Gigi Ballista
Born: 1918-12-01 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Died: 1980-08-02
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1981
- L'assistente sociale tutto pepe... as Bishop
1980
- I Hate Blondes as Psychiatrist
1979
- Liquirizia as Bartolozzi
1978
- Midnight Express as Chief Judge
- Il furto della gioconda as Poupardin
1977
- The Schoolmate as Girardi
- Mala, Love and Death as Carlo Alberto Giorgi
1976
- Salon Kitty as Nazi General
- Confessions of a Lady Cop as Questore Moretti
- Under the Sheets as Professor Ciotti
- Horse Fever as Count Dallara
- Un amore targato Forlì
- La madama as The Venetian
1975
- The Sunday Woman as Vollero
- The Family Vice as Conte Giosuè
- The Noon Vigilante as direttore Filiberto Rossetti
- Cassiodorus Is the Hardest Praetorian as Cornelius da Mediolanum
- Il fratello
1974
- Stavisky... as Gaston Henriet
- Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia as doctor
- Poker in Bed as comm. Gervasio Caminata
- Policewoman as avvocato
- Fischia Il Sesso as Mr. Lewis
- Italian Sex as padre di Carletto
- Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia? as Gino's Friend
- Anima mia as Filippo Tornabuoni
1973
- Giovannona Long-Thigh as Commendatore La Noce
- Blume in Love as Older Man
- The Lady Has Been Raped as Carini
- Increase and Multiply as Dottore
1972
- 1001 Nights of Pleasure as Genie in Lamp
- Black Turin as Marinotti
- Blessed Are the Rich as Commendatore
- Snow Job
1971
- No One Will Notice You're Naked as Silvio Borelon
- Do Not Commit Adultery as Padre Spiridione
- Roma bene as Vitozzi
- Trastevere as Count
1970
- The Secret of Santa Vittoria as Padre Polenta
- Lady Caliph as Il principe industriale
- Jet Set Swingers as Borgognini
- Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It as Il medico
1968
- Emma Hamilton as Cardinal Ruffo
- Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses as Engineer
- Il Circolo Pickwick as Nathaniel Winkle
- Galileo as commissario domenicano
- Sunstroke as Conte Malvezzi
1967
- The Man Who Betrayed the Mafia as Aldo
- The Seventh Floor as medico
- The Dress Rehearsal
- The Climax as Don Michele
1966
- How I Learned to Love Women as sir Archibald
- The Queens as The Priest ("Fata Marta")
- The Birds, the Bees and the Italians as Giacinto Castellan
- Pleasant Nights as Luca di Montemerlo
1965
1964
- The Maniacs as Count at the Party (segment "l'hobby") (uncredited)