Gigi Ballista
ActingGigi 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
Giovannona Long-Thigh
Commendatore La Noce
The Sunday Woman
Vollero
Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia
doctor
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
Padre Polenta
Poker in Bed
comm. Gervasio Caminata
How I Learned to Love Women
sir Archibald
The Family Vice
Conte Giosuè
Italian Sex
padre di Carletto
Filmography — Acting
Midnight Express
Chief Judge
Salon Kitty
Nazi General
Giovannona Long-Thigh
Commendatore La Noce
The Sunday Woman
Vollero
Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia
doctor
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
Padre Polenta
Poker in Bed
comm. Gervasio Caminata
How I Learned to Love Women
sir Archibald
The Family Vice
Conte Giosuè
Italian Sex
padre di Carletto
Snow Job
Horse Fever
Count Dallara
Stavisky...
Gaston Henriet
Lady Caliph
Il principe industriale
The Schoolmate
Girardi
The Maniacs
Count at the Party (segment "l'hobby") (uncredited)
Confessions of a Lady Cop
Questore Moretti
Do Not Commit Adultery
Padre Spiridione
I Hate Blondes
Psychiatrist
Under the Sheets
Professor Ciotti
Blume in Love
Older Man
The Birds, the Bees and the Italians
Giacinto Castellan
Galileo
commissario domenicano
Policewoman
avvocato
Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
Engineer
Black Turin
Marinotti
Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It
Il medico
L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...
Bishop
Emma Hamilton
Cardinal Ruffo
Roma bene
Vitozzi
La madama
The Venetian
Anima mia
Filippo Tornabuoni
Pleasant Nights
Luca di Montemerlo
The Seventh Floor
medico
No One Will Notice You're Naked
Silvio Borelon
1001 Nights of Pleasure
Genie in Lamp
Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?
amico di Gino
Trastevere
Count
The Lady Has Been Raped
Carini
The Queens
The Priest ("Fata Marta")
Liquirizia
Bartolozzi
Fischia Il Sesso
Mr. Lewis
Un amore targato Forlì
The Noon Vigilante
direttore Filiberto Rossetti
Cassiodorus is the Hardest Praetorian
Cornelius da Mediolanum
Sunstroke
Conte Malvezzi
The Man Who Betrayed the Mafia
Aldo
Blessed Are the Rich
Commendatore
The Climax
Don Michele
Il morbidone
Mala, Love and Death
Carlo Alberto Giorgi
Una storia d'amore
Borgognini
Increase and Multiply
Dottore