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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Filmography
L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...
1981
as Bishop
I Hate Blondes
1980
as Psychiatrist
Liquirizia
1979
as Bartolozzi
Midnight Express
1978
as Chief Judge
The Schoolmate
1977
as Girardi
Mala, Love and Death
1977
as Carlo Alberto Giorgi
Un amore targato Forlì
1976
Horse Fever
1976
as Count Dallara
Under the Sheets
1976
as Professor Ciotti
Salon Kitty
1976
as Nazi General
Confessions of a Lady Cop
1976
as Questore Moretti
La madama
1976
as The Venetian
The Sunday Woman
1975
as Vollero
The Family Vice
1975
as Conte Giosuè
The Noon Vigilante
1975
as direttore Filiberto Rossetti
Cassiodorus Is the Hardest Praetorian
1975
as Cornelius da Mediolanum
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Il fratello
1975
Policewoman
1974
as avvocato
Poker in Bed
1974
as comm. Gervasio Caminata
Italian Sex
1974
as padre di Carletto
Stavisky...
1974
as Gaston Henriet
Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?
1974
as Gino's Friend
Fischia Il Sesso
1974
as Mr. Lewis
Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia
1974
as doctor