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
I Hate Blondes
Psychiatrist
The Noon Vigilante
direttore Filiberto Rossetti
Policewoman
avvocato
Stavisky...
Gaston Henriet
Giovannona Long-Thigh
Commendatore La Noce
The Queens
The Priest ("Fata Marta")
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
Padre Polenta
Poker in Bed
comm. Gervasio Caminata
Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia
doctor
Under the Sheets
Professor Ciotti
Roma bene
Vitozzi
Black Turin
Marinotti
The Family Vice
Conte Giosuè
Lady Caliph
Il principe industriale
Confessions of a Lady Cop
Questore Moretti
The Birds, the Bees and the Italians
Giacinto Castellan
The Schoolmate
Girardi
Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
Engineer
Galileo
commissario domenicano
Il Circolo Pickwick
Nathaniel Winkle
Emma Hamilton
Cardinal Ruffo
Pleasant Nights
Luca di Montemerlo
Horse Fever
Count Dallara
The Sunday Woman
Vollero
The Man Who Betrayed the Mafia
Aldo
No One Will Notice You're Naked
Silvio Borelon
La madama
The Venetian
Blume in Love
Older Man
Sunstroke
Conte Malvezzi
1001 Nights of Pleasure
Genie in Lamp
The Dress Rehearsal
Il fratello
The Maniacs
Count at the Party (segment "l'hobby") (uncredited)
The Lady Has Been Raped
Carini
Snow Job
Fischia Il Sesso
Mr. Lewis
Il furto della gioconda
Poupardin