Gigi Ballista
Age: N/A | From: Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Giggi Ballista , Luigi Ballista
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Florence, Tuscany, Italy
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Movie Involvements: 11
TV Involvements: 2
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Salon Kitty
(1976) General
Midnight Express
(1978) Chief Judge
Il furto della gioconda
(1978) Poupardin
Il Circolo Pickwick
(1968) Nathaniel Winkle
Stavisky...
(1974) Gaston Henriet
Lady Caliph
(1970) Il principe industriale
Black Turin
(1972) Marinotti
Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It
(1970) Il medicoActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Bishop | |
| 1980 | Psychiatrist | |
| 1979 | Bartolozzi | |
| 1978 | Chief Judge | |
| Poupardin | ||
| 1977 | Girardi | |
| 1976 | N/A | |
| Count Dallara | ||
| Professor Ciotti | ||
| General | ||
| Questore Moretti | ||
| The Venetian | ||
| Cornelius da Mediolanum | ||
| 1975 | Vollero | |
| Conte Giosuè | ||
| direttore Filiberto Rossetti | ||
| Carlo Alberto Giorgi | ||
| 1974 | avvocato | |
| comm. Gervasio Caminata | ||
| padre di Carletto | ||
| Gaston Henriet | ||
| Mr. Lewis | ||
| Dottore | ||
| Filippo Tornabuoni | ||
| 1973 | Carini | |
| Older Man | ||
| Commendatore La Noce | ||
| Dottore | ||
| 1972 | Commendatore | |
| Marinotti | ||
| Genie in Lamp | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1971 | Count | |
| Vitozzi | ||
| Padre Spiridione | ||
| Silvio Borelon | ||
| 1970 | Il principe industriale | |
| Il medico | ||
| Borgognini | ||
| 1969 | Padre Polenta | |
| 1968 | Cardinal Ruffo | |
| Engineer | ||
| commissario domenicano | ||
| Conte Malvezzi | ||
| Nathaniel Winkle | ||
| 1967 | medico | |
| Aldo | ||
| Don Michele | ||
| 1966 | sir Archibald | |
| Luca di Montemerlo | ||
| The Priest | ||
| Giacinto Castellan | ||
| 1965 | N/A | |
| 1964 | Count at the Party (segment "l'hobby") (uncredited) | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
