Cast & creator
Gigi Ballista
Best known for Midnight Express, Salon Kitty, Giovannona Long-Thigh
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.
Also known as: Giggi Ballista, Luigi Ballista
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1964–1981 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (57)
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Midnight Express
Chief Judge
1978
Salon Kitty
Nazi General
1976
Giovannona Long-Thigh
Commendatore La Noce
1973
How I Learned to Love Women
sir Archibald
1966
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
Padre Polenta
1970
Il furto della gioconda
Poupardin
1978
The Sunday Woman
Vollero
1975
Stavisky...
Gaston Henriet
1974
The Family Vice
Conte Giosuè
1975
The Schoolmate
Girardi
1977
Emma Hamilton
Cardinal Ruffo
1968
Under the Sheets
Professor Ciotti
1976
The Queens
The Priest ("Fata Marta")
1966
Confessions of a Lady Cop
Questore Moretti
1976
Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia
doctor
1974
Poker in Bed
comm. Gervasio Caminata
1974
The Seventh Floor
medico
1967
Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
Engineer
1968
Policewoman
avvocato
1974
Fischia Il Sesso
Mr. Lewis
1974
Black Turin
Marinotti
1972
1001 Nights of Pleasure
Genie in Lamp
1972
The Lady Has Been Raped
Carini
1973
The Birds, the Bees and the Italians
Giacinto Castellan
1966
No One Will Notice You're Naked
Silvio Borelon
1971
Blume in Love
Older Man
1973
Il Circolo Pickwick
Nathaniel Winkle
1968
Roma bene
Vitozzi
1971
Lady Caliph
Il principe industriale
1970
Cassiodorus Is the Hardest Praetorian
Cornelius da Mediolanum
1975
The Man Who Betrayed the Mafia
Aldo
1967
The Maniacs
Count at the Party (segment "l'hobby") (uncredited)
1964
Do Not Commit Adultery
Padre Spiridione
1971
Mala, Love and Death
Carlo Alberto Giorgi
1977
Italian Sex
padre di Carletto
1974
Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?
Gino's Friend
1974
The Noon Vigilante
direttore Filiberto Rossetti
1975
Pleasant Nights
Luca di Montemerlo
1966
L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...
Bishop
1981
Horse Fever
Count Dallara
1976
Jet Set Swingers
Borgognini
1970
Un amore targato Forlì
1976
La madama
The Venetian
1976
Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It
Il medico
1970
Trastevere
Count
1971
I Hate Blondes
Psychiatrist
1980Il fratello
1975
Blessed Are the Rich
Commendatore
1972
Anima mia
Filippo Tornabuoni
1974
Il morbidone
1965
Snow Job
1972
The Dress Rehearsal
1967
Increase and Multiply
Dottore
1973
Galileo
commissario domenicano
1968
Liquirizia
Bartolozzi
1979
Sunstroke
Conte Malvezzi
1968
The Climax
Don Michele
1967