Gigi Ballista
Birthday
1918/12/01
Day of death
1980/08/02 (61 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Also know as
Giggi Ballista, Luigi Ballista
Biography
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...Read more
Acting
(1970) Lady Caliph
as Il principe industriale
(1968) Galileo
as commissario domenicano
(1974) Stavisky...
as Gaston Henriet
(1968) Emma Hamilton
as Cardinal Ruffo
(1970) Una storia d'amore
as Borgognini
(1973) Giovannona Long-Thigh
as Commendatore La Noce
(1976) Confessions of a Lady Cop
as Questore Moretti
(1971) No One Will Notice You're Naked
as Silvio Borelon
(1966) Pleasant Nights
as Luca di Montemerlo
(1967) The Climax
as Don Michele
(1974) Fischia Il Sesso
as Mr. Lewis
(1972) Blessed Are the Rich
as Commendatore
(1973) The Lady Has Been Raped
as Carini
(1976) Under the Sheets
as Professor Ciotti
(1965) Il morbidone
as ---
(1976) La madama
as The Venetian
(1977) Mala, Love and Death
as Carlo Alberto Giorgi
(1979) Liquirizia
as Bartolozzi
(1975) Il giustiziere di mezzogiorno
as direttore Filiberto Rossetti
(1968) Sunstroke
as Conte Malvezzi
(1975) Cassiodorus is the Hardest Praetorian
as Cornelius da Mediolanum
(1975) The Family Vice
as Conte Giosuè
(1976) Horse Fever
as Count Dallara
(1966) How I Learned to Love Women
as sir Archibald
(1973) Increase and Multiply
as Dottore
(1975) The Sunday Woman
as Vollero
(1970) Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It
as Il medico
(1981) L'assistente sociale tutta pepe e tutta sale
as Bishop
(1972) Snow Job
as ---
(1977) The Schoolmate
as Girardi
(1972) Black Turin
as Marinotti
(1971) Do Not Commit Adultery
as Padre Spiridione
(1974) Poker in Bed
as comm. Gervasio Caminata
(1972) 1001 Nights of Pleasure
as Genie in Lamp
(1971) Roma bene
as Vitozzi
(1980) I Hate Blondes
as Psychiatrist
(1974) Policewoman
as avvocato
(1976) Salon Kitty
as Nazi General
(1970) The Secret of Santa Vittoria
as Padre Polenta
(1966) The Birds, the Bees and the Italians
as Giacinto Castellan
(1974) Italian Sex
as padre di Carletto
(1967) The Man Who Betrayed the Mafia
as Aldo
(1973) Blume in Love
as Older Man
(1978) Midnight Express
as Chief Judge
(1976) Un amore targato Forlì
as ---
(1971) Trastevere
as Count
(1968) Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
as Engineer
(1964) The Maniacs
as Count at the Party (segment "l'hobby") (uncredited)
(1974) Anima mia
as Filippo Tornabuoni
(1966) The Queens
as The Priest ("Fata Marta")
(1974) Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia
as Dottore
(1967) Il fischio al naso
as medico
(1974) Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?
as amico di Gino
(1975) Il fratello
as ---
(1968) Il Circolo Pickwick
as Nathaniel Winkle
(1978) Il furto della gioconda
as Poupardin