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Lino Ventura
Biography
Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura (14 July 1919 – 22 October 1987), known as Lino Ventura, was an Italian actor. Born in Italy, he was raised in Paris by his mother. After a first career as a professional wrestler was ended by injury, he was offered a part as a gang boss in the Jacques Becker film Touchez pas au grisbi (1954) 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lino Ventura, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Elevator to the Gallows
as Le Commissaire Cherrier
Les Misérables
as Jean Valjean
Army of Shadows
as Philippe Gerbier
The Sicilian Clan
as Commissaire Le Goff
At The End Of The Day
as (archive footage)
Crooks in Clover
as Fernand Naudin
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
as Self (archive footage)
The Valachi Papers
as Vito Genovese
The Medusa Touch
as Brunel
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
as Angelo Fraiser
