Lino Ventura
ActingAngiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura (14 July 1919 – 22 October 1987), known as Lino Ventura, was an Italian-born actor and philanthropist, who lived and worked for most of his life in France. He was considered one of the greatest leading men of French cinema during the 1960s and 1970s, known for his portrayal of tough characters on both sides of the law in crime dramas. Born in Parma and raised in Paris, Ventura worked as a professional wrestler before an injury ended his career. He made his film debut as a gangster in the 1954 Jacques Becker film Touchez pas au grisbi and rapidly became one of France's favourite film actors, playing opposite many other great stars and working with such leading directors as Louis Malle, Claude Sautet, and Claude Miller. Usually portraying a tough man, either a criminal or a cop, he also featured as a leader of the Resistance in the Jean-Pierre Melville-directed Army of Shadows (1969). He was nominated for a Cesar Award for his portrayal of Jean Valjean in the 1982 film adaptation of Les Misérables. After one of his four children, a daughter, was born handicapped, he and his wife founded a charity Perce-Neige (Snowdrop) which aids disabled children and their parents. Though a lifelong resident and pop cultural icon in France, Ventura always considered himself an Italian first and foremost, and never took French citizenship. He was nonetheless voted 23rd in a 2005 poll of the 100 greatest Frenchmen. ... Description above from the Wikipedia article Lino Ventura, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Crooks in Clover
Fernand Naudin
Elevator to the Gallows
Le Commissaire Cherrier
Army of Shadows
Philippe Gerbier
The Medusa Touch
Brunel
The Sicilian Clan
Commissaire Le Goff
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
Garigny
Razzia
Roger le Catalan
The Valachi Papers
Vito Genovese
The Inquisitor
Inspector Antoine Gallien
Maigret Sets a Trap
Inspecteur Torrence
Filmography — Acting
Crooks in Clover
Fernand Naudin
Elevator to the Gallows
Le Commissaire Cherrier
Army of Shadows
Philippe Gerbier
The Medusa Touch
Brunel
The Sicilian Clan
Commissaire Le Goff
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
Garigny
Razzia
Roger le Catalan
The Valachi Papers
Vito Genovese
The Inquisitor
Inspector Antoine Gallien
Maigret Sets a Trap
Inspecteur Torrence
Les Misérables
Jean Valjean / Mr. Madeleine / Champmathieu
The Mask of the Gorilla
Géo Paquet, Le Gorille
The Slap
Jean Douléan
The Seventh Target
Bastien Grimaldi
The Big Risk
Abel Davos
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
Angelo Fraiser
Spy, Stand Up
Sébastien Grenier
Rum Runners
Cornelius von Zeelinga
The Silent One
Clément Tibère
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Self (archive footage)
The Last Judgment
Giovanna's father
Aznavour by Charles
Self - Actor (archive footage)
The French Detective
Commissioner Verjeat
One Hundred Days in Palermo
General Carlo Dalla Chiesa
Sunday Lovers
François Quérole (sketch 'La méthode française')
L'Homme en colère
Romain Dupre
At the End of the Day
Lino (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Great Spy Chase
Francis Lagneau
Way of Youth
Tiercelin
A Pain in the Ass
Ralf Milan
The Lovers of Montparnasse
Morel
Happy New Year
Simon
Mistress of the World - Part I
Biamonte
Patrick Dewaere, My Hero
Self (archive footage) - actor
Le Deuxième Souffle
Gustave 'Gu' Minda
The Last Adventure
Roland
Illustrious Corpses
Inspector Amerigo Rogas
Greed in the Sun
Hervé Marec, aka 'Le plouc'
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
Self (archive footage)
Emile's Boat
Émile Bouet
Weeping for a Bandit
"El lutos"
La Rumba
un caïd
Sword of Gideon
Papa
Butterfly on the Shoulder
Roland Fériaud
Witness in the City
Ancelin
The Lions Are Loose
le docteur André Challenberg
Bacri, comme un air de famille
Self (archive footage)
Girl in the Window
Federico
125 rue Montmartre
Pascal
Twelve Hours by the Clock
Fourbieux
The Wise Guys
Laurent Dannecker
Three Days to Live
Lino Ferrari
Cloportes
Alphonse Maréchal aka 'Le Malin'
Pensione Edelweiss
Borcher
The Threepenny Opera
Brown, Polizeichef von London
Mistress of the World - Part II
Biamonte
Money Money Money
Lino Massaro
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
Self (archive footage)
Far West
Prisoner
Code Name: Melville
Self (archive footage)
Last Known Address
Principal Inspector Marceau Leonetti
Marie-Octobre
Carlo Bernardi
The Monocle's Sour Laugh
Elie's Client (uncredited)
Let's Not Get Angry
Antoine Beretto
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
Self (archive footage)
Taxi for Tobruk
le brigadier Théo Dumas
Law of the Streets
Mario
Dishonorable Discharge
Paulo, Claire's lover
Black City
Il bandito
Fantasia Among the Squares
Sagamore Noonan
Lino Ventura, la part intime
Self (archive footage)
The Ruffian
Aldo
Carmen di Trastevere
Vincenzo, le caïd
The Cage
Julien
To Skin a Spy
Pascal Fabre
Hitch-Hike
Paul, le chauffeur de car
Burning Fuse
Legentil
Deux Romains en Gaule
Un client du bar
Crime and Punishment
Gustave Messonnier
The Right of the Maddest
Le gendarme motorisé instructeur
Birds of Prey
Le rapace / Le rital
Speaking of Murder
Pepito
Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres
Self (archive footage)
Three Tough Guys
Father Charlie
Il était une fois... Les Tontons flingueurs
Self (archive footage)
The Dictator's Guns
Jacques Cournot
The Strange Mr. Steve
Denis
The Beast Is Loose
Paul Lamiani
To Catch a Spy
Bérès
Lino, il n'était que lui-même
Self (archive footage)
Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle
Self - Interviewee
Lino Ventura, une histoire d'homme
Self (archive footage)