Lino Ventura

Jul 13, 1919 - Oct 22, 1987 (68 years old) in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura (14 July 1919 – 22 October 1987), known as Lino Ventura, was an Italian actor. Born in Italy, he was raised in Paris by his mother. After a first career as a professional wrestler was ended by injury, he was offered a part as a gang boss in the Jacques Becker film Touchez pas au grisbi (1954) 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.

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Known For

Army of Shadows

Philippe Gerbier

Les Misérables

Jean Valjean / Mr. Madeleine / Champmathieu

Elevator to the Gallows

Le Commissaire Cherrier

Crooks in Clover

Fernand Naudin

At the End of the Day

Lino (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Sicilian Clan

Commissaire Le Goff

Le Deuxième Souffle

Gustave 'Gu' Minda

One Hundred Days in Palermo

General Carlo Dalla Chiesa

Rum Runners

Cornelius von Zeelinga

The Threepenny Opera

Brown, Polizeichef von London

Credits

At the End of the Day 2024

Lino (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 6.2
Patrick Dewaere, My Hero 2022

Self (archive footage) - actor

★ 9
Bacri, comme un air de famille 2022

Self (archive footage)

★ 7.6
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président 2022

Self (archive footage)

★ 7.2
Aznavour by Charles 2019

Self - Actor (archive footage)

★ 6.9
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress 2019

Self (archive footage)

★ 7.7
Lino Ventura, la part intime 2018

Self (archive footage)

★ 7.8
Lino Ventura, une histoire d'homme 2017

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
De Gaulle, the Last King of France 2017

Self (archive footage)

★ 8
Lino, il n'était que lui-même 2012

Self (archive footage)

★ 6
Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres 2011

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
D'un film à l'autre 2011

Self (archive footage)

★ 7.9
Il était une fois... Les Tontons flingueurs 2010

Self (archive footage)

★ 7.3
Code Name: Melville 2010

Self (archive footage)

★ 6.7
La Rumba 1987

un caïd

★ 4.8
Sword of Gideon 1986

Papa

★ 6.8
The Seventh Target 1984

Bastien Grimaldi

★ 5.8
One Hundred Days in Palermo 1984

General Carlo Dalla Chiesa

★ 6.9
The Ruffian 1983

Aldo

★ 6.2
Les Misérables 1982

Jean Valjean / Mr. Madeleine / Champmathieu

★ 6.9
Spy, Stand Up 1982

Sébastien Grenier

★ 7.3
The Inquisitor 1981

Inspector Antoine Gallien

★ 7.5
Sunday Lovers 1980

François Quérole (sketch 'La méthode française')

★ 6
The Angry Man 1979

Romain Dupre

★ 5.5
Butterfly on the Shoulder 1978

Roland Fériaud

★ 6
The Medusa Touch 1978

Brunel

★ 6.8
Auf los geht's los 1977

Self

★ NR
Illustrious Corpses 1976

Inspector Amerigo Rogas

★ 6.8
The French Detective 1975

Commissioner Verjeat

★ 6.8
The Cage 1975

Julien

★ 5.9
Numéro un 1975

Self

★ 6
The Slap 1974

Jean Douléan

★ 6.7
Three Tough Guys 1974

Father Charlie

★ 5
A Pain in the Ass 1973

Ralf Milan

★ 7.1
Far West 1973

Prisoner

★ 6.2
Happy New Year 1973

Simon

★ 7.2
The Right of the Maddest 1973

Le gendarme motorisé instructeur

★ 5.8
The Silent One 1973

Clément Tibère

★ 7.2
Money Money Money 1972

Lino Massaro

★ 6.7
Midi trente 1972

Self

★ 6
Le Grand Échiquier 1972

Self

★ 8
The Valachi Papers 1972

Vito Genovese

★ 6.5
Rum Runners 1971

Cornelius von Zeelinga

★ 4.5
Fantasia among the squares 1971

Sagamore Noonan

★ 5
Last Known Address 1970

Principal Inspector Marceau Leonetti

★ 7.3
The Sicilian Clan 1969

Commissaire Le Goff

★ 7.6
Army of Shadows 1969

Philippe Gerbier

★ 7.9
Birds of Prey 1968

Le rapace / Le rital

★ 6.6
The Last Adventure 1967

Roland

★ 6.9
Deux Romains en Gaule 1967

Un client du bar

★ 6.5
Le Deuxième Souffle 1966

Gustave 'Gu' Minda

★ 7.6
To Skin a Spy 1966

Pascal Fabre

★ 5.7
Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle 1966

Self - Interviewee

★ NR
Let's Not Get Angry 1966

Antoine Beretto

★ 7.6
The Wise Guys 1965

Laurent Dannecker

★ 8
Cloportes 1965

Alphonse Maréchal aka 'Le Malin'

★ 6.3
The Dictator's Guns 1965

Jacques Cournot

★ 6
The Great Spy Chase 1964

Francis Lagneau

★ 6.8
The Monocle's Sour Laugh 1964

Elie's Client (uncredited)

★ 5.3
Weeping for a Bandit 1964

"El lutos"

★ 5.1
Greed in the Sun 1964

Hervé Marec, aka 'Le plouc'

★ 7.1
Crooks in Clover 1963

Fernand Naudin

★ 7.7
The Threepenny Opera 1963

Brown, Polizeichef von London

★ 5
Carmen di Trastevere 1962

Vincenzo, le caïd

★ 9
The Devil and the Ten Commandments 1962

Garigny

★ 5.7
Hitch-Hike 1962

Paul, le chauffeur de car

★ 5.5
Emile's Boat 1962

Émile Bouet

★ 6.4
The Last Judgment 1961

Giovanna's father

★ 6.4
The Lions Are Loose 1961

le docteur André Challenberg

★ 5.8
Black City 1961

Il bandito

★ 7.5
Taxi for Tobruk 1961

le brigadier Théo Dumas

★ 7.1
Girl in the Window 1961

Federico

★ 6.2
Mistress of the World - Part II 1960

Biamonte

★ 5
Mistress of the World - Part I 1960

Biamonte

★ 6.2
The Big Risk 1960

Abel Davos

★ 7
Way of Youth 1959

Tiercelin

★ 6
125 rue Montmartre 1959

Pascal

★ 7.6
Witness in the City 1959

Ancelin

★ 6.3
Marie-Octobre 1959

Carlo Bernardi

★ 7.3
Twelve Hours by the Clock 1959

Fourbieux

★ 4.3
Pensione Edelweiss 1959

Borcher

★ 5.1
The Tiger Attacks 1959

Paul Lamiani

★ 6.3
The Mask of the Gorilla 1958

Géo Paquet, Le Gorille

★ 5.9
The Lovers of Montparnasse 1958

Morel

★ 7
Three Days to Live 1958

Lino Ferrari

★ 5.4
Elevator to the Gallows 1958

Le Commissaire Cherrier

★ 7.6
Maigret Sets a Trap 1958

Inspecteur Torrence

★ 7
Dishonorable Discharge 1957

Paulo, Claire's lover

★ 5.4
The Strange Mr. Steve 1957

Denis

★ 5
Speaking of Murder 1957

Pepito

★ 6.3
To Catch a Spy 1957

Bérès

★ 5
Burning Fuse 1957

Legentil

★ 4.6
Crime and Punishment 1956

Gustave Messonnier

★ 7
Law of the Streets 1956

Mario

★ 7
Razzia 1955

Roger le Catalan

★ 6.8
Touchez Pas au Grisbi 1954

Angelo Fraiser

★ 7.2

Lino Ventura

Known For

Credits

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