Gigi Ballista
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.
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Films (55)
L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...
1981 · Bishop
I Hate Blondes
1980 · Psychiatrist
Liquirizia
1979 · Sig. Bartolozzi
Midnight Express
1978 · Chief Judge
The Schoolmate
1977 · Girardi
Mala, Love and Death
1977 · Carlo Alberto Giorgi
Un amore targato Forlì
1976
Horse Fever
1976 · Count Dallara
Under the Sheets
1976 · Professor Ciotti
Salon Kitty
1976 · Nazi General
Confessions of a Lady Cop
1976 · Questore Moretti
La madama
1976 · The Venetian
The Sunday Woman
1975 · Vollero
The Family Vice
1975 · Conte Giosuè
The Noon Vigilante
1975 · direttore Filiberto Rossetti
Cassiodorus Is the Hardest Praetorian
1975 · Cornelius da Mediolanum
Il fratello
1975
Policewoman
1974 · avvocato
Poker in Bed
1974 · comm. Gervasio Caminata
Italian Sex
1974 · padre di Carletto
Stavisky...
1974 · Gaston Henriet
Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?
1974 · Gino's Friend
Fischia Il Sesso
1974 · Mr. Lewis
Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia
1974 · doctor
Anima mia
1974 · Filippo Tornabuoni
The Lady Has Been Raped
1973 · Carini
Blume in Love
1973 · Older Man
Giovannona Long-Thigh
1973 · Commendatore La Noce
Increase and Multiply
1973 · Dottore
Blessed Are the Rich
1972 · Commendatore
Black Turin
1972 · Marinotti
1001 Nights of Pleasure
1972 · Genie in Lamp
Snow Job
1972
Trastevere
1971 · Count
Roma bene
1971 · Vitozzi
Do Not Commit Adultery
1971 · Padre Spiridione
No One Will Notice You're Naked
1971 · Silvio Borelon
Lady Caliph
1970 · Il principe industriale
Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It
1970 · Il medico
Jet Set Swingers
1970 · Borgognini
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
1970 · Padre Polenta
Emma Hamilton
1968 · Cardinal Ruffo
Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
1968 · Engineer
Galileo
1968 · commissario domenicano
Sunstroke
1968 · Conte Malvezzi
The Dress Rehearsal
1967
The Seventh Floor
1967 · medico
The Man Who Betrayed the Mafia
1967 · Aldo
The Climax
1967 · Don Michele
Pleasant Nights
1966 · Luca di Montemerlo
How I Learned to Love Women
1966 · sir Archibald
The Queens
1966 · The Priest ("Fata Marta")
The Birds, the Bees and the Italians
1966 · Giacinto Castellan
Il morbidone
1965
The Maniacs
1964 · Count at the Party (segment "l'hobby") (uncredited)
