Gigi Ballista
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.
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Movies (48)
L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...
as Bishop
1981
I Hate Blondes
as Psychiatrist
1980
Liquirizia
as Bartolozzi
1979
Midnight Express
as Chief Judge
1978
The Schoolmate
as Girardi
1977
Mala, Love and Death
as Carlo Alberto Giorgi
1977
Un amore targato Forlì
1976
Horse Fever
as Count Dallara
1976
Under the Sheets
as Professor Ciotti
1976
Salon Kitty
as Nazi General
1976
Confessions of a Lady Cop
as Questore Moretti
1976
La madama
as The Venetian
1976
The Sunday Woman
as Vollero
1975
The Family Vice
as Conte Giosuè
1975
The Noon Vigilante
as direttore Filiberto Rossetti
1975
Cassiodorus is the Hardest Praetorian
as Cornelius da Mediolanum
1975
Il fratello
1975
Policewoman
as avvocato
1974
Poker in Bed
as comm. Gervasio Caminata
1974
Italian Sex
as padre di Carletto
1974
Stavisky...
as Gaston Henriet
1974
Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?
as amico di Gino
1974
Fischia Il Sesso
as Mr. Lewis
1974
Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia
as Dottore
1974
Anima mia
as Filippo Tornabuoni
1974
The Lady Has Been Raped
as Carini
1973
Blume in Love
as Older Man
1973
Giovannona Long-Thigh
as Commendatore La Noce
1973
Increase and Multiply
as Dottore
1973
Blessed Are the Rich
as Commendatore
1972
Black Turin
as Marinotti
1972
1001 Nights of Pleasure
as Genie in Lamp
1972
Snow Job
1972
Trastevere
as Count
1971
Roma bene
as Vitozzi
1971
Do Not Commit Adultery
as Padre Spiridione
1971
No One Will Notice You're Naked
as Silvio Borelon
1971
Lady Caliph
as Il principe industriale
1970
Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It
as Il medico
1970
Una storia d'amore
as Borgognini
1970
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
as Padre Polenta
1970
Emma Hamilton
as Cardinal Ruffo
1968
Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
as Engineer
1968
Galileo
as commissario domenicano
1968
Sunstroke
as Conte Malvezzi
1968
The Seventh Floor
as medico
1967
The Man Who Betrayed the Mafia
as Aldo
1967
The Climax
as Don Michele
1967
