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.

Фільмографія

• 2024At the End of the Day — Lino (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1987La Rumba — un caïd
• 1986Sword of Gideon — Papa
• 1984One Hundred Days in Palermo — General Carlo Dalla Chiesa
• 1984The Seventh Target — Bastien Grimaldi
• 1983The Ruffian — Aldo
• 1982Les Misérables — Jean Valjean / Mr. Madeleine / Champmathieu
• 1982Spy, Stand Up — Sébastien Grenier
• 1981The Inquisitor — Inspector Antoine Gallien
• 1980Sunday Lovers — François Quérole (sketch 'La méthode française')
• 1979L'Homme en colère — Romain Dupre
• 1978Butterfly on the Shoulder — Roland Fériaud
• 1978The Medusa Touch — Brunel
• 1976Illustrious Corpses — Inspector Amerigo Rogas
• 1975The Cage — Julien
• 1975The French Detective — Commissioner Verjeat
• 1974The Slap — Jean Douléan
• 1974Three Tough Guys — Father Charlie
• 1973A Pain in the Ass — Ralf Milan
• 1973Far West — Prisoner
• 1973Happy New Year — Simon
• 1973The Right of the Maddest — Le gendarme motorisé instructeur
• 1973The Silent One — Clément Tibère
• 1972Money Money Money — Lino Massaro
• 1972The Valachi Papers — Vito Genovese
• 1971Fantasia Among the Squares — Sagamore Noonan
• 1971Rum Runners — Cornelius von Zeelinga
• 1970Last Known Address — Principal Inspector Marceau Leonetti
• 1969The Sicilian Clan — Commissaire Le Goff
• 1969Армія тіней — Philippe Gerbier
• 1968Birds of Prey — Le rapace / Le rital
• 1967Deux Romains en Gaule — Un client du bar
• 1967The Last Adventure — Roland
• 1966Le Deuxième Souffle — Gustave "Gu" Minda
• 1966Let's Not Get Angry — Antoine Beretto
• 1966To Skin a Spy — Pascal Fabre
• 1965Cloportes — Alphonse Maréchal aka 'Le Malin'
• 1965The Dictator's Guns — Jacques Cournot
• 1965The Wise Guys — Laurent Dannecker
• 1964Greed in the Sun — Hervé Marec, aka 'Le plouc'
• 1964The Great Spy Chase — Francis Lagneau
• 1964The Monocle's Sour Laugh — Elie's Client (uncredited)
• 1964Weeping for a Bandit — "El lutos"
• 1963Crooks in Clover — Fernand Naudin
• 1963The Threepenny Opera — Brown, Polizeichef von London
• 1962Carmen di Trastevere — Vincenzo, le caïd
• 1962Emile's Boat — Émile Bouet
• 1962Hitch-Hike — Paul, le chauffeur de car
• 1962The Devil and the Ten Commandments — Garigny
• 1961Black City — Il bandito
• 1961Girl in the Window — Federico
• 1961Taxi for Tobruk — le brigadier Théo Dumas
• 1961The Last Judgment — Giovanna's father
• 1961The Lions Are Loose — le docteur André Challenberg
• 1960Mistress of the World - Part I — Biamonte
• 1960Mistress of the World - Part II — Biamonte
• 1960The Big Risk — Abel Davos
• 1959125 rue Montmartre — Pascal
• 1959Marie-Octobre — Carlo Bernardi
• 1959Pensione Edelweiss — Borcher
• 1959The Beast Is Loose — Paul Lamiani
• 1959Twelve Hours by the Clock — Fourbieux
• 1959Way of Youth — M. Tiercelin, restaurateur et as du marché noir
• 1959Witness in the City — Ancelin
• 1958Maigret Sets a Trap — Inspecteur Torrence
• 1958The Lovers of Montparnasse — Morel
• 1958The Mask of the Gorilla — Géo Paquet, Le Gorille
• 1958Three Days to Live — Lino Ferrari
• 1958Ліфт на ешафот — Le Commissaire Cherrier
• 1957Burning Fuse — Legentil
• 1957Dishonorable Discharge — Paulo, Claire's lover
• 1957Speaking of Murder — Pepito
• 1957The Strange Mr. Steve — Denis
• 1957To Catch a Spy — Bérès
• 1956Crime and Punishment — Gustave Messonnier
• 1956Law of the Streets — Mario
• 1955Razzia — Roger le Catalan
• 1954Touchez Pas au Grisbi — Angelo Fraiser

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (27)

• 2022Bacri, comme un air de famille — Self (archive footage)
• 2022La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président — Self (archive footage)
• 2022Patrick Dewaere, My Hero — Self (archive footage) - actor
• 2019Aznavour by Charles — Self - Actor (archive footage)
• 2019Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress — Self (archive footage)
• 2018Lino Ventura, la part intime — Self (archive footage)
• 2017De Gaulle, the Last King of France — Self (archive footage)
• 2017Lino Ventura, une histoire d'homme — Self (archive footage)
• 2012Lino, il n'était que lui-même — Self (archive footage)
• 2011Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres — Self (archive footage)
• 2010Code Name: Melville — Self (archive footage)
• 2010Il était une fois... Les Tontons flingueurs — Self (archive footage)
• 2002Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes — Self (archive footage)
• Le monde est à vous — Self (archive footage)
• Sacrée soirée — Self (archive footage)
• Champs-Elysées — Self
• 1982The French — Self
• Ciné regards — Self
• Auf los geht's los — Self
• Cérémonie des César — Self - President
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self
• Numéro un — Self
• Spécial cinéma — Self
• Le Grand Échiquier — Self, Self - Main guest
• Midi trente — Self
• 1966Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle — Self - Interviewee
• Cinépanorama — Self