Lino Ventura

Actor Jul 13 (died age 68) Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy 1954–2024 (70 year career)

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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 fi…

Known For

Film

Army of Shadows

Philippe Gerbier

Film

Elevator to the Gallows

Le Commissaire Cherrier

Film

Crooks in Clover

Fernand Naudin

Film

The Sicilian Clan

Commissaire Le Goff

Film

The Inquisitor

Inspector Antoine Gallien

Film

Le Deuxième Souffle

Gustave 'Gu' Minda

Film

Touchez Pas au Grisbi

Angelo Fraiser

Film

The Wise Guys

Laurent Dannecker

Filmography

Acting (103)

Movies (92)

At the End of the Day

2024

as Lino (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.1

Patrick Dewaere, My Hero

2022

as Self (archive footage) - actor

9.0

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

2022

as Self (archive footage)

7.2

Bacri, comme un air de famille

2022

as Self (archive footage)

7.6

Aznavour by Charles

2019

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

6.9

Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress

2019

as Self (archive footage)

7.7

Lino Ventura, la part intime

2018

as Self (archive footage)

7.9

Lino Ventura, une histoire d'homme

2017

as Self (archive footage)

De Gaulle, the Last King of France

2017

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

Lino, il n'était que lui-même

2012

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

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

2011

as Self (archive footage)

Code Name: Melville

2010

as Self (archive footage)

6.7

Il était une fois... Les Tontons flingueurs

2010

as Self (archive footage)

7.3

Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes

2002

as Self (archive footage)

La Rumba

as un caïd

Sword of Gideon

as Papa

The Seventh Target

as Bastien Grimaldi

One Hundred Days in Palermo

1984

as General Carlo Dalla Chiesa

The Ruffian

as Aldo

Spy, Stand Up

as Sébastien Grenier

Les Misérables

as Jean Valjean / Mr. Madeleine / Champmathieu

6.9

The Inquisitor

1981

as Inspector Antoine Gallien

7.5

Sunday Lovers

1980

as François Quérole (sketch 'La méthode française')

L'Homme en colère

as Romain Dupre

The Medusa Touch

as Brunel

Butterfly on the Shoulder

1978

as Roland Fériaud

5.9

Illustrious Corpses

1976

as Inspector Amerigo Rogas

6.8

The French Detective

1975

as Commissioner Verjeat

The Cage

as Julien

The Slap

as Jean Douléan

Three Tough Guys

as Father Charlie

The Silent One

as Clément Tibère

Happy New Year

as Simon

A Pain in the Ass

as Ralf Milan

Far West

as Prisoner

The Right of the Maddest

1973

as Le gendarme motorisé instructeur

The Valachi Papers

as Vito Genovese

Money Money Money

as Lino Massaro

Rum Runners

as Cornelius von Zeelinga

4.6

Fantasia Among the Squares

1971

as Sagamore Noonan

4.9

Last Known Address

1970

as Principal Inspector Marceau Leonetti

Army of Shadows

as Philippe Gerbier

The Sicilian Clan

as Commissaire Le Goff

7.6

Birds of Prey

1968

as Le rapace / Le rital

6.6

Deux Romains en Gaule

as Un client du bar

The Last Adventure

as Roland

Let's Not Get Angry

as Antoine Beretto

Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle

1966

as Self - Interviewee

To Skin a Spy

1966

as Pascal Fabre

5.7

Le Deuxième Souffle

1966

as Gustave 'Gu' Minda

The Wise Guys

as Laurent Dannecker

Cloportes

as Alphonse Maréchal aka 'Le Malin'

The Dictator's Guns

as Jacques Cournot

Weeping for a Bandit

as "El lutos"

The Great Spy Chase

as Francis Lagneau

Greed in the Sun

as Hervé Marec, aka 'Le plouc'

7.1

The Monocle's Sour Laugh

1964

as Elie's Client (uncredited)

Crooks in Clover

as Fernand Naudin

The Threepenny Opera

as Brown, Polizeichef von London

5.0

The Devil and the Ten Commandments

as Garigny

Carmen di Trastevere

as Vincenzo, le caïd

Hitch-Hike

as Paul, le chauffeur de car

Emile's Boat

as Émile Bouet

The Lions Are Loose

as le docteur André Challenberg

Black City

as Il bandito

The Last Judgment

as Giovanna's father

Taxi for Tobruk

as le brigadier Théo Dumas

7.1

Girl in the Window

1961

as Federico

5.9

Mistress of the World - Part I

as Biamonte

The Big Risk

as Abel Davos

Mistress of the World - Part II

as Biamonte

Witness in the City

as Ancelin

The Beast Is Loose

as Paul Lamiani

Twelve Hours by the Clock

as Fourbieux

Way of Youth

as Tiercelin

Marie-Octobre

as Carlo Bernardi

Pensione Edelweiss

as Borcher

125 rue Montmartre

as Pascal

Elevator to the Gallows

1958

as Le Commissaire Cherrier

7.6

The Mask of the Gorilla

1958

as Géo Paquet, Le Gorille

5.9

Maigret Sets a Trap

1958

as Inspecteur Torrence

7.0

Three Days to Live

1958

as Lino Ferrari

5.4

The Lovers of Montparnasse

as Morel

Burning Fuse

as Legentil

Dishonorable Discharge

1957

as Paulo, Claire's lover

5.4

To Catch a Spy

1957

as Bérès

5.0

The Strange Mr. Steve

as Denis

Speaking of Murder

as Pepito

Law of the Streets

as Mario

Crime and Punishment

as Gustave Messonnier

7.0

Razzia

1955

as Roger le Catalan

6.7

Touchez Pas au Grisbi

1954

as Angelo Fraiser

7.2

Television (11)

Sacrée Soirée

1987

as Self (archive footage)

5.1

Le monde est à vous

1987

as Self (archive footage)

Champs-Elysées

1982

as Self

6.3

Auf los geht's los

1977

as Self

Cérémonie des César

1976

as Self - President

3.5

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as Self

Numéro un

as Self

Spécial cinéma

as Self

Le Grand Échiquier

as Self

Midi trente

as Self

Cinépanorama

as Self