Actor
Gigi Ballista
Born December 1, 1918 in Florence, Tuscany, ItalyDied August 2, 198055 films
Gigi Ballista (1 December 1918 – 2 August 1980) was an Italian film and television actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1961 and 1980.
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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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55 films as actor- 1981L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...Bishop
- 1980I Hate BlondesPsychiatrist
- 1979LiquiriziaBartolozzi
- 1978Midnight ExpressChief Judge
- 1977The SchoolmateGirardi
- 1977Mala, Love and DeathCarlo Alberto Giorgi
- 1976Un amore targato Forlì
- 1976Horse FeverCount Dallara
- 1976Under the SheetsProfessor Ciotti
- 1976Salon KittyNazi General
- 1976Confessions of a Lady CopQuestore Moretti
- 1976La madamaThe Venetian
- 1975The Sunday WomanVollero
- 1975The Family ViceConte Giosuè
- 1975The Noon Vigilantedirettore Filiberto Rossetti
- 1975Cassiodorus Is the Hardest PraetorianCornelius da Mediolanum
- 1975Il fratello
- 1974Policewomanavvocato
- 1974Poker in Bedcomm. Gervasio Caminata
- 1974Italian Sexpadre di Carletto
- 1974Stavisky...Gaston Henriet
- 1974Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?Gino's Friend
- 1974Fischia Il SessoMr. Lewis
- 1974Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russiadoctor
- 1974Anima miaFilippo Tornabuoni
- 1973The Lady Has Been RapedCarini
- 1973Blume in LoveOlder Man
- 1973Giovannona Long-ThighCommendatore La Noce
- 1973Increase and MultiplyDottore
- 1972Blessed Are the RichCommendatore
- 1972Black TurinMarinotti
- 19721001 Nights of PleasureGenie in Lamp
- 1972Snow Job
- 1971TrastevereCount
- 1971Roma beneVitozzi
- 1971Do Not Commit AdulteryPadre Spiridione
- 1971No One Will Notice You're NakedSilvio Borelon
- 1970Lady CaliphIl principe industriale
- 1970Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast ItIl medico
- 1970Jet Set SwingersBorgognini
- 1970The Secret of Santa VittoriaPadre Polenta
- 1968Emma HamiltonCardinal Ruffo
- 1968Torture Me But Kill Me with KissesEngineer
- 1968Galileocommissario domenicano
- 1968SunstrokeConte Malvezzi
- 1967The Dress Rehearsal
- 1967The Seventh Floormedico
- 1967The Man Who Betrayed the MafiaAldo
- 1967The ClimaxDon Michele
- 1966Pleasant NightsLuca di Montemerlo
- 1966How I Learned to Love Womensir Archibald
- 1966The QueensThe Priest ("Fata Marta")
- 1966The Birds, the Bees and the ItaliansGiacinto Castellan
- 1965Il morbidone
- 1964The ManiacsCount at the Party (segment "l'hobby") (uncredited)