Acting
Lino Ventura
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.
Filmography
At the End of the Day
Film · 2024
Bacri, comme un air de famille
Film · 2022
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Film · 2022
Patrick Dewaere, My Hero
Film · 2022
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
Film · 2019
Aznavour by Charles
Film · 2019
Lino Ventura, la part intime
Film · 2018
Lino Ventura, une histoire d'homme
Film · 2017
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
Film · 2017
Lino, il n'était que lui-même
Film · 2012
Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres
Film · 2011
Code Name: Melville
Film · 2010
Il était une fois... Les Tontons flingueurs
Film · 2010
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
Film · 2002
La Rumba
Film · 1987
Le monde est à vous
Series · 1987
Sacrée soirée
Series · 1987
Sword of Gideon
Film · 1986
One Hundred Days in Palermo
Film · 1984
The Seventh Target
Film · 1984
The Ruffian
Film · 1983
Les Misérables
Film · 1982
Spy, Stand Up
Film · 1982
The French
Film · 1982
Champs-Elysées
Series · 1982
The Inquisitor
Film · 1981
Sunday Lovers
Film · 1980
L'Homme en colère
Film · 1979
The Medusa Touch
Film · 1978
Butterfly on the Shoulder
Film · 1978
Ciné regards
Series · 1978
Auf los geht's los
Series · 1977
Illustrious Corpses
Film · 1976
Cérémonie des César
Series · 1976
The French Detective
Film · 1975
The Cage
Film · 1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Series · 1975
Numéro un
Series · 1975
The Slap
Film · 1974
Three Tough Guys
Film · 1974
Spécial cinéma
Series · 1974
A Pain in the Ass
Film · 1973
The Silent One
Film · 1973
Happy New Year
Film · 1973
Far West
Film · 1973
The Right of the Maddest
Film · 1973
The Valachi Papers
Film · 1972
Money Money Money
Film · 1972
Le Grand Échiquier
Series · 1972
Le Grand Échiquier
Series · 1972
Midi trente
Series · 1972
Fantasia Among the Squares
Film · 1971
Rum Runners
Film · 1971
Last Known Address
Film · 1970
The Sicilian Clan
Film · 1969
Army of Shadows
Film · 1969
Birds of Prey
Film · 1968
The Last Adventure
Film · 1967
Deux Romains en Gaule
Film · 1967
Le Deuxième Souffle
Film · 1966
Let's Not Get Angry
Film · 1966
To Skin a Spy
Film · 1966
Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle
Film · 1966
Cloportes
Film · 1965
The Wise Guys
Film · 1965
The Dictator's Guns
Film · 1965
The Great Spy Chase
Film · 1964
Greed in the Sun
Film · 1964
Weeping for a Bandit
Film · 1964
The Monocle's Sour Laugh
Film · 1964
Crooks in Clover
Film · 1963
The Threepenny Opera
Film · 1963
Emile's Boat
Film · 1962
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
Film · 1962
Carmen di Trastevere
Film · 1962
Hitch-Hike
Film · 1962
Taxi for Tobruk
Film · 1961
Girl in the Window
Film · 1961
The Lions Are Loose
Film · 1961
The Last Judgment
Film · 1961
Black City
Film · 1961
The Big Risk
Film · 1960
Mistress of the World - Part I
Film · 1960
Mistress of the World - Part II
Film · 1960
Way of Youth
Film · 1959
125 rue Montmartre
Film · 1959
Marie-Octobre
Film · 1959
The Beast Is Loose
Film · 1959
Witness in the City
Film · 1959
Pensione Edelweiss
Film · 1959
Twelve Hours by the Clock
Film · 1959
Elevator to the Gallows
Film · 1958
The Lovers of Montparnasse
Film · 1958
The Mask of the Gorilla
Film · 1958
Three Days to Live
Film · 1958
Maigret Sets a Trap
Film · 1958
Dishonorable Discharge
Film · 1957
To Catch a Spy
Film · 1957
Speaking of Murder
Film · 1957
Burning Fuse
Film · 1957
The Strange Mr. Steve
Film · 1957
Crime and Punishment
Film · 1956
Law of the Streets
Film · 1956
Cinépanorama
Series · 1956
Razzia
Film · 1955
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
Film · 1954