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Lino Ventura
Actor
Born July 13, 1919Died October 22, 1987 (68 years)
Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura (14 July 1919 – 22 October 1987), known as Lino Ventura, was an Italian-born actor and philanthropist, who lived and worked for most of his life in France. He was considered one of the greatest leading men of French cinema during the 1960s and 1970s, known for his portrayal of tough characters on both sides of the law in crime dramas.
Born in Parma and raised in Paris, Ventura worked as a professional wrestler before an injury ended his career. He made his film debut as a gangster in the 1954 Jacques Becker film Touchez pas au grisbi and rapidly became one of France's favourite film actors, playing opposite many other great stars and working with such leading directors as Louis Malle, Claude Sautet, and Claude Miller. Usually portraying a tough man, either a criminal or a cop, he also featured as a leader of the Resistance in the Jean-Pierre Melville-directed Army of Shadows (1969). He was nominated for a Cesar Award for his portrayal of Jean Valjean in the 1982 film adaptation of Les Misérables.
After one of his four children, a daughter, was born handicapped, he and his wife founded a charity Perce-Neige (Snowdrop) which aids disabled children and their parents. Though a lifelong resident and pop cultural icon in France, Ventura always considered himself an Italian first and foremost, and never took French citizenship. He was nonetheless voted 23rd in a 2005 poll of the 100 greatest Frenchmen. ...
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Born in Parma and raised in Paris, Ventura worked as a professional wrestler before an injury ended his career. He made his film debut as a gangster in the 1954 Jacques Becker film Touchez pas au grisbi and rapidly became one of France's favourite film actors, playing opposite many other great stars and working with such leading directors as Louis Malle, Claude Sautet, and Claude Miller. Usually portraying a tough man, either a criminal or a cop, he also featured as a leader of the Resistance in the Jean-Pierre Melville-directed Army of Shadows (1969). He was nominated for a Cesar Award for his portrayal of Jean Valjean in the 1982 film adaptation of Les Misérables.
After one of his four children, a daughter, was born handicapped, he and his wife founded a charity Perce-Neige (Snowdrop) which aids disabled children and their parents. Though a lifelong resident and pop cultural icon in France, Ventura always considered himself an Italian first and foremost, and never took French citizenship. He was nonetheless voted 23rd in a 2005 poll of the 100 greatest Frenchmen. ...
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Lino Ventura Filmography
| 2024 | Finalement · as Lino (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2021 | Love Is Better Than Life · as Le Père De Sandrine |
| 2010 | The Clock · as Cast |
| 2010 | What War May Bring · as Cameo Appearance |
| 1987 | La rumba · as Un Caïd |
| 1986 | Sword of Gideon · as Papa |
| 1984 | La 7ème cible · as Bastien Grimaldi |
| 1984 | Cento giorni a Palermo · as General Carlo Dalla Chiesa |
| 1983 | Le ruffian · as Aldo |
| 1982 | Les Miserables · as Jean Valjean / Mr. Madeleine / Champmathieu |
| 1982 | Espion, lève-toi · as Sébastien Grenier |
| 1981 | The Grilling · as Inspector Antoine Gallien |
| 1980 | Sunday Lovers · as François Quérole (sketch 'la Méthode Française') |
| 1979 | L'homme en colère · as Romain Dupre |
| 1978 | Un papillon sur l'épaule · as Roland Fériaud |
| 1978 | The Medusa Touch · as Brunel |
| 1976 | Illustrious Corpses · as Inspector Amerigo Rogas |
| 1975 | The French Detective · as Commissioner Verjeat |
| 1975 | The Cage · as Julien |
| 1974 | The Slap · as Jean Douléan |
| 1974 | Tough Guys · as Father Charlie |
| 1973 | A Pain in the Ass · as Ralf Milan |
| 1973 | Far West · as Prisoner |
| 1973 | Happy New Year · as Simon |
| 1973 | The Right of the Maddest · as Le Gendarme Motorisé Instructeur |
| 1973 | Escape to Nowhere · as Clément Tibère |
| 1972 | Money Money Money · as Lino Massaro |
| 1972 | The Valachi Papers · as Vito Genovese |
| 1971 | Rum Runners · as Cornelius Von Zeelinga |
