
Lino Ventura
Known for: Acting
Born: July 13, 1919
Died: October 22, 1987
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 fi…
Known for

Les Misérables
1982

The Inquisitor
1981

The Great Spy Chase
1964

A Pain in the Ass
1973

Le Deuxième Souffle
1966

Crooks in Clover
1963

Let's Not Get Angry
1966

The Big Risk
1960

Money Money Money
1972

Emile's Boat
1962

Army of Shadows
1969

Spy, Stand Up
1982

Illustrious Corpses
1976

One Hundred Days in Palermo
1984

Fantasia Among the Squares
1971

125 rue Montmartre
1959

To Skin a Spy
1966

The Ruffian
1983

The Silent One
1973

The Seventh Target
1984

Last Known Address
1970

Lino Ventura, une histoire d'homme
2017

Cloportes
1965

The Wise Guys
1965

Girl in the Window
1961

Rum Runners
1971

Butterfly on the Shoulder
1978

The Dictator's Guns
1965

The Slap
1974

Happy New Year
1973

The French Detective
1975

Three Tough Guys
1974

The Mask of the Gorilla
1958

Witness in the City
1959

The Beast Is Loose
1959

Birds of Prey
1968

L'Homme en colère
1979

Twelve Hours by the Clock
1959

The Cage
1975

Lino Ventura, la part intime
2018
Lino, il n'était que lui-même
2012

The Last Adventure
1967

The Medusa Touch
1978

Taxi for Tobruk
1961

Greed in the Sun
1964

The Valachi Papers
1972

Carmen di Trastevere
1962

Black City
1961

Sunday Lovers
1980

Il était une fois... Les Tontons flingueurs
2010

The Sicilian Clan
1969

Way of Youth
1959

Razzia
1955

Dishonorable Discharge
1957

Pensione Edelweiss
1959

Three Days to Live
1958
Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle
1966

Touchez Pas au Grisbi
1954

Speaking of Murder
1957

Burning Fuse
1957

Weeping for a Bandit
1964

The Strange Mr. Steve
1957

The Lovers of Montparnasse
1958

La Rumba
1987

To Catch a Spy
1957

The Lions Are Loose
1961

Marie-Octobre
1959

The Threepenny Opera
1963

Far West
1973

Sword of Gideon
1986

Aznavour by Charles
2019

Mistress of the World - Part I
1960

Maigret Sets a Trap
1958

Mistress of the World - Part II
1960

Law of the Streets
1956

The Right of the Maddest
1973

Crime and Punishment
1956

The Last Judgment
1961

Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
2019

The Devil and the Ten Commandments
1962

Patrick Dewaere, My Hero
2022

The Monocle's Sour Laugh
1964

Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres
2011

Hitch-Hike
1962

Bacri, comme un air de famille
2022

Code Name: Melville
2010

Elevator to the Gallows
1958

Deux Romains en Gaule
1967

The French
1982

De Gaulle, the Last King of France
2017

Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
2002

At the End of the Day
2024

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022

Spécial cinéma
1974

Le Grand Échiquier
1972

Auf los geht's los
1977

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975

Numéro un
1975

Champs-Elysées
1982

Cinépanorama
1956

Le monde est à vous
1987

Midi trente
1972

Sacrée soirée
1987

Cérémonie des César
1976