Birth Day: 1918-12-01
Place of birth: Florence, Tuscany, Italy
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.
Credits
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As Bishop -
As Psychiatrist -
As Bartolozzi -
As Chief Judge -
As Carlo Alberto Giorgi -
As Girardi -
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As Nazi General -
As Questore Moretti -
As Count Dallara -
As Professor Ciotti -
As The Venetian -
As Vollero -
As Conte Giosuè -
As Cornelius da Mediolanum -
As direttore Filiberto Rossetti -
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As avvocato -
As Gaston Henriet -
As amico di Gino -
As Mr. Lewis -
As Dottore -
As Filippo Tornabuoni -
As comm. Gervasio Caminata -
As padre di Carletto -
As Carini -
As Commendatore La Noce -
As Dottore -
As Older Man -
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As Marinotti -
As Genie in Lamp -
As Commendatore -
As Count -
As Silvio Borelon -
As Padre Spiridione -
As Vitozzi -
As Il principe industriale -
As Padre Polenta -
As Borgognini -
As Il medico -
As commissario domenicano -
As Cardinal Ruffo -
As Engineer -
As Conte Malvezzi -
As Aldo -
As Don Michele -
As medico -
As Giacinto Castellan -
As Luca di Montemerlo -
As sir Archibald -
As The Priest ("Fata Marta") -
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As Count at the Party (segment "l'hobby") (uncredited)