlessed Are the Rich
1972 · Commendatore
movieBlack Turin
1972 · Marinotti
movie1001 Nights of Pleasure
1972 · Genie in Lamp
movieSnow Job
1972
movieTrastevere
1971 · Count
movieRoma bene
1971 · Vitozzi
movieDo Not Commit Adultery
1971 · Padre Spiridione
movieNo One Will Notice You're Naked
1971 · Silvio Borelon
movieLady Caliph
1970 · Il principe industriale
movieKill the Fatted Calf and Roast It
1970 · Il medico
movieUna storia d'amore
1970 · Borgognini
movieThe Secret of Santa Vittoria
1970 · Padre Polenta
movieEmma Hamilton
1968 · Cardinal Ruffo
movieTorture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
1968 · Engineer
movieGalileo
1968 · commissario domenicano
movieSunstroke
1968 · Conte Malvezzi
tvIl Circolo Pickwick
1968 · Nathaniel Winkle
movieThe Seventh Floor
1967 · medico
movieThe Man Who Betrayed the Mafia
1967 · Aldo
movieThe Climax
1967 · Don Michele
moviePleasant Nights
1966 · Luca di Montemerlo
movieHow I Learned to Love Women
1966 · sir Archibald
movieThe Queens
1966 · The Priest ("Fata Marta")
movieThe Birds, the Bees and the Italians
1966 · Giacinto Castellan
movieIl morbidone
1965
movieThe Maniacs
1964 · Count at the Party (segment "l'hobby") (uncredited)