Gigi Ballista
Actor
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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Filmography
Horse Fever
as Count Dallara 1976
Salon Kitty
as Nazi General 1976
Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia
as Dottore 1974
Stavisky...
as Gaston Henriet 1974
The Sunday Woman
as Vollero 1975
The Birds, the Bees and the Italians
as Giacinto Castellan 1966
Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
as Engineer 1968
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
as Padre Polenta 1970
Giovannona Long-Thigh
as Commendatore La Noce 1973
Confessions of a Lady Cop
as Questore Moretti 1976
Galileo
as commissario domenicano 1968
The Schoolmate
as Girardi 1977
Lady Caliph
as Il principe industriale 1970
Policewoman
as avvocato 1974
Blume in Love
as Older Man 1973
Black Turin
as Marinotti 1972