Gigi Ballista
Acting
Born: 1918-12-01 in 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gigi Ballista, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Midnight Express
Chief Judge
Salon Kitty
Nazi General
How I Learned to Love Women
sir Archibald
Horse Fever
Count Dallara
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
Padre Polenta
I Hate Blondes
Psychiatrist
Stavisky...
Gaston Henriet
The Noon Vigilante
direttore Filiberto Rossetti
Policewoman
avvocato
Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia
doctor
Giovannona Long-Thigh
Commendatore La Noce
Poker in Bed
comm. Gervasio Caminata
The Queens
The Priest ("Fata Marta")
Black Turin
Marinotti
Roma bene
Vitozzi
The Family Vice
Conte Giosuè
Confessions of a Lady Cop
Questore Moretti
Lady Caliph
Il principe industriale
Under the Sheets
Professor Ciotti
The Schoolmate
Girardi
The Birds, the Bees and the Italians
Giacinto Castellan
Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
Engineer
Pleasant Nights
Luca di Montemerlo
The Sunday Woman
Vollero
The Maniacs
Count at the Party (segment "l'hobby") (uncredited)
Il Circolo Pickwick
Nathaniel Winkle
Blume in Love
Older Man
Galileo
commissario domenicano
La madama
The Venetian
Italian Sex
padre di Carletto
Emma Hamilton
Cardinal Ruffo
Il fratello
The Man Who Betrayed the Mafia
Aldo
1001 Nights of Pleasure
Genie in Lamp
No One Will Notice You're Naked
Silvio Borelon
Snow Job
Il furto della gioconda
Poupardin
Sunstroke
Conte Malvezzi
The Dress Rehearsal
Trastevere
Count