Acting
Lino Ventura
FR, EN, IT, ES cinema · 93 credits
Born
13 July 1919
Died
22 October 1987 (aged 68)
Birthplace
Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Also known as Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura
Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura (14 July 1919 – 22 October 1987), known as Lino Ventura, was an Italian-born actor and philanthropist, who lived and worked for most of his life in France. He was considered one of the greatest leading men of French cinema during the 1960s and 1970s, known for his portrayal of tough characters on both sides of the law in crime dramas. Born in Parma and raised in Paris, Ventura worked as a professional wrestler before an injury ended his career. He made his film debut as a gangster in the 1954 Jacques Becker film Touchez pas au grisbi and rapidly became one of France's favourite film actors, playing opposite many other great stars and working with such leading directors as Louis Malle, Claude Sautet, and Claude Miller. Usually portraying a tough man, either a criminal or a cop, he also featured as a leader of the Resistance in the Jean-Pierre Melville-directed Army of Shadows (1969). He was nominated for a Cesar Award for his portrayal of Jean Valjean in the 1982 film adaptation of Les Misérables. After one of his four children, a daughter, was born handicapped, he and his wife founded a charity Perce-Neige (Snowdrop) which aids disabled children and their parents. Though a lifelong resident and pop cultural icon in France, Ventura always considered himself an Italian first and foremost, and never took French citizenship. He was nonetheless voted 23rd in a 2005 poll of the 100 greatest Frenchmen. ... Description above from the Wikipedia article Lino Ventura, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
At the End of the Day
as Lino (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bacri, comme un air de famille
as Self (archive footage)
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
as Self (archive footage)
Patrick Dewaere, My Hero
as Self (archive footage) - actor
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
as Self (archive footage)
Aznavour by Charles
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Lino Ventura, la part intime
as Self (archive footage)
Lino Ventura, une histoire d'homme
as Self (archive footage)
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
as Self (archive footage)
Lino, il n'était que lui-même
2012
Lino, il n'était que lui-même
as Self (archive footage)
Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres
as Self (archive footage)
Code Name: Melville
as Self (archive footage)
Il était une fois... Les Tontons flingueurs
as Self (archive footage)
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
as Self (archive footage)
La Rumba
as un caïd
Sword of Gideon
as Papa
One Hundred Days in Palermo
as General Carlo Dalla Chiesa
The Seventh Target
as Bastien Grimaldi
The Ruffian
as Aldo
Les Misérables
as Jean Valjean / Mr. Madeleine / Champmathieu
Spy, Stand Up
as Sébastien Grenier
The French
as Self
The Inquisitor
as Inspector Antoine Gallien
Sunday Lovers
as François Quérole (sketch 'La méthode française')
Jig-Saw
as Romain Dupre
The Medusa Touch
as Brunel
Butterfly on the Shoulder
as Roland Fériaud
Illustrious Corpses
as Inspector Amerigo Rogas
The French Detective
as Commissioner Verjeat
The Cage
as Julien
The Slap
as Jean Douléan
Three Tough Guys
as Father Charlie
A Pain in the Ass
as Ralf Milan
The Silent One
as Clément Tibère
Happy New Year
as Simon
Far West
as Prisoner
The Right of the Maddest
as Le gendarme motorisé instructeur
The Valachi Papers
as Vito Genovese
Money Money Money
as Lino Massaro
Fantasia Among the Squares
as Sagamore Noonan
Rum Runners
as Cornelius von Zeelinga
Last Known Address
as Principal Inspector Marceau Leonetti
The Sicilian Clan
as Commissaire Le Goff
Army of Shadows
as Philippe Gerbier
Birds of Prey
as Le rapace / Le rital
The Last Adventure
as Roland
Deux Romains en Gaule
as Un client du bar
Le Deuxième Souffle
as Gustave "Gu" Minda
Let's Not Get Angry
as Antoine Beretto
To Skin a Spy
as Pascal Fabre
Jean-Pierre Melville tourne "Le 2ème souffle"
1966
Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle
as Self - Interviewee
Cloportes
as Alphonse Maréchal aka 'Le Malin'
The Wise Guys
as Laurent Dannecker
The Dictator's Guns
as Jacques Cournot
The Great Spy Chase
as Francis Lagneau
Greed in the Sun
as Hervé Marec, aka 'Le plouc'
Weeping for a Bandit
as "El lutos"
The Monocle's Sour Laugh
as Elie's Client (uncredited)
Crooks in Clover
as Fernand Naudin
The Threepenny Opera
as Brown, Polizeichef von London
Emile's Boat
as Émile Bouet
Carmen di Trastevere
as Vincenzo, le caïd
Hitch-Hike
as Paul, le chauffeur de car
Taxi for Tobruk
as le brigadier Théo Dumas
Girl in the Window
as Federico
The Lions Are Loose
as le docteur André Challenberg
The Last Judgment
as Giovanna's father
Black City
as Il bandito
The Big Risk
as Abel Davos
Mistress of the World - Part I
as Biamonte
Mistress of the World - Part II
as Biamonte
Way of Youth
as M. Tiercelin, restaurateur et as du marché noir
125 rue Montmartre
as Pascal
Marie-Octobre
as Carlo Bernardi
The Beast Is Loose
as Paul Lamiani
Witness in the City
as Ancelin
Pensione Edelweiss
as Borcher
Twelve Hours by the Clock
as Fourbieux
Elevator to the Gallows
as Le Commissaire Cherrier
The Mask of the Gorilla
as Géo Paquet, Le Gorille
Three Days to Live
as Lino Ferrari
Maigret Sets a Trap
as Inspecteur Torrence
Dishonorable Discharge
as Paulo, Claire's lover
To Catch a Spy
as Bérès
Speaking of Murder
as Pepito
Burning Fuse
as Legentil
Crime and Punishment
as Gustave Messonnier
Law of the Streets
as Mario
Razzia
as Roger le Catalan
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
as Angelo Fraiser