Lino Ventura

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Lino Ventura (born Angiolino Joseph Pascal Ventura on July 14, 1919 - October 22, 1987) was an Italian actor who starred in French movies. He was born in Parma, northern Italy. His parents were Giovanni Ventura and Luisa Borrini. Lino Ventura dropped out of school at the age of eight and later took on a variety of jobs. At one point Ventura was pursuing a prizefighting career but had to end it because of an injury. In 1953 Ventura entered the film industry in a gangster movie called Touchez pas au grisbi by Jacques Becker and started to built up an acting career in similar hard boiled gangster roles, often playing beside his friend Jean Gabin. His most famous roles include the portrait of corrupt police chief Tiger Brown in 1963's The Threepenny Opera and mob functionary Vito Genovese in The Valachi Papers. Lino Ventura remained active until the year before his death caused by a heart attack at the age 68 in 1987. Lino Ventura was also know for creating a foundiation called 'Snowdrop' in 1966 that supports handicapped people.

  • Touchez Pas au Grisbi (1953)
  • Razzia sur la Chnouf (1954)
    • With Jean Gabin.
      Director: Henri Decoin
  • La Loi des Rues (1956)
    • With Jean Gabin.
      Director: Ralph Habib
  • Crime et Châtiment (1956)
    • With Jean Gabin, Marina Vlady.
      Director: Georges Lampin
  • Le Feux aux Poudres (1956)
  • Action Immédiate (1956)
    • With Henri Vidal, Barbara Laage.
      Director: Maurice Labro
  • Le Rouge est Mis (1957)
  • L'Étrange Monsieur Steve (1957)
    • With Jeanne Moreau, Philippe Lemaire.
      Director: Raymond Bailly
  • Trois Jours à Vivre (1957)
    • With Daniel Gélin, Jeanne Moreau.
      Director: Gilles Grangier
  • Ces Dames Préfèrent le Mambo (1957)
  • Maigret Tend un Piège (1957)
  • Ascenseur pour l'Échafaud (1957)
  • Montparnasse 19 (1957)
  • Le Gorille Vous Salue Bien (1958)
    • With Charles Vanel, Bella Darvi.
      Director: Bernard Borderie
  • Le Fauve est Laché (1958)
    • With Estella Blain, Paul Frankeur.
      Director: Maurice Labro
  • Sursis pour un Vivant / Il Mistero della Pensione Edelweiss (1958)
    • With Henri Vidal, Dawn Addams.
      Director: Victor Merenda
  • Douze Heures d'Horloge (1958)
  • Marie Octobre (1958)
  • Un Témoin dans la Ville (1959)
  • 125 Rue Montmartre (1959)
    • With Andréa Parisi.
      Director: Gilles Grangier
  • Le Chemin des Écoliers (1959)
  • Classe Tous Risques (1959)
  • Herrin der Welt / Les Mystères d'Angkor (1960)
  • La Fille dans la Vitrine (1960)
    • With Marina Vlady.
      Director: Luciano Emmer
  • Un Taxi pour Tobrouk (1961)
  • Les Lions Sont Lachés (1961)
  • Il Re di Poggioreale / Le Roi des Truands (1961)
  • Le Bateau d'Emile (1961)
    • With Annie Girardot, Michel Simon, Pierre Brasseur.
      Director: Denys de la Patelliére
  • Les Petits Matins (1961)
    • With Agathe Aems, Gilbert Bécaud.
      Director: Jacqueline Audry
  • Il Giudizio Universale / Le Jugement Dernier (1961)
  • Le Diable et les Dix Commandements (1962)
  • Die Dreigroschenoper (1962)
  • Carmen di Trastevere / Carmen 63 (1963)
    • With Giovanna Ralli, Dante di Paolo.
      Director: Carmine Gallone
