Occupation Actor Years active 1961-1980 | Name Gigi Ballista Role Film actor | |
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Movies Giovannona Long‑Thigh, Midnight Express, Unbelievable Adventures of Italians, The Birds - the Bees and the It, Horse Fever Similar People Mariano Laurenti, Steno, Luciano Martino, Nando Cicero, Salvatore Samperi | ||
Gigi Ballista (1 December 1918 – 2 August 1980) was an Italian film and television actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1961 and 1980.
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Life and career
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.
Filmography
Actor
1981
L'assistente sociale tutto pepe as
Bishop
1981
Colpo di grazia alla sezione III (TV Movie) as
Prof. Girelli
1980
I Hate Blondes as
Psychiatrist
1980
Il soldatino (TV Movie) as
Il Maggiore
1979
Ma che cos'è questo amore (TV Mini Series) as
Il principe Gelsomino
- Episode #1.2 (1979) - Il principe Gelsomino
- Episode #1.1 (1979) - Il principe Gelsomino
1979
L'affare Stavisky (TV Mini Series) as
Henry Hayotte
- Episode #1.2 (1979) - Henry Hayotte
- Episode #1.1 (1979) - Henry Hayotte
1979
Liquirizia as
Bartolozzi
1979
A torto e a ragione (TV Series) as
Avvocato Lenzi
- Domanda di grazia (1979) - Avvocato Lenzi
1978
Midnight Express as
Chief Judge
1978
Il furto della Gioconda (TV Mini Series) as
Poupardin
- Episode #1.1 (1978) - Poupardin
1977
La compagna di banco as
Girardi
1977
Mala, amore e morte as
Carlo Alberto Giorgi
1976
Cassiodoro il più duro del pretorio as
Cornelius da Mediolanum
1976
Manon (TV Mini Series) as
De Grafferre Monnier
- Episode #1.3 (1976) - De Grafferre Monnier
- Episode #1.2 (1976) - De Grafferre Monnier
1976
Horse Fever as
Count Dallara
1976
Un amore targato Forlì
1976
La banca di Monate as
The Bishop
1976
Madam Kitty as
General
1976
La poliziotta fa carriera as
Questore Moretti
1976
La madama as
Il Veneziano
1976
Under the Sheets as
Prof. Ciotti
1975
Il fratello as
Il produttore Salveroni
1975
Il giustiziere di mezzogiorno as
Direttore Rossetti
1975
The Sunday Woman as
Vollero
1975
The Family Vice as
Count Giosuè
1975
Piange... il telefono (as Giggi Ballista)
1974
Policewoman as
L'avvocato
1974
La signora gioca bene a scopa? as
Il commendator Gervasio Caminata
1974
Sesso in testa as
Father of Carletto
1974
Stavisky as
Gaston Henriet
1974
Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia? as
Gino's Friend
1974
Fischia il sesso as
Mr. Lewis
1974
Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia as
Dottore (as Luigi Ballista)
1974
Brigitte, Laura, Ursula, Monica, Raquel, Litz, Maria, Florinda, Barbara, Claudia e Sofia, le chiamo tutte... anima mia as
Filippo Tornabuoni
1973
Stregoni di città
1973
La signora è stata violentata as
Carini
1973
Blume in Love as
Older Man
1973
Increase and Multiply as
Dottore
1973
Giovannona Long-Thigh as
Commendatore La Noce
1972
Finalmente le mille e una notte as
Genie in Lamp
1972
Torino nera as
Marinotti
1972
Beati i ricchi as
Commendatore
1972
I Nicotera (TV Mini Series) as
Pirovano
- Episode #1.2 (1972) - Pirovano
1972
Do Not Commit Adultery as
Padre Spiridone
1971
Orfeo in Paradiso (TV Mini Series) as
Il dottor Pravedoni
- Episode #1.2 (1971) - Il dottor Pravedoni
1971
Trastevere as
Count
1971
Roma bene as
Vitozzi
1971
No One Will Notice You're Naked as
Commendatore Silvio Borellon
1971
I Buddenbrook (TV Mini Series) as
Il pastore Pringsheim
- Episode #1.6 (1971) - Il pastore Pringsheim
- Episode #1.5 (1971) - Il pastore Pringsheim
- Episode #1.1 (1971) - Il pastore Pringsheim
1970
Lady Caliph as
Il principe industriale (as Luigi Ballista)
1970
Le cinque giornate di Milano (TV Mini Series) as
Nicola Boudin de Lagarde
- La rappresaglia (1970) - Nicola Boudin de Lagarde
- La vigilia (1970) - Nicola Boudin de Lagarde
1970
Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It as
Il medico
1970
Una storia d'amore as
Borgognini
1968
La famiglia Benvenuti (TV Series) as
Baldacci
- Episode #2.5 (1969) - Baldacci
- Episode #2.3 (1969) - Baldacci
- Episode #1.6 (1968) - Baldacci
- Episode #1.2 (1968) - Baldacci
1969
The Secret of Santa Vittoria as
Padre Polenta
1969
Fellini Satyricon (uncredited)
1968
Colpo di sole as
Count Malvezzi
1968
Making of a Lady as
Le cardinal Ruffo
1968
Straziami ma di baci saziami as
Ingegnere
1968
Galileo as
Trial Judge
1968
Il circolo Pickwick (TV Series) as
Winkle
- Episode #1.6 (1968) - Winkle
- Episode #1.5 (1968) - Winkle
- Episode #1.4 (1968) - Winkle
- Episode #1.3 (1968) - Winkle
- Episode #1.2 (1968) - Winkle
- Episode #1.1 (1968) - Winkle
1967
The Dress Rehearsal
1967
L'homme qui trahit la mafia as
Aldo (as Luigi Ballista)
1967
The Climax as
Don Michele
1967
Il fischio al naso as
Dr. Claretta
1966
The Queens as
The Priest (segment "Fata Marta")
1966
Come imparai ad amare le donne as
Sir Archibald
1966
Le piacevoli notti as
Luca di Montemerlo
1966
The Birds, the Bees and the Italians as
Giacinto Castellan
1965
Il morbidone as
Enrico (as Luigi Ballista)
1964
I maniaci as
Count at the party (segment "l'hobby") (uncredited)
1963
I cuori infranti as
The Man who toasts the engaged Couple (segment "La manina di Fatma") (uncredited)
1961
Un giorno da leoni as
Il frate
Miscellaneous
1962
I tre nemici (voice dubbing: Nino Terzo - uncredited)
Archive Footage
2008
Il falso bugiardo as
Self
References
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