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Lino Ventura

Acting
Known For

68 Years Old

Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura (14 July 1919 – 22 October 1987), known as Lino Ventura, was an Italian actor. Born in Italy, he was raised in Paris by his mother. After a first career as a professional wrestler was ended by injury, he was offered a part as a gang boss in the Jacques Becker film Touchez pas au grisbi (1954) 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lino Ventura, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born

Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy on 13th July 1919

Died

22nd October 1987

All Credits

Le Grand Échiquier Image
Le Grand Échiquier
Self - Main guest
Le Grand Échiquier Image
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
Spécial cinéma Image
Spécial cinéma
Self
Sacrée soirée Image
Sacrée soirée
Self (archive footage)
No Image
Midi trente
Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche Image
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
Champs-Elysées Image
Champs-Elysées
Self
Auf los geht's los Image
Auf los geht's los
Self
Numéro un Image
Numéro un
Self
Cinépanorama Image
Cinépanorama
Self
Le monde est à vous Image
Le monde est à vous
Self (archive footage)
Army of Shadows Image
Army of Shadows
Philippe Gerbier
Elevator to the Gallows Image
Elevator to the Gallows
Le Commissaire Cherrier
The Sicilian Clan Image
The Sicilian Clan
Commissaire Le Goff
Touchez Pas au Grisbi Image
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
Angelo Fraiser
Crooks in Clover Image
Crooks in Clover
Fernand Naudin
The Valachi Papers Image
The Valachi Papers
Vito Genovese
The Medusa Touch Image
The Medusa Touch
Brunel
The Inquisitor Image
The Inquisitor
Inspector Antoine Gallien
The Big Risk Image
The Big Risk
Abel Davos
Les Misérables Image
Les Misérables
Jean Valjean / Mr. Madeleine / Champmathieu
The Threepenny Opera Image
The Threepenny Opera
Brown, Polizeichef von London
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress Image
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
Self (archive footage)
Maigret Sets a Trap Image
Maigret Sets a Trap
Inspecteur Torrence
Crime and Punishment Image
Crime and Punishment
Gustave Messonnier
One Hundred Days in Palermo Image
One Hundred Days in Palermo
General Carlo Dalla Chiesa
Rum Runners Image
Rum Runners
Cornelius von Zeelinga
125 rue Montmartre Image
125 rue Montmartre
Pascal
Sword of Gideon Image
Sword of Gideon
Papa
The Last Adventure Image
The Last Adventure
Roland
Mistress of the World - Part II Image
Mistress of the World - Part II
Biamonte
The Lovers of Montparnasse Image
The Lovers of Montparnasse
Morel
Let's Not Get Angry Image
Let's Not Get Angry
Antoine Beretto
The French Detective Image
The French Detective
Commissioner Verjeat
Happy New Year Image
Happy New Year
Simon
Last Known Address Image
Last Known Address
Principal Inspector Marceau Leonetti
The Devil and the Ten Commandments Image
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
Garigny
De Gaulle, the Last King of France Image
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
Self (archive footage)
Butterfly on the Shoulder Image
Butterfly on the Shoulder
Roland Fériaud
At the End of the Day Image
At the End of the Day
Lino (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sunday Lovers Image
Sunday Lovers
François Quérole (sketch 'La méthode française')
The Mask of the Gorilla Image
The Mask of the Gorilla
Géo Paquet, Le Gorille
Le Deuxième Souffle Image
Le Deuxième Souffle
Gustave 'Gu' Minda
Illustrious Corpses Image
Illustrious Corpses
Inspector Amerigo Rogas
Taxi for Tobruk Image
Taxi for Tobruk
