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Gigi Ballista

Dec 01, 1918 - Aug 02, 1980 (61 years old) in Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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.

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Known For

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Midnight Express
Chief Judge
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Under the Sheets
Professor Ciotti
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No One Will Notice You're Naked
Silvio Borelon
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The Schoolmate
Girardi
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Lady Caliph
Il principe industriale
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1001 Nights of Pleasure
Genie in Lamp
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Galileo
commissario domenicano
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Cassiodorus is the Hardest Praetorian
Cornelius da Mediolanum
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Stavisky...
Gaston Henriet
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Policewoman
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