
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.

Midnight Express
MOVIE • 1978

Stavisky...
MOVIE • 1974

Salon Kitty
MOVIE • 1976

The Family Vice
MOVIE • 1975

The Sunday Woman
MOVIE • 1975

Giovannona Long-Thigh
MOVIE • 1973

The Secret of Santa Vittoria
MOVIE • 1970

Il furto della gioconda
TV • 1978

The Birds, the Bees and the Italians
MOVIE • 1966

Blume in Love
MOVIE • 1973

Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia
MOVIE • 1974

How I Learned to Love Women
MOVIE • 1966

Horse Fever
MOVIE • 1976

Lady Caliph
MOVIE • 1970

Fischia Il Sesso
MOVIE • 1974

Poker in Bed
MOVIE • 1974

Galileo
MOVIE • 1968

The Schoolmate
MOVIE • 1977