Anjolino Giuseppe Pasquale (Lino) Ventura ( Italian: Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale "Lino" Ventura , July 14, 1919 , Parma , Italy - October 22, 1987 , Saint-Cloud , France ) - an actor of Italian origin who became famous for roles in French films. The most popular films are “ Adventurers ”, “ Bore ” and “ Les Miserables ”.
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| Birth name | Anjolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura |
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| Profession | actor |
| Career | 1953 - 1987 |
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Biography
Lino Ventura was born in the north of Italy in Parma to the family of Giovanni Ventura and Louise Borrini. At the age of 8 he dropped out of school and changed many professions.
In 1942, he married a childhood friend Odette Leconte, the couple had four children: Milen (1946), Lawrence (1950), Linda (1958) and Clelia (1961).
At the same time professionally engaged in boxing and wrestling. In 1950, Lino became the champion of Europe [ clarified ] in middleweight in Greco-Roman wrestling , however, having received a serious injury to his right leg during the fight with Henri Kogan (who was also an actor), he was forced to interrupt his sportsman’s career.
In 1953 he entered the world of cinema, starring in the gangster film " Do not touch the booty " by Jacques Becker . From this moment began the acting career of Lino Ventura. Mostly, he starred in gangster films, often with his friend Jean Gabin . Critic V. Dyomin, citing his most characteristic roles of this period, wrote: “Embodiment of cruelty (“ Do not touch prey ”, 1953) or deceit (“ Raid on thieves ”, 1954), the personification of the evil will ( Street Law , 1956, Immediate action ", 1956," It remains to live for three days ", 1957), he even in" Lift to the scaffold "(1957) or in" Montparnasse, 19 ", where he didn’t have to depict completely gangsters, it is still a villain, as if authorized representative of the terrible, inhuman forces remaining for the time being behind the scenes ... " [4] .
Also among the most famous roles of Ventura are, for example, the role of corrupt policeman Tiger Brown in the film “Threepenny Opera” (1963) and the mafioso Vito Genovese in the movie “ Papers of Valachi ” (1972).
Despite the fact that he spent most of his life in France and spoke Italian with a French accent , he did not receive French citizenship.
In 1966, Lino Ventura founded the “Snowdrop” charity foundation for helping people with disabilities.
The actor died of a heart attack in 1987 at the age of 68.
In Paris , the square at the intersection of Martyr and Avenue Trudean was named after him [5] .
Selected Filmography
- 1954 - Touchez pas au grisbi - Angelo
- 1954 - Round-up of drug traffickers / Razzia sur la chnouf - Catalan
- 1956 - Law of the streets / La Loi des rues - Mario
- 1956 - Crime and Punishment / Crime et Châtiment - the owner of the restaurant
- 1957 - Elevator to the scaffold / Ascenseur pour l'échafaud - Commissioner Cherier
- 1957 - Montparnasse 19 / Montparnasse 19 - Morel
- 1958 - Hello to you from Gorilla / Le Gorille vous salue - Gorilla
- 1958 - Maigret tend un piège - Inspector Torrens
- 1959 - Montmartre Street 125/125 , rue Montmartre - Pascal
- 1959 - Witness the city / Un témoin dans la ville - Anselin
- 1959 - The Road of Schoolchildren / Le Chemin des écoliers - Tiercelin
- 1959 - Marie-October / Marie-Octobre - Carlo Bernardi, the owner of a nightclub
- 1960 - Suspend the entire risk / Classe tous risques - Abel Davos, the bandit
- 1960 - Taxi in Tobruk / Un taxi pour Tobrouk - Theo Dumas
- 1961 - The Last Judgment / Il giudizio universale - Giovanna's father
- 1962 - The Devil and the Ten Commandments / Le Diable et les Dix Commandements - Garigny, pimp (episode "Thou shalt not kill")
- 1962 - Boat of Émile / Le Bateau d'Émile - Émile
- 1963 - Uncle Gangsters / Les Tontons flingueurs - Fernand
- 1964 - Barbuses secret agents / Les Barbouzes - Francis
- 1964 - One hundred thousand dollars in the sun / Cent mille dollars au soleil - Herve Marek
- 1965 - Tin throats / Les Grandes Gueules - Laurent
- 1966 - Second Wind / Le Deuxième Souffle - Gustave Menda, “Old Guy,” thug
- 1967 - Adventure Seekers / Les Aventuriers - Roland
- 1968 - Predator / Le Rapace - Predator, professional killer without a name
- 1969 - The Sicilian clan / Le Clan des Siciliens - divisional commissioner Alain Le Goff
- 1969 - Army of the Shadows / L'Armée des ombres - Philippe Gerbier
- 1970 - Last known residence / Dernier domicile connu - inspector Marceau Leonetti
- 1971 - Return of the annoying bug / Fantasia chez les ploucs - Sagamor Noonan
- 1971 - Roma Boulevard - Captain Cornelius Von Zeling
- