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 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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Florence, Tuscany, Italy, 1918-12-01

Died: 1980-08-02

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1964	The Maniacs	Count at the Party (segment "l'hobby") (uncredited)	50
2	1965	Il morbidone		10
3	1966	The Birds, the Bees and the Italians	Giacinto Castellan	71
4	1966	The Queens	The Priest ("Fata Marta")	54
5	1966	Pleasant Nights	Luca di Montemerlo	63
6	1966	How I Learned to Love Women	sir Archibald	40
7	1967	The Climax	Don Michele	61
8	1967	The Man Who Betrayed the Mafia	Aldo	32
9	1967	Il fischio al naso	medico	58
10	1968	Sunstroke	Conte Malvezzi	0
11	1968	Galileo	commissario domenicano	63
12	1968	Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses	Engineer	68
13	1968	Emma Hamilton	Cardinal Ruffo	44
14	1970	The Secret of Santa Vittoria	Padre Polenta	68
15	1970	Una storia d'amore	Borgognini	30
16	1970	Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It	Il medico	55
17	1970	Lady Caliph	Il principe industriale	55
18	1971	No One Will Notice You're Naked	Silvio Borelon	53
19	1971	Do Not Commit Adultery	Padre Spiridione	46
20	1971	Roma bene	Vitozzi	60
21	1971	Trastevere	Count	68
22	1972	Snow Job		44
23	1972	1001 Nights of Pleasure	Genie in Lamp	38
24	1972	Black Turin	Marinotti	54
25	1972	Blessed Are the Rich	Commendatore	65
26	1973	Increase and Multiply	Dottore	10
27	1973	Giovannona Long-Thigh	Commendatore La Noce	59
28	1973	Blume in Love	Older Man	59
29	1973	The Lady Has Been Raped	Carini	47
30	1974	Anima mia	Filippo Tornabuoni	0
31	1974	Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia	Dottore	73
32	1974	Fischia Il Sesso	Mr. Lewis	60
33	1974	Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?	amico di Gino	40
34	1974	Stavisky...	Gaston Henriet	62
35	1974	Italian Sex	padre di Carletto	49
36	1974	Poker in Bed	comm. Gervasio Caminata	43
37	1974	Policewoman	avvocato	57
38	1975	Cassiodorus is the Hardest Praetorian	Cornelius da Mediolanum	25
39	1975	Il giustiziere di mezzogiorno	direttore Filiberto Rossetti	62
40	1975	The Family Vice	Conte Giosuè	53
41	1975	The Sunday Woman	Vollero	64
42	1976	La madama	The Venetian	52
43	1976	Confessions of a Lady Cop	Questore Moretti	60
44	1976	Salon Kitty	Nazi General	56
45	1976	Under the Sheets	Professor Ciotti	45
46	1976	Horse Fever	Count Dallara	73
47	1976	Un amore targato Forlì		0
48	1977	Mala, Love and Death	Carlo Alberto Giorgi	43
49	1977	The Schoolmate	Girardi	55
50	1978	Midnight Express	Chief Judge	75
51	1979	Liquirizia	Bartolozzi	50
52	1980	I Hate Blondes	Psychiatrist	46
53	1981	L'assistente sociale tutta pepe e tutta sale	Bishop	48

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1968	Il Circolo Pickwick	Nathaniel Winkle	0
2	1978	Il furto della gioconda	Poupardin	0