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