Gigi Ballista
Known for Acting · 56 credits
- Born
- 1918-12-01
- Died
- 1980-08-02
- Place of birth
- Florence, Tuscany, Italy
- Also known as
- Giggi Ballista · Luigi 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.
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Known For
TV Shows (2)
Movies (54)
Midnight Express
1978
as Chief Judge
Under the Sheets
1976
as Professor Ciotti
Salon Kitty
1976
as Nazi General
The Queens
1966
as The Priest ("Fata Marta")
The Family Vice
1975
as Conte Giosuè
La madama
1976
as The Venetian
Anima mia
1974
as Filippo Tornabuoni
Giovannona Long-Thigh
1973
as Commendatore La Noce
How I Learned to Love Women
1966
as sir Archibald
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
1970
as Padre Polenta
The Schoolmate
1977
as Girardi
Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia
1974
as doctor
Lady Caliph
1970
as Il principe industriale
The Man Who Betrayed the Mafia
1967
as Aldo
Horse Fever
1976
as Count Dallara
Emma Hamilton
1968
as Cardinal Ruffo
The Birds, the Bees and the Italians
1966
as Giacinto Castellan
Confessions of a Lady Cop
1976
as Questore Moretti
Stavisky...
1974
as Gaston Henriet
Pleasant Nights
1966
as Luca di Montemerlo
The Sunday Woman
1975
as Vollero
Poker in Bed
1974
as comm. Gervasio Caminata
Trastevere
1971
as Count
Roma bene
1971
as Vitozzi
The Maniacs
1964
as Count at the Party (segment "l'hobby") (uncredited)
Black Turin
1972
as Marinotti
Italian Sex
1974
as padre di Carletto
Blume in Love
1973
as Older Man
Do Not Commit Adultery
1971
as Padre Spiridione
Policewoman
1974
as avvocato
The Seventh Floor
1967
as medico
No One Will Notice You're Naked
1971
as Silvio Borelon
Mala, Love and Death
1977
as Carlo Alberto Giorgi
Snow Job
1972
1001 Nights of Pleasure
1972
as Genie in Lamp
Fischia Il Sesso
1974
as Mr. Lewis
Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
1968
as Engineer
Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?
1974
as Gino's Friend
Un amore targato Forlì
1976
Liquirizia
1979
as Bartolozzi
I Hate Blondes
1980
as Psychiatrist
Cassiodorus is the Hardest Praetorian
1975
as Cornelius da Mediolanum
Galileo
1968
as commissario domenicano
L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...
1981
as Bishop
Una storia d'amore
1970
as Borgognini
Il fratello
1975
Il morbidone
1965
The Lady Has Been Raped
1973
as Carini
Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It
1970
as Il medico
The Climax
1967
as Don Michele
Blessed Are the Rich
1972
as Commendatore
Sunstroke
1968
as Conte Malvezzi
The Noon Vigilante
1975
as direttore Filiberto Rossetti
Increase and Multiply
1973
as Dottore
About 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 t… With 56 credits spanning from 1964 to 1981, Gigi Ballista has appeared in 54 films and 2 TV shows.
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- Midnight Express (1978) — as Chief Judge
- Under the Sheets (1976) — as Professor Ciotti
- Salon Kitty (1976) — as Nazi General
- The Queens (1966) — as The Priest ("Fata Marta")
- The Family Vice (1975) — as Conte Giosuè
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