Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 13, 1919
Died
Oct 22, 1987
Place of Birth
Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Credits
105 titles
Lino Ventura
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
Filmography
At the End of the Day
Lino (archive footage) (uncredited)
Patrick Dewaere, My Hero
Self (archive footage) - actor
Bacri, comme un air de famille
Self (archive footage)
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Self (archive footage)
Aznavour by Charles
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
Self (archive footage)
Lino Ventura, la part intime
Self (archive footage)
Lino Ventura, une histoire d'homme
Self (archive footage)
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
Self (archive footage)
Lino, il n'était que lui-même
Self (archive footage)
Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres
Self (archive footage)
Il était une fois... Les Tontons flingueurs
Self (archive footage)
Code Name: Melville
Self (archive footage)
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
Self (archive footage)
Le monde est à vous
Self (archive footage)
Sacrée soirée
Self (archive footage)
La Rumba
un caïd
Sword of Gideon
Papa
The Seventh Target
Bastien Grimaldi
One Hundred Days in Palermo
General Carlo Dalla Chiesa
The Ruffian
Aldo
Les Misérables
Jean Valjean / Mr. Madeleine / Champmathieu
The French
Self
Spy, Stand Up
Sébastien Grenier
Champs-Elysées
Self
The Inquisitor
Inspector Antoine Gallien
Sunday Lovers
François Quérole (sketch 'La méthode française')
L'Homme en colère
Romain Dupre
Butterfly on the Shoulder
Roland Fériaud
The Medusa Touch
Brunel
Ciné regards
Self
Auf los geht's los
Self
Cérémonie des César
Self - President
Illustrious Corpses
Inspector Amerigo Rogas
The French Detective
Commissioner Verjeat
The Cage
Julien
Numéro un
Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
The Slap
Jean Douléan
Spécial cinéma
Self
Three Tough Guys
Father Charlie
A Pain in the Ass
Ralf Milan
Far West
Prisoner
Happy New Year
Simon
The Right of the Maddest
Le gendarme motorisé instructeur
The Silent One
Clément Tibère
Money Money Money
Lino Massaro
Midi trente
Self
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
The Valachi Papers
Vito Genovese