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Biography of Lino Ventura - Actor
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Lino Ventura (July 14, 1919 - October 22, 1987) was an Italian-French actor. He was born in Parma, Northern Italy, as Angiolino Joseph Pascal Ventura. His parents were Giovanni Ventura and Luisa Borrini. He died in Saint-Cloud, Paris, France. ==Filmography== * Touchez Pas au Grisbi (1953) ** With Jean Gabin, Jeanne Moreau.
Director: Jacques Becker. * 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) ** With Raymond Pellegrin, Peter van Eyck.
Director: Henri Decoin * Action Immédiate (1956) ** With Henri 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) ** With Daniel Gélin, Jeanne Moreau.
Director: Gilles Grangier * Ces Dames Préfèrent le Mambo (1957) ** With Eddie 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) ** With Gérard Philippe, Anouk Aimée, Lilli Palmer.
Director: Jacques Becker * 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 Adams.
Director: Victor Merenda * Douze Heures d'Horloge (1958) ** With Eva Bartok, Hannes Messemer, Gert Fröbe.
Director: Geza Redvanyi * Marie Octobre (1958) ** With Danielle Darrieux.
Director: Julien Duvivier. * Un Témoin dans la Ville (1959) ** With Franco Fabrizzi, Sandra Milo.
Director: Edouard Molinaro * 125 Rue Montmartre (1959) ** With Andréa Parisi.
Director: Gilles Grangier * Le Chemin des Écoliers (1959) ** With Françoise Arnoul, Bourvil, Alain Delon.
Director: Michel Boisrond * Classe Tous Risques (1959) ** With Sandra Milo, Jean-Paul Belmondo.
Director: Claude Sautet * Herrin der Welt / Les Mystères d'Angkor (1960) ** With Matha Hyer, Carlos Thompson.
Director: William Dieterle * La Fille dans la Vitrine (1960) ** With Marina Vlady.
Director: Luciano Emmer * Un Taxi pour Tobrouk (1961) ** With Charles Aznavour, Hardy Krüger.
Director: Denys de la Patelliére * Les Lions Sont Lachés (1961) ** With Jean-Claude Brialy, Claudia Cardinale.
Director: Henri Verneuil * Il Re di Poggioreale / Le Roi des Truands (1961) ** With Ernest 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) ** With Fernandel, Georges Rivière.
Director: Vittorio de Sica * Le Diable et les Dix Commandements (1962) ** With Charles Aznavour, Maurice Biraud.
Director: Julien Duvivier * Die Dreigroschenoper (1962) ** With Curd 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 Franck.
Director: Georges Lautner * Llanto por un Bandito / Cordoba (1963) ** With Francisco Rabal, Lea Massari.
Director: Carlos Saura * 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) ** With Bernard Blier, Mireille Darc.
Director: Georges Lautner * L'Arme à Gauche (1965) ** With Sylvia Koscina, Léo Gordon.
Director: Claude Sautet * La Métamorphose des Cloportes (1965) ** With Irina Demick, Pierre Brasseur, Charles Aznavour.
Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre * Les Grandes Gueules (1965) ** With Bourvil, Marie Dubois.
Director: Robert Enrico * Ne Nous Fâchons Pas (1965) ** With Jean 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) ** With Alain Delon, Joanna Shimkus.
Director: Robert Enrico * Le Rapace (1967) ** With Rosa Furman, Xavier Marc.
Director: José Giovanni * L'Armée des Ombres (1969) ** With Simone Signoret.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville * Le Clan des Siciliens (1968) ** With Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Irina Demick.
Director: Henri Verneuil * Dernier Domicile Connu (1969) ** With Marlène Jobert.
Director: José Giovanni * Fantasia chez les Ploucs (1970) ** With Mireille Darc, Jacques Dufilho.
Director: Gérard Pirès * Boulevard du Rhum (1971) ** With Brigitte Bardot, Guy Marchand.
Director: Robert Enrico * L'Aventure c'est l'Aventure (1972) ** With Jacques Brel, Charles Denner, Charles Gérard.
Director: Claude Lelouch * I Segreti di Cosa Nostra / The Valachi Papers (1972) ** With Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland.
Director: Terence Young * 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) ** With Jacques Brel.
Director: Edouard Molinaro * Uomini Duri / Tough Guys / Les Durs (1974) ** With Isaac Hayes.
Director: Duccio Tessari * La Gifle (1974) ** With Annie Girardot, Isabelle Adjani.
Director: Claude Pinoteau * La Cage (1975) ** With Ingrid Thulin.
Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre * Adieu Poulet (1975) ** With Patrick Dewaere, Françoise Brion.
Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre * Cadaveri Excellenti / Cadavres Exquis (1976) ** With Fernando Rey.
Director: Francesco Rosi * The Medusa Touch / La Grand Menace (1978) ** With Richard Burton, Lee Remick
Director: Jack Gold * Un Papillon sur l'épole (1978) ** With Claudine Auger, Paul Crauchet.
Director: Jacques Deray * L'Homme en Colère (1979) ** With Angie Dickinson, Laurent Malet.
Director: Claude Pinoteau * Les Seducteurs / Sunday Lovers ("Paris") (1980) ** With Catherine Salviat.
Director: Edouard Molinaro * Garde à Vue (1981) ** With Michel Serrault, Romy Schneider.
Director: Claude Miller * Espion Lève-toi (1981) ** With Michel Piccoli, Bruno Cremer.
Director: Yves Boisset * Les Misérables (1982) ** With Michel 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) ** With Rod Steiger, Michael York.
Director: Michael Anderson * La Rumba (1987) ** With Roger Hanin, Michel Piccoli.
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 2-08068113-3 * Giovanni, José (2002): Mes Grandes Gueules. Fayard. ISBN 2-21361262-5 * Ventura, Clélia (2003): Lino ou la Gourmandise de la Vie. Paris: Robert Laffont. ISBN 2-22109884-6 * 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 2-22108646-5 * 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 ==External Links== * http://perso.wanadoo.fr/cteb/prod012.htm Ventura, Odette (199x): Lino. (CTEB: Livres Transcrits en Braille) * http://www.argos.asso.fr/archiv/cultur03/texte/hon neur.htm Les Premières Rencontres Nationales – Art, Culture et Handicap – Bourges du 19 au 21 octobre 2003 * http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/actualites/comm uniq/aillagon/bourgesoct03.htm Rencontres – Art, Culture et Handicap – Lundi 20 octobre à Bourges

