Gigi Ballista

Gigi Ballista (actually Luigi Ballista, born December 1, 1918 in Florence; † August 2, 1980 in Rome ) was an Italian actor.

Life

Ballista was after a degree in law worked as a journalist and then worked for advertising. In the 1960s he moved to acting, after taking over for Vittorio Caprioli 1963, a role in which part of an episode of the film. Definitively this turning two years later, after a main role in Pietro Germi; now he has played numerous character roles in which he, because of unusual voice often embodied persons with memorable comic - on the big screen as for the screen.

Filmography (selection)

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