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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gigi Ballista, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Lady Caliph
(Il principe industriale)
Galileo
(commissario domenicano)
Stavisky...
(Gaston Henriet)
Emma Hamilton
(Cardinal Ruffo)
Una storia d'amore
(Borgognini)
Giovannona Long-Thigh
(Commendatore La Noce)
Confessions of a Lady Cop
(Questore Moretti)
No One Will Notice You're Naked
(Silvio Borelon)
Pleasant Nights
(Luca di Montemerlo)
The Climax
(Don Michele)
Fischia Il Sesso
(Mr. Lewis)
Blessed Are the Rich
(Commendatore)
The Lady Has Been Raped
(Carini)
Under the Sheets
(Professor Ciotti)
Il morbidone
La madama
(The Venetian)
Mala, Love and Death
(Carlo Alberto Giorgi)
Liquirizia
(Bartolozzi)
Il giustiziere di mezzogiorno
(direttore Filiberto Rossetti)
Sunstroke
(Conte Malvezzi)
Cassiodorus is the Hardest Praetorian
(Cornelius da Mediolanum)
The Family Vice
(Conte Giosuè)
Horse Fever
(Count Dallara)
How I Learned to Love Women
(sir Archibald)
Increase and Multiply
(Dottore)
The Sunday Woman
(Vollero)
Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It
(Il medico)
L'assistente sociale tutta pepe e tutta sale
(Bishop)
Snow Job
The Schoolmate
(Girardi)
Black Turin
(Marinotti)
Do Not Commit Adultery
(Padre Spiridione)
Poker in Bed
(comm. Gervasio Caminata)
1001 Nights of Pleasure
(Genie in Lamp)
Roma bene
(Vitozzi)
I Hate Blondes
(Psychiatrist)
Policewoman
(avvocato)
Salon Kitty
(Nazi General)
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
(Padre Polenta)
The Birds, the Bees and the Italians
(Giacinto Castellan)
Italian Sex
(padre di Carletto)
The Man Who Betrayed the Mafia
(Aldo)
Blume in Love
(Older Man)
Midnight Express
(Chief Judge)
Un amore targato Forlì
Trastevere
(Count)
Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
(Engineer)
The Maniacs
(Count at the Party (segment "l'hobby") (uncredited))
Anima mia
(Filippo Tornabuoni)
The Queens
(The Priest ("Fata Marta"))
Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia
(Dottore)
Il fischio al naso
(medico)
Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?
(amico di Gino)
Il Circolo Pickwick
(Nathaniel Winkle)
Il furto della gioconda
(Poupardin)