Lino Ventura
Born July 13, 1919 (Age: 106)
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Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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.
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
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Lino, il n'était que lui-même
2012
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 93
Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres
2011
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 91
Il était une fois... Les Tontons flingueurs
2010
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 90
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
2002
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 83
La Rumba
1987
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as un caïd
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Age: 67
The Inquisitor
1981
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as Inspector Antoine Gallien
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Age: 62
Sunday Lovers
1980
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as François Quérole (sketch 'La méthode française')
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Age: 61
Butterfly on the Shoulder
1978
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as Roland Fériaud
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Age: 58
The Medusa Touch
1978
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as Brunel
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Age: 58
The Slap
1974
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as Jean Douléan
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Age: 55
Three Tough Guys
1974
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as Father Charlie
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Age: 54
A Pain in the Ass
1973
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as Ralf Milan
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Age: 54
Far West
1973
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as Prisoner
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Age: 53
Happy New Year
1973
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as Simon
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Age: 53
The Right of the Maddest
1973
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as Le gendarme motorisé instructeur
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Age: 53
The Silent One
1973
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as Clément Tibère
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Age: 53
Money Money Money
1972
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as Lino Massaro
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Age: 52
The Valachi Papers
1972
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as Vito Genovese
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Age: 52
The Sicilian Clan
1969
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as Commissaire Le Goff
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Age: 50
Army of Shadows
1969
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as Philippe Gerbier
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Age: 50
The Wise Guys
1965
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as Laurent Dannecker
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Age: 46
Cloportes
1965
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as Alphonse Maréchal aka 'Le Malin'
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Age: 46
The Dictator's Guns
1965
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as Jacques Cournot
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Age: 45
The Great Spy Chase
1964
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as Francis Lagneau
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Age: 45
The Monocle's Sour Laugh
1964
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as Elie's Client (uncredited)
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Age: 45
Weeping for a Bandit
1964
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as "El lutos"
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Age: 45
Greed in the Sun
1964
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as Hervé Marec, aka 'Le plouc'
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Age: 44
Crooks in Clover
1963
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as Fernand Naudin
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Age: 44
The Threepenny Opera
1963
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as Brown, Polizeichef von London
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Age: 43
Carmen di Trastevere
1962
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as Vincenzo, le caïd
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Age: 43
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
1962
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as Garigny
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Age: 43
Hitch-Hike
1962
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as Paul, le chauffeur de car
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Age: 42
Emile's Boat
1962
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as Émile Bouet
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Age: 42
The Last Judgment
1961
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as Giovanna's father
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Age: 42
The Lions Are Loose
1961
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as le docteur André Challenberg
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Age: 42
Black City
1961
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as Il bandito
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Age: 42
Taxi for Tobruk
1961
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as le brigadier Théo Dumas
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Age: 41
Girl in the Window
1961
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as Federico
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Age: 41
Mistress of the World - Part II
1960
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as Biamonte
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Age: 40
Mistress of the World - Part I
1960
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as Biamonte
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Age: 40
The Big Risk
1960
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as Abel Davos
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Age: 40
Way of Youth
1959
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as Tiercelin
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Age: 40
125 rue Montmartre
1959
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as Pascal
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Age: 40
Witness in the City
1959
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as Ancelin
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Age: 39
Marie-Octobre
1959
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as Carlo Bernardi
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Age: 39
Twelve Hours by the Clock
1959
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as Fourbieux
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Age: 39
Pensione Edelweiss
1959
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as Borcher
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Age: 39
The Beast Is Loose
1959
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as Paul Lamiani
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Age: 39
The Mask of the Gorilla
1958
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as Géo Paquet, Le Gorille
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Age: 39
The Lovers of Montparnasse
1958
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as Morel
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Age: 38
Three Days to Live
1958
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as Lino Ferrari
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Age: 38
Maigret Sets a Trap
1958
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as Inspecteur Torrence
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Age: 38
Elevator to the Gallows
1958
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as Le Commissaire Cherrier
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Age: 38
Crime and Punishment
1956
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as Gustave Messonnier
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Age: 37
Law of the Streets
1956
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as Mario
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Age: 36
Razzia
1955
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as Roger le Catalan
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Age: 35
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
1954
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as Angelo Fraiser
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Age: 34