Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
December 1, 1918
Place of Birth:
Florence, Tuscany, Italy
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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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | L'assistente sociale tutto pepe... | Bishop |
| 1980 | I Hate Blondes | Psychiatrist |
| 1979 | Liquirizia | Bartolozzi |
| 1978 | Midnight Express | Chief Judge |
| 1977 | Mala, Love and Death | Carlo Alberto Giorgi |
| 1977 | The Schoolmate | Girardi |
| 1976 | Confessions of a Lady Cop | Questore Moretti |
| 1976 | Under the Sheets | Professor Ciotti |
| 1976 | La madama | The Venetian |
| 1976 | Horse Fever | Count Dallara |
| 1976 | Salon Kitty | Nazi General |
| 1976 | Un amore targato Forlì | |
| 1975 | The Noon Vigilante | direttore Filiberto Rossetti |
| 1975 | Cassiodorus is the Hardest Praetorian | Cornelius da Mediolanum |
| 1975 | The Family Vice | Conte Giosuè |
| 1975 | The Sunday Woman | Vollero |
| 1975 | Il fratello | |
| 1974 | Stavisky... | Gaston Henriet |
| 1974 | Fischia Il Sesso | Mr. Lewis |
| 1974 | Poker in Bed | comm. Gervasio Caminata |
| 1974 | Policewoman | avvocato |
| 1974 | Italian Sex | padre di Carletto |
| 1974 | Anima mia | Filippo Tornabuoni |
| 1974 | Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia | Dottore |
| 1974 | Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia? | amico di Gino |
| 1973 | Giovannona Long-Thigh | Commendatore La Noce |
| 1973 | The Lady Has Been Raped | Carini |
| 1973 | Increase and Multiply | Dottore |
| 1973 | Blume in Love | Older Man |
| 1972 | Blessed Are the Rich | Commendatore |
| 1972 | Snow Job | |
| 1972 | Black Turin | Marinotti |
| 1972 | 1001 Nights of Pleasure | Genie in Lamp |
| 1971 | No One Will Notice You're Naked | Silvio Borelon |
| 1971 | Do Not Commit Adultery | Padre Spiridione |
| 1971 | Roma bene | Vitozzi |
| 1971 | Trastevere | Count |
| 1970 | Lady Caliph | Il principe industriale |
| 1970 | Una storia d'amore | Borgognini |
| 1970 | Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It | Il medico |
| 1970 | The Secret of Santa Vittoria | Padre Polenta |
| 1968 | Galileo | commissario domenicano |
| 1968 | Emma Hamilton | Cardinal Ruffo |
| 1968 | Sunstroke | Conte Malvezzi |
| 1968 | Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses | Engineer |
| 1967 | The Climax | Don Michele |
| 1967 | The Man Who Betrayed the Mafia | Aldo |
| 1967 | The Seventh Floor | medico |
| 1966 | Pleasant Nights | Luca di Montemerlo |
| 1966 | How I Learned to Love Women | sir Archibald |
| 1966 | The Birds, the Bees and the Italians | Giacinto Castellan |
| 1966 | The Queens | The Priest ("Fata Marta") |
| 1965 | Il morbidone | |
| 1964 | The Maniacs | Count at the Party (segment "l'hobby") (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Il furto della gioconda | Poupardin |
| 1968 | Il Circolo Pickwick | Nathaniel Winkle |