Gigi Ballista
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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.
Known for
Credits
Midnight Express (1978)
as Chief Judge
Salon Kitty (1976)
as Nazi General
The Family Vice (1975)
as Conte Giosuè
How I Learned to Love Women (1966)
as sir Archibald
Under the Sheets (1976)
as Professor Ciotti
Stavisky... (1974)
as Gaston Henriet
Giovannona Long-Thigh (1973)
as Commendatore La Noce
Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia (1974)
as doctor
The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1970)
as Padre Polenta
Policewoman (1974)
as avvocato
Poker in Bed (1974)
as comm. Gervasio Caminata
Roma bene (1971)
as Vitozzi
Italian Sex (1974)
as padre di Carletto
The Schoolmate (1977)
as Girardi
Black Turin (1972)
as Marinotti
La madama (1976)
as The Venetian
Lady Caliph (1970)
as Il principe industriale
Confessions of a Lady Cop (1976)
as Questore Moretti
Blume in Love (1973)
as Older Man
Horse Fever (1976)
as Count Dallara
Do Not Commit Adultery (1971)
as Padre Spiridione
The Queens (1966)
as The Priest ("Fata Marta")
The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966)
as Giacinto Castellan
Emma Hamilton (1968)
as Cardinal Ruffo
Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses (1968)
as Engineer
The Sunday Woman (1975)
as Vollero
The Seventh Floor (1967)
as medico
The Maniacs (1964)
as Count at the Party (segment "l'hobby") (uncredited)
The Man Who Betrayed the Mafia (1967)
as Aldo
Anima mia (1974)
as Filippo Tornabuoni
Pleasant Nights (1966)
as Luca di Montemerlo
Trastevere (1971)
as Count
Snow Job (1972)
Actor
L'assistente sociale tutto pepe... (1981)
as Bishop
No One Will Notice You're Naked (1971)
as Silvio Borelon
1001 Nights of Pleasure (1972)
as Genie in Lamp
The Lady Has Been Raped (1973)
as Carini
Liquirizia (1979)
as Bartolozzi
I Hate Blondes (1980)
as Psychiatrist
The Climax (1967)
as Don Michele
Il morbidone (1965)
Actor
Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia? (1974)
as Gino's Friend
Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It (1970)
as Il medico
Fischia Il Sesso (1974)
as Mr. Lewis
Galileo (1968)
as commissario domenicano
Mala, Love and Death (1977)
as Carlo Alberto Giorgi
Sunstroke (1968)
as Conte Malvezzi
Blessed Are the Rich (1972)
as Commendatore
Un amore targato Forlì (1976)
Actor
Cassiodorus Is the Hardest Praetorian (1975)
as Cornelius da Mediolanum
The Noon Vigilante (1975)
as direttore Filiberto Rossetti
Una storia d'amore (1970)
as Borgognini
Increase and Multiply (1973)
as Dottore
Il fratello (1975)
Actor