1919-07-13 Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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.
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Finalement | Lino (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2024-09-19 |
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La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président | Self (archive footage) | 2022-01-07 |
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Patrick Dewaere, mon héros | Self (archive footage) - actor | 2022-05-17 |
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Bacri, comme un air de famille | Self (archive footage) | 2022-01-14 |
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Le Regard de Charles | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 2019-10-02 |
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L'Homme a mangé la Terre | Self (archive footage) | 2019-07-14 |
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Lino Ventura, la part intime | Self (archive footage) | 2018-02-04 |
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De Gaulle, le dernier roi de France | Self (archive footage) | 2017-03-27 |
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Lino Ventura, une histoire d'homme | Self (archive footage) | 2017-05-28 |
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Lino, il n'était que lui-même | Self (archive footage) | 2012-08-14 |
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Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres | Self (archive footage) | 2011-05-13 |
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Il était une fois... Les Tontons flingueurs | Self (archive footage) | 2010-05-13 |
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Sous le nom de Melville | Self (archive footage) | 2010-03-27 |
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Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes | Self (archive footage) | 2002-09-01 |
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La Rumba | un caïd | 1987-02-18 |
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Sword of Gideon | Papa | 1986-09-01 |
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Cento giorni a Palermo | General Carlo Dalla Chiesa | 1984-04-06 |
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La 7ème cible | Bastien Grimaldi | 1984-12-19 |
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Le Ruffian | Aldo | 1983-01-12 |
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Espion, lève-toi | Sébastien Grenier | 1982-01-27 |
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Les Misérables | Jean Valjean / Mr. Madeleine / Champmathieu | 1982-10-20 |
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Garde à vue | Inspector Antoine Gallien | 1981-09-23 |
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Les Séducteurs | François Quérole (sketch 'La méthode française') | 1980-10-31 |
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Jig-Saw | Romain Dupre | 1979-03-14 |
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Un papillon sur l'épaule | Roland Fériaud | 1978-05-03 |
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The Medusa Touch | Brunel | 1978-04-13 |
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Cadaveri eccellenti | Inspector Amerigo Rogas | 1976-02-12 |
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Adieu poulet | Commissioner Verjeat | 1975-12-10 |
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La Cage | Julien | 1975-06-10 |
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Three Tough Guys | Father Charlie | 1974-05-29 |
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La Gifle | Jean Douléan | 1974-10-23 |
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La Bonne Année | Simon | 1973-04-13 |
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La Raison du plus fou | Le gendarme motorisé instructeur | 1973-03-27 |
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Le Far West | Prisoner | 1973-05-31 |
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Le Silencieux | Clément Tibère | 1973-02-10 |
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L'Emmerdeur | Ralf Milan | 1973-09-20 |
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The Valachi Papers | Vito Genovese | 1972-01-06 |
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L'Aventure c'est l'aventure | Lino Massaro | 1972-05-04 |
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Fantasia chez les ploucs | Sagamore Noonan | 1971-01-15 |
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Boulevard du Rhum | Cornelius von Zeelinga | 1971-10-13 |
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Dernier domicile connu | Principal Inspector Marceau Leonetti | 1970-02-25 |
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L'Armée des ombres | Philippe Gerbier | 1969-09-10 |
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Le Clan des Siciliens | Commissaire Le Goff | 1969-12-05 |
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Le Rapace | Le rapace / Le rital | 1968-04-06 |
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Les Aventuriers | Roland | 1967-04-12 |
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Deux Romains en Gaule | Un client du bar | 1967-02-25 |
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Jean-Pierre Melville tourne "Le 2ème souffle" | Self - Interviewee | 1966-07-30 |
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Ne nous fâchons pas | Antoine Beretto | 1966-04-20 |
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Le Deuxième Souffle | Gustave 'Gu' Minda | 1966-11-01 |
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Avec la peau des autres | Pascal Fabre | 1966-08-24 |
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La Métamorphose des cloportes | Alphonse Maréchal aka 'Le Malin' | 1965-09-08 |
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Les Grandes Gueules | Laurent Dannecker | 1965-10-22 |
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L'Arme à gauche | Jacques Cournot | 1965-06-18 |
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Le monocle rit jaune | Elie's Client (uncredited) | 1964-09-16 |
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Les Barbouzes | Francis Lagneau | 1964-12-10 |
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Cent Mille Dollars au soleil | Hervé Marec, aka 'Le plouc' | 1964-04-17 |
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Llanto por un bandido | "El lutos" | 1964-08-31 |
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Les Tontons flingueurs | Fernand Naudin | 1963-11-27 |
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Die Dreigroschenoper | Brown, Polizeichef von London | 1963-02-28 |
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Carmen di Trastevere | Vincenzo, le caïd | 1962-11-22 |
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Le Bateau d'Émile | Émile Bouet | 1962-03-03 |
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Le Diable et les Dix Commandements | Garigny | 1962-09-14 |
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Les Petits Matins | Paul, le chauffeur de car | 1962-03-16 |
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La ragazza in vetrina | Federico | 1961-04-14 |
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Un taxi pour Tobrouk | le brigadier Théo Dumas | 1961-05-09 |
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Il re di poggioreale | Il bandito | 1961-09-16 |
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Les lions sont lâchés | le docteur André Challenberg | 1961-09-20 |
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Il giudizio universale | Giovanna's father | 1961-10-26 |
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Herrin der Welt - Teil II | Biamonte | 1960-04-26 |
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Classe tous risques | Abel Davos | 1960-03-23 |
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Herrin der Welt - Teil I | Biamonte | 1960-04-14 |
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Marie-Octobre | Carlo Bernardi | 1959-04-24 |
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Un témoin dans la ville | Ancelin | 1959-05-06 |
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125 rue Montmartre | Pascal | 1959-09-09 |
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Le Chemin des écoliers | Tiercelin | 1959-09-23 |
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Pensione Edelweiss | Borcher | 1959-03-10 |
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Le fauve est lâché | Paul Lamiani | 1959-01-21 |
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12 heures d'horloge | Fourbieux | 1959-04-21 |
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Trois jours à vivre | Lino Ferrari | 1958-03-12 |
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Les Amants de Montparnasse | Morel | 1958-04-04 |
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Le Gorille vous salue bien | Géo Paquet, Le Gorille | 1958-08-14 |
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Ascenseur pour l'échafaud | Le Commissaire Cherrier | 1958-01-29 |
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Maigret tend un piège | Inspecteur Torrence | 1958-01-29 |
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Ces dames préfèrent le mambo | Paulo, Claire's lover | 1957-12-20 |
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Action immédiate | Bérès | 1957-03-15 |
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L'Étrange Monsieur Steve | Denis | 1957-06-26 |
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Le feu aux poudres | Legentil | 1957-02-27 |
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Le rouge est mis | Pepito | 1957-04-12 |
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La loi des rues | Mario | 1956-04-25 |
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Crime et châtiment | Gustave Messonnier | 1956-12-04 |
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Razzia sur la Chnouf | Roger le Catalan | 1955-04-07 |
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Touchez pas au grisbi | Angelo Fraiser | 1954-03-17 |
