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Lino Ventura (1919–1987)

Actor

One of France's most beloved character stars from the 1950s through and including the 1980s was the Italian-born Lino Ventura. Born Angiolino Joseph Pascal Ventura to Giovanni Ventura and Luisa Borrini, on July 14, 1919, in Parma (northern) Italy, young Lino moved with his family at a young age to Paris... See full bio »

Born:

Angiolino Giuseppe Pascal Ventura
in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Died:

(age 68) in Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Still of Jeanne Moreau and Lino Ventura in Touchez Pas au Grisbi
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1987 La rumba
Un caïd (uncredited)
 
1986 Sword of Gideon (TV movie)
Papa
 
1984 La 7ème cible
Bastien Grimaldi
 
1984 Cento giorni a Palermo
General Carlo Dalla Chiesa
 
1983 Le ruffian
Aldo
 
1982 Les Misérables
Jean Valjean
 
1982 Espion, lève-toi
Sébastien Grenier
 
1981 Garde à vue
Inspector Antoine Gallien
 
1980 Sunday Lovers
François Quérole (segment "The French Method")
 
1979 L'homme en colère
Romain Dupre
 
1978 Un papillon sur l'épaule
Roland Fériaud
 
1978 The Medusa Touch
Brunel
 
1976 Cadaveri eccellenti
Inspector Amerigo Rogas
 
1975 The French Detective
Le commissaire Verjeat
 
1975 The Cage
Julien
 
1974 La gifle
Jean Douléan
 
1974 Tough Guys
Father Charlie
 
1973 L'emmerdeur
Ralf Milan
 
1973 Far West
Le prisonnier
 
1973 Happy New Year
Simon
 
1973 The Right of the Maddest
Le deuxième motard
 
1973 The Silent One
Clément Tibère
 
1972 L'aventure, c'est l'aventure
Lino Massaro
 
1972 The Valachi Papers
Vito Genovese
 
1971 Rum Runners
Cornelius von Zeelinga
 
1971 Fantasia Among the Squares
Sagamore Noonan
 
1970 Last Known Address
L'inspecteur principal Marceau Leonetti
 
1969 The Sicilian Clan
Commissaire Le Goff
 
1969 Army of Shadows
Philippe Gerbier
 
1968 Le Rapace
Le rapace/Le rital
 
1967 The Last Adventure
Roland
 
1967 Deux romains en Gaule (TV movie)
L'Écossais (uncredited)
 
1966 Le Deuxieme Souffle
Gustave 'Gu' Minda
 
1966 The Wise Guys
Laurent
 
1966 With the Lives of Others
Pascal Fabre
 
1966 Let's Not Get Angry
Antoine Beretto
 
1965 Cloportes
Alphonse Maréchal
 
1965 The Dictator's Guns
Jacques Cournot
 
1964 The Great Spy Chase
Francis Lagneau
 
1964 The Monocle
Elie's Client (uncredited)
 
1964 Weeping for a Bandit
El Lutos
 
1964 Greed in the Sun
Hervé Marec dit 'Le plouc'
 
1963 Les Tontons Flingueurs
Fernand Naudin
 
1963 Carmen di Trastevere
Vincenzo
 
1962 The Devil and the Ten Commandments
Garigny (episode "Homicide point ne seras")
 
1962 Hitch-Hike
Le conducteur de car
 
1962 Emile's Boat
Émile Bouet
 
1962 Three Penny Opera
Tiger Brown
 
1961 The Last Judgment
Giovanna's father
 
1961 The Lions Are Loose
Le docteur André Challenberg
 
1961 Il re di Poggioreale
Il bandito
 
1961 La ragazza in vetrina
Federico
 
1960 Taxi for Tobruk
le brigadier Theo Dumas
 
1960 Die Herrin der Welt - Teil II
Biamonte
 
1960 Mistress of the World
Biamonte
 
1960 The Big Risk
Abel Davos
 
1959 Le chemin des écoliers
Tiercelin
 
1959 125 rue Montmartre
Pascal
 
1959 Un témoin dans la ville
Ancelin
 
1959 Marie-Octobre
Carlo Bernardi, patron de boîte de nuit
 
1959 Twelve Hours by the Clock
Albert Fourbieux
 
1959 Pensione Edelweiss
Borcher
 
1959 The Tiger Attacks
Paul Lamiani
 
1958 The Mask of the Gorilla
Géo Paquet - le gorille
 
1958 Modigliani of Montparnasse
Morel
 
1958 Elevator to the Gallows
Le commissaire Cherrier
 
1958 Inspector Maigret
Insp. Torrence
 
1957 Dishonorable Discharge
Paulo, Claire's Lover
 
1957 Three Days to Live
Lino Ferrari
 
1957 L'étrange Monsieur Steve
Denis
 
1957 Le rouge est mis
Pepito
 
1957 Action immédiate
Bérès
 
1957 Le feu aux poudres
Legentil
 
1956 Crime and Punishment
Gustave Messonnier
 
1956 Law of the Streets
Mario
 
1955 Razzia
Roger le Catalan
 
1954 Touchez Pas au Grisbi
Angelo Fraiser
 
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1996 Lino: un portrait de Lino Ventura (TV documentary)
 
1983 Champs-Elysées (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 January 1983 (1983) … Himself
 
1982 Cinéma cinémas (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Lino (ballade) (1982) … Himself
 
1981 Dialogue pour un portrait: Philippe Noiret (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1980 Il était une fois: Le gala de l'union des artistes (TV documentary)
En personne/Himself
 
1979 Le grand échiquier (TV series)
Himself - Main guest
– Lino Ventura (1979) … Himself - Main guest
 
1978 Remembering Jean Gabin (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1977 La nuit des Césars (TV series documentary)
Himself - Le président des Césars
– 2ème nuit des Césars (1977) … Himself - Le président des Césars
 
1967 Cinéastes de notre temps (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Jacques Becker (1967) … Himself
 
1964 Reflets de Cannes (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 9 May 1964 (1964) … Himself
 
1959 Cinépanorama (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 21 February 1959 (1959) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (16 titles)
2010 What War May Bring
Cameo appearance (uncredited)
 
2010 Gilles Jacob: CIitizen Cannes (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Code Name: Melville (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2008 20 heures le journal (TV series)
 
2007 On n'a pas tout dit (TV series)
 
2007 Cannes, 60 ans d'histoires (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Nino Castelnuovo, le groom de l'Hôtel du Palais (video documentary short)
Ralf Milan
 
2006 Une cellule pour deux (video documentary short)
Ralf Milan
 
2006 Molinaro, un esprit libre (video documentary short)
Ralf Milan
 
2006 L'emmerdeur par Vincent Perrot (video documentary short)
Ralf Milan
 
2006 L'emmerdeur par Jean-Marie Poiré (video documentary short)
Ralf Milan
 
2006 Gabin intime, aristocrate et paysan (video documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Vivement dimanche (TV series)
 
2004 Les 40 ans de la 2 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes (video documentary)
Himself
 
2001 La route des 'Grandes gueules' (TV documentary)
Laurent
 

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Height:

5' 9¼" (1.76 m)
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Portrayed on a postage stamp issued on Oct. 3, 1998 by the French Post Office. See more »

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Cancer