Gigi Ballista
Acting
Born: 1918-12-01 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy
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.
Known For
Midnight Express
Chief Judge
Horse Fever
Count Dallara
Salon Kitty
Nazi General
Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia
doctor
Stavisky...
Gaston Henriet
The Sunday Woman
Vollero
The Birds, the Bees and the Italians
Giacinto Castellan
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
Padre Polenta
Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
Engineer
Giovannona Long-Thigh
Commendatore La Noce
Confessions of a Lady Cop
Questore Moretti
The Schoolmate
Girardi
Galileo
commissario domenicano
Policewoman
avvocato
Lady Caliph
Il principe industriale
Blume in Love
Older Man
Black Turin
Marinotti
Poker in Bed
comm. Gervasio Caminata
The Family Vice
Conte Giosuè
The Queens
The Priest ("Fata Marta")
The Climax
Don Michele
Do Not Commit Adultery
Padre Spiridione
No One Will Notice You're Naked
Silvio Borelon
Roma bene
Vitozzi
The Maniacs
Count at the Party (segment "l'hobby") (uncredited)
The Seventh Floor
medico
Emma Hamilton
Cardinal Ruffo
Under the Sheets
Professor Ciotti
1001 Nights of Pleasure
Genie in Lamp
Italian Sex
padre di Carletto
How I Learned to Love Women
sir Archibald
The Dress Rehearsal
Pleasant Nights
Luca di Montemerlo
L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...
Bishop
Trastevere
Count
Liquirizia
Bartolozzi
I Hate Blondes
Psychiatrist
Mala, Love and Death
Carlo Alberto Giorgi
Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It
Il medico
