Gigi Ballista

Gigi Ballista

Gigi Ballista (1 December 1918 – 2 August 1980) was an Italian film and television actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1961 and 1980. Born in Florence, Ballista graduated in Law, then he started working as a PR consultant in the field of advertising and industrial documentaries. He debuted as an actor at a mature age in the early 1960s with some minor roles, but his breakout came in 1966 with a role of weight in Pietro Germi's The Birds, the Bees and the Italians. Following the critical and commercial success of the film, Ballista decided to pursue a professional career as an actor, and he became, mainly thanks to his characteristic hoarse and dysphonic voice, one of the most recognizable character actors in Italian cinema and television. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gigi Ballista, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Gigi Ballista
  • Popularity: 2.972
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1918-12-01
  • Place of Birth: Florence, Tuscany, Italy
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  • Also Known As: Giggi Ballista, Luigi Ballista
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Gigi Ballista Movies

  • 1970
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    Lady Caliph

    Lady Caliph

    5.4 1970 HD

    La Califfa's husband was killed during the strikes so she takes the side of the strikers. Her conflict with the plant owner Doverdo gradually turns...

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  • 1968
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    Galileo

    Galileo

    6.3 1968 HD

    A humble scientist from Padua proves that the Earth revolves and that it is not the center of the universe.

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  • 1974
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    Stavisky...

    Stavisky...

    6.2 1974 HD

    Biarritz, 1933. Charm and talent help small-time swindler Serge Alexandre, alias Stavisky, to bribe his way into the centre of French political...

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  • 1968
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    Emma Hamilton

    Emma Hamilton

    4.4 1968 HD

    The Making of a Lady: The Story of Lady Hamilton is a 1968 historical drama film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Michèle Mercier,...

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  • 1970
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    Una storia d'amore

    Una storia d'amore

    3 1970 HD

    A married woman falls in love with a playboy dedicated to blackmail, to avoid that reveal his unedifying past, abandons her.

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  • 1973
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    Giovannona Long-Thigh

    Giovannona Long-Thigh

    5.9 1973 HD

    When a judge shuts down a high profile cheese factory for violating pollution standards, the owner bribes a monsignor to fix the problem. After they...

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  • 1976
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    Confessions of a Lady Cop

    Confessions of a Lady Cop

    6 1976 HD

    Gianna Amicucci works in the house of the head of her hometown police force and enters the academy with a kickback from him. She is a beautiful woman...

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  • 1971
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    No One Will Notice You're Naked

    No One Will Notice You're Naked

    4.7 1971 HD

    Rosario Trapanese is determined to show he is not the typical old-fashion Sicilian. When his firm sends him to Denmark, a more sexual liberated...

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  • 1966
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    Pleasant Nights

    Pleasant Nights

    6.3 1966 HD

    A trilogy of comedic tales set in the Middle Ages.

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  • 1967
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    The Climax

    The Climax

    6.1 1967 HD

    A violin player is going to be father of a sixth child by his second mistress, Marisa. Quite nervous about that, he does not leave the clinic......

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  • 1974
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    Fischia Il Sesso

    Fischia Il Sesso

    6 1974 HD

    A girl from New York, Carol, to get married turns to the marriage agency of Mr. Lewis, who introduces her to Gavino, a young Sardinian immigrant...

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  • 1972
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    Blessed Are the Rich

    Blessed Are the Rich

    6.5 1972 HD

    Two brothers-in-law, a smuggler and the other traffic policeman, get hold of a large sum of money, destined for illegal exportation to Switzerland,...

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  • 1973
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    The Lady Has Been Raped

    The Lady Has Been Raped

    4.7 1973 HD

    Good bourgeois damage unintentionally life of a drug-party, during which the mistress of the house is raped without recognizing the aggressor. Both...

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  • 1976
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    Under the Sheets

    Under the Sheets

    4.5 1976 HD

    Three medical students who are reluctant to hit the books and unwilling to work are much more enthusiastic about creating pranks and targeting a...

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  • 1965
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    Il morbidone

    Il morbidone

    1 1965 HD

    Study of a man whose basic sense of inferiority leads him from worse to worse.

