Lino Ventura
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1919-07-13
Day of Death
1987-10-22 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Lino Ventura
Biography
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. ...
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Known For
Acting
(2024)
At the End of the Day
as Lino (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2022)
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
Patrick Dewaere, My Hero
as Self (archive footage) - actor
(2022)
Bacri, comme un air de famille
as Self (archive footage)
(2019)
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
as Self (archive footage)
(2019)
Aznavour by Charles
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
(2018)
Lino Ventura, la part intime
as Self (archive footage)
(2017)
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
as Self (archive footage)
(2017)
Lino Ventura, une histoire d'homme
as Self (archive footage)
(2012)
Lino, il n'était que lui-même
as Self (archive footage)
(2011)
Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres
as Self (archive footage)
(2010)
Code Name: Melville
as Self (archive footage)
(2010)
Il était une fois... Les Tontons flingueurs
as Self (archive footage)
(1987)
La Rumba
as un caïd
(1986)
Sword of Gideon
as Papa
(1984)
One Hundred Days in Palermo
as General Carlo Dalla Chiesa
(1984)
The Seventh Target
as Bastien Grimaldi
(1983)
The Ruffian
as Aldo
(1982)
Les Misérables
as Jean Valjean / Mr. Madeleine / Champmathieu
(1982)
Spy, Stand Up
as Sébastien Grenier
(1981)
The Inquisitor
as Inspector Antoine Gallien
(1980)
Sunday Lovers
as François Quérole (sketch 'La méthode française')
(1979)
L'Homme en colère
as Romain Dupre
(1978)
Butterfly on the Shoulder
as Roland Fériaud
(1978)
The Medusa Touch
as Brunel
(1976)
Illustrious Corpses
as Inspector Amerigo Rogas
(1975)
The French Detective
as Commissioner Verjeat
(1975)
The Cage
as Julien
(1974)
Three Tough Guys
as Father Charlie
(1974)
The Slap
as Jean Douléan
(1973)
A Pain in the Ass
as Ralf Milan
(1973)
Far West
as Prisoner
(1973)
The Silent One
as Clément Tibère
(1973)
The Right of the Maddest
as Le gendarme motorisé instructeur
(1973)
Happy New Year
as Simon
(1972)
Money Money Money
as Lino Massaro
(1972)
The Valachi Papers
as Vito Genovese
(1971)
Fantasia Among the Squares
as Sagamore Noonan
(1971)
Rum Runners
as Cornelius von Zeelinga
(1970)
Last Known Address
as Principal Inspector Marceau Leonetti
(1969)
Army of Shadows
as Philippe Gerbier
(1969)
The Sicilian Clan
as Commissaire Le Goff
(1968)
Birds of Prey
as Le rapace / Le rital
(1967)
The Last Adventure
as Roland
(1967)
Deux Romains en Gaule
as Un client du bar
(1966)
Let's Not Get Angry
as Antoine Beretto
(1966)
Le Deuxième Souffle
as Gustave 'Gu' Minda
(1966)
To Skin a Spy
as Pascal Fabre
(1966)
Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle
as Self - Interviewee
(1965)
The Dictator's Guns
as Jacques Cournot
(1965)
Cloportes
as Alphonse Maréchal aka 'Le Malin'
(1965)
The Wise Guys
as Laurent Dannecker
(1964)
Weeping for a Bandit
as "El lutos"
(1964)
Greed in the Sun
as Hervé Marec, aka 'Le plouc'
(1964)
The Great Spy Chase
as Francis Lagneau
(1964)
The Monocle's Sour Laugh
as Elie's Client (uncredited)
(1963)
Crooks in Clover
as Fernand Naudin
(1963)
The Threepenny Opera
as Brown, Polizeichef von London
(1962)
Carmen di Trastevere
as Vincenzo, le caïd
(1962)
Hitch-Hike
as Paul, le chauffeur de car
(1962)
Emile's Boat
as Émile Bouet
(1962)
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
as Garigny
(1961)
Black City
as Il bandito
(1961)
The Last Judgment
as Giovanna's father
(1961)
Taxi for Tobruk
as le brigadier Théo Dumas
(1961)
The Lions Are Loose
as le docteur André Challenberg
(1961)
Girl in the Window
as Federico
(1960)
The Big Risk
as Abel Davos
(1960)
Mistress of the World - Part II
as Biamonte
(1960)
Mistress of the World - Part I
as Biamonte
(1959)
Pensione Edelweiss
as Borcher
(1959)
Way of Youth
as Tiercelin
(1959)
Witness in the City
as Ancelin
(1959)
125 rue Montmartre
as Pascal
(1959)
Marie-Octobre
as Carlo Bernardi
(1959)
The Tiger Attacks
as Paul Lamiani
(1959)
Twelve Hours by the Clock
as Fourbieux
(1958)
Maigret Sets a Trap
as Inspecteur Torrence
(1958)
Elevator to the Gallows
as Le Commissaire Cherrier
(1958)
The Lovers of Montparnasse
as Morel
(1958)
The Mask of the Gorilla
as Géo Paquet, Le Gorille
(1958)
Three Days to Live
as Lino Ferrari
(1957)
To Catch a Spy
as Bérès
(1957)
The Strange Mr. Steve
as Denis
(1957)
Burning Fuse
as Legentil
(1957)
Speaking of Murder
as Pepito
(1957)
Dishonorable Discharge
as Paulo, Claire's lover
(1956)
Crime and Punishment
as Gustave Messonnier
(1956)
Law of the Streets
as Mario
(1955)
Razzia
as Roger le Catalan
(1954)
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
as Angelo Fraiser