Gigi Ballista
Acting • Born 1918-12-01 – Died 1980-08-02
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gigi Ballista, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
56 credits
Lady Caliph
Movie • 1970
Il principe industriale
Galileo
Movie • 1968
commissario domenicano
Stavisky...
Movie • 1974
Gaston Henriet
Emma Hamilton
Movie • 1968
Cardinal Ruffo
Una storia d'amore
Movie • 1970
Borgognini
Giovannona Long-Thigh
Movie • 1973
Commendatore La Noce
Confessions of a Lady Cop
Movie • 1976
Questore Moretti
No One Will Notice You're Naked
Movie • 1971
Silvio Borelon
The Climax
Movie • 1967
Don Michele
Pleasant Nights
Movie • 1966
Luca di Montemerlo
Fischia Il Sesso
Movie • 1974
Mr. Lewis
Blessed Are the Rich
Movie • 1972
Commendatore
The Lady Has Been Raped
Movie • 1973
Carini
Under the Sheets
Movie • 1976
Professor Ciotti
Il morbidone
Movie • 1965
La madama
Movie • 1976
The Venetian
Mala, Love and Death
Movie • 1977
Carlo Alberto Giorgi
Liquirizia
Movie • 1979
Bartolozzi
The Noon Vigilante
Movie • 1975
direttore Filiberto Rossetti
Sunstroke
Movie • 1968
Conte Malvezzi
Cassiodorus is the Hardest Praetorian
Movie • 1975
Cornelius da Mediolanum
The Family Vice
Movie • 1975
Conte Giosuè
Horse Fever
Movie • 1976
Count Dallara
How I Learned to Love Women
Movie • 1966
sir Archibald
Increase and Multiply
Movie • 1973
Dottore
The Sunday Woman
Movie • 1975
Vollero
Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It
Movie • 1970
Il medico
L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...
Movie • 1981
Bishop
Snow Job
Movie • 1972
The Schoolmate
Movie • 1977
Girardi
Black Turin
Movie • 1972
Marinotti
Do Not Commit Adultery
Movie • 1971
Padre Spiridione
Poker in Bed
Movie • 1974
comm. Gervasio Caminata
1001 Nights of Pleasure
Movie • 1972
Genie in Lamp
Roma bene
Movie • 1971
Vitozzi
I Hate Blondes
Movie • 1980
Psychiatrist
Policewoman
Movie • 1974
avvocato
Salon Kitty
Movie • 1976
Nazi General
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
Movie • 1970
Padre Polenta
The Birds, the Bees and the Italians
Movie • 1966
Giacinto Castellan
Italian Sex
Movie • 1974
padre di Carletto
The Man Who Betrayed the Mafia
Movie • 1967
Aldo
Blume in Love
Movie • 1973
Older Man
Midnight Express
Movie • 1978
Chief Judge
Un amore targato Forlì
Movie • 1976
Trastevere
Movie • 1971
Count
Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
Movie • 1968
Engineer
The Maniacs
Movie • 1964
Count at the Party (segment "l'hobby") (uncredited)
Anima mia
Movie • 1974
Filippo Tornabuoni
The Queens
Movie • 1966
The Priest ("Fata Marta")
Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia
Movie • 1974
Dottore
The Seventh Floor
Movie • 1967
medico
Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?
Movie • 1974
amico di Gino
Il fratello
Movie • 1975
Il Circolo Pickwick
TV • 1968
Nathaniel Winkle
Il furto della gioconda
TV • 1978
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