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
Sacrée soirée
1987
Champs-Elysées
1982
0Le monde est à vous
1987
Spécial cinéma
1974
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
Midi trente
1972
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
Numéro un
1975
Cinépanorama
1956
Ciné regards
1978
Auf los geht's los
1977
Filmography
Sacrée soirée
as Self (archive footage) · 1987
Champs-Elysées
as Self · 1982
Le monde est à vous
as Self (archive footage) · 1987
Spécial cinéma
as Self · 1974
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self · 1975
Midi trente
as Self · 1972
Le Grand Échiquier
as Self · 1972
Le Grand Échiquier
as Self - Main guest · 1972
Numéro un
as Self · 1975
Cinépanorama
as Self · 1956
Ciné regards
as Self · 1978
Auf los geht's los
as Self · 1977
Cérémonie des César
as Self - President · 1976
Bacri, comme un air de famille
as Self (archive footage) · 2022
Army of Shadows
as Philippe Gerbier · 1969
The Sicilian Clan
as Commissaire Le Goff · 1969
Elevator to the Gallows
as Le Commissaire Cherrier · 1958
The Medusa Touch
as Brunel · 1978
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
as Angelo Fraiser · 1954
The Great Spy Chase
as Francis Lagneau · 1964
The Lovers of Montparnasse
as Morel · 1958
The Valachi Papers
as Vito Genovese · 1972
Les Misérables
as Jean Valjean / Mr. Madeleine / Champmathieu · 1982
Maigret Sets a Trap
as Inspecteur Torrence · 1958
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
as Garigny · 1962
The Cage
as Julien · 1975
Razzia
as Roger le Catalan · 1955
The Threepenny Opera
as Brown, Polizeichef von London · 1963
Marie-Octobre
as Carlo Bernardi · 1959
The French Detective
as Commissioner Verjeat · 1975
A Pain in the Ass
as Ralf Milan · 1973
Way of Youth
as M. Tiercelin, restaurateur et as du marché noir · 1959
Crooks in Clover
as Fernand Naudin · 1963
The Beast Is Loose
as Paul Lamiani · 1959
The Big Risk
as Abel Davos · 1960
Taxi for Tobruk
as le brigadier Théo Dumas · 1961
Rum Runners
as Cornelius von Zeelinga · 1971
The Dictator's Guns
as Jacques Cournot · 1965
Spy, Stand Up
as Sébastien Grenier · 1982
Money Money Money
as Lino Massaro · 1972
At the End of the Day
as Lino (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2024
Cloportes
as Alphonse Maréchal aka 'Le Malin' · 1965
Greed in the Sun
as Hervé Marec, aka 'Le plouc' · 1964
Let's Not Get Angry
as Antoine Beretto · 1966
Sunday Lovers
as François Quérole (sketch 'La méthode française') · 1980
Le Deuxième Souffle
as Gustave "Gu" Minda · 1966
Witness in the City
as Ancelin · 1959
The Last Adventure
as Roland · 1967
The Mask of the Gorilla
as Géo Paquet, Le Gorille · 1958
Illustrious Corpses
as Inspector Amerigo Rogas · 1976
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
as Self (archive footage) · 2022
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
as Self (archive footage) · 2019
Patrick Dewaere, My Hero
as Self (archive footage) - actor · 2022
The Slap
as Jean Douléan · 1974
L'Homme en colère
as Romain Dupre · 1979
Three Tough Guys
as Father Charlie · 1974
Law of the Streets
as Mario · 1956
The Silent One
as Clément Tibère · 1973
Sword of Gideon
as Papa · 1986
Last Known Address
as Principal Inspector Marceau Leonetti · 1970
The Inquisitor
as Inspector Antoine Gallien · 1981
The Wise Guys
as Laurent Dannecker · 1965
Butterfly on the Shoulder
as Roland Fériaud · 1978
Girl in the Window
as Federico · 1961
Aznavour by Charles
as Self - Actor (archive footage) · 2019
The French
as Self · 1982
The Last Judgment
as Giovanna's father · 1961
The Ruffian
as Aldo · 1983
Emile's Boat
as Émile Bouet · 1962
Twelve Hours by the Clock
as Fourbieux · 1959
One Hundred Days in Palermo
as General Carlo Dalla Chiesa · 1984
Deux Romains en Gaule
as Un client du bar · 1967
Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres
as Self (archive footage) · 2011
Three Days to Live
as Lino Ferrari · 1958
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
as Self (archive footage) · 2002
Fantasia Among the Squares
as Sagamore Noonan · 1971
125 rue Montmartre
as Pascal · 1959
The Seventh Target
as Bastien Grimaldi · 1984
Happy New Year
as Simon · 1973
The Right of the Maddest
as Le gendarme motorisé instructeur · 1973
The Monocle's Sour Laugh
as Elie's Client (uncredited) · 1964
Speaking of Murder
as Pepito · 1957
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
as Self (archive footage) · 2017
To Skin a Spy
as Pascal Fabre · 1966
Dishonorable Discharge
as Paulo, Claire's lover · 1957
Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle
as Self - Interviewee · 1966
Lino, il n'était que lui-même
as Self (archive footage) · 2012
The Lions Are Loose
as le docteur André Challenberg · 1961
Mistress of the World - Part I
as Biamonte · 1960
Mistress of the World - Part II
as Biamonte · 1960
Hitch-Hike
as Paul, le chauffeur de car · 1962
Black City
as Il bandito · 1961
Lino Ventura, la part intime
as Self (archive footage) · 2018
Crime and Punishment
as Gustave Messonnier · 1956
Burning Fuse
as Legentil · 1957
Weeping for a Bandit
as "El lutos" · 1964
Code Name: Melville
as Self (archive footage) · 2010
La Rumba
as un caïd · 1987
The Strange Mr. Steve
as Denis · 1957
Far West
as Prisoner · 1973
Carmen di Trastevere
as Vincenzo, le caïd · 1962
Il était une fois... Les Tontons flingueurs
as Self (archive footage) · 2010
Birds of Prey
as Le rapace / Le rital · 1968
Pensione Edelweiss
as Borcher · 1959
Lino Ventura, une histoire d'homme
as Self (archive footage) · 2017
To Catch a Spy
as Bérès · 1957