Gigi Ballista
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 1, 1918
- Died
- August 2, 1980 (aged 61)
- Birthplace
- 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
Filmography
L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...
Movie · as Bishop
I Hate Blondes
Movie · as Psychiatrist
Liquirizia
Movie · as Sig. Bartolozzi
Midnight Express
Movie · as Chief Judge
Il furto della gioconda
TV · as Poupardin · 3 eps
Mala, Love and Death
Movie · as Carlo Alberto Giorgi
The Schoolmate
Movie · as Girardi
Confessions of a Lady Cop
Movie · as Questore Moretti
Under the Sheets
Movie · as Professor Ciotti
La madama
Movie · as The Venetian
Horse Fever
Movie · as Count Dallara
Salon Kitty
Movie · as Nazi General
Un amore targato Forlì
Movie
The Noon Vigilante
Movie · as direttore Filiberto Rossetti
Cassiodorus Is the Hardest Praetorian
Movie · as Cornelius da Mediolanum
The Family Vice
Movie · as Conte Giosuè
The Sunday Woman
Movie · as Vollero
Il fratello
Movie
Stavisky...
Movie · as Gaston Henriet
Fischia Il Sesso
Movie · as Mr. Lewis
Poker in Bed
Movie · as comm. Gervasio Caminata
Policewoman
Movie · as avvocato
Italian Sex
Movie · as padre di Carletto
Anima mia
Movie · as Filippo Tornabuoni
Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia
Movie · as doctor
Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?
Movie · as Gino's Friend
Giovannona Long-Thigh
Movie · as Commendatore La Noce
The Lady Has Been Raped
Movie · as Carini
Increase and Multiply
Movie · as Dottore
Blume in Love
Movie · as Older Man
Blessed Are the Rich
Movie · as Commendatore
Snow Job
Movie
Black Turin
Movie · as Marinotti
1001 Nights of Pleasure
Movie · as Genie in Lamp
No One Will Notice You're Naked
Movie · as Silvio Borelon
Do Not Commit Adultery
Movie · as Padre Spiridione
Roma bene
Movie · as Vitozzi
Trastevere
Movie · as Count
Lady Caliph
Movie · as Il principe industriale
Jet Set Swingers
Movie · as Borgognini
Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It
Movie · as Il medico
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
Movie · as Padre Polenta
Galileo
Movie · as commissario domenicano
Emma Hamilton
Movie · as Cardinal Ruffo
Sunstroke
Movie · as Conte Malvezzi
Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
Movie · as Engineer
Il Circolo Pickwick
TV · as Nathaniel Winkle · 6 eps
The Climax
Movie · as Don Michele
The Man Who Betrayed the Mafia
Movie · as Aldo
The Seventh Floor
Movie · as medico
The Dress Rehearsal
Movie
Pleasant Nights
Movie · as Luca di Montemerlo
How I Learned to Love Women
Movie · as sir Archibald
The Birds, the Bees and the Italians
Movie · as Giacinto Castellan
The Queens
Movie · as The Priest ("Fata Marta")
Il morbidone
Movie
The Maniacs
Movie · as Count at the Party (segment "l'hobby") (uncredited)