Lino Ventura

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

103

Gender

Male

Birthday

1919-07-13

Day of death

1987-10-22 (68 years old)

Place of Birth

Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Lino Ventura

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.

Known For

  • Champs-Elysées

    Champs-Elysées

  • Sacrée Soirée

    Sacrée Soirée

  • Spécial cinéma

    Spécial cinéma

  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

  • The French Detective

    The French Detective

  • Le Grand Échiquier

    Le Grand Échiquier

  • Le Grand Échiquier

    Le Grand Échiquier

  • Cinépanorama

    Cinépanorama

  • Le monde est à vous

    Le monde est à vous

  • The Threepenny Opera

    The Threepenny Opera

  • Numéro un

    Numéro un

  • Midi trente

    Midi trente

  • L'Homme en colère

    L'Homme en colère

  • To Catch a Spy

    To Catch a Spy

  • The Monocle's Sour Laugh

    The Monocle's Sour Laugh

  • At the End of the Day

    At the End of the Day

  • Cloportes

    Cloportes

  • Auf los geht's los

    Auf los geht's los

  • The Mask of the Gorilla

    The Mask of the Gorilla

  • The Strange Mr. Steve

    The Strange Mr. Steve

  • The Seventh Target

    The Seventh Target

  • Way of Youth

    Way of Youth

  • Crooks in Clover

    Crooks in Clover

  • The Great Spy Chase

    The Great Spy Chase

  • Happy New Year

    Happy New Year

  • Razzia

    Razzia

  • Far West

    Far West

  • Illustrious Corpses

    Illustrious Corpses

  • Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle

    Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle

  • Three Days to Live

    Three Days to Live

  • Hitch-Hike

    Hitch-Hike

  • Spy, Stand Up

    Spy, Stand Up

  • The Cage

    The Cage

  • Elevator to the Gallows

    Elevator to the Gallows

  • Marie-Octobre

    Marie-Octobre

  • The Last Adventure

    The Last Adventure

  • The Ruffian

    The Ruffian

  • Touchez Pas au Grisbi

    Touchez Pas au Grisbi

  • Crime and Punishment

    Crime and Punishment

  • Army of Shadows

    Army of Shadows

  • The Wise Guys

    The Wise Guys

  • The Sicilian Clan

    The Sicilian Clan

  • The Dictator's Guns

    The Dictator's Guns

  • A Pain in the Ass

    A Pain in the Ass

  • The Medusa Touch

    The Medusa Touch

  • The Slap

    The Slap

  • The Valachi Papers

    The Valachi Papers

  • Rum Runners

    Rum Runners

  • Les Misérables

    Les Misérables

  • Patrick Dewaere, My Hero

    Patrick Dewaere, My Hero

  • Last Known Address

    Last Known Address

  • The Inquisitor

    The Inquisitor

  • Twelve Hours by the Clock

    Twelve Hours by the Clock

  • The Lovers of Montparnasse

    The Lovers of Montparnasse

  • Le Deuxième Souffle

    Le Deuxième Souffle

  • Sunday Lovers

    Sunday Lovers

  • Maigret Sets a Trap

    Maigret Sets a Trap

  • The Big Risk

    The Big Risk

  • Birds of Prey

    Birds of Prey

  • Witness in the City

    Witness in the City

  • La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

    La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

  • Fantasia Among the Squares

    Fantasia Among the Squares

  • Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress

    Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress

  • Greed in the Sun

    Greed in the Sun

  • The Devil and the Ten Commandments

    The Devil and the Ten Commandments

  • Money Money Money

    Money Money Money

  • 125 rue Montmartre

    125 rue Montmartre

  • One Hundred Days in Palermo

    One Hundred Days in Palermo

  • Girl in the Window

    Girl in the Window

  • Mistress of the World - Part II

    Mistress of the World - Part II

  • Taxi for Tobruk

    Taxi for Tobruk

  • Black City

    Black City

  • The Silent One

    The Silent One

  • La Rumba

    La Rumba

  • Butterfly on the Shoulder

    Butterfly on the Shoulder

  • The Last Judgment

    The Last Judgment

  • The Lions Are Loose

    The Lions Are Loose

  • Let's Not Get Angry

    Let's Not Get Angry

  • Speaking of Murder

    Speaking of Murder

  • Weeping for a Bandit

    Weeping for a Bandit

  • De Gaulle, the Last King of France

    De Gaulle, the Last King of France

  • Aznavour by Charles

    Aznavour by Charles

  • Law of the Streets

    Law of the Streets

  • Lino, il n'était que lui-même

    Lino, il n'était que lui-même

  • The Beast Is Loose

    The Beast Is Loose

  • Code Name: Melville

    Code Name: Melville

  • To Skin a Spy

    To Skin a Spy

  • Three Tough Guys

    Three Tough Guys

  • Mistress of the World - Part I

    Mistress of the World - Part I

  • Sword of Gideon

    Sword of Gideon

  • Emile's Boat

    Emile's Boat

  • The Right of the Maddest

    The Right of the Maddest

  • Burning Fuse

    Burning Fuse

  • Deux Romains en Gaule

    Deux Romains en Gaule

  • Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes

    Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes

  • Dishonorable Discharge

    Dishonorable Discharge

  • Bacri, comme un air de famille

    Bacri, comme un air de famille

  • Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres

    Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres

  • Carmen di Trastevere

    Carmen di Trastevere

  • Lino Ventura, la part intime

    Lino Ventura, la part intime

  • Pensione Edelweiss

    Pensione Edelweiss

  • Il était une fois... Les Tontons flingueurs

    Il était une fois... Les Tontons flingueurs

  • Lino Ventura, une histoire d'homme

    Lino Ventura, une histoire d'homme