Name
Gigi Ballista
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1918-12-01
Deathday
1980-08-02 (62 years old)
Place of Birth
Florence, Tuscany, Italy
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.
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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Known For
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Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of a country. The courts decide to m...
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In Nazi Germany, Kitty runs a brothel where the soldiers come to 'relax'. Recording device...
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During World War II, Italian villagers hide their wine from the German army....
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Biarritz, 1933. Charm and talent assist small-time swindler Serge Alexandre, alias Stavisk...
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- 1970 Lady Caliph as Il principe industriale
- 1968 Galileo as commissario domenicano
- 1974 Stavisky... as Gaston Henriet
- 1968 Emma Hamilton as Cardinal Ruffo
- 1970 Una storia d'amore as Borgognini
- 1973 Giovannona Long-Thigh as Commendatore La Noce
- 1976 Confessions of a Lady Cop as Questore Moretti
- 1971 No One Will Notice You're Naked as Silvio Borelon
- 1966 Pleasant Nights as Luca di Montemerlo
- 1967 The Climax as Don Michele
- 1974 Fischia Il Sesso as Mr. Lewis
- 1972 Blessed Are the Rich as Commendatore
- 1973 The Lady Has Been Raped as Carini
- 1976 Under the Sheets as Professor Ciotti
- 1965 Il morbidone
- 1976 La madama as The Venetian
- 1977 Mala, Love and Death as Carlo Alberto Giorgi
- 1979 Liquirizia as Bartolozzi
- 1975 The Noon Vigilante as direttore Filiberto Rossetti
- 1968 Sunstroke as Conte Malvezzi
- 1975 Cassiodorus Is the Hardest Praetorian as Cornelius da Mediolanum
- 1975 The Family Vice as Conte Giosuè
- 1976 Horse Fever as Count Dallara
- 1966 How I Learned to Love Women as sir Archibald
- 1973 Increase and Multiply as Dottore
- 1975 The Sunday Woman as Vollero
- 1970 Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It as Il medico
- 1981 L'assistente sociale tutto pepe... as Bishop
- 1972 Snow Job
- 1977 The Schoolmate as Girardi
- 1972 Black Turin as Marinotti
- 1971 Do Not Commit Adultery as Padre Spiridione
- 1974 Poker in Bed as comm. Gervasio Caminata
- 1972 1001 Nights of Pleasure as Genie in Lamp
- 1971 Roma bene as Vitozzi
- 1980 I Hate Blondes as Psychiatrist
- 1974 Policewoman as avvocato
- 1976 Salon Kitty as Nazi General
- 1970 The Secret of Santa Vittoria as Padre Polenta
- 1966 The Birds, the Bees and the Italians as Giacinto Castellan
- 1974 Italian Sex as padre di Carletto
- 1967 The Man Who Betrayed the Mafia as Aldo
- 1973 Blume in Love as Older Man
- 1978 Midnight Express as Chief Judge
- 1976 Un amore targato Forlì
- 1971 Trastevere as Count
- 1968 Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses as Engineer
- 1964 The Maniacs as Count at the Party (segment "l'hobby") (uncredited)
- 1974 Anima mia as Filippo Tornabuoni
- 1966 The Queens as The Priest ("Fata Marta")
- 1974 Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia as doctor
- 1967 The Seventh Floor as medico
- 1974 Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia? as Gino's Friend
- 1975 Il fratello
- 1968 Il Circolo Pickwick ( 6 episodes ) as Nathaniel Winkle
- 1978 Il furto della gioconda ( 3 episodes ) as Poupardin
