Gigi Ballista
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
- 1981 · L'assistente sociale tutta pepe e tutta sale as Bishop
- 1980 · I Hate Blondes as Psychiatrist
- 1979 · Liquirizia as Bartolozzi
- 1978 · Midnight Express as Chief Judge
- 1978 · Il furto della gioconda as Poupardin
- 1977 · The Schoolmate as Girardi
- 1977 · Mala, Love and Death as Carlo Alberto Giorgi
- 1976 · Un amore targato Forlì as
- 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 · Il giustiziere di mezzogiorno as direttore Filiberto Rossetti
- 1975 · Cassiodorus is the Hardest Praetorian as Cornelius da Mediolanum
- 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 amico di Gino
- 1974 · Fischia Il Sesso as Mr. Lewis
- 1974 · Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia as Dottore
- 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 · Snow Job as
- 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 · Una storia d'amore 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 · Il Circolo Pickwick as Nathaniel Winkle
- 1967 · Il fischio al naso as medico
- 1967 · The Man Who Betrayed the Mafia as Aldo
- 1967 · The Climax as Don Michele
- 1966 · How I Learned to Love Women as sir Archibald
- 1966 · Pleasant Nights as Luca di Montemerlo
- 1966 · The Queens as The Priest ("Fata Marta")
- 1966 · The Birds, the Bees and the Italians as Giacinto Castellan
- 1965 · Il morbidone as
- 1964 · The Maniacs as Count at the Party (segment "l'hobby") (uncredited)