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Gigi Ballista
Florence, Tuscany, Italy
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 L…
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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.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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1981
L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...
Movie Bishop
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1980
I Hate Blondes
Movie Psychiatrist
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1979
Liquirizia
Movie Bartolozzi
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1978
Midnight Express
Movie Chief Judge
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1978
Il furto della gioconda
TV show Poupardin
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1977
The Schoolmate
Movie Girardi
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1977
Mala, Love and Death
Movie Carlo Alberto Giorgi
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1976
Un amore targato Forlì
Movie
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1976
Horse Fever
Movie Count Dallara
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1976
Under the Sheets
Movie Professor Ciotti
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1976
Salon Kitty
Movie Nazi General
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1976
Confessions of a Lady Cop
Movie Questore Moretti
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1976
La madama
Movie The Venetian
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1975
The Sunday Woman
Movie Vollero
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1975
The Family Vice
Movie Conte Giosuè
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1975
The Noon Vigilante
Movie direttore Filiberto Rossetti
More credits
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1975
Cassiodorus Is the Hardest Praetorian
Movie Cornelius da Mediolanum
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1975
Il fratello
Movie
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1974
Policewoman
Movie avvocato
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1974
Poker in Bed
Movie comm. Gervasio Caminata
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1974
Italian Sex
Movie padre di Carletto
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1974
Stavisky...
Movie Gaston Henriet
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1974
Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?
Movie Gino's Friend
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1974
Fischia Il Sesso
Movie Mr. Lewis
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1974
Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia
Movie doctor
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1974
Anima mia
Movie Filippo Tornabuoni
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1973
The Lady Has Been Raped
Movie Carini
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1973
Blume in Love
Movie Older Man
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1973
Giovannona Long-Thigh
Movie Commendatore La Noce
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1973
Increase and Multiply
Movie Dottore
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1972
Blessed Are the Rich
Movie Commendatore
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1972
Black Turin
Movie Marinotti
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1972
1001 Nights of Pleasure
Movie Genie in Lamp
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1972
Snow Job
Movie
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1971
Trastevere
Movie Count
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1971
Roma bene
Movie Vitozzi
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1971
Do Not Commit Adultery
Movie Padre Spiridione
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1971
No One Will Notice You're Naked
Movie Silvio Borelon
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1970
Lady Caliph
Movie Il principe industriale
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1970
Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It
Movie Il medico
