Gigi Ballista

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

Salon Kitty

Midnight Express

Under the Sheets

How I Learned to Love Women

The Family Vice

Giovannona Long-Thigh

Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia

The Secret of Santa Vittoria

All Movies (54)

• L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...1981 · as Bishop
• I Hate Blondes1980 · as Psychiatrist
• Liquirizia1979 · as Bartolozzi
• Midnight Express1978 · as Chief Judge
• The Schoolmate1977 · as Girardi
• Mala, Love and Death1977 · as Carlo Alberto Giorgi
• Un amore targato Forlì1976
• Horse Fever1976 · as Count Dallara
• Under the Sheets1976 · as Professor Ciotti
• Salon Kitty1976 · as Nazi General
• Confessions of a Lady Cop1976 · as Questore Moretti
• La madama1976 · as The Venetian
• The Sunday Woman1975 · as Vollero
• The Family Vice1975 · as Conte Giosuè
• The Noon Vigilante1975 · as direttore Filiberto Rossetti
• Cassiodorus Is the Hardest Praetorian1975 · as Cornelius da Mediolanum
• Il fratello1975
• Policewoman1974 · as avvocato
• Poker in Bed1974 · as comm. Gervasio Caminata
• Italian Sex1974 · as padre di Carletto
• Stavisky...1974 · as Gaston Henriet
• Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?1974 · as Gino's Friend
• Fischia Il Sesso1974 · as Mr. Lewis
• Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia1974 · as doctor
• Anima mia1974 · as Filippo Tornabuoni
• The Lady Has Been Raped1973 · as Carini
• Blume in Love1973 · as Older Man
• Giovannona Long-Thigh1973 · as Commendatore La Noce
• Increase and Multiply1973 · as Dottore
• Blessed Are the Rich1972 · as Commendatore
• Black Turin1972 · as Marinotti
• 1001 Nights of Pleasure1972 · as Genie in Lamp
• Snow Job1972
• Trastevere1971 · as Count
• Roma bene1971 · as Vitozzi
• Do Not Commit Adultery1971 · as Padre Spiridione
• No One Will Notice You're Naked1971 · as Silvio Borelon
• Lady Caliph1970 · as Il principe industriale
• Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It1970 · as Il medico
• Una storia d'amore1970 · as Borgognini
• The Secret of Santa Vittoria1970 · as Padre Polenta
• Emma Hamilton1968 · as Cardinal Ruffo
• Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses1968 · as Engineer
• Galileo1968 · as commissario domenicano
• Sunstroke1968 · as Conte Malvezzi
• The Seventh Floor1967 · as medico
• The Man Who Betrayed the Mafia1967 · as Aldo
• The Climax1967 · as Don Michele
• Pleasant Nights1966 · as Luca di Montemerlo
• How I Learned to Love Women1966 · as sir Archibald
• The Queens1966 · as The Priest ("Fata Marta")
• The Birds, the Bees and the Italians1966 · as Giacinto Castellan
• Il morbidone1965
• The Maniacs1964 · as Count at the Party (segment "l'hobby") (uncredited)

All TV Shows (2)

• Il furto della gioconda1978 · as Poupardin
• Il Circolo Pickwick1968 · as Nathaniel Winkle