le brigadier Théo Dumas
Aznavour by Charles Image
Aznavour by Charles
Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Dictator's Guns Image
The Dictator's Guns
Jacques Cournot
Speaking of Murder Image
Speaking of Murder
Pepito
Witness in the City Image
Witness in the City
Ancelin
The Great Spy Chase Image
The Great Spy Chase
Francis Lagneau
The Last Judgment Image
The Last Judgment
Giovanna's father
Money Money Money Image
Money Money Money
Lino Massaro
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président Image
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Self (archive footage)
The Wise Guys Image
The Wise Guys
Laurent Dannecker
Spy, Stand Up Image
Spy, Stand Up
Sébastien Grenier
Greed in the Sun Image
Greed in the Sun
Hervé Marec, aka 'Le plouc'
The Seventh Target Image
The Seventh Target
Bastien Grimaldi
Three Tough Guys Image
Three Tough Guys
Father Charlie
Three Days to Live Image
Three Days to Live
Lino Ferrari
The Angry Man Image
The Angry Man
Romain Dupre
Dishonorable Discharge Image
Dishonorable Discharge
Paulo, Claire's lover
The Slap Image
The Slap
Jean Douléan
Mistress of the World - Part I Image
Mistress of the World - Part I
Biamonte
Code Name: Melville Image
Code Name: Melville
Self (archive footage)
Law of the Streets Image
Law of the Streets
Mario
The Lions Are Loose Image
The Lions Are Loose
le docteur André Challenberg
Marie-Octobre Image
Marie-Octobre
Carlo Bernardi
The Silent One Image
The Silent One
Clément Tibère
Razzia Image
Razzia
Roger le Catalan
Fantasia among the squares Image
Fantasia among the squares
Sagamore Noonan
Cloportes Image
Cloportes
Alphonse Maréchal aka 'Le Malin'
Black City Image
Black City
Il bandito
Girl in the Window Image
Girl in the Window
Federico
Birds of Prey Image
Birds of Prey
Le rapace / Le rital
The Tiger Attacks Image
The Tiger Attacks
Paul Lamiani
Bacri, comme un air de famille Image
Bacri, comme un air de famille
Self (archive footage)
A Pain in the Ass Image
A Pain in the Ass
Ralf Milan
Hitch-Hike Image
Hitch-Hike
Paul, le chauffeur de car
D'un film à l'autre Image
D'un film à l'autre
Self (archive footage)
Way of Youth Image
Way of Youth
Tiercelin
Emile's Boat Image
Emile's Boat
Émile Bouet
Deux Romains en Gaule Image
Deux Romains en Gaule
Un client du bar
To Skin a Spy Image
To Skin a Spy
Pascal Fabre
The Right of the Maddest Image
The Right of the Maddest
Le gendarme motorisé instructeur
The Ruffian Image
The Ruffian
Aldo
The Monocle's Sour Laugh Image
The Monocle's Sour Laugh
Elie's Client (uncredited)
Far West Image
Far West
Prisoner
Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres Image
Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres
Self (archive footage)
Weeping for a Bandit Image
Weeping for a Bandit
"El lutos"
The Cage Image
The Cage
Julien
La Rumba Image
La Rumba
un caïd
Carmen di Trastevere Image
Carmen di Trastevere
Vincenzo, le caïd
Pensione Edelweiss Image
Pensione Edelweiss
Borcher
To Catch a Spy Image
To Catch a Spy
Bérès
Twelve Hours by the Clock Image
Twelve Hours by the Clock
Fourbieux
Lino Ventura, la part intime Image
Lino Ventura, la part intime
Self (archive footage)
Patrick Dewaere, My Hero Image
Patrick Dewaere, My Hero
Self (archive footage) - actor
Il était une fois... Les Tontons flingueurs Image
Il était une fois... Les Tontons flingueurs
Self (archive footage)
Burning Fuse Image
Burning Fuse
Legentil
The Strange Mr. Steve Image
The Strange Mr. Steve
Denis
No Image
Lino, il n'était que lui-même
Self (archive footage)
No Image
Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle
Self - Interviewee
Lino Ventura, une histoire d'homme Image
Lino Ventura, une histoire d'homme
Self (archive footage)