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Acting
Lino Ventura
Also known as: Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura
Biography
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. ... Description above from the Wikipedia article Lino Ventura, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 13, 1919
Day of Death
October 22, 1987
Age at Death
68 years old
Place of Birth
Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Popularity Score
1.2
Filmography
At the End of the Day
Lino (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024Movie
Bacri, comme un air de famille
Self (archive footage)
2022Movie
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Self (archive footage)
2022Movie
Patrick Dewaere, My Hero
Self (archive footage) - actor
2022Movie
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
Self (archive footage)
2019Movie
Aznavour by Charles
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2019Movie
Lino Ventura, la part intime
Self (archive footage)
2018Movie
Lino Ventura, une histoire d'homme
Self (archive footage)
2017Movie
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
Self (archive footage)
2017Movie
Lino, il n'était que lui-même
Self (archive footage)
2012Movie
Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres
Self (archive footage)
2011Movie
Code Name: Melville
Self (archive footage)
2010Movie
Il était une fois... Les Tontons flingueurs
Self (archive footage)
2010Movie
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
Self (archive footage)
2002Movie
La Rumba
un caïd
1987Movie
Le monde est à vous
Self (archive footage)
1987TV
Sacrée soirée
Self (archive footage)
1987TV
Sword of Gideon
Papa
1986Movie
One Hundred Days in Palermo
General Carlo Dalla Chiesa
1984Movie
The Seventh Target
Bastien Grimaldi
1984Movie
The Ruffian
Aldo
1983Movie
Les Misérables
Jean Valjean / Mr. Madeleine / Champmathieu
1982Movie
Spy, Stand Up
Sébastien Grenier
1982Movie
The French
Self
1982Movie
Champs-Elysées
Self
1982TV
The Inquisitor
Inspector Antoine Gallien
1981Movie
Sunday Lovers
François Quérole (sketch 'La méthode française')
1980Movie
L'Homme en colère
Romain Dupre
1979Movie
The Medusa Touch
Brunel
1978Movie
Butterfly on the Shoulder
Roland Fériaud
1978Movie
Ciné regards
Self
1978TV
Auf los geht's los
Self
1977TV
Illustrious Corpses
Inspector Amerigo Rogas
1976Movie
Cérémonie des César
Self - President
1976TV
The French Detective
Commissioner Verjeat
1975Movie
The Cage
Julien
1975Movie
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975TV
Numéro un
Self
1975TV
The Slap
Jean Douléan
1974Movie
Three Tough Guys
Father Charlie
1974Movie
Spécial cinéma
Self
1974TV
A Pain in the Ass(1973)
Ralf Milan
1973Movie
The Silent One
Clément Tibère
1973Movie
Happy New Year
Simon
1973Movie
Far West
Prisoner
1973Movie
The Right of the Maddest
Le gendarme motorisé instructeur
1973Movie
The Valachi Papers
Vito Genovese
1972Movie
Money Money Money
Lino Massaro
1972Movie
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
1972TV
Midi trente
Self
1972TV
Fantasia Among the Squares
Sagamore Noonan
1971Movie
Rum Runners
Cornelius von Zeelinga
1971Movie
Last Known Address
Principal Inspector Marceau Leonetti
1970Movie
The Sicilian Clan
Commissaire Le Goff
1969Movie
Army of Shadows
Philippe Gerbier
1969Movie
Birds of Prey
Le rapace / Le rital
1968Movie
The Last Adventure
Roland
1967Movie
Deux Romains en Gaule
Un client du bar
1967Movie
Le Deuxième Souffle
Gustave "Gu" Minda
1966Movie
Let's Not Get Angry
Antoine Beretto
1966Movie
To Skin a Spy
Pascal Fabre
1966Movie
Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle
Self - Interviewee
1966Movie
Cloportes
Alphonse Maréchal aka 'Le Malin'
1965Movie
The Wise Guys
Laurent Dannecker
1965Movie
The Dictator's Guns
Jacques Cournot
1965Movie
The Great Spy Chase
Francis Lagneau
1964Movie
Greed in the Sun
Hervé Marec, aka 'Le plouc'
1964Movie
Weeping for a Bandit
"El lutos"
1964Movie
The Monocle's Sour Laugh
Elie's Client (uncredited)
1964Movie
Crooks in Clover
Fernand Naudin
1963Movie
The Threepenny Opera
Brown, Polizeichef von London
1963Movie
Emile's Boat
Émile Bouet
1962Movie
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
Garigny
1962Movie
Carmen di Trastevere
Vincenzo, le caïd
1962Movie
Hitch-Hike
Paul, le chauffeur de car
1962Movie
Taxi for Tobruk
le brigadier Théo Dumas
1961Movie
Girl in the Window
Federico
1961Movie
The Lions Are Loose
le docteur André Challenberg
1961Movie
The Last Judgment
Giovanna's father
1961Movie
Black City
Il bandito
1961Movie
The Big Risk
Abel Davos
1960Movie
Mistress of the World - Part I
Biamonte
1960Movie
Mistress of the World - Part II
Biamonte
1960Movie
Way of Youth
M. Tiercelin, restaurateur et as du marché noir
1959Movie
125 rue Montmartre
Pascal
1959Movie
Marie-Octobre
Carlo Bernardi
1959Movie
Witness in the City
Ancelin
1959Movie
The Beast Is Loose
Paul Lamiani
1959Movie
Pensione Edelweiss
Borcher
1959Movie
Twelve Hours by the Clock
Fourbieux
1959Movie
Elevator to the Gallows
Le Commissaire Cherrier
1958Movie
The Lovers of Montparnasse
Morel
1958Movie
The Mask of the Gorilla
Géo Paquet, Le Gorille
1958Movie
Three Days to Live
Lino Ferrari
1958Movie
Maigret Sets a Trap
Inspecteur Torrence
1958Movie
Dishonorable Discharge
Paulo, Claire's lover
1957Movie
To Catch a Spy
Bérès
1957Movie
Speaking of Murder
Pepito
1957Movie
Burning Fuse
Legentil
1957Movie
The Strange Mr. Steve
Denis
1957Movie
Crime and Punishment
Gustave Messonnier
1956Movie
Law of the Streets
Mario
1956Movie
Cinépanorama
Self
1956TV
Razzia
Roger le Catalan
1955Movie
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
Angelo Fraiser
1954Movie