Lino Ventura
Acting
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. ...
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Filmography of
Lino Ventura
Lino (archive footage) (uncredited)
... 2024
Self (archive footage) - actor
... 2022
Self (archive footage)
... 2022
Self (archive footage)
... 2022
Self - Actor (archive footage)
... 2019
Self (archive footage)
... 2019
Self (archive footage)
... 2018
Self (archive footage)
... 2017
Self (archive footage)
... 2017
Self (archive footage)
... 2012
Self (archive footage)
... 2011
Self (archive footage)
... 2010
Self (archive footage)
... 2010
un caïd
... 1987
Papa
... 1986
Bastien Grimaldi
... 1984
General Carlo Dalla Chiesa
... 1984
Aldo
... 1983
Jean Valjean / Mr. Madeleine / Champmathieu
... 1982
Sébastien Grenier
... 1982
Inspector Antoine Gallien
... 1981
François Quérole (sketch 'La méthode française')
... 1980
Romain Dupre
... 1979
Roland Fériaud
... 1978
Brunel
... 1978
Inspector Amerigo Rogas
... 1976
Commissioner Verjeat
... 1975
Julien
... 1975
Jean Douléan
... 1974
Father Charlie
... 1974
Ralf Milan
... 1973
Prisoner
... 1973
Simon
... 1973
Le gendarme motorisé instructeur
... 1973
Clément Tibère
... 1973
Lino Massaro
... 1972
Vito Genovese
... 1972
Cornelius von Zeelinga
... 1971
Sagamore Noonan
... 1971
Principal Inspector Marceau Leonetti
... 1970
Commissaire Le Goff
... 1969
Philippe Gerbier
... 1969
Le rapace / Le rital
... 1968
Roland
... 1967
Un client du bar
... 1967
Gustave 'Gu' Minda
... 1966
Pascal Fabre
... 1966
Self - Interviewee
... 1966
Antoine Beretto
... 1966
Laurent Dannecker
... 1965
Alphonse Maréchal aka 'Le Malin'
... 1965
Jacques Cournot
... 1965
Francis Lagneau
... 1964
Elie's Client (uncredited)
... 1964
"El lutos"
... 1964
Hervé Marec, aka 'Le plouc'
... 1964
Fernand Naudin
... 1963
Brown, Polizeichef von London
... 1963
Vincenzo, le caïd
... 1962
... 1962
Paul, le chauffeur de car
... 1962
Émile Bouet
... 1962
Giovanna's father
... 1961
le docteur André Challenberg
... 1961
Il bandito
... 1961
le brigadier Théo Dumas
... 1961
Federico
... 1961
Biamonte
... 1960
Biamonte
... 1960
Abel Davos
... 1960
Tiercelin
... 1959
Pascal
... 1959
Ancelin
... 1959
Carlo Bernardi
... 1959
Fourbieux
... 1959
Borcher
... 1959
Paul Lamiani
... 1959
Géo Paquet, Le Gorille
... 1958
... 1958
Lino Ferrari
... 1958
Le Commissaire Cherrier
... 1958
Inspecteur Torrence
... 1958
Paulo, Claire's lover
... 1957
Denis
... 1957
Pepito
... 1957
Bérès
... 1957
Legentil
... 1957
Gustave Messonnier
... 1956
Mario
... 1956
Roger le Catalan
... 1955
Angelo Fraiser
... 1954