Lino Ventura

Lino Ventura

Birthday: Jul 14, 1919
Birthplace: Parma, Italy

Bio: A school dropout at age eight, Lino Ventura went on to fill a variety of jobs, at one point pursuing a prizefighting career. In French films from 1953, Ventura built up a following in hard-bitten roles playing gangsters, police inspectors, and renegade military men. His better-known assignments included corrupt police chief Tiger Brown in 1963's The Threepenny… More Bio: A school dropout at age eight, Lino Ventura went on to fill a variety of jobs, at one point pursuing a prizefighting career. In French films from 1953, Ventura built up a following in hard-bitten roles playing gangsters, police inspectors, and renegade military men. His better-known assignments included corrupt police chief Tiger Brown in 1963's The Threepenny Opera and mob functionary Vito Genovese in The Valachi Papers. Lino Ventura remained active until the year before his death at age 68. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Filmography

Garde à vue (The Grilling) (2001)
- Actor
Sword of Gideon (1986)
- Papa
One Hundred Days in Palermo (Cento giorni a Palermo) (1984)
- Gen. Carlo Dalla Chiesa
Jig-Saw (1981)
- Romain
The Medusa Touch (1978)
- Insp. Brunel
Boulevard du rhum (Rum Runners) (1976)
- Cornelius von Zeelinga
Cadaveri eccellenti (The Context) (Illustrious Corpses) (1976)
- Inspector Amerigo Rogas
The Slap (La gifle) (1976)
- Actor
French Detective (1975)
- Verjeat
La Gifle (1974)
- Jean
La Bonne année (The Happy New Year Caper) (1973)
- Simon
- 20%
A Pain in the A** (L'Emmerdeur) (1973)
- Ralph
The Silent One (Le Silencieux) (1973)
- Tibere
L'Aventure C'est L'Aventure (1972)
- Lino
The Valachi Papers (1972)
- Vito Genovese
Dernier domicile connu (Last Known Address) (1970)
- Marceau Leonetti
The Sicilian Clan (1970)
- Le Goff
L'Armée des ombres (Army in the Shadows) (1969)
- Gerbier
- 97%
Les Aventuriers (The Last Adventure) (1967)
- Roland
Le Deuxième souffle (Second Breath) (1966)
- Gustave Minda
- 100%
Les grandes gueules (The Wise Guys) (1966)
- Actor
Ne nous fâchons pas (Let's Not Get Angry) (1965)
- Antoine
Les Barbouzes (The Great Spy Chase) (1964)
- Francis Lagneau
Cent mille dollars au soleil (Greed in the Sun) (1964)
- Actor
Weeping for a Bandit (Llanto por un bandido) (1964)
- El Lutos
Les Tontons Flingeurs (Crooks in Clover) (Monsieur Gangster) (1963)
- Fernand
Tontons Flingueurs (1963)
- Actor
Le Diable et les dix commandements (The Devil and the Ten Commandments) (1962)
- Garigny [Episode 3]
Threepenny Opera (1962)
- Tiger Brown
The Last Judgement (Il giudizio universale) (1961)
- Actor
Un taxi pour Tobrouk (Taxi for Tobruk) (1960)
- Theo Dumas
The Big Risk (Classe tous risques) (1960)
- Abel Davos
- 100%
Un témoin dans la ville (Witness in the City) (1959)
- Actor
Mistress of the World (1959)
- Actor
Les Amants de Montparnasse (Montparnasse 19) (The Lovers of Montparnasse) (Heroes in White) (1958)
- Morel
- 83%
Dishonorable Discharge (1958)
- Paulo
Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (Elevator to the Gallows) (Lift to the Scaffold) (Frantic) (1957)
- Insp. Cherter
- 93%
Modigliani Of Montparnasse (1957)
- Actor
Razzia sur la Chnouf (1955)
- Actor
Touchez Pas au Grisbi (Hands Off the Loot) (1954)
- Angelo
- 100%
The Seventh Target (La 7eme cible)
- Actor
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