Gigi Ballista
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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Acted in
L'assistente sociale tutta pepe e tutta sale
1981
as Bishop
I Hate Blondes
1980
as Psychiatrist
Liquirizia
1979
as Bartolozzi
Midnight Express
1978
as Chief Judge
Il furto della gioconda
1978
as Poupardin
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
Il giustiziere di mezzogiorno
1975
as direttore Filiberto Rossetti
Cassiodorus is the Hardest Praetorian
1975
as Cornelius da Mediolanum
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 amico di Gino
Fischia Il Sesso
1974
as Mr. Lewis
Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia
1974
as Dottore
Anima mia
1974
as Filippo Tornabuoni
The Lady Has Been Raped
1973
as Carini
Blume in Love
1973
as Older Man
Giovannona Long-Thigh
1973
as Commendatore La Noce
Increase and Multiply
1973
as Dottore
Blessed Are the Rich
1972
as Commendatore
Black Turin
1972
as Marinotti
1001 Nights of Pleasure
1972
as Genie in Lamp
Snow Job
1972
Trastevere
1971
as Count
Roma bene
1971
as Vitozzi
Do Not Commit Adultery
1971
as Padre Spiridione
No One Will Notice You're Naked
1971
as Silvio Borelon
Lady Caliph
1970
as Il principe industriale
Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It
1970
as Il medico
Una storia d'amore
1970
as Borgognini
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
1970
as Padre Polenta
Emma Hamilton
1968
as Cardinal Ruffo
Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
1968
as Engineer
Galileo
1968
as commissario domenicano
Sunstroke
1968
as Conte Malvezzi
Il Circolo Pickwick
1968
as Nathaniel Winkle
Il fischio al naso
1967
as medico
The Man Who Betrayed the Mafia
1967
as Aldo
The Climax
1967
as Don Michele
How I Learned to Love Women
1966
as sir Archibald
Pleasant Nights
1966
as Luca di Montemerlo
The Queens
1966
as The Priest ("Fata Marta")
The Birds, the Bees and the Italians
1966
as Giacinto Castellan
Il morbidone
1965
The Maniacs
1964
as Count at the Party (segment "l'hobby") (uncredited)