Acting · Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy · Born July 13, 1919
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
as Lino (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2022
as Self (archive footage) - actor
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2022
as Self (archive footage)
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2022
as Self (archive footage)
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2019
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
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2019
as Self (archive footage)
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2018
as Self (archive footage)
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2017
as Self (archive footage)
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2017
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2012
as Self (archive footage)
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2011
as Self (archive footage)
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2010
as Self (archive footage)
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2010
as Self (archive footage)
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2002
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1987
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1987
as Self (archive footage)
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1987
as un caïd
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1986
as Papa
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1984
as Bastien Grimaldi
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1984
as General Carlo Dalla Chiesa
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1983
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1982
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1982
as Self
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1982
as Sébastien Grenier
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1982
as Self
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1981
as Inspector Antoine Gallien
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1980
as François Quérole (sketch 'La méthode française')
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1979
as Romain Dupre
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1978
as Roland Fériaud
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1978
as Brunel
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1978
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1977
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1976
as Self - President
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1976
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1975
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1975
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1975
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1975
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1974
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1974
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1974
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1973
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1973
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1973
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1973
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1973
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1972
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1972
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1972
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1972
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1971
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1971
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1970
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1969
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1969
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1968
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1967
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1967
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1966
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1966
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1966
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1966
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1965
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1965
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1965
as Jacques Cournot
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1964
as Francis Lagneau
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1964
as Elie's Client (uncredited)
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1964
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1964
as Hervé Marec, aka 'Le plouc'
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1963
as Fernand Naudin
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1963
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1962
as Vincenzo, le caïd
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1962
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1962
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1962
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1961
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1961
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1961
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1961
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1961
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1960
as Biamonte
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1960
as Biamonte
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1960
as Abel Davos
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1959
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1959
as Pascal
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1959
as Ancelin
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1959
as Carlo Bernardi
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1959
as Fourbieux
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1959
as Borcher
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1959
as Paul Lamiani
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1958
as Géo Paquet, Le Gorille
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1958
as Morel
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1958
as Lino Ferrari
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1958
as Le Commissaire Cherrier
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1958
as Inspecteur Torrence
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1957
as Paulo, Claire's lover
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1957
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1957
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1957
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1957
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1956
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1956
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1956
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1955
as Roger le Catalan
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1954
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