Name
Lino Ventura
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1919-07-13
Deathday
1987-10-22 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Biography
Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura (14 July 1919 – 22 October 1987), known as Lino Ventura, was an Italian-born actor and philanthropist, who lived and worked for most of his life in France. He was considered one of the greatest leading men of French cinema during the 1960s and 1970s, known for his portrayal of tough characters on both sides of the law in crime dramas.
Born in Parma and raised in Paris, Ventura worked as a professional wrestler before an injury ended his career. He made his film debut as a gangster in the 1954 Jacques Becker film Touchez pas au grisbi and rapidly became one of France's favourite film actors, playing opposite many other great stars and working with such leading directors as Louis Malle, Claude Sautet, and Claude Miller. Usually portraying a tough man, either a criminal or a cop, he also featured as a leader of the Resistance in the Jean-Pierre Melville-directed Army of Shadows (1969). He was nominated for a Cesar Award for his portrayal of Jean Valjean in the 1982 film adaptation of Les Misérables.
After one of his four children, a daughter, was born handicapped, he and his wife founded a charity Perce-Neige (Snowdrop) which aids disabled children and their parents. Though a lifelong resident and pop cultural icon in France, Ventura always considered himself an Italian first and foremost, and never took French citizenship. He was nonetheless voted 23rd in a 2005 poll of the 100 greatest Frenchmen. ...
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- 1958 Elevator to the Gallows as Le Commissaire Cherrier
- 1969 The Sicilian Clan as Commissaire Le Goff
- 1982 Les Misérables as Jean Valjean / Mr. Madeleine / Champmathieu
- 1981 The Inquisitor as Inspector Antoine Gallien
- 1967 The Last Adventure as Roland
- 1978 The Medusa Touch as Brunel
- 1964 The Great Spy Chase as Francis Lagneau
- 1973 A Pain in the Ass as Ralf Milan
- 1966 Le Deuxième Souffle as Gustave "Gu" Minda
- 1963 Crooks in Clover as Fernand Naudin
- 1961 Taxi for Tobruk as le brigadier Théo Dumas
- 1964 Greed in the Sun as Hervé Marec, aka 'Le plouc'
- 1959 Way of Youth as M. Tiercelin, restaurateur et as du marché noir
- 1966 Let's Not Get Angry as Antoine Beretto
- 1972 The Valachi Papers as Vito Genovese
- 1960 The Big Risk as Abel Davos
- 1972 Money Money Money as Lino Massaro
- 1954 Touchez Pas au Grisbi as Angelo Fraiser
- 1962 Emile's Boat as Émile Bouet
- 1969 Army of Shadows as Philippe Gerbier
- 1982 Spy, Stand Up as Sébastien Grenier
- 1976 Illustrious Corpses as Inspector Amerigo Rogas
- 1955 Razzia as Roger le Catalan
- 1957 Dishonorable Discharge as Paulo, Claire's lover
- 1984 One Hundred Days in Palermo as General Carlo Dalla Chiesa
- 1971 Fantasia Among the Squares as Sagamore Noonan
- 1959 125 rue Montmartre as Pascal
- 1958 The Lovers of Montparnasse as Morel
- 1987 La Rumba as un caïd
- 1966 To Skin a Spy as Pascal Fabre
- 1983 The Ruffian as Aldo
- 1957 To Catch a Spy as Bérès
- 1984 The Seventh Target as Bastien Grimaldi
- 1973 The Silent One as Clément Tibère
- 1970 Last Known Address as Principal Inspector Marceau Leonetti
- 2017 Lino Ventura, une histoire d'homme as Self (archive footage)
- 1962 The Devil and the Ten Commandments as Garigny
- 1965 Cloportes as Alphonse Maréchal aka 'Le Malin'
- 1965 The Wise Guys as Laurent Dannecker
- 1961 Girl in the Window as Federico
- 1978 Butterfly on the Shoulder as Roland Fériaud
- 1971 Rum Runners as Cornelius von Zeelinga
- 1965 The Dictator's Guns as Jacques Cournot
- 1974 The Slap as Jean Douléan
- 1961 The Lions Are Loose as le docteur André Challenberg
- 1959 Marie-Octobre as Carlo Bernardi
- 1973 Happy New Year as Simon
- 1961 The Last Judgment as Giovanna's father
- 1962 Carmen di Trastevere as Vincenzo, le caïd
- 1975 The French Detective as Commissioner Verjeat
- 1974 Three Tough Guys as Father Charlie
- 1957 Speaking of Murder as Pepito
- 1962 Hitch-Hike as Paul, le chauffeur de car
- 1958 The Mask of the Gorilla as Géo Paquet, Le Gorille
- 1959 The Beast Is Loose as Paul Lamiani
- 1959 Witness in the City as Ancelin
- 1959 Pensione Edelweiss as Borcher
- 1958 Three Days to Live as Lino Ferrari
- 1957 Burning Fuse as Legentil
- 2010 Code Name: Melville as Self (archive footage)
- 1961 Black City as Il bandito
- 1968 Birds of Prey as Le rapace / Le rital
- 1980 Sunday Lovers as François Quérole (sketch 'La méthode française')
- 1979 Jig-Saw as Romain Dupre
- 1959 Twelve Hours by the Clock as Fourbieux
- 1963 The Threepenny Opera as Brown, Polizeichef von London
- 1960 Mistress of the World - Part I as Biamonte
- 1975 The Cage as Julien
- 1964 Weeping for a Bandit as "El lutos"
- 2022 Bacri, comme un air de famille as Self (archive footage)
- 1958 Maigret Sets a Trap as Inspecteur Torrence
- 2022 La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président as Self (archive footage)
- 1960 Mistress of the World - Part II as Biamonte
- 1956 Crime and Punishment as Gustave Messonnier
- 1973 Far West as Prisoner
- 2022 Patrick Dewaere, My Hero as Self (archive footage) - actor
- 1957 The Strange Mr. Steve as Denis
- 1986 Sword of Gideon as Papa
- 1956 Law of the Streets as Mario
- 2018 Lino Ventura, la part intime as Self (archive footage)
- 1966 Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle as Self - Interviewee
- 1964 The Monocle's Sour Laugh as Elie's Client (uncredited)
- 2019 Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 Aznavour by Charles as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- 2012 Lino, il n'était que lui-même as Self (archive footage)
- 1973 The Right of the Maddest as Le gendarme motorisé instructeur
- 2010 Il était une fois... Les Tontons flingueurs as Self (archive footage)
- 1967 Deux Romains en Gaule as Un client du bar
- 2017 De Gaulle, the Last King of France as Self (archive footage)
- 2024 At the End of the Day as Lino (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2011 Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres as Self (archive footage)
- 2002 Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes as Self (archive footage)
- 1982 The French as Self
- 1974 Spécial cinéma ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 1972 Le Grand Échiquier ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1972 Le Grand Échiquier ( 1 episode ) as Self - Main guest
- 1977 Auf los geht's los ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1975 Les Rendez-vous du dimanche ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1975 Numéro un ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1982 Champs-Elysées ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1956 Cinépanorama ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1987 Le monde est à vous ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
- 1972 Midi trente ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1987 Sacrée soirée ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
- 1976 Cérémonie des César ( 1 episode ) as Self - President
- 1978 Ciné regards ( 1 episode ) as Self
