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.
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. ...
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Filmography (Movies)
At the End of the Day
Character:Lino (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:19/09/2024
Patrick Dewaere, My Hero
Character:Self (archive footage) - actor
Release Date:17/05/2022
Bacri, comme un air de famille
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:14/01/2022
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:07/01/2022
Aznavour by Charles
Character:Self - Actor (archive footage)
Release Date:02/10/2019
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:14/07/2019
Lino Ventura, la part intime
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:04/02/2018
Lino Ventura, une histoire d'homme
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:28/05/2017
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:27/03/2017
Lino, il n'était que lui-même
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:14/08/2012
Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:13/05/2011
Il était une fois... Les Tontons flingueurs
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:13/05/2010
Code Name: Melville
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:27/03/2010
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/09/2002
La Rumba
Character:un caïd
Release Date:18/02/1987
Sword of Gideon
Character:Papa
Release Date:01/09/1986
The Seventh Target
Character:Bastien Grimaldi
Release Date:19/12/1984
One Hundred Days in Palermo
Character:General Carlo Dalla Chiesa
Release Date:06/04/1984
The Ruffian
Character:Aldo
Release Date:12/01/1983
Les Misérables
Character:Jean Valjean / Mr. Madeleine / Champmathieu
Release Date:20/10/1982
Spy, Stand Up
Character:Sébastien Grenier
Release Date:27/01/1982
The Inquisitor
Character:Inspector Antoine Gallien
Release Date:23/09/1981
Sunday Lovers
Character:François Quérole (sketch 'La méthode française')
Release Date:31/10/1980
L'Homme en colère
Character:Romain Dupre
Release Date:14/03/1979
Butterfly on the Shoulder
Character:Roland Fériaud
Release Date:03/05/1978
The Medusa Touch
Character:Brunel
Release Date:13/04/1978
Illustrious Corpses
Character:Inspector Amerigo Rogas
Release Date:12/02/1976
The French Detective
Character:Commissioner Verjeat
Release Date:10/12/1975
The Cage
Character:Julien
Release Date:10/06/1975
The Slap
Character:Jean Douléan
Release Date:23/10/1974
Three Tough Guys
Character:Father Charlie
Release Date:29/05/1974
A Pain in the Ass
Character:Ralf Milan
Release Date:20/09/1973
Far West
Character:Prisoner
Release Date:31/05/1973
Happy New Year
Character:Simon
Release Date:13/04/1973
The Right of the Maddest
Character:Le gendarme motorisé instructeur
Release Date:27/03/1973
The Silent One
Character:Clément Tibère
Release Date:10/02/1973
Money Money Money
Character:Lino Massaro
Release Date:04/05/1972
The Valachi Papers
Character:Vito Genovese
Release Date:06/01/1972
Rum Runners
Character:Cornelius von Zeelinga
Release Date:13/10/1971
Fantasia Among the Squares
Character:Sagamore Noonan
Release Date:15/01/1971
Last Known Address
Character:Principal Inspector Marceau Leonetti
Release Date:25/02/1970
The Sicilian Clan
Character:Commissaire Le Goff
Release Date:05/12/1969
Army of Shadows
Character:Philippe Gerbier
Release Date:10/09/1969
Birds of Prey
Character:Le rapace / Le rital
Release Date:06/04/1968
The Last Adventure
Character:Roland
Release Date:12/04/1967
Deux Romains en Gaule
Character:Un client du bar
Release Date:25/02/1967
Le Deuxième Souffle
Character:Gustave 'Gu' Minda
Release Date:01/11/1966
To Skin a Spy
Character:Pascal Fabre
Release Date:24/08/1966
Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle
Character:Self - Interviewee
Release Date:30/07/1966
Let's Not Get Angry
Character:Antoine Beretto
Release Date:20/04/1966
The Wise Guys
Character:Laurent Dannecker
Release Date:22/10/1965
Cloportes
Character:Alphonse Maréchal aka 'Le Malin'
Release Date:08/09/1965
The Dictator's Guns
Character:Jacques Cournot
Release Date:18/06/1965
The Great Spy Chase
Character:Francis Lagneau
Release Date:10/12/1964
The Monocle's Sour Laugh
Character:Elie's Client (uncredited)
Release Date:16/09/1964
Weeping for a Bandit
Character:"El lutos"
Release Date:31/08/1964
Greed in the Sun
Character:Hervé Marec, aka 'Le plouc'
Release Date:17/04/1964
Crooks in Clover
Character:Fernand Naudin
Release Date:27/11/1963
The Threepenny Opera
Character:Brown, Polizeichef von London
Release Date:28/02/1963
Carmen di Trastevere
Character:Vincenzo, le caïd
Release Date:22/11/1962
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
Character:Garigny
Release Date:14/09/1962
Hitch-Hike
Character:Paul, le chauffeur de car
Release Date:16/03/1962
Emile's Boat
Character:Émile Bouet
Release Date:03/03/1962
The Last Judgment
Character:Giovanna's father
Release Date:26/10/1961
The Lions Are Loose
Character:le docteur André Challenberg
Release Date:20/09/1961
Black City
Character:Il bandito
Release Date:16/09/1961
Taxi for Tobruk
Character:le brigadier Théo Dumas
Release Date:09/05/1961
Girl in the Window
Character:Federico
Release Date:14/04/1961
Mistress of the World - Part II
Character:Biamonte
Release Date:26/04/1960
Mistress of the World - Part I
Character:Biamonte
Release Date:14/04/1960
The Big Risk
Character:Abel Davos
Release Date:23/03/1960
Way of Youth
Character:Tiercelin
Release Date:23/09/1959
125 rue Montmartre
Character:Pascal
Release Date:09/09/1959
Witness in the City
Character:Ancelin
Release Date:06/05/1959
Marie-Octobre
Character:Carlo Bernardi
Release Date:24/04/1959
Twelve Hours by the Clock
Character:Fourbieux
Release Date:21/04/1959
Pensione Edelweiss
Character:Borcher
Release Date:10/03/1959
The Beast Is Loose
Character:Paul Lamiani
Release Date:21/01/1959
The Mask of the Gorilla
Character:Géo Paquet, Le Gorille
Release Date:14/08/1958
The Lovers of Montparnasse
Character:Morel
Release Date:04/04/1958
Three Days to Live
Character:Lino Ferrari
Release Date:12/03/1958
Elevator to the Gallows
Character:Le Commissaire Cherrier
Release Date:29/01/1958
Maigret Sets a Trap
Character:Inspecteur Torrence
Release Date:29/01/1958
Dishonorable Discharge
Character:Paulo, Claire's lover
Release Date:20/12/1957
The Strange Mr. Steve
Character:Denis
Release Date:26/06/1957
Speaking of Murder
Character:Pepito
Release Date:12/04/1957
To Catch a Spy
Character:Bérès
Release Date:15/03/1957
Burning Fuse
Character:Legentil
Release Date:27/02/1957
Crime and Punishment
Character:Gustave Messonnier
Release Date:04/12/1956
Law of the Streets
Character:Mario
Release Date:25/04/1956
Razzia
Character:Roger le Catalan
Release Date:07/04/1955
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
Character:Angelo Fraiser
Release Date:17/03/1954
Television Appearances
Le monde est à vous
Character:Self (archive footage)
Sacrée Soirée
Character:Self (archive footage)
Champs-Elysées
Character:Self
Auf los geht's los
Character:Self
Numéro un
Character:Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character:Self
Spécial cinéma
Character:Self
Midi trente
Character:Self
Le Grand Échiquier
Character:Self
Le Grand Échiquier
Character:Self - Main guest
Cinépanorama
Character:Self
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