About

Known credits:
56
Birthday:
1918-12-01
Place of birth:
Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Website:
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Gigi Ballista

Overview

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

Acting
1981 L'assistente sociale tutta pepe e tutta sale Actor Bishop 58
Average
1980 I Hate Blondes Actor Psychiatrist 58
Average
1979 Liquirizia Actor Bartolozzi 58
Average
1978 Midnight Express Actor Chief Judge 71
Good
1978 Il furto della gioconda Actor Poupardin N/A
N/A
1977 The Schoolmate Actor Girardi 58
Average
1977 Mala, Love and Death Actor Carlo Alberto Giorgi 58
Average
1976 Un amore targato Forlì Actor N/A
N/A
1976 Horse Fever Actor Count Dallara 64
Fair
1976 Under the Sheets Actor Professor Ciotti 58
Average
1976 Salon Kitty Actor Nazi General 58
Average
1976 Confessions of a Lady Cop Actor Questore Moretti 58
Average
1976 La madama Actor The Venetian 58
Average
1975 The Sunday Woman Actor Vollero 59
Average
1975 The Family Vice Actor Conte Giosuè 58
Average
1975 Il giustiziere di mezzogiorno Actor direttore Filiberto Rossetti 59
Average
1975 Il fratello Actor N/A
N/A
1975 Cassiodorus is the Hardest Praetorian Actor Cornelius da Mediolanum 58
Average
1974 Policewoman Actor avvocato 58
Average
1974 Poker in Bed Actor comm. Gervasio Caminata 58
Average
1974 Italian Sex Actor padre di Carletto 58
Average
1974 Stavisky... Actor Gaston Henriet 59
Average
1974 Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia? Actor amico di Gino 58
Average
1974 Fischia Il Sesso Actor Mr. Lewis 59
Average
1974 Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia Actor Dottore 61
Fair
1974 Anima mia Actor Filippo Tornabuoni N/A
N/A
1973 The Lady Has Been Raped Actor Carini 59
Average
1973 Blume in Love Actor Older Man 58
Average
1973 Giovannona Long-Thigh Actor Commendatore La Noce 58
Average
1973 Increase and Multiply Actor Dottore 58
Average
1972 Blessed Are the Rich Actor Commendatore 59
Average
1972 Black Turin Actor Marinotti 58
Average
1972 1001 Nights of Pleasure Actor Genie in Lamp 58
Average
1972 Snow Job Actor 58
Average
1971 Trastevere Actor Count 58
Average
1971 Roma bene Actor Vitozzi 59
Average
1971 Do Not Commit Adultery Actor Padre Spiridione 58
Average
1971 No One Will Notice You're Naked Actor Silvio Borelon 58
Average
1970 Lady Caliph Actor Il principe industriale 58
Average
1970 Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It Actor Il medico 58
Average
1970 Una storia d'amore Actor Borgognini 58
Average
1970 The Secret of Santa Vittoria Actor Padre Polenta 59
Average
1968 Emma Hamilton Actor Cardinal Ruffo 58
Average
1968 Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses Actor Engineer 59
Average
1968 Galileo Actor commissario domenicano 59
Average
1968 Sunstroke Actor Conte Malvezzi N/A
N/A
1968 Il Circolo Pickwick Actor Nathaniel Winkle N/A
N/A
1967 Il fischio al naso Actor medico 58
Average
1967 The Man Who Betrayed the Mafia Actor Aldo 58
Average
1967 The Climax Actor Don Michele 59
Average
1966 How I Learned to Love Women Actor sir Archibald 58
Average
1966 Pleasant Nights Actor Luca di Montemerlo 59
Average
1966 The Queens Actor The Priest ("Fata Marta") 58
Average
1966 The Birds, the Bees and the Italians Actor Giacinto Castellan 60
Fair
1965 Il morbidone Actor 58
Average
1964 The Maniacs Actor Count at the Party (segment "l'hobby") (uncredited) 58
Average