Acting
Gigi Ballista
IT, EN, FR, RU cinema · 55 credits
Born
1 December 1918
Died
2 August 1980 (aged 61)
Birthplace
Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Also known as Giggi Ballista · Luigi 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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gigi Ballista, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
I Hate Blondes
as Psychiatrist
Liquirizia
as Bartolozzi
Midnight Express
as Chief Judge
Mala, Love and Death
as Carlo Alberto Giorgi
The Schoolmate
as Girardi
Confessions of a Lady Cop
as Questore Moretti
Under the Sheets
as Professor Ciotti
La madama
as The Venetian
Horse Fever
as Count Dallara
Salon Kitty
as Nazi General
The Noon Vigilante
as direttore Filiberto Rossetti
Cassiodorus Is the Hardest Praetorian
as Cornelius da Mediolanum
The Family Vice
as Conte Giosuè
Stavisky...
as Gaston Henriet
Fischia Il Sesso
as Mr. Lewis
Poker in Bed
as comm. Gervasio Caminata
Policewoman
as avvocato
Italian Sex
as padre di Carletto
Anima mia
as Filippo Tornabuoni
Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?
as Gino's Friend
Giovannona Long-Thigh
as Commendatore La Noce
The Lady Has Been Raped
as Carini
Increase and Multiply
as Dottore
Blume in Love
as Older Man
Blessed Are the Rich
as Commendatore
Snow Job
Actor
Black Turin
as Marinotti
1001 Nights of Pleasure
as Genie in Lamp
No One Will Notice You're Naked
as Silvio Borelon
Do Not Commit Adultery
as Padre Spiridione
Roma bene
as Vitozzi
Trastevere
as Count
Lady Caliph
as Il principe industriale
Jet Set Swingers
as Borgognini
Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It
as Il medico
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
as Padre Polenta
Galileo
as commissario domenicano
Emma Hamilton
as Cardinal Ruffo
Sunstroke
as Conte Malvezzi
The Climax
as Don Michele
The Seventh Floor
as medico
Pleasant Nights
as Luca di Montemerlo
How I Learned to Love Women
as sir Archibald
The Birds, the Bees and the Italians
as Giacinto Castellan
The Queens
as The Priest ("Fata Marta")
The Maniacs
as Count at the Party (segment "l'hobby") (uncredited)