Gigi Ballista
Known for Acting · 56 credits
- Born
- 1918-12-01
- Died
- 1980-08-02
- Place of birth
- Florence, Tuscany, Italy
- Also known as
- Giggi Ballista · Luigi 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
TV Shows (2)
Movies (54)
Under the Sheets
1976
as Professor Ciotti
Midnight Express
1978
as Chief Judge
Salon Kitty
1976
as Nazi General
Giovannona Long-Thigh
1973
as Commendatore La Noce
How I Learned to Love Women
1966
as sir Archibald
The Queens
1966
as The Priest ("Fata Marta")
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
1970
as Padre Polenta
Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia
1974
as doctor
La madama
1976
as The Venetian
Lady Caliph
1970
as Il principe industriale
The Birds, the Bees and the Italians
1966
as Giacinto Castellan
The Family Vice
1975
as Conte Giosuè
Anima mia
1974
as Filippo Tornabuoni
Snow Job
1972
The Schoolmate
1977
as Girardi
Emma Hamilton
1968
as Cardinal Ruffo
Stavisky...
1974
as Gaston Henriet
The Sunday Woman
1975
as Vollero
The Maniacs
1964
as Count at the Party (segment "l'hobby") (uncredited)
1001 Nights of Pleasure
1972
as Genie in Lamp
Confessions of a Lady Cop
1976
as Questore Moretti
Poker in Bed
1974
as comm. Gervasio Caminata
Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?
1974
as Gino's Friend
Trastevere
1971
as Count
No One Will Notice You're Naked
1971
as Silvio Borelon
Horse Fever
1976
as Count Dallara
Italian Sex
1974
as padre di Carletto
Black Turin
1972
as Marinotti
Liquirizia
1979
as Bartolozzi
Roma bene
1971
as Vitozzi
Do Not Commit Adultery
1971
as Padre Spiridione
Blume in Love
1973
as Older Man
Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It
1970
as Il medico
Policewoman
1974
as avvocato
The Seventh Floor
1967
as medico
Galileo
1968
as commissario domenicano
L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...
1981
as Bishop
Pleasant Nights
1966
as Luca di Montemerlo
Mala, Love and Death
1977
as Carlo Alberto Giorgi
Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
1968
as Engineer
Una storia d'amore
1970
as Borgognini
The Climax
1967
as Don Michele
The Man Who Betrayed the Mafia
1967
as Aldo
The Noon Vigilante
1975
as direttore Filiberto Rossetti
I Hate Blondes
1980
as Psychiatrist
The Lady Has Been Raped
1973
as Carini
Increase and Multiply
1973
as Dottore
Blessed Are the Rich
1972
as Commendatore
Cassiodorus is the Hardest Praetorian
1975
as Cornelius da Mediolanum
Fischia Il Sesso
1974
as Mr. Lewis
Sunstroke
1968
as Conte Malvezzi
Il morbidone
1965
Un amore targato Forlì
1976
Il fratello
1975
About Gigi 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 t… With 56 credits spanning from 1964 to 1981, Gigi Ballista has appeared in 54 films and 2 TV shows.
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- Under the Sheets (1976) — as Professor Ciotti
- Midnight Express (1978) — as Chief Judge
- Salon Kitty (1976) — as Nazi General
- Giovannona Long-Thigh (1973) — as Commendatore La Noce
- How I Learned to Love Women (1966) — as sir Archibald
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