Lino Ventura
Known for Acting · 105 credits
- Born
- 1919-07-13
- Died
- 1987-10-22
- Place of birth
- Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
- Also known as
- Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura
Biography
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. ...
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Known For
TV Shows (12)
Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self
Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self
Sacrée soirée
1987
as Self (archive footage)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self / Self - Main guest
Le monde est à vous
1987
as Self (archive footage)
Numéro un
1975
as Self
Ciné regards
1978
as Self
Cinépanorama
1956
as Self
Midi trente
1972
as Self
Cérémonie des César
1976
as Self - President
Auf los geht's los
1977
as Self
Movies (93)
The Cage
1975
as Julien
The Mask of the Gorilla
1958
as Géo Paquet, Le Gorille
Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle
1966
as Self - Interviewee
The Great Spy Chase
1964
as Francis Lagneau
Army of Shadows
1969
as Philippe Gerbier
Marie-Octobre
1959
as Carlo Bernardi
The Sicilian Clan
1969
as Commissaire Le Goff
The Threepenny Opera
1963
as Brown, Polizeichef von London
Elevator to the Gallows
1958
as Le Commissaire Cherrier
The Beast Is Loose
1959
as Paul Lamiani
L'Homme en colère
1979
as Romain Dupre
The Valachi Papers
1972
as Vito Genovese
The Seventh Target
1984
as Bastien Grimaldi
Crooks in Clover
1963
as Fernand Naudin
Illustrious Corpses
1976
as Inspector Amerigo Rogas
Cloportes
1965
as Alphonse Maréchal aka 'Le Malin'
Way of Youth
1959
as M. Tiercelin, restaurateur et as du marché noir
Happy New Year
1973
as Simon
The Slap
1974
as Jean Douléan
Rum Runners
1971
as Cornelius von Zeelinga
Razzia
1955
as Roger le Catalan
Les Misérables
1982
as Jean Valjean / Mr. Madeleine / Champmathieu
The Wise Guys
1965
as Laurent Dannecker
Le Deuxième Souffle
1966
as Gustave "Gu" Minda
Greed in the Sun
1964
as Hervé Marec, aka 'Le plouc'
The Inquisitor
1981
as Inspector Antoine Gallien
At the End of the Day
2024
as Lino (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Last Judgment
1961
as Giovanna's father
Patrick Dewaere, My Hero
2022
as Self (archive footage) - actor
The French Detective
1975
as Commissioner Verjeat
Spy, Stand Up
1982
as Sébastien Grenier
The Big Risk
1960
as Abel Davos
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
1954
as Angelo Fraiser
Maigret Sets a Trap
1958
as Inspecteur Torrence
Last Known Address
1970
as Principal Inspector Marceau Leonetti
Three Tough Guys
1974
as Father Charlie
The Medusa Touch
1978
as Brunel
Three Days to Live
1958
as Lino Ferrari
Sunday Lovers
1980
as François Quérole (sketch 'La méthode française')
The Lovers of Montparnasse
1958
as Morel
The Last Adventure
1967
as Roland
The Silent One
1973
as Clément Tibère
Twelve Hours by the Clock
1959
as Fourbieux
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Crime and Punishment
1956
as Gustave Messonnier
A Pain in the Ass
1973
as Ralf Milan
Witness in the City
1959
as Ancelin
Money Money Money
1972
as Lino Massaro
The Ruffian
1983
as Aldo
Aznavour by Charles
2019
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Deux Romains en Gaule
1967
as Un client du bar
To Skin a Spy
1966
as Pascal Fabre
Taxi for Tobruk
1961
as le brigadier Théo Dumas
Speaking of Murder
1957
as Pepito
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022
as Self (archive footage)
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
1962
as Garigny
Far West
1973
as Prisoner
One Hundred Days in Palermo
1984
as General Carlo Dalla Chiesa
Girl in the Window
1961
as Federico
Black City
1961
as Il bandito
Law of the Streets
1956
as Mario
125 rue Montmartre
1959
as Pascal
The French
1982
as Self
The Right of the Maddest
1973
as Le gendarme motorisé instructeur
The Lions Are Loose
1961
as le docteur André Challenberg
To Catch a Spy
1957
as Bérès
Birds of Prey
1968
as Le rapace / Le rital
Sword of Gideon
1986
as Papa
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Mistress of the World - Part I
1960
as Biamonte
Fantasia Among the Squares
1971
as Sagamore Noonan
Mistress of the World - Part II
1960
as Biamonte
La Rumba
1987
as un caïd
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Butterfly on the Shoulder
1978
as Roland Fériaud
Pensione Edelweiss
1959
as Borcher
Burning Fuse
1957
as Legentil
The Dictator's Guns
1965
as Jacques Cournot
Lino Ventura, une histoire d'homme
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Carmen di Trastevere
1962
as Vincenzo, le caïd
Emile's Boat
1962
as Émile Bouet
Code Name: Melville
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Let's Not Get Angry
1966
as Antoine Beretto
Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres
2011
as Self (archive footage)
Lino Ventura, la part intime
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Hitch-Hike
1962
as Paul, le chauffeur de car
Dishonorable Discharge
1957
as Paulo, Claire's lover
The Strange Mr. Steve
1957
as Denis
Weeping for a Bandit
1964
as "El lutos"
The Monocle's Sour Laugh
1964
as Elie's Client (uncredited)
Lino, il n'était que lui-même
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Bacri, comme un air de famille
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Il était une fois... Les Tontons flingueurs
2010
as Self (archive footage)
About Lino 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… With 105 credits spanning from 1954 to 2024, Lino Ventura has appeared in 93 films and 12 TV shows.
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- The Cage (1975) — as Julien
- The Mask of the Gorilla (1958) — as Géo Paquet, Le Gorille
- Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle (1966) — as Self - Interviewee
- The Great Spy Chase (1964) — as Francis Lagneau
- Army of Shadows (1969) — as Philippe Gerbier
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