Lino Ventura

Lino Ventura

Known for

Acting

Born

July 13, 1919

Birthplace

Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Died

October 22, 1987 (aged 68)

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 lea...

Best known work

Army of Shadows
Army of Shadows
1969
Elevator to the Gallows
Elevator to the Gallows
1958
Crooks in Clover
Crooks in Clover
1963
The Sicilian Clan
The Sicilian Clan
1969
The Inquisitor
The Inquisitor
1981
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
1954
A Pain in the Ass
A Pain in the Ass
1973
Le Deuxième Souffle
Le Deuxième Souffle
1966
The Medusa Touch
The Medusa Touch
1978
Money Money Money
Money Money Money
1972

Filmography

  1. 2024

    At the End of the Day

    as Lino (archive footage) (uncredited)

  2. 2022

    Patrick Dewaere, My Hero

    as Self (archive footage) - actor

  3. 2022

    Bacri, comme un air de famille

    as Self (archive footage)

  4. 2022

  5. 2019

    Aznavour by Charles

    as Self - Actor (archive footage)

  6. 2019

  7. 2018

    Lino Ventura, la part intime

    as Self (archive footage)

  8. 2017

    Lino Ventura, une histoire d'homme

    as Self (archive footage)

  9. 2017

    De Gaulle, the Last King of France

    as Self (archive footage)

  10. 2012

    Lino, il n'était que lui-même

    as Self (archive footage)

  11. 2011

  12. 2010

  13. 2010

    Code Name: Melville

    as Self (archive footage)

  14. 2002

  15. 1987

    Le monde est à vousTV

    as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

  16. 1987

    Sacrée soiréeTV

    as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

  17. 1987

    La Rumba

    as un caïd

  18. 1986

  19. 1984

    The Seventh Target

    as Bastien Grimaldi

  20. 1984

    One Hundred Days in Palermo

    as General Carlo Dalla Chiesa

  21. 1983

  22. 1982

    Les Misérables

    as Jean Valjean / Mr. Madeleine / Champmathieu

  23. 1982

    The French

    as Self

  24. 1982

    Spy, Stand Up

    as Sébastien Grenier

  25. 1982

    Champs-ElyséesTV

    as Self (2 episodes)

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