- Lino Ventura
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name = Lino Ventura
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birthdate =July 14 ,1919
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deathdate =October 22 ,1987
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tonyawards =Lino Ventura (born Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura) (
July 14 ,1919 -October 22 ,1987 ), was an Italianactor who starred in French movies.He was born in
Parma , northernItaly , the son of 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 aprizefighting andprofessional wrestling career but had to end it because of an injury.Despite living most of his life in France and speaking Italian with a French accent, he never acquired French citizenship.
In 1953 Ventura entered the film industry in a gangster movie called "
Touchez pas au grisbi " byJacques Becker and started to build up an acting career in similar hard boiled gangster movies, often playing beside his friendJean Gabin . His most famous roles include the portrait of corrupt police chief Tiger Brown in 1963's "The Threepenny Opera " and mob functionaryVito Genovese in "The Valachi Papers". Although Italian, 'Cento Giorni a Palermo' (1983) was the only film he ever made in his native language which surprised Italian audiences, long used to seeing him dubbed into Italian from the original French release. Lino Ventura remained active until the year before his death caused by aheart attack in 1987 at the age of 68. Lino Ventura was also known for creating a foundation called 'Snowdrop' in 1966 that supports handicapped people.Filmography
* "
Touchez Pas au Grisbi " (1953)
** WithJean Gabin ,Jeanne Moreau .
Director: Jacques Becker.
* "Razzia sur la Chnouf" (1954)
** With Jean Gabin.
Director:Henri Decoin
* "La Loi des Rues" (1956)
** WithLouis de Funès .
Director:Ralph Habib
* "Crime et Châtiment" (1956)
** With Jean Gabin,Marina Vlady .
Director:Georges Lampin
* "Le Feux aux Poudres" (1956)
** WithRaymond Pellegrin ,Peter van Eyck .
Director: Henri Decoin
* "Action Immédiate" (1956)
** WithHenri Vidal ,Barbara Laage .
Director:Maurice Labro
* "Le Rouge est Mis" (1957)
** With Jean Gabin,Annie Girardot .
Director:Gilles Grangier
* "L'Étrange Monsieur Steve" (1957)
** With Jeanne Moreau,Philippe Lemaire .
Director:Raymond Bailly
* "Trois Jours à Vivre" (1957)
** WithDaniel Gélin , Jeanne Moreau.
Director: Gilles Grangier
* "Ces Dames Préfèrent le Mambo" (1957)
** WithEddie Constantine .
Director: Bernard Borderie
* "Maigret Tend un Piège" (1957)
** With Jean Gabin, Annie Girardot.
Director:Jean Delannoy
* "Ascenseur pour l'Échafaud" (1957)
** With Jeanne Moreau.
Director:Louis Malle .
* "Montparnasse 19 " (1957)
** WithGérard Philipe ,Anouk Aimée ,Lilli Palmer .
Director:Jacques Becker
* "Le Gorille Vous Salue Bien" (1958)
** WithCharles 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)
** WithEva Bartok , Hannes Messemer,Gert Fröbe .
Director:Geza Redvanyi
* "Marie Octobre" (1958)
** WithDanielle Darrieux .
Director:Julien Duvivier .
* "Un Témoin dans la Ville" (1959)
** With Franco Fabrizzi, Sandra Milo.
Director:Edouard Molinaro
* "125 Rue Montmartre" (1959)
** WithAndréa Parisi .
Director: Gilles Grangier
* "Le Chemin des Écoliers" (1959)
** WithFrançoise Arnoul ,Bourvil ,Alain Delon .
Director: Michel Boisrond
* "Classe Tous Risques " (1959)
** WithSandra Milo ,Jean-Paul Belmondo .
Director:Claude Sautet
* "Herrin der Welt / Les Mystères d'Angkor" (1960)
** WithMartha Hyer ,Carlos Thompson .
Director:William Dieterle
* "La Fille dans la Vitrine" (1960)
** With Marina Vlady.
Director:Luciano Emmer
* "Un Taxi pour Tobrouk" (1961)
** WithCharles Aznavour ,Hardy Krüger .
Director:Denys de la Patelliére
* "Les Lions Sont Lachés" (1961)
** WithJean-Claude Brialy ,Claudia Cardinale .
Director:Henri Verneuil
* "Il Re di Poggioreale / Le Roi des Truands" (1961)
** WithErnest Borgnine , Yvonne Sanson.
Director:Duilio Coletti
* "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)
** WithFernandel , Georges Rivière.
Director:Vittorio de Sica
* "Le Diable et les Dix Commandements" (1962)
** WithCharles Aznavour , Maurice Biraud.
Director:Julien Duvivier
* "Die Dreigroschenoper" (1962)
** WithCurd Jürgens ,Hildegard Knef ,Gert Fröbe .
Director:Wolfgang Staudte
* "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)
** With Francisco Rabal,Lea Massari .
Director:Carlos Saura
* "Cent Milles Dollar au Soleil" (1963)
** WithGert Fröbe .
Director:Henri Verneuil
* "Le Monocle Rit Jaune" (1964)
