Lino Ventura

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

Champs-Elysées

Spécial cinéma

Sacrée soirée

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Le monde est à vous

Numéro un

Le Grand Échiquier

Le Grand Échiquier

All Movies (93)

• At the End of the Day2024 · as Lino (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Patrick Dewaere, My Hero2022 · as Self (archive footage) - actor
• Bacri, comme un air de famille2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• Aznavour by Charles2019 · as Self - Actor (archive footage)
• Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• Lino Ventura, la part intime2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• Lino Ventura, une histoire d'homme2017 · as Self (archive footage)
• De Gaulle, the Last King of France2017 · as Self (archive footage)
• Lino, il n'était que lui-même2012 · as Self (archive footage)
• Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres2011 · as Self (archive footage)
• Il était une fois... Les Tontons flingueurs2010 · as Self (archive footage)
• Code Name: Melville2010 · as Self (archive footage)
• Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes2002 · as Self (archive footage)
• La Rumba1987 · as un caïd
• Sword of Gideon1986 · as Papa
• The Seventh Target1984 · as Bastien Grimaldi
• One Hundred Days in Palermo1984 · as General Carlo Dalla Chiesa
• The Ruffian1983 · as Aldo
• Les Misérables1982 · as Jean Valjean / Mr. Madeleine / Champmathieu
• The French1982 · as Self
• Spy, Stand Up1982 · as Sébastien Grenier
• The Inquisitor1981 · as Inspector Antoine Gallien
• Sunday Lovers1980 · as François Quérole (sketch 'La méthode française')
• L'Homme en colère1979 · as Romain Dupre
• Butterfly on the Shoulder1978 · as Roland Fériaud
• The Medusa Touch1978 · as Brunel
• Illustrious Corpses1976 · as Inspector Amerigo Rogas
• The French Detective1975 · as Commissioner Verjeat
• The Cage1975 · as Julien
• The Slap1974 · as Jean Douléan
• Three Tough Guys1974 · as Father Charlie
• A Pain in the Ass1973 · as Ralf Milan
• Far West1973 · as Prisoner
• Happy New Year1973 · as Simon
• The Right of the Maddest1973 · as Le gendarme motorisé instructeur
• The Silent One1973 · as Clément Tibère
• Money Money Money1972 · as Lino Massaro
• The Valachi Papers1972 · as Vito Genovese
• Rum Runners1971 · as Cornelius von Zeelinga
• Fantasia Among the Squares1971 · as Sagamore Noonan
• Last Known Address1970 · as Principal Inspector Marceau Leonetti
• The Sicilian Clan1969 · as Commissaire Le Goff
• Army of Shadows1969 · as Philippe Gerbier
• Birds of Prey1968 · as Le rapace / Le rital
• The Last Adventure1967 · as Roland
• Deux Romains en Gaule1967 · as Un client du bar
• Le Deuxième Souffle1966 · as Gustave 'Gu' Minda
• To Skin a Spy1966 · as Pascal Fabre
• Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle1966 · as Self - Interviewee
• Let's Not Get Angry1966 · as Antoine Beretto
• The Wise Guys1965 · as Laurent Dannecker
• Cloportes1965 · as Alphonse Maréchal aka 'Le Malin'
• The Dictator's Guns1965 · as Jacques Cournot
• The Great Spy Chase1964 · as Francis Lagneau
• The Monocle's Sour Laugh1964 · as Elie's Client (uncredited)
• Weeping for a Bandit1964 · as "El lutos"
• Greed in the Sun1964 · as Hervé Marec, aka 'Le plouc'
• Crooks in Clover1963 · as Fernand Naudin
• The Threepenny Opera1963 · as Brown, Polizeichef von London
• Carmen di Trastevere1962 · as Vincenzo, le caïd
• The Devil and the Ten Commandments1962 · as Garigny
• Hitch-Hike1962 · as Paul, le chauffeur de car
• Emile's Boat1962 · as Émile Bouet
• The Last Judgment1961 · as Giovanna's father
• The Lions Are Loose1961 · as le docteur André Challenberg
• Black City1961 · as Il bandito
• Taxi for Tobruk1961 · as le brigadier Théo Dumas
• Girl in the Window1961 · as Federico
• Mistress of the World - Part II1960 · as Biamonte
• Mistress of the World - Part I1960 · as Biamonte
• The Big Risk1960 · as Abel Davos
• Way of Youth1959 · as M. Tiercelin, restaurateur et as du marché noir
• 125 rue Montmartre1959 · as Pascal
• Witness in the City1959 · as Ancelin
• Marie-Octobre1959 · as Carlo Bernardi
• Twelve Hours by the Clock1959 · as Fourbieux
• Pensione Edelweiss1959 · as Borcher
• The Beast Is Loose1959 · as Paul Lamiani
• The Mask of the Gorilla1958 · as Géo Paquet, Le Gorille
• The Lovers of Montparnasse1958 · as Morel
• Three Days to Live1958 · as Lino Ferrari
• Elevator to the Gallows1958 · as Le Commissaire Cherrier
• Maigret Sets a Trap1958 · as Inspecteur Torrence
• Dishonorable Discharge1957 · as Paulo, Claire's lover
• The Strange Mr. Steve1957 · as Denis
• Speaking of Murder1957 · as Pepito
• To Catch a Spy1957 · as Bérès
• Burning Fuse1957 · as Legentil
• Crime and Punishment1956 · as Gustave Messonnier
• Law of the Streets1956 · as Mario
• Razzia1955 · as Roger le Catalan
• Touchez Pas au Grisbi1954 · as Angelo Fraiser

All TV Shows (12)

• Le monde est à vous1987 · as Self (archive footage)
• Sacrée soirée1987 · as Self (archive footage)
• Champs-Elysées1982 · as Self
• Auf los geht's los1977 · as Self
• Cérémonie des César1976 · as Self - President
• Numéro un1975 · as Self
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche1975 · as Self
• Spécial cinéma1974 · as Self
• Midi trente1972 · as Self
• Le Grand Échiquier1972 · as Self
• Le Grand Échiquier1972 · as Self - Main guest
• Cinépanorama1956 · as Self