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  • 1976
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    La madama

    La madama

    5.2 1976 HD

    In the slang of the underworld or "mala" there is a special term for cop: "Madama". But if word were to get around that the "Madama" is Vito...

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  • 1977
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    Mala, Love and Death

    Mala, Love and Death

    4.3 1977 HD

    The young Marisa, after having inherited from her aunt, gets involved in blackmail and crime.

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  • 1979
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    Liquirizia

    Liquirizia

    5 1979 HD

    Two groups of students - the third-class high school students and the matured accountants - decide to perform a show to celebrate the last day of...

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  • 1975
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    Il giustiziere di mezzogiorno

    Il giustiziere di mezzogiorno

    6.2 1975 HD

    Franco is abandoned by his wife and daughter who wrongly accuse him of being a wimp. Besides he's bossed around and sexually harassed at work. He...

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  • 1968
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    Sunstroke

    Sunstroke

    1 1968 HD

    One Sunday in summer a mixed crowd pours on to a beach near Rome. A few tourists who had hoped to spend a relaxing day, find themselves involved in a...

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  • 1975
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    Cassiodorus is the Hardest Praetorian

    Cassiodorus is the Hardest Praetorian

    2.5 1975 HD

    The adventures of the Etruscan Cassiodorus who, after having involuntarily captured a rebel, is named centurion and ingratiates himself with Nero. He...

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  • 1975
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    The Family Vice

    The Family Vice

    5.3 1975 HD

    When Giacomo D'Amato is released from jail he is immediately employed by Magda, in a plot to secure her the heritage of the count. But there are...

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  • 1976
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    Horse Fever

    Horse Fever

    7.338 1976 HD

    Bruno Fioretti, known as "Mandrake", is an inveterate gambler who never misses a day at the horse racing track in Rome. He is doubly unlucky: he bets...

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  • 1966
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    How I Learned to Love Women

    How I Learned to Love Women

    4 1966 HD

    An erotic comedy about the many affairs of a young man with different women.

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  • 1973
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    Increase and Multiply

    Increase and Multiply

    1 1973 HD

    Italian comedy

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  • 1975
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    The Sunday Woman

    The Sunday Woman

    6.4 1975 HD

    Police commissioner Santamaria is investigating the murder of the ambiguous architect Mr. Garrone. The investigations soon drive him into the...

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  • 1970
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    Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It

    Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It

    5.5 1970 HD

    After many years of living abroad, a troubled young man returns home due to the death of his father (who he suspects was actually murdered). He...

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  • 1981
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    L'assistente sociale tutta pepe e tutta sale

    L'assistente sociale tutta pepe e tutta sale

    4.8 1981 HD

    Nadia is a social worker who is trying to keep the residents of a local slum in line. Unfortunately she keeps neglecting her work and fantasizing...

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  • 1972
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    Snow Job

    Snow Job

    4.4 1972 HD

    A famous skier, his mistress and a ski instructor rob a bank in the Alps and hide the loot in a crevasse.

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  • 1977
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    The Schoolmate

    The Schoolmate

    5.5 1977 HD

    Lilli Carati plays a high school student being pursued by a very persistent young man in this Italian sex-comedy

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  • 1972
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    Black Turin

    Black Turin

    5.4 1972 HD

    Mino and Lello, two sons of a worker wrongly accused of murder, try to find out evidence of his innocence and begin to investigate mafia business in...

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  • 1971
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    Do Not Commit Adultery

    Do Not Commit Adultery

    4.6 1971 HD

    Pino is a young man who lives in Assisi with his father Damiano, a communist revolutionary, and his partner Nadine. One day Pino sees Maria Teresa...

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  • 1974
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    Poker in Bed

    Poker in Bed

    4.3 1974 HD

    A poker player on a losing streak meets a beautiful young woman. He's attracted to her, but she appears to be perfectly content with her boyfriend, a...

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  • 1972
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    1001 Nights of Pleasure

    1001 Nights of Pleasure

    3.8 1972 HD

    Sultan Almamud suddenly becomes powerless, unable to enjoy his beautiful Zumurud. The councillors then call people who can excite them by telling...

