Gigi Ballista
Known for Acting
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
Midnight Express
1978
as Chief Judge
The Sunday Woman
1975
as Vollero
Salon Kitty
1976
as Nazi General
Stavisky...
1974
as Gaston Henriet
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
1970
as Padre Polenta
How I Learned to Love Women
1966
as sir Archibald
Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia
1974
as doctor
Confessions of a Lady Cop
1976
as Questore Moretti
Horse Fever
1976
as Count Dallara
Giovannona Long-Thigh
1973
as Commendatore La Noce
The Family Vice
1975
as Conte Giosuè
Lady Caliph
1970
as Il principe industriale
Policewoman
1974
as avvocato
The Schoolmate
1977
as Girardi
Roma bene
1971
as Vitozzi
Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
1968
as Engineer
Poker in Bed
1974
as comm. Gervasio Caminata
Under the Sheets
1976
as Professor Ciotti
The Birds, the Bees and the Italians
1966
as Giacinto Castellan
Emma Hamilton
1968
as Cardinal Ruffo