Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura (14 July 1919 – 22 October 1987), known as Lino Ventura, was an Italian actor. Born in Italy, he was raised in Paris by his mother. After a first career as a professional wrestler was ended by injury, he was offered a part as a gang boss in the Jacques Becker film Touchez pas au grisbi (1954) 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.
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Known For
Elevator to the Gallows
(1958)
Le Commissaire Cherrier
The Big Risk
(1960)
Abel Davos
Army of Shadows
(1969)
Philippe Gerbier
The Sicilian Clan
(1969)
Commissaire Le Goff
Crooks in Clover
(1963)
Fernand Naudin
Les Misérables
(1982)
Jean Valjean
Money Money Money
(1972)
Lino Massaro
The French Detective
(1975)
Commissioner Verjeat
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
(1954)
Angelo Fraiser
Le Deuxième Souffle
(1966)
Gustave 'Gu' Minda
The Inquisitor
(1981)
Inspector Antoine Gallien
The Valachi Papers
(1972)
Vito Genovese
The Medusa Touch
(1978)
Brunel
A Pain in the Ass
(1973)
Ralf Milan
The Last Adventure
(1967)
Roland
Razzia
(1955)
Roger le Catalan
Full Filmography
Acting
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
(1954)
Angelo Fraiser
Razzia
(1955)
Roger le Catalan
Crime and Punishment
(1956)
Gustave Messonnier
Law of the Streets
(1956)
Mario
To Catch a Spy
(1957)
Bérès
Speaking of Murder
(1957)
Pepito
Burning Fuse
(1957)
The Strange Mr. Steve
(1957)
Denis
Elevator to the Gallows
(1958)
Le Commissaire Cherrier
Dishonorable Discharge
(1958)
Paulo
The Lovers of Montparnasse
(1958)
Morel
The Mask of the Gorilla
(1958)
Géo Paquet, Le Gorille
Three Days to Live
(1958)
Lino Ferrari
Maigret Sets a Trap
(1958)
Inspecteur Torrence
Way of Youth
(1959)
Tiercelin
125, rue Montmartre
(1959)
Pascal
Marie-Octobre
(1959)
Carlo Bernardi
Witness in the City
(1959)
Ancelin
The Tiger Attacks
(1959)
Paul Lamiani
Pensione Edelweiss
(1959)
Borcher
Twelve Hours by the Clock
(1959)
Fourbieux
The Big Risk
(1960)
Abel Davos
Mistress of the World - Part I
(1960)
Biamonte
Mistress of the World - Part II
(1960)
Biamonte
Taxi for Tobruk
(1961)
le brigadier Théo Dumas
Girl in the Window
(1961)
Federico
The Lions Are Loose
(1961)
le docteur André Challenberg
The Last Judgment
(1961)
Giovanna's father
Black City
(1961)
Il bandito
Emile's Boat
(1962)
Émile Bouet
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
(1962)
Garigny
Carmen di Trastevere
(1962)
Vincenzo, le caïd
Hitch-Hike
(1962)
Paul, le chauffeur de car
Crooks in Clover
(1963)
Fernand Naudin
The Threepenny Opera
(1963)
Brown, Polizeichef von London
The Great Spy Chase
(1964)
Francis Lagneau
Greed in the Sun
(1964)
Hervé Marec, aka 'Le plouc'
Weeping for a Bandit
(1964)
"El lutos"
The Monocle's Sour Laugh
(1964)
The Wise Guys
(1965)
Laurent Dannecker
Cloportes
(1965)
Alphonse Maréchal
The Dictator's Guns
(1965)
Jacques Cournot
Le Deuxième Souffle
(1966)
Gustave 'Gu' Minda
Let's Not Get Angry
(1966)
Antoine Beretto
To Skin a Spy
(1966)
Pascal Fabre
Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle
(1966)
Self - Interviewee
The Last Adventure
(1967)
Roland
Deux Romains en Gaule
(1967)
Un client du bar
Birds of Prey
(1968)
Le rapace / Le rital
The Sicilian Clan
(1969)
Commissaire Le Goff
Army of Shadows
(1969)
Philippe Gerbier
Last Known Address
(1970)
Principal Inspector Marceau Leonetti
Fantasia chez les ploucs
(1971)
Sagamore Noonan
Rum Runners
(1971)
Cornelius von Zeelinga
The Valachi Papers
(1972)
Vito Genovese
Money Money Money
(1972)
Lino Massaro
A Pain in the Ass
(1973)
Ralf Milan
The Silent One
(1973)
Clément Tibère
Happy New Year
(1973)
Simon
Far West
(1973)
The Right of the Maddest
(1973)
Un motard
The Slap
(1974)
Jean Douléan
Three Tough Guys
(1974)
Father Charlie
The French Detective
(1975)
Commissioner Verjeat
The Cage
(1975)
Julien
Illustrious Corpses
(1976)
Inspector Amerigo Rogas
The Medusa Touch
(1978)
Brunel
Butterfly on the Shoulder
(1978)
Roland Fériaud
The Angry Man
(1979)
Romain Dupre
Sunday Lovers
(1980)
François Quérole (sketch 'La méthode française')
The Inquisitor
(1981)
Inspector Antoine Gallien
Les Misérables
(1982)
Jean Valjean
Espion, lève-toi
(1982)
Sébastien Grenier
The Ruffian
(1983)
Aldo
One Hundred Days in Palermo
(1984)
Generale Carlo Dalla Chiesa
The Seventh Target
(1984)
Bastien Grimaldi
Sword of Gideon
(1986)
Papa
La Rumba
(1987)
un caïd
Code Name: Melville
(2008)
Self
Il était une fois... Les Tontons flingueurs
(2010)
Self
D'un film à l'autre
(2011)
Self (archive footage)
Lino, il n'était que lui-même
(2012)
Self (archive footage)
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
(2017)
Self (archive footage)
Lino Ventura, une histoire d'homme
(2017)
Lino Ventura, la part intime
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
Personne Ne Bouge ! Lino Ventura
(2018)
Lino Ventura
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
(2019)
Self (archive footage)
Aznavour by Charles
(2019)
Self - Actor (archive footage)
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
(2022)
Self (archive footage)
Bacri, comme un air de famille
(2022)
Self (archive footage)