Gigi Ballista
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1918-12-01 (62 years old)
Deathday
1980-08-02
Place of Birth
Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Also known As
Giggi Ballista
Luigi Ballista
Gigi Ballista
Biography
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 hoar...
Acting
1970
as Il principe industriale
1968
as commissario domenicano
1974
as Gaston Henriet
1968
as Cardinal Ruffo
1970
as Borgognini
1973
as Commendatore La Noce
1976
as Questore Moretti
1971
as Silvio Borelon
1967
as Don Michele
1966
as Luca di Montemerlo
1974
as Mr. Lewis
1972
as Commendatore
1973
as Carini
1976
as Professor Ciotti
1965
1976
as The Venetian
1977
as Carlo Alberto Giorgi
1979
as Bartolozzi
1975
as direttore Filiberto Rossetti
1968
as Conte Malvezzi
1975
as Cornelius da Mediolanum
1975
as Conte Giosuè
1976
as Count Dallara
1966
as sir Archibald
1973
as Dottore
1975
as Vollero
1970
as Il medico
1981
as Bishop
1972
1977
as Girardi
1972
as Marinotti
1971
as Padre Spiridione
1974
as comm. Gervasio Caminata
1972
as Genie in Lamp
1971
as Vitozzi
1980
as Psychiatrist
1974
as avvocato
1976
as Nazi General
1970
as Padre Polenta
1966
as Giacinto Castellan
1974
as padre di Carletto
1967
1973
as Older Man
1978
as Chief Judge
1971
as Count
1968
as Engineer
1964
as Count at the Party (segment "l'hobby") (uncredited)
1974
as Filippo Tornabuoni
1966
as The Priest ("Fata Marta")
1974
1967
as medico
1974
as amico di Gino
1975
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