Gigi Ballista
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1918-12-01
Day of Death
1980-08-02 (61 years old)
Place of Birth
Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Gigi Ballista
Biography
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.
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Known For
Acting
(1981)
L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...
as Bishop
(1980)
I Hate Blondes
as Psychiatrist
(1979)
Liquirizia
as Bartolozzi
(1978)
Midnight Express
as Chief Judge
(1977)
The Schoolmate
as Girardi
(1977)
Mala, Love and Death
as Carlo Alberto Giorgi
(1976)
Salon Kitty
as Nazi General
(1976)
Horse Fever
as Count Dallara
(1976)
Under the Sheets
as Professor Ciotti
(1976)
La madama
as The Venetian
(1976)
Confessions of a Lady Cop
as Questore Moretti
(1976)
(1975)
The Sunday Woman
as Vollero
(1975)
The Noon Vigilante
as direttore Filiberto Rossetti
(1975)
The Family Vice
as Conte Giosuè
(1975)
(1975)
Cassiodorus is the Hardest Praetorian
as Cornelius da Mediolanum
(1974)
Italian Sex
as padre di Carletto
(1974)
(1974)
Poker in Bed
as comm. Gervasio Caminata
(1974)
Stavisky...
as Gaston Henriet
(1974)
Policewoman
as avvocato
(1974)
Anima mia
as Filippo Tornabuoni
(1974)
Fischia Il Sesso
as Mr. Lewis
(1974)
Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?
as amico di Gino
(1973)
Giovannona Long-Thigh
as Commendatore La Noce
(1973)
Increase and Multiply
as Dottore
(1973)
The Lady Has Been Raped
as Carini
(1973)
Blume in Love
as Older Man
(1972)
Blessed Are the Rich
as Commendatore
(1972)
Black Turin
as Marinotti
(1972)
1001 Nights of Pleasure
as Genie in Lamp
(1972)
(1971)
No One Will Notice You're Naked
as Silvio Borelon
(1971)
Trastevere
as Count
(1971)
Roma bene
as Vitozzi
(1971)
Do Not Commit Adultery
as Padre Spiridione
(1970)
Lady Caliph
as Il principe industriale
(1970)
Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It
as Il medico
(1970)
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
as Padre Polenta
(1970)
Una storia d'amore
as Borgognini
(1968)
Galileo
as commissario domenicano
(1968)
Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
as Engineer
(1968)
Sunstroke
as Conte Malvezzi
(1968)
Emma Hamilton
as Cardinal Ruffo
(1967)
The Seventh Floor
as medico
(1967)
The Climax
as Don Michele
(1967)
(1966)
How I Learned to Love Women
as sir Archibald
(1966)
The Queens
as The Priest ("Fata Marta")
(1966)
Pleasant Nights
as Luca di Montemerlo
(1966)
The Birds, the Bees and the Italians
as Giacinto Castellan
(1965)
(1964)
The Maniacs
as Count at the Party (segment "l'hobby") (uncredited)