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  • 1971
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    Roma bene

    Roma bene

    5.9 1971 HD

    A parade of corrupt and sleazy characters in the high society of Rome.

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  • 1980
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    I Hate Blondes

    I Hate Blondes

    4.6 1980 HD

    There are two problems with Emilio and his career as a pulp writer. Emilio is a bumbling fellow who has absolutely nothing in common with the heroes...

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  • 1974
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    Policewoman

    Policewoman

    5.7 1974 HD

    A young policewoman discovers an ecological scandal and must face the corruption in the Milan Police department.

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  • 1976
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    Salon Kitty

    Salon Kitty

    5.6 1976 HD

    Kitty runs a brothel in Nazi Germany where the soldiers come to "relax". Recording devices have been installed in each room by a power hungry army...

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  • 1970
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    The Secret of Santa Vittoria

    The Secret of Santa Vittoria

    6.8 1970 HD

    During World War II, Italian villagers hide their wine from the German army.

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  • 1966
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    The Birds, the Bees and the Italians

    The Birds, the Bees and the Italians

    7.1 1966 HD

    An anthology film that presents three storylines, all set in the Italian town of Treviso. In the first story, a husband pretends to be impotent as a...

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  • 1974
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    Italian Sex

    Italian Sex

    4.9 1974 HD

    A sexy graduate student is giving her thesis presentation, which creates quite a stir since it reveals that she has just posed as a prostitute for...

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  • 1967
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    The Man Who Betrayed the Mafia

    The Man Who Betrayed the Mafia

    3.2 1967 HD

    When an oily attorney dies at the hands of the mafia, a dedicated French detective investigates the man's murder. He soon uncovers a drug-smuggling...

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  • 1973
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    Blume in Love

    Blume in Love

    5.9 1973 HD

    Lawyer Stephen Blume, specialized in divorces, lives a paradoxical situation when, having his own marriage break up, is still in love with his...

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  • 1978
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    Midnight Express

    Midnight Express

    7.501 1978 HD

    Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30...

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  • 1976
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    Un amore targato Forlì

    Un amore targato Forlì

    1 1976 HD

    The young Rimini native Stefano Santi goes to Rome, with a letter of recommendation for the maestro Melchiorri, artistic director of the Opera House,...

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  • 1971
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    Trastevere

    Trastevere

    6.8 1971 HD

    A retired actor's search for his stray pet strings together this episodic portrait of the ancient Roman quarter.

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  • 1968
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    Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses

    Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses

    6.8 1968 HD

    When Marino goes to Rome for an event, he certainly does not imagine meeting Marisa, who will become the love of his life. But once love is found, it...

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  • 1964
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    The Maniacs

    The Maniacs

    5 1964 HD

    An anthology of brief comic sketches based on manias, mainly sexual, featuring several figures of Italian society.

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  • 1974
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    Anima mia

    Anima mia

    1 1974 HD

    Insatiable playboy Marco Donati decides to marry his latest flame, the beautiful Francesca. When the news gets into local newspapers, many of his...

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  • 1966
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    The Queens

    The Queens

    5.4 1966 HD

    Four comedic shorts explore quirky relationships and misadventures: a teenage girl's journey home, a self-serving babysitter, a husband confronting...

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  • 1974
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    Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia

    Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia

    7.3 1974 HD

    In Italy, a dying woman tells her granddaughter that she hid her treasure many years ago in Russia, in the city of Leningrad. Other people (who were...

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  • 1967
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    Il fischio al naso

    Il fischio al naso

    5.4 1967 HD

    In this unusual offbeat black comedy directed by Ugo Tognazzi, Giuseppe (Tognazzi) is a middle-aged industrialist obsessed with gadgets. When his...

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  • 1974
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    Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?

    Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?

    4 1974 HD

    Gino Pistone is an actor in a local theatre, but his plays aren't successful. But then he gets a genius idea: to make a play on the love story of...

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  • 1968
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    Il Circolo Pickwick

    Il Circolo Pickwick

    1 1968 HD

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  • 1978
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    Il furto della gioconda

    Il furto della gioconda

    1 1978 HD

    A miniseries in three parts about the theft of Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" in 1911.

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