Acting · Florence, Tuscany, Italy · Born December 1, 1918
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.
MovieL'assistente sociale tutto pepe...
1981
as Bishop
MovieI Hate Blondes
1980
as Psychiatrist
MovieLiquirizia
1979
as Bartolozzi
MovieMidnight Express
1978
as Chief Judge
TVIl furto della gioconda
1978
as Poupardin
MovieThe Schoolmate
1977
as Girardi
MovieMala, Love and Death
1977
as Carlo Alberto Giorgi
MovieUn amore targato Forlì
1976
MovieHorse Fever
1976
as Count Dallara
MovieUnder the Sheets
1976
as Professor Ciotti
MovieSalon Kitty
1976
as Nazi General
MovieConfessions of a Lady Cop
1976
as Questore Moretti
MovieLa madama
1976
as The Venetian
MovieThe Sunday Woman
1975
as Vollero
MovieThe Family Vice
1975
as Conte Giosuè
MovieThe Noon Vigilante
1975
as direttore Filiberto Rossetti
MovieCassiodorus Is the Hardest Praetorian
1975
as Cornelius da Mediolanum
Il fratello
1975
MoviePolicewoman
1974
as avvocato
MoviePoker in Bed
1974
as comm. Gervasio Caminata
MovieItalian Sex
1974
as padre di Carletto
MovieStavisky...
1974
as Gaston Henriet
MoviePermettete signora che ami vostra figlia?
1974
as Gino's Friend
MovieFischia Il Sesso
1974
as Mr. Lewis
MovieUnbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia
1974
as doctor
MovieAnima mia
1974
as Filippo Tornabuoni
MovieThe Lady Has Been Raped
1973
as Carini
MovieBlume in Love
1973
as Older Man
MovieGiovannona Long-Thigh
1973
as Commendatore La Noce
MovieIncrease and Multiply
1973
as Dottore
MovieBlessed Are the Rich
1972
as Commendatore
MovieBlack Turin
1972
as Marinotti
Movie1001 Nights of Pleasure
1972
as Genie in Lamp
MovieSnow Job
1972
MovieTrastevere
1971
as Count
MovieRoma bene
1971
as Vitozzi
MovieDo Not Commit Adultery
1971
as Padre Spiridione
MovieNo One Will Notice You're Naked
1971
as Silvio Borelon
MovieLady Caliph
1970
as Il principe industriale
MovieKill the Fatted Calf and Roast It
1970
as Il medico
MovieUna storia d'amore
1970
as Borgognini
MovieThe Secret of Santa Vittoria
1970
as Padre Polenta
MovieEmma Hamilton
1968
as Cardinal Ruffo
MovieTorture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
1968
as Engineer
MovieGalileo
1968
as commissario domenicano
MovieSunstroke
1968
as Conte Malvezzi
TVIl Circolo Pickwick
1968
as Nathaniel Winkle
MovieThe Seventh Floor
1967
as medico
MovieThe Man Who Betrayed the Mafia
1967
as Aldo
MovieThe Climax
1967
as Don Michele
MoviePleasant Nights
1966
as Luca di Montemerlo
MovieHow I Learned to Love Women
1966
as sir Archibald
MovieThe Queens
1966
as The Priest ("Fata Marta")
MovieThe Birds, the Bees and the Italians
1966
as Giacinto Castellan
MovieIl morbidone
1965
MovieThe Maniacs
1964
as Count at the Party (segment "l'hobby") (uncredited)