** WithPaul Meurisse .
Director:Georges Lautner
* "Les Barbouzes" (1964)
** WithBernard Blier ,Mireille Darc .
Director: Georges Lautner
* "L'Arme à Gauche" (1965)
** WithSylvia Koscina , Léo Gordon.
Director: Claude Sautet
* "La Métamorphose des Cloportes" (1965)
** WithIrina Demick , Pierre Brasseur, Charles Aznavour.
Director:Pierre Granier-Deferre
* "Les Grandes Gueules" (1965)
** WithBourvil , Marie Dubois.
Director:Robert Enrico
* "Ne Nous Fâchons Pas" (1965)
** WithJean Lefebvre , Mireille Darc.
Director: Georges Lautner
* "Avec la Peau des Autres" (1966)
** With Jean Bouise, Marilu Tolo.
Director:Jacques Deray
* "Le Deuxième Souffle " (1966)
** With Paul Meurisse, Raymond Pellegrin.
Director:Jean-Pierre Melville
* "Les Aventuriers" (1967)
** WithAlain Delon ,Joanna Shimkus .
Director: Robert Enrico
* "Le Rapace" (1967)
** With Rosa Furman, Xavier Marc.
Director:José Giovanni
* "L'Armée des Ombres " (1969)
** WithSimone Signoret .
Director:Jean-Pierre Melville
* "Le Clan des Siciliens" (1968)
** With Jean Gabin, Alain Delon,Irina Demick .
Director:Henri Verneuil
* "Dernier Domicile Connu" (1969)
** WithMarlène Jobert .
Director: José Giovanni
* "Fantasia chez les Ploucs" (1970)
** With Mireille Darc,Jacques Dufilho .
Director:Gérard Pirès
* "Boulevard du Rhum" (1971)
** WithBrigitte Bardot , Guy Marchand.
Director: Robert Enrico
* "L'Aventure c'est l'Aventure " (1972)
** WithJacques Brel , Charles Denner, Charles Gérard.
Director:Claude Lelouch
* "I Segreti di Cosa Nostra / The Valachi Papers" (1972)
** WithCharles Bronson ,Jill Ireland .
Director:Terence Young
* "Le Silencieux" (1972)
** With Lea Massari.
Director:Claude Pinoteau
* "La Raison du Plus Fou" (1972)
** WithRaymond Devos , Alice Sapritch.
Director:François Reichenbach
* "La Bonne Année" (1973)
** WithFrançoise Fabian .
Director: Claude Lelouch
* "Le Far West" (1973)
** With Gabriel Jabbour, Danièle Evenou.
Director:Jacques Brel
* "L'Emmerdeur" (1973)
** WithJacques Brel .
Director: Edouard Molinaro
* "Uomini Duri / Tough Guys / Les Durs" (1974)
** WithIsaac Hayes .
Director:Duccio Tessari
* "La Gifle" (1974)
** WithAnnie Girardot ,Isabelle Adjani .
Director: Claude Pinoteau
* "La Cage" (1975)
** WithIngrid Thulin .
Director:Pierre Granier-Deferre
* "Adieu poulet " (1975)
** WithPatrick Dewaere , Françoise Brion.
Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre
* "Cadaveri Excellenti / Cadavres Exquis" (1976)
** WithFernando Rey .
Director:Francesco Rosi
* "The Medusa Touch / La Grande Menace" (UK)(1978)
** WithRichard Burton ,Lee Remick
Director:Jack Gold
* "Un Papillon sur l'épaule" (1978)
** WithClaudine Auger , Paul Crauchet.
Director: Jacques Deray
* "L'Homme en Colère" (1979)
** WithAngie Dickinson , Laurent Malet.
Director: Claude Pinoteau
* "Les Seducteurs / Sunday Lovers ("Paris")" (1980)
** With Catherine Salviat.
Director: Edouard Molinaro
* "Garde à Vue" (1981)
** WithMichel Serrault ,Romy Schneider .
Director:Claude Miller
* "Espion Lève-toi" (1981)
** WithMichel Piccoli ,Bruno Cremer .
Director:Yves Boisset
* "Les Misérables" (1982)
** WithMichel Bouquet .
Director:Robert Hossein
* "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)
** WithRod Steiger ,Michael York .
Director:Michael Anderson
* "La Rumba" (1987)
** WithRoger Hanin ,Michel Piccoli ,Corinne Touzet .
Director:Roger Hanin
* "Maledetto Ferragosto" (1987)
** With (?).
Director:Francesco Massaro Further reading
* 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 3-453-86065-9External links
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*http://tontonsflingueurs.actifforum.com/ French Site Lino Ventura
* [http://perso.wanadoo.fr/cteb/prod012.htm Ventura, Odette (199x): "Lino". (CTEB: Livres Transcrits en Braille)]
* [http://www.argos.asso.fr/archiv/cultur03/texte/honneur.htm Les Premières Rencontres Nationales – Art, Culture et Handicap – Bourges du 19 au 21 octobre 2003]
* [http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/actualites/communiq/aillagon/bourgesoct03.htm Rencontres – Art, Culture et Handicap – Lundi 20 octobre à Bourges]
* [http://www.perce-neige.org/ Lino Ventura Foundation]Persondata
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