Lino Ventura
Birthday
1919/07/13
Day of death
1987/10/22 (68 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Also know as
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Biography
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, a...Read more
Acting
(1958) Elevator to the Gallows
as Le Commissaire Cherrier
(2011) D'un film à l'autre
as Self (archive footage)
(1969) The Sicilian Clan
as Commissaire Le Goff
(1982) Les Misérables
as Jean Valjean
(1981) The Inquisitor
as Inspector Antoine Gallien
(1967) The Last Adventure
as Roland
(1978) The Medusa Touch
as Brunel
(1964) The Great Spy Chase
as Francis Lagneau
(1973) A Pain in the Ass
as Ralf Milan
(1966) Le Deuxième Souffle
as Gustave 'Gu' Minda
(1963) Crooks in Clover
as Fernand Naudin
(1961) Taxi for Tobruk
as le brigadier Théo Dumas
(1964) Greed in the Sun
as Hervé Marec, aka 'Le plouc'
(1959) Way of Youth
as Tiercelin
(1966) Let's Not Get Angry
as Antoine Beretto
(1972) The Valachi Papers
as Vito Genovese
(1960) The Big Risk
as Abel Davos
(1972) Money Money Money
as Lino Massaro
(1954) Touchez Pas au Grisbi
as Angelo Fraiser
(1962) Emile's Boat
as Émile Bouet
(1969) Army of Shadows
as Philippe Gerbier
(1982) Espion, lève-toi
as Sébastien Grenier
(1976) Illustrious Corpses
as Inspector Amerigo Rogas
(1955) Razzia
as Roger le Catalan
(1958) Dishonorable Discharge
as Paulo
(1984) One Hundred Days in Palermo
as General Carlo Dalla Chiesa
(1971) Fantasia chez les ploucs
as Sagamore Noonan
(1959) 125 rue Montmartre
as Pascal
(1958) The Lovers of Montparnasse
as Morel
(1987) La Rumba
as un caïd
(1966) To Skin a Spy
as Pascal Fabre
(1983) The Ruffian
as Aldo
(1957) To Catch a Spy
as Bérès
(1973) The Silent One
as Clément Tibère
(1984) The Seventh Target
as Bastien Grimaldi
(1970) Last Known Address
as Principal Inspector Marceau Leonetti
(2017) Lino Ventura, une histoire d'homme
as ---
(1962) The Devil and the Ten Commandments
as Garigny
(1965) Cloportes
as Alphonse Maréchal
(1965) The Wise Guys
as Laurent Dannecker
(1961) Girl in the Window
as Federico
(1971) Rum Runners
as Cornelius von Zeelinga
(1978) Butterfly on the Shoulder
as Roland Fériaud
(1965) The Dictator's Guns
as Jacques Cournot
(1974) The Slap
as Jean Douléan
(1961) The Lions Are Loose
as le docteur André Challenberg
(1959) Marie-Octobre
as Carlo Bernardi
(1973) Happy New Year
as Simon
(1961) The Last Judgment
as Giovanna's father
(1962) Carmen di Trastevere
as Vincenzo, le caïd
(1975) The French Detective
as Commissioner Verjeat
(1974) Three Tough Guys
as Father Charlie
(1957) Speaking of Murder
as Pepito
(1962) Hitch-Hike
as Paul, le chauffeur de car
(1958) The Mask of the Gorilla
as Géo Paquet, Le Gorille
(1959) Witness in the City
as Ancelin
(1959) The Tiger Attacks
as Paul Lamiani
(1959) Pensione Edelweiss
as Borcher
(1958) Three Days to Live
as Lino Ferrari
(1957) Burning Fuse
as ---
(2008) Code Name: Melville
as Self
(1961) Black City
as Il bandito
(1968) Birds of Prey
as Le rapace / Le rital
(1980) Sunday Lovers
as François Quérole (sketch 'La méthode française')
(1979) The Angry Man
as Romain Dupre
(1959) Twelve Hours by the Clock
as Fourbieux
(1963) The Threepenny Opera
as Brown, Polizeichef von London
(1960) Mistress of the World - Part I
as Biamonte
(1975) The Cage
as Julien
(1964) Weeping for a Bandit
as "El lutos"
(2022) Bacri, comme un air de famille
as Self (archive footage)
(1958) Maigret Sets a Trap
as Inspecteur Torrence
(2022) La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
as Self (archive footage)
(1960) Mistress of the World - Part II
as Biamonte
(1956) Crime and Punishment
as Gustave Messonnier
(1973) Far West
as ---
(2022) Patrick Dewaere, My Hero
as Self (archive footage) - actor
(1957) The Strange Mr. Steve
as Denis
(1986) Sword of Gideon
as Papa
(1956) Law of the Streets
as Mario
(2018) Lino Ventura, la part intime
as Self (archive footage)
(1966) Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle
as Self - Interviewee
(1964) The Monocle's Sour Laugh
as ---
(2019) Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
as Self (archive footage)
(2019) Aznavour by Charles
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
(2012) Lino, il n'était que lui-même
as Self (archive footage)
(1973) The Right of the Maddest
as Le gendarme motorisé instructeur
(2010) Il était une fois... « Les Tontons flingueurs »
as Self
(1967) Deux Romains en Gaule
as Un client du bar
(2017) De Gaulle, the Last King of France
as Self (archive footage)
(2024) At The End Of The Day
as (archive footage)
(2011) Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres
as Self (archive footage)
(1974) Spécial cinéma
as Self
(1972) Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
(1972) Le Grand Échiquier
as Self - Main guest
(1977) Auf los geht's los
as Self
(1975) Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
(1975) Numéro un
as Self
(1982) Champs-Elysées
as Self
(1956) Cinépanorama
as Self
(1987) Le monde est à vous
as Self (archive footage)
(1972) Midi trente
as Self