Lino Ventura
Lino Ventura
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, and Claude Miller. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lino Ventura, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
103
Gender
Male
Birthday
1919-07-13 (105 years old)
Place of Birth
Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Acting

2024

At The End Of The Day as (archive footage)

2022

Patrick Dewaere, My Hero as Self (archive footage) - actor

2022

Bacri, comme un air de famille as Self (archive footage)

2019

Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress as Self (archive footage)

2019

Aznavour by Charles as Self - Actor (archive footage)

2018

Lino Ventura, la part intime as Self (archive footage)

2017

De Gaulle, the Last King of France as Self (archive footage)

2017

Lino Ventura, une histoire d'homme as Self (archive footage)

2012

Lino, il n'était que lui-même as Self (archive footage)

2011

D'un film à l'autre as Self (archive footage)

2010

Code Name: Melville as Self (archive footage)

2010

Il était une fois... Les Tontons flingueurs as Self (archive footage)

1987

Le monde est à vous as Self (archive footage)

1987

Sacrée soirée as Self (archive footage)

1987

La Rumba as un caïd

1986

Sword of Gideon as Papa

1984

One Hundred Days in Palermo as General Carlo Dalla Chiesa

1984

The Seventh Target as Bastien Grimaldi

1983

The Ruffian as Aldo

1982

Champs-Elysées as Self

1982

Les Misérables as Jean Valjean

1982

Spy, Stand Up as Sébastien Grenier

1981

The Inquisitor as Inspector Antoine Gallien

1980

Sunday Lovers as François Quérole (sketch 'La méthode française')

1979

The Angry Man as Romain Dupre

1978

The Medusa Touch as Brunel

1978

Butterfly on the Shoulder as Roland Fériaud

1977

Auf los geht's los as Self

1976

Illustrious Corpses as Inspector Amerigo Rogas

1975

Numéro un as Self

1975

The French Detective as Commissioner Verjeat

1975

The Cage as Julien

1974

Spécial cinéma as Self

1974

The Slap as Jean Douléan

1974

Three Tough Guys as Father Charlie

1973

Happy New Year as Simon

1973

The Silent One as Clément Tibère

1973

The Right of the Maddest as Le gendarme motorisé instructeur

1973

A Pain in the Ass as Ralf Milan

1973

Far West as Prisoner

1972

Midi trente as Self

1972

Le Grand Échiquier as Self

1972

Le Grand Échiquier as Self - Main guest

1972

The Valachi Papers as Vito Genovese

1972

Money Money Money as Lino Massaro

1971

Rum Runners as Cornelius von Zeelinga

1971

Fantasia chez les ploucs as Sagamore Noonan

1970

Last Known Address as Principal Inspector Marceau Leonetti

1969

The Sicilian Clan as Commissaire Le Goff

1969

Army of Shadows as Philippe Gerbier

1968

Birds of Prey as Le rapace / Le rital

1967

Deux Romains en Gaule as Un client du bar

1967

The Last Adventure as Roland

1966

Le Deuxième Souffle as Gustave 'Gu' Minda

1966

Let's Not Get Angry as Antoine Beretto

1966

To Skin a Spy as Pascal Fabre

1965

The Wise Guys as Laurent Dannecker

1965

The Dictator's Guns as Jacques Cournot

1965

Cloportes as Alphonse Maréchal aka 'Le Malin'

1964

Weeping for a Bandit as "El lutos"

1964

The Great Spy Chase as Francis Lagneau

1964

Greed in the Sun as Hervé Marec, aka 'Le plouc'

1964

The Monocle's Sour Laugh as Elie's Client (uncredited)

1963

Crooks in Clover as Fernand Naudin

1963

The Threepenny Opera as Brown, Polizeichef von London

1962

Emile's Boat as Émile Bouet

1962

Carmen di Trastevere as Vincenzo, le caïd

1962

Hitch-Hike as Paul, le chauffeur de car

1961

The Last Judgment as Giovanna's father

1961

Taxi for Tobruk as le brigadier Théo Dumas

1961

Black City as Il bandito

1961

Girl in the Window as Federico

1961

The Lions Are Loose as le docteur André Challenberg

1960

The Big Risk as Abel Davos

1959

Witness in the City as Ancelin

1959

125 rue Montmartre as Pascal

1959

Way of Youth as Tiercelin

1959

Marie-Octobre as Carlo Bernardi

1959

Twelve Hours by the Clock as Fourbieux

1959

Pensione Edelweiss as Borcher

1959

The Tiger Attacks as Paul Lamiani

1958

Elevator to the Gallows as Le Commissaire Cherrier

1958

Maigret Sets a Trap as Inspecteur Torrence

1958

The Mask of the Gorilla as Géo Paquet, Le Gorille

1958

Three Days to Live as Lino Ferrari

1957

Dishonorable Discharge as Paulo, Claire's lover

1957

Speaking of Murder as Pepito

1957

The Strange Mr. Steve as Denis

1957

To Catch a Spy as Bérès

1957

Burning Fuse as Legentil

1956

Cinépanorama as Self

1956

Crime and Punishment as Gustave Messonnier

1956

Law of the Streets as Mario

1955

Razzia as Roger le Catalan

1954

Touchez Pas au Grisbi as Angelo Fraiser