Gigi Ballista
55 movies · 2 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 1, 1918
- Died
- Aug 2, 1980 (age 61)
- Place of birth
- Florence, Tuscany, Italy
- Also known as
- Giggi Ballista · Luigi Ballista
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.
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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.
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Profiles IMDb
Known for
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★ 7.4 Midnight Express
1978 · Film
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★ 7.3 Horse Fever
1976 · Film
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★ 5.6 Salon Kitty
1976 · Film
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★ 7.2 Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia
1974 · Film
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★ 5.9 Stavisky...
1974 · Film
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★ 6.5 The Sunday Woman
1975 · Film
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★ 7.2 The Birds, the Bees and the Italians
1966 · Film
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★ 6.9 The Secret of Santa Vittoria
1970 · Film
Gigi Ballista: movies and TV shows
Acting (57)
- 1981 L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...
as Bishop
- 1980 I Hate Blondes
as Psychiatrist
- 1979 Liquirizia
as Bartolozzi
- 1978 Midnight Express
as Chief Judge
- 1978
- 1977 The Schoolmate
as Girardi
- 1977 Mala, Love and Death
as Carlo Alberto Giorgi
- 1976
- 1976 Horse Fever
as Count Dallara
- 1976 Under the Sheets
as Professor Ciotti
- 1976 Salon Kitty
as Nazi General
- 1976 Confessions of a Lady Cop
as Questore Moretti
- 1976 La madama
as The Venetian
- 1975 The Sunday Woman
as Vollero
- 1975 The Family Vice
as Conte Giosuè
- 1975 The Noon Vigilante
as direttore Filiberto Rossetti
- 1975 Cassiodorus Is the Hardest Praetorian
as Cornelius da Mediolanum
- 1975
- 1974 Policewoman
as avvocato
- 1974 Poker in Bed
as comm. Gervasio Caminata
- 1974 Italian Sex
as padre di Carletto
- 1974 Stavisky...
as Gaston Henriet
- 1974 Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?
as Gino's Friend
- 1974 Fischia Il Sesso
as Mr. Lewis
- 1974
- 1974 Anima mia
as Filippo Tornabuoni
- 1973 The Lady Has Been Raped
as Carini
- 1973 Blume in Love
as Older Man
- 1973 Giovannona Long-Thigh
as Commendatore La Noce
- 1973 Increase and Multiply
as Dottore
- 1972 Blessed Are the Rich
as Commendatore
- 1972 Black Turin
as Marinotti
- 1972 1001 Nights of Pleasure
as Genie in Lamp
- 1972
- 1971 Trastevere
as Count
- 1971 Roma bene
as Vitozzi
- 1971 Do Not Commit Adultery
as Padre Spiridione
- 1971 No One Will Notice You're Naked
as Silvio Borelon
- 1970 Lady Caliph
as Il principe industriale
- 1970 Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It
as Il medico
- 1970 Jet Set Swingers
as Borgognini
- 1970 The Secret of Santa Vittoria
as Padre Polenta
- 1968 Emma Hamilton
as Cardinal Ruffo
- 1968 Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
as Engineer
- 1968 Galileo
as commissario domenicano
- 1968 Sunstroke
as Conte Malvezzi
- 1968
- 1967
- 1967 The Seventh Floor
as medico
- 1967 The Man Who Betrayed the Mafia
as Aldo
- 1967 The Climax
as Don Michele
- 1966 Pleasant Nights
as Luca di Montemerlo
- 1966 How I Learned to Love Women
as sir Archibald
- 1966 The Queens
as The Priest ("Fata Marta")
- 1966 The Birds, the Bees and the Italians
as Giacinto Castellan
- 1965
- 1964 The Maniacs
as Count at the Party (segment "l'hobby") (uncredited)