Lino Ventura
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 13, 1919
- Died
- October 22, 1987 (aged 68)
- Birthplace
- Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Biography
Angiolino 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
Photos
Filmography
At the End of the Day
Movie · as Lino (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bacri, comme un air de famille
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Patrick Dewaere, My Hero
Movie · as Self (archive footage) - actor
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Aznavour by Charles
Movie · as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Lino Ventura, la part intime
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Lino Ventura, une histoire d'homme
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Lino, il n'était que lui-même
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Code Name: Melville
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Il était une fois... Les Tontons flingueurs
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
La Rumba
Movie · as un caïd
Le monde est à vous
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Sacrée soirée
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Sword of Gideon
Movie · as Papa
One Hundred Days in Palermo
Movie · as General Carlo Dalla Chiesa
The Seventh Target
Movie · as Bastien Grimaldi
The Ruffian
Movie · as Aldo
Les Misérables
Movie · as Jean Valjean / Mr. Madeleine / Champmathieu
Spy, Stand Up
Movie · as Sébastien Grenier
The French
Movie · as Self
Champs-Elysées
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Inquisitor
Movie · as Inspector Antoine Gallien
Sunday Lovers
Movie · as François Quérole (sketch 'La méthode française')
Jig-Saw
Movie · as Romain Dupre
The Medusa Touch
Movie · as Brunel
Butterfly on the Shoulder
Movie · as Roland Fériaud
Ciné regards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Auf los geht's los
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Illustrious Corpses
Movie · as Inspector Amerigo Rogas
Cérémonie des César
TV · as Self - President · 1 ep
The French Detective
Movie · as Commissioner Verjeat
The Cage
Movie · as Julien
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Numéro un
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Slap
Movie · as Jean Douléan
Three Tough Guys
Movie · as Father Charlie
Spécial cinéma
TV · as Self · 4 eps
A Pain in the Ass
Movie · as Ralf Milan
The Silent One
Movie · as Clément Tibère
Happy New Year
Movie · as Simon
Far West
Movie · as Prisoner
The Right of the Maddest
Movie · as Le gendarme motorisé instructeur
The Valachi Papers
Movie · as Vito Genovese
Money Money Money
Movie · as Lino Massaro
Le Grand Échiquier
TV · as Self, Self - Main guest · 2 eps
Midi trente
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Fantasia Among the Squares
Movie · as Sagamore Noonan
Rum Runners
Movie · as Cornelius von Zeelinga
Last Known Address
Movie · as Principal Inspector Marceau Leonetti
The Sicilian Clan
Movie · as Commissaire Le Goff
Army of Shadows
Movie · as Philippe Gerbier
Birds of Prey
Movie · as Le rapace / Le rital
The Last Adventure
Movie · as Roland
Deux Romains en Gaule
Movie · as Un client du bar
Le Deuxième Souffle
Movie · as Gustave "Gu" Minda
Let's Not Get Angry
Movie · as Antoine Beretto
To Skin a Spy
Movie · as Pascal Fabre
Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle
Movie · as Self - Interviewee
Cloportes
Movie · as Alphonse Maréchal aka 'Le Malin'
The Wise Guys
Movie · as Laurent Dannecker
The Dictator's Guns
Movie · as Jacques Cournot
The Great Spy Chase
Movie · as Francis Lagneau
Greed in the Sun
Movie · as Hervé Marec, aka 'Le plouc'
Weeping for a Bandit
Movie · as "El lutos"
The Monocle's Sour Laugh
Movie · as Elie's Client (uncredited)
Crooks in Clover
Movie · as Fernand Naudin
The Threepenny Opera
Movie · as Brown, Polizeichef von London
Emile's Boat
Movie · as Émile Bouet
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
Movie · as Garigny
Carmen di Trastevere
Movie · as Vincenzo, le caïd
Hitch-Hike
Movie · as Paul, le chauffeur de car
Taxi for Tobruk
Movie · as le brigadier Théo Dumas
Girl in the Window
Movie · as Federico
The Lions Are Loose
Movie · as le docteur André Challenberg
The Last Judgment
Movie · as Giovanna's father
Black City
Movie · as Il bandito
The Big Risk
Movie · as Abel Davos
Mistress of the World - Part I
Movie · as Biamonte
Mistress of the World - Part II
Movie · as Biamonte
Way of Youth
Movie · as M. Tiercelin, restaurateur et as du marché noir
125 rue Montmartre
Movie · as Pascal
Marie-Octobre
Movie · as Carlo Bernardi
Witness in the City
Movie · as Ancelin
The Beast Is Loose
Movie · as Paul Lamiani
Pensione Edelweiss
Movie · as Borcher
Twelve Hours by the Clock
Movie · as Fourbieux
Elevator to the Gallows
Movie · as Le Commissaire Cherrier
The Lovers of Montparnasse
Movie · as Morel
The Mask of the Gorilla
Movie · as Géo Paquet, Le Gorille
Three Days to Live
Movie · as Lino Ferrari
Maigret Sets a Trap
Movie · as Inspecteur Torrence
Dishonorable Discharge
Movie · as Paulo, Claire's lover
To Catch a Spy
Movie · as Bérès
Speaking of Murder
Movie · as Pepito
Burning Fuse
Movie · as Legentil
The Strange Mr. Steve
Movie · as Denis
Crime and Punishment
Movie · as Gustave Messonnier
Law of the Streets
Movie · as Mario
Cinépanorama
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Razzia
Movie · as Roger le Catalan
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
Movie · as Angelo Fraiser