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