Lino Ventura
Acting
Born: July 13, 1919 · Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Died: October 22, 1987 (aged 68)
Highest Rated
Biography
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.
Known for
Army of Shadows
1969
Elevator to the Gallows
1958
Crooks in Clover
1963
The Sicilian Clan
1969
The Inquisitor
1981
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
1954
A Pain in the Ass
1973
Le Deuxième Souffle
1966
The Medusa Touch
1978
Money Money Money
1972
Let's Not Get Angry
1966
Greed in the Sun
1964
Photos (4)
Movies (78)
Elevator to the Gallows
Le Commissaire Cherrier
The Medusa Touch
Brunel
The Sicilian Clan
Commissaire Le Goff
Sword of Gideon
Papa
At the End of the Day
Lino (archive footage) (uncredited)
Army of Shadows
Philippe Gerbier
The Great Spy Chase
Francis Lagneau
The Cage
Julien
Spy, Stand Up
Sébastien Grenier
The Inquisitor
Inspector Antoine Gallien
Le Deuxième Souffle
Gustave "Gu" Minda
Les Misérables
Jean Valjean / Mr. Madeleine / Champmathieu
To Skin a Spy
Pascal Fabre
The Valachi Papers
Vito Genovese
The Big Risk
Abel Davos
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
Angelo Fraiser
The French Detective
Commissioner Verjeat
Razzia
Roger le Catalan
The Dictator's Guns
Jacques Cournot
Last Known Address
Principal Inspector Marceau Leonetti
L'Homme en colère
Romain Dupre
Crooks in Clover
Fernand Naudin
Greed in the Sun
Hervé Marec, aka 'Le plouc'
Witness in the City
Ancelin
The Last Adventure
Roland
The Threepenny Opera
Brown, Polizeichef von London
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
Garigny
The Last Judgment
Giovanna's father
Marie-Octobre
Carlo Bernardi
The Wise Guys
Laurent Dannecker
Rum Runners
Cornelius von Zeelinga
A Pain in the Ass
Ralf Milan
The Seventh Target
Bastien Grimaldi
Way of Youth
M. Tiercelin, restaurateur et as du marché noir
Maigret Sets a Trap
Inspecteur Torrence
Butterfly on the Shoulder
Roland Fériaud
Taxi for Tobruk
le brigadier Théo Dumas
The Slap
Jean Douléan
Illustrious Corpses
Inspector Amerigo Rogas
Speaking of Murder
Pepito
Deux Romains en Gaule
Un client du bar
Happy New Year
Simon
Sunday Lovers
François Quérole (sketch 'La méthode française')
Cloportes
Alphonse Maréchal aka 'Le Malin'
Money Money Money
Lino Massaro
The Ruffian
Aldo
The Mask of the Gorilla
Géo Paquet, Le Gorille
The Silent One
Clément Tibère
The Right of the Maddest
Le gendarme motorisé instructeur
Let's Not Get Angry
Antoine Beretto
The Lovers of Montparnasse
Morel
Fantasia Among the Squares
Sagamore Noonan
125 rue Montmartre
Pascal
One Hundred Days in Palermo
General Carlo Dalla Chiesa
The Beast Is Loose
Paul Lamiani
Girl in the Window
Federico
Three Days to Live
Lino Ferrari
Three Tough Guys
Father Charlie
Far West
Prisoner
Hitch-Hike
Paul, le chauffeur de car
Law of the Streets
Mario
Black City
Il bandito
The Lions Are Loose
le docteur André Challenberg
Weeping for a Bandit
"El lutos"
Birds of Prey
Le rapace / Le rital
Mistress of the World - Part I
Biamonte
Twelve Hours by the Clock
Fourbieux
Emile's Boat
Émile Bouet
Crime and Punishment
Gustave Messonnier
Dishonorable Discharge
Paulo, Claire's lover
Mistress of the World - Part II
Biamonte
The Monocle's Sour Laugh
Elie's Client (uncredited)
Pensione Edelweiss
Borcher
La Rumba
un caïd
Carmen di Trastevere
Vincenzo, le caïd
To Catch a Spy
Bérès
Burning Fuse
Legentil
The Strange Mr. Steve
Denis
Self / Appearances (26)
Ciné regards
Self · 1 eps
Sacrée soirée
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Spécial cinéma
Self · 4 eps
Champs-Elysées
Self · 2 eps
Le monde est à vous
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · 2 eps
Le Grand Échiquier
Self · 2 eps
Le Grand Échiquier
Self - Main guest · 1 eps
Numéro un
Self · 3 eps
Cérémonie des César
Self - President · 1 eps
Midi trente
Self · 2 eps
Cinépanorama
Self · 1 eps
Auf los geht's los
Self · 1 eps
Aznavour by Charles
Self - Actor (archive footage)
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Self (archive footage)
Patrick Dewaere, My Hero
Self (archive footage) - actor
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
Self (archive footage)
The French
Self
Lino Ventura, la part intime
Self (archive footage)
Code Name: Melville
Self (archive footage)
Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres
Self (archive footage)
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
Self (archive footage)
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
Self (archive footage)
Bacri, comme un air de famille
Self (archive footage)
Lino Ventura, une histoire d'homme
Self (archive footage)
Il était une fois... Les Tontons flingueurs
Self (archive footage)