Gigi Ballista
Known For
Acting
Born
1918-12-01 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Died
1980-08-02
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.
Most Known For
Midnight Express
as Chief Judge
Stavisky...
as Gaston Henriet
Il fratello
Salon Kitty
as Nazi General
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
as Padre Polenta
The Family Vice
as Conte Giosuè
Giovannona Long-Thigh
as Commendatore La Noce
Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia
as Dottore
Italian Sex
as padre di Carletto
The Queens
as The Priest ("Fata Marta")
Blume in Love
as Older Man
Confessions of a Lady Cop
as Questore Moretti
L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...
as Bishop
The Sunday Woman
as Vollero
The Schoolmate
as Girardi
Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
as Engineer
Poker in Bed
as comm. Gervasio Caminata
Horse Fever
as Count Dallara
Galileo
as commissario domenicano
The Birds, the Bees and the Italians
as Giacinto Castellan