Lino Ventura
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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.
Known for
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Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
as Le Commissaire Cherrier
Army of Shadows (1969)
as Philippe Gerbier
The Medusa Touch (1978)
as Brunel
The Sicilian Clan (1969)
as Commissaire Le Goff
The Great Spy Chase (1964)
as Francis Lagneau
The Valachi Papers (1972)
as Vito Genovese
At the End of the Day (2024)
as Lino (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962)
as Garigny
The Big Risk (1960)
as Abel Davos
The Inquisitor (1981)
as Inspector Antoine Gallien
Crooks in Clover (1963)
as Fernand Naudin
Razzia (1955)
as Roger le Catalan
The Threepenny Opera (1963)
as Brown, Polizeichef von London
Les Misérables (1982)
as Jean Valjean / Mr. Madeleine / Champmathieu
Spy, Stand Up (1982)
as Sébastien Grenier
The Cage (1975)
as Julien
Le Deuxième Souffle (1966)
as Gustave "Gu" Minda
The Last Judgment (1961)
as Giovanna's father
The Last Adventure (1967)
as Roland
Marie-Octobre (1959)
as Carlo Bernardi
Let's Not Get Angry (1966)
as Antoine Beretto
Touchez Pas au Grisbi (1954)
as Angelo Fraiser
Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle (1966)
as Self - Interviewee
The Slap (1974)
as Jean Douléan
Witness in the City (1959)
as Ancelin
Greed in the Sun (1964)
as Hervé Marec, aka 'Le plouc'
Way of Youth (1959)
as M. Tiercelin, restaurateur et as du marché noir
The French Detective (1975)
as Commissioner Verjeat
A Pain in the Ass (1973)
as Ralf Milan
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Sunday Lovers (1980)
as François Quérole (sketch 'La méthode française')
To Skin a Spy (1966)
as Pascal Fabre
The Seventh Target (1984)
as Bastien Grimaldi
Maigret Sets a Trap (1958)
as Inspecteur Torrence
The Silent One (1973)
as Clément Tibère
Last Known Address (1970)
as Principal Inspector Marceau Leonetti
The Wise Guys (1965)
as Laurent Dannecker
Taxi for Tobruk (1961)
as le brigadier Théo Dumas
Rum Runners (1971)
as Cornelius von Zeelinga
Happy New Year (1973)
as Simon
The Dictator's Guns (1965)
as Jacques Cournot
Money Money Money (1972)
as Lino Massaro
L'Homme en colère (1979)
as Romain Dupre
Illustrious Corpses (1976)
as Inspector Amerigo Rogas
The Ruffian (1983)
as Aldo
The Beast Is Loose (1959)
as Paul Lamiani
One Hundred Days in Palermo (1984)
as General Carlo Dalla Chiesa
Cloportes (1965)
as Alphonse Maréchal aka 'Le Malin'
The Mask of the Gorilla (1958)
as Géo Paquet, Le Gorille
Speaking of Murder (1957)
as Pepito
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
Aznavour by Charles (2019)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Patrick Dewaere, My Hero (2022)
as Self (archive footage) - actor
Three Days to Live (1958)
as Lino Ferrari
Weeping for a Bandit (1964)
as "El lutos"
Crime and Punishment (1956)
as Gustave Messonnier
The Lovers of Montparnasse (1958)
as Morel
Fantasia Among the Squares (1971)
as Sagamore Noonan
Butterfly on the Shoulder (1978)
as Roland Fériaud
Three Tough Guys (1974)
as Father Charlie
Sword of Gideon (1986)
as Papa
Girl in the Window (1961)
as Federico
Law of the Streets (1956)
as Mario
125 rue Montmartre (1959)
as Pascal
Far West (1973)
as Prisoner
Code Name: Melville (2010)
as Self (archive footage)
Emile's Boat (1962)
as Émile Bouet
Birds of Prey (1968)
as Le rapace / Le rital
De Gaulle, the Last King of France (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
Mistress of the World - Part I (1960)
as Biamonte
Deux Romains en Gaule (1967)
as Un client du bar
The Right of the Maddest (1973)
as Le gendarme motorisé instructeur
Hitch-Hike (1962)
as Paul, le chauffeur de car
Lino Ventura, la part intime (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
Mistress of the World - Part II (1960)
as Biamonte
The Monocle's Sour Laugh (1964)
as Elie's Client (uncredited)
Black City (1961)
as Il bandito
Twelve Hours by the Clock (1959)
as Fourbieux
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
The Lions Are Loose (1961)
as le docteur André Challenberg
Carmen di Trastevere (1962)
as Vincenzo, le caïd
Burning Fuse (1957)
as Legentil
The French (1982)
as Self
Dishonorable Discharge (1957)
as Paulo, Claire's lover
Pensione Edelweiss (1959)
as Borcher
To Catch a Spy (1957)
as Bérès
La Rumba (1987)
as un caïd
Bacri, comme un air de famille (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
Il était une fois... Les Tontons flingueurs (2010)
as Self (archive footage)
Lino, il n'était que lui-même (2012)
as Self (archive footage)
The Strange Mr. Steve (1957)
as Denis
Lino Ventura, une histoire d'homme (2017)
as Self (archive footage)