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Lino Ventura
Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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 lif…
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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.
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2024
At the End of the Day
Movie Lino (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2022
Patrick Dewaere, My Hero
Movie Self (archive footage) - actor
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2022
Bacri, comme un air de famille
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2022
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2019
Aznavour by Charles
Movie Self - Actor (archive footage)
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2019
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2018
Lino Ventura, la part intime
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2017
Lino Ventura, une histoire d'homme
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2017
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2012
Lino, il n'était que lui-même
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2011
Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2010
Il était une fois... Les Tontons flingueurs
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2010
Code Name: Melville
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2002
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1987
Le monde est à vous
TV show Self (archive footage)
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1987
Sacrée soirée
TV show Self (archive footage)
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1987
La Rumba
Movie un caïd
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1986
Sword of Gideon
Movie Papa
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1984
The Seventh Target
Movie Bastien Grimaldi
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1984
One Hundred Days in Palermo
Movie General Carlo Dalla Chiesa
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1983
The Ruffian
Movie Aldo
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1982
Les Misérables
Movie Jean Valjean / Mr. Madeleine / Champmathieu
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1982
The French
Movie Self
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1982
Spy, Stand Up
Movie Sébastien Grenier
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1982
Champs-Elysées
TV show Self
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1981
The Inquisitor
Movie Inspector Antoine Gallien
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1980
Sunday Lovers
Movie François Quérole (sketch 'La méthode française')
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1979
L'Homme en colère
Movie Romain Dupre
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1978
Butterfly on the Shoulder
Movie Roland Fériaud
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1978
The Medusa Touch
Movie Brunel
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1978
Ciné regards
TV show Self
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1977
Auf los geht's los
TV show Self
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1976
Cérémonie des César
TV show Self - President
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1976
Illustrious Corpses
Movie Inspector Amerigo Rogas
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1975
The French Detective
Movie Commissioner Verjeat
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1975
The Cage
Movie Julien
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1975
Numéro un
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1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV show Self
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1974
The Slap
Movie Jean Douléan
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1974
Spécial cinéma
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