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