  • Les Tontons Flingueurs (1963)
    • With Sabine Sinjen, Horst Frank.
      Director: Georges Lautner
  • Llanto por un Bandito / Cordoba (1963)
  • Cent Milles Dollar au Soleil (1963)
    • With Gert Fröbe.
      Director: Henri Verneuil
  • Le Monocle Rit Jaune (1964)
    • With Paul Meurisse.
      Director: Georges Lautner
  • Les Barbouzes (1964)
  • L'Arme à Gauche (1965)
    • With Sylvia Koscina, Léo Gordon.
      Director: Claude Sautet
  • La Métamorphose des Cloportes (1965)
  • Les Grandes Gueules (1965)
  • Ne Nous Fâchons Pas (1965)
  • Avec la Peau des Autres (1966)
  • Le Deuxième Souffle (1966)
  • Les Aventuriers (1967)
  • Le Rapace (1967)
    • With Rosa Furman, Xavier Marc.
      Director: José Giovanni
  • L'Armée des Ombres (1969)
  • Le Clan des Siciliens (1968)
    • With Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Irina Demick.
      Director: Henri Verneuil
  • Dernier Domicile Connu (1969)
  • Fantasia chez les Ploucs (1970)
  • Boulevard du Rhum (1971)
  • L'Aventure c'est l'Aventure (1972)
  • I Segreti di Cosa Nostra / The Valachi Papers (1972)
  • Le Silencieux (1972)
    • With Lea Massari.
      Director: Claude Pinoteau
  • La Raison du Plus Fou (1972)
    • With Raymond Devos, Alice Sapritch.
      Director: François Reichenbach
  • La Bonne Année (1973)
    • With Françoise Fabian.
      Director: Claude Lelouch
  • Le Far West (1973)
    • With Gabriel Jabbour, Danièle Evenou.
      Director: Jacques Brel
  • L'Emmerdeur (1973)
  • Uomini Duri / Tough Guys / Les Durs (1974)
  • La Gifle (1974)
  • La Cage (1975)
  • Adieu Poulet (1975)
  • Cadaveri Excellenti / Cadavres Exquis (1976)
  • The Medusa Touch / La Grande Menace (1978)
  • Un Papillon sur l'épaule (1978)
  • L'Homme en Colère (1979)
  • Les Seducteurs / Sunday Lovers ("Paris") (1980)
    • With Catherine Salviat.
      Director: Edouard Molinaro
  • Garde à Vue (1981)
  • Espion Lève-toi (1981)
  • Les Misérables (1982)
  • Le Ruffian (1982)
    • With Bernard Giraudeau, Claudia Cardinale.
      Director: José Giovanni
  • Cento Giorni a Palermo / Cent Jours à Palermo (1983)
    • With Lino Troisi.
      Director: Giuseppe Ferrara
  • La 7ème Cible (1984)
    • With Lea Massari.
      Director: Claude Pinoteau
  • Vengeance / Sword of Gideon (1986)
  • La Rumba (1987)
  • Maledetto Ferragosto (1987)
    • With (?).
      Director: Francesco Massaro

  • Durant, Philippe (1989): Lino Ventura. Bergisch Gladbach: Lübbe. ISBN 3-404-61142-X
  • Durieux, Gilles (2001): Lino Ventura. Paris: Flammarion. ISBN 2-08-068113-3
  • Giovanni, José (2002): Mes Grandes Gueules. Fayard. ISBN 2-213-61262-5
  • Ventura, Clélia (2003): Lino ou la Gourmandise de la Vie. Paris: Robert Laffont. ISBN 2-221-09884-6
  • Ventura, Odette (1992): Lino. Paris: Robert Laffont. ISBN 2-7242-7179-3 (see also: External Links)
  • Ventura, Odette (1993): Lino. Weinheim; Berlin: Beltz Quadriga. ISBN 3-88679-217-X
  • Ventura, Odette (1997): Lino. Paris: Robert Laffont. ISBN 2-221-08646-5
  • Ventura, Odette (1997): Lino. Guanda "Biblioteca della Pilotta". ISBN
  • Zurhorst, Meinolf / Just, Lothar (1984). Lino Ventura: Seine Filme - Sein Leben. München: Heyne. ISBN 3-453-86065-9

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