Lino Ventura
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 13, 1919
- Died
- October 22, 1987
- Birthplace
- Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura (14 July 1919 – 22 October 1987), known as Lino Ventura, was an Italian-born actor and philanthropist, who lived and worked for most of his life in France. He was considered one of the greatest leading men of French cinema during the 1960s and 1970s, known for his portrayal of tough characters on both sides of the law in crime dramas. Born in Parma and raised in Paris, Ventura worked as a professional wrestler before an injury ended his career. He made his film debut as a gangster in the 1954 Jacques Becker film Touchez pas au grisbi 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. Usually portraying a tough man, either a criminal or a cop, he also featured as a leader of the Resistance in the Jean-Pierre Melville-directed Army of Shadows (1969). He was nominated for a Cesar Award for his portrayal of Jean Valjean in the 1982 film adaptation of Les Misérables. After one of his four children, a daughter, was born handicapped, he and his wife founded a charity Perce-Neige (Snowdrop) which aids disabled children and their parents. Though a lifelong resident and pop cultural icon in France, Ventura always considered himself an Italian first and foremost, and never took French citizenship. He was nonetheless voted 23rd in a 2005 poll of the 100 greatest Frenchmen. ... Description above from the Wikipedia article Lino Ventura, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
At the End of the Day 2024
as Lino (archive footage) (uncredited)
Patrick Dewaere, My Hero 2022
as Self (archive footage) - actor
Bacri, comme un air de famille 2022
as Self (archive footage)
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président 2022
as Self (archive footage)
Aznavour by Charles 2019
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress 2019
as Self (archive footage)
Lino Ventura, la part intime 2018
as Self (archive footage)
Lino Ventura, une histoire d'homme 2017
as Self (archive footage)
De Gaulle, the Last King of France 2017
as Self (archive footage)
- Lino, il n'était que lui-même
Lino, il n'était que lui-même 2012
as Self (archive footage)
Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres 2011
as Self (archive footage)
Il était une fois... Les Tontons flingueurs 2010
as Self (archive footage)
Code Name: Melville 2010
as Self (archive footage)
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes 2002
as Self (archive footage)
La Rumba 1987
as un caïd
Sword of Gideon 1986
as Papa
The Seventh Target 1984
as Bastien Grimaldi
One Hundred Days in Palermo 1984
as General Carlo Dalla Chiesa
The Ruffian 1983
as Aldo
Les Misérables 1982
as Jean Valjean / Mr. Madeleine / Champmathieu
The French 1982
as Self
Spy, Stand Up 1982
as Sébastien Grenier
The Inquisitor 1981
as Inspector Antoine Gallien
Sunday Lovers 1980
as François Quérole (sketch 'La méthode française')
Jig-Saw 1979
as Romain Dupre
Butterfly on the Shoulder 1978
as Roland Fériaud
The Medusa Touch 1978
as Brunel
Illustrious Corpses 1976
as Inspector Amerigo Rogas
The French Detective 1975
as Commissioner Verjeat
The Cage 1975
as Julien
The Slap 1974
as Jean Douléan
Three Tough Guys 1974
as Father Charlie
A Pain in the Ass 1973
as Ralf Milan
Far West 1973
as Prisoner
Happy New Year 1973
as Simon
The Right of the Maddest 1973
as Le gendarme motorisé instructeur
The Silent One 1973
as Clément Tibère
Money Money Money 1972
as Lino Massaro
The Valachi Papers 1972
as Vito Genovese
Rum Runners 1971
as Cornelius von Zeelinga
Fantasia Among the Squares 1971
as Sagamore Noonan
Last Known Address 1970
as Principal Inspector Marceau Leonetti
The Sicilian Clan 1969
as Commissaire Le Goff
Army of Shadows 1969
as Philippe Gerbier
Birds of Prey 1968
as Le rapace / Le rital
The Last Adventure 1967
as Roland
Deux Romains en Gaule 1967
as Un client du bar
Le Deuxième Souffle 1966
as Gustave "Gu" Minda
To Skin a Spy 1966
as Pascal Fabre
- Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle
Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle 1966
as Self - Interviewee
Let's Not Get Angry 1966
as Antoine Beretto
The Wise Guys 1965
as Laurent Dannecker
Cloportes 1965
as Alphonse Maréchal aka 'Le Malin'
The Dictator's Guns 1965
as Jacques Cournot
The Great Spy Chase 1964
as Francis Lagneau
The Monocle's Sour Laugh 1964
as Elie's Client (uncredited)
Weeping for a Bandit 1964
as "El lutos"
Greed in the Sun 1964
as Hervé Marec, aka 'Le plouc'
Crooks in Clover 1963
as Fernand Naudin
The Threepenny Opera 1963
as Brown, Polizeichef von London
Carmen di Trastevere 1962
as Vincenzo, le caïd
The Devil and the Ten Commandments 1962
as Garigny
Hitch-Hike 1962
as Paul, le chauffeur de car
Emile's Boat 1962
as Émile Bouet
The Last Judgment 1961
as Giovanna's father
The Lions Are Loose 1961
as le docteur André Challenberg
Black City 1961
as Il bandito
Taxi for Tobruk 1961
as le brigadier Théo Dumas
Girl in the Window 1961
as Federico
Mistress of the World - Part II 1960
as Biamonte
Mistress of the World - Part I 1960
as Biamonte
The Big Risk 1960
as Abel Davos
Way of Youth 1959
as M. Tiercelin, restaurateur et as du marché noir
125 rue Montmartre 1959
as Pascal
Witness in the City 1959
as Ancelin
Marie-Octobre 1959
as Carlo Bernardi
Twelve Hours by the Clock 1959
as Fourbieux
Pensione Edelweiss 1959
as Borcher
The Beast Is Loose 1959
as Paul Lamiani
The Mask of the Gorilla 1958
as Géo Paquet, Le Gorille
The Lovers of Montparnasse 1958
as Morel
Three Days to Live 1958
as Lino Ferrari
Maigret Sets a Trap 1958
as Inspecteur Torrence
Elevator to the Gallows 1958
as Le Commissaire Cherrier
Dishonorable Discharge 1957
as Paulo, Claire's lover
The Strange Mr. Steve 1957
as Denis
Speaking of Murder 1957
as Pepito
To Catch a Spy 1957
as Bérès
Burning Fuse 1957
as Legentil
Crime and Punishment 1956
as Gustave Messonnier
Law of the Streets 1956
as Mario
Razzia 1955
as Roger le Catalan
Touchez Pas au Grisbi 1954
as Angelo Fraiser
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