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 -
As Count Dallara -
As The Venetian -
As Professor Ciotti -
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As Nazi General -
As Questore Moretti -
As Conte Giosuè -
As Cornelius da Mediolanum -
As Vollero -
As direttore Filiberto Rossetti -
As padre di Carletto -
As comm. Gervasio Caminata -
As avvocato -
As Filippo Tornabuoni -
As Gaston Henriet -
As Mr. Lewis -
As Dottore -
As Older Man -
As Dottore -
As Commendatore La Noce -
As Carini -
As Genie in Lamp -
As Marinotti -
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As Commendatore -
As Padre Spiridione -
As Silvio Borelon -
As Count -
As Vitozzi -
As Padre Polenta -
As Il principe industriale -
As Il medico -
As Borgognini -
As commissario domenicano -
As Conte Malvezzi -
As Engineer -
As Cardinal Ruffo -
As Aldo -
As Don Michele -
As medico -
As Giacinto Castellan -
As sir Archibald -
As Luca di Montemerlo -
As The Priest ("Fata Marta") -
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As Count at the Party (segment "l'hobby") (uncredited)