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