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