| 1971 | Diamond Bikini · as Sagamore Noonan |
| 1970 | Last Known Address · as Principal Inspector Marceau Leonetti |
| 1969 | The Sicilian Clan · as Commissaire Le Goff |
| 1969 | Army of Shadows · as Philippe Gerbier |
| 1968 | Birds of Prey · as Le Rapace / Le Rital |
| 1967 | The Last Adventure · as Roland |
| 1967 | Deux Romains en Gaule · as Un Client Du Bar |
| 1966 | Le deuxième souffle · as Gustave 'gu' Minda |
| 1966 | To Skin a Spy · as Pascal Fabre |
| 1966 | Let's Not Get Angry · as Antoine Beretto |
| 1965 | The Wise Guys · as Laurent Dannecker |
| 1965 | Cloportes · as Alphonse Maréchal Aka 'le Malin' |
| 1965 | The Dictator's Guns · as Jacques Cournot |
| 1964 | The Great Spy Chase · as Francis Lagneau |
| 1964 | The Monocle · as Elie's Client (uncredited) |
| 1964 | Weeping for a Bandit · as "el Lutos" |
| 1964 | Greed in the Sun · as Hervé Marec, Aka 'le Plouc' |
| 1963 | Crooks in Clover · as Fernand Naudin |
| 1963 | Three Penny Opera · as Brown, Polizeichef Von London |
| 1962 | Carmen di Trastevere · as Vincenzo, Le Caïd |
| 1962 | The Devil and the Ten Commandments · as Garigny |
| 1962 | Hitch-Hike · as Paul, Le Chauffeur De Car |
| 1962 | Emile's Boat · as Émile Bouet |
| 1961 | The Last Judgment · as Giovanna's Father |
| 1961 | The Lions Are Loose · as Le Docteur André Challenberg |
| 1961 | Il re di Poggioreale · as Il Bandito |
| 1961 | La ragazza in vetrina · as Federico |
| 1961 | Taxi for Tobruk · as Le Brigadier Théo Dumas |
| 1960 | Mistress of the World · as Biamonte |
| 1960 | The Big Risk · as Abel Davos |
| 1959 | Le chemin des écoliers · as Tiercelin |
| 1959 | 125 rue Montmartre · as Pascal |
| 1959 | Witness in the City · as Ancelin |
| 1959 | Marie-Octobre · as Carlo Bernardi |
| 1959 | Twelve Hours by the Clock · as Fourbieux |
| 1959 | Pensione Edelweiss · as Borcher |
| 1959 | The Tiger Attacks · as Paul Lamiani |
| 1958 | The Mask of the Gorilla · as Géo Paquet, Le Gorille |
| 1958 | Montparnasse 19 · as Morel |
| 1958 | Inspector Maigret · as Inspecteur Torrence |
| 1958 | Elevator to the Gallows · as Le Commissaire Cherrier |
| 1957 | Dishonorable Discharge · as Paulo, Claire's Lover |
| 1957 | Three Days to Live · as Lino Ferrari |
| 1957 | The Strange Mr. Steve · as Denis |
| 1957 | Speaking of Murder · as Pepito |
| 1957 | Action immédiate · as Bérès |
| 1957 | Le feu aux poudres · as Legentil |
| 1956 | Crime and Punishment · as Gustave Messonnier |
| 1956 | Law of the Streets · as Mario |
| 1955 | Razzia · as Roger Le Catalan |
| 1954 | Don't Touch the Loot · as Angelo Fraiser |
| 2022 | C'est moi... Marlène Jobert · as Self |
| 2022 | Patrick Dewaere, My Hero · as Self (archive Footage) - Actor |
| 2022 | Bacri, comme un air de famille · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2022 | La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2020 | Simone Signoret, figure libre · as Self |
| 2020 | Melville, le dernier samouraï · as Self |
| 2019 | Aznavour by Charles · as Self - Actor (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | L'homme a mangé la terre · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2018 | Lino Ventura, la part intime · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2017 | De Gaulle, the Last King of France · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2016 | My Journey Through French Cinema · as Self |
| 2011 | D'un film à l'autre · as Self |
| 2010 | Il était une fois... Les Tontons flingueurs · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2009 | Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno · as Self |
| 2008 | Code Name: Melville · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2006 | Gabin intime, aristocrate et paysan · as Self |
| 1982 | Cinéma cinémas (TV Series) · as Self (segment 'lino (ballade)') |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysees (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1977 | On Your Marks, Get Set, Go (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1976 | César Awards (TV Series) · as Self - President |
| 1964 | Filmmakers of our time (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1956 | Cinépanorama (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Reflets de Cannes (TV Series) · as Self |