Gigi Ballista
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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Acting
Movie
Midnight Express
as Chief Judge
1978
Movie
Horse Fever
as Count Dallara
1976
Movie
Salon Kitty
as Nazi General
1976
Movie
Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia
as doctor
1974
Movie
Stavisky...
as Gaston Henriet
1974
Movie
The Sunday Woman
as Vollero
1975
Movie
The Birds, the Bees and the Italians
as Giacinto Castellan
1966
Movie
Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
as Engineer
1968
Movie
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
as Padre Polenta
1970
Movie
Giovannona Long-Thigh
as Commendatore La Noce
1973
Movie
Confessions of a Lady Cop
as Questore Moretti
1976
Movie
Galileo
as commissario domenicano
1968
Movie
The Schoolmate
as Girardi
1977
Movie
Policewoman
as avvocato
1974
Movie
Lady Caliph
as Il principe industriale
1970
Movie
Blume in Love
as Older Man
1973
Movie
Black Turin
as Marinotti
1972
Movie
Poker in Bed
as comm. Gervasio Caminata
1974
Movie
The Family Vice
as Conte Giosuè
1975
Movie
The Queens
as The Priest ("Fata Marta")
1966
Movie
The Climax
as Don Michele
1967
Movie
Do Not Commit Adultery
as Padre Spiridione
1971
Movie
No One Will Notice You're Naked
as Silvio Borelon
1971
Movie
Roma bene
as Vitozzi
1971