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Gigi Ballista
- Name: Gigi Ballista
- Birthday: 1918-12-01
- Also known as: Giggi Ballista,Luigi Ballista
- Place of birth: Florence, Tuscany, Italy
- Popularity: 2.972
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... Read More
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| L'assistente sociale tutta pepe e tutta sale as Bishop | 1981-03-18 |
| I Hate Blondes as Psychiatrist | 1980-09-12 |
| Liquirizia as Bartolozzi | 1979-09-15 |
| Midnight Express as Chief Judge | 1978-08-31 |
| The Schoolmate as Girardi | 1977-08-12 |
| Mala, Love and Death as Carlo Alberto Giorgi | 1977-02-17 |
| Un amore targato Forlì | 1976-11-24 |
| Horse Fever as Count Dallara | 1976-10-29 |
| Under the Sheets as Professor Ciotti | 1976-05-20 |
| Salon Kitty as Nazi General | 1976-03-02 |
| Confessions of a Lady Cop as Questore Moretti | 1976-02-12 |
| La madama as The Venetian | 1976-01-16 |
| The Sunday Woman as Vollero | 1975-12-23 |
| The Family Vice as Conte Giosuè | 1975-10-07 |
| Il giustiziere di mezzogiorno as direttore Filiberto Rossetti | 1975-03-20 |
| Cassiodorus is the Hardest Praetorian as Cornelius da Mediolanum | 1975-01-01 |
| Policewoman as avvocato | 1974-10-24 |
| Poker in Bed as comm. Gervasio Caminata | 1974-08-14 |
| Italian Sex as padre di Carletto | 1974-06-11 |
| Stavisky... as Gaston Henriet | 1974-05-15 |
| Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia? as amico di Gino | 1974-04-13 |
| Fischia Il Sesso as Mr. Lewis | 1974-03-06 |
| Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia as Dottore | 1974-01-31 |
| Anima mia as Filippo Tornabuoni | 1974-01-24 |
| The Lady Has Been Raped as Carini | 1973-11-29 |
| Blume in Love as Older Man | 1973-06-17 |
| Giovannona Long-Thigh as Commendatore La Noce | 1973-04-12 |
| Increase and Multiply as Dottore | 1973-03-15 |
| Blessed Are the Rich as Commendatore | 1972-08-30 |
| Black Turin as Marinotti | 1972-05-22 |
| 1001 Nights of Pleasure as Genie in Lamp | 1972-02-08 |
| Snow Job | 1972-02-02 |
| Trastevere as Count | 1971-11-13 |
| Roma bene as Vitozzi | 1971-10-08 |
| Do Not Commit Adultery as Padre Spiridione | 1971-09-13 |
| No One Will Notice You're Naked as Silvio Borelon | 1971-08-12 |
| Lady Caliph as Il principe industriale | 1970-12-31 |
| Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It as Il medico | 1970-02-02 |
| Una storia d'amore as Borgognini | 1970-01-22 |
| The Secret of Santa Vittoria as Padre Polenta | 1970-01-02 |
| Emma Hamilton as Cardinal Ruffo | 1968-11-28 |
| Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses as Engineer | 1968-10-04 |
| Galileo as commissario domenicano | 1968-09-07 |
| Sunstroke as Conte Malvezzi | 1968-03-24 |
| Il fischio al naso as medico | 1967-08-06 |
| The Man Who Betrayed the Mafia as Aldo | 1967-05-20 |
| The Climax as Don Michele | 1967-03-25 |
| How I Learned to Love Women as sir Archibald | 1966-10-02 |
| Pleasant Nights as Luca di Montemerlo | 1966-09-23 |
| The Queens as The Priest ("Fata Marta") | 1966-04-21 |
| The Birds, the Bees and the Italians as Giacinto Castellan | 1966-02-10 |
| Il morbidone | 1965-09-30 |
| The Maniacs as Count at the Party (segment "l'hobby") (uncredited) | 1964-03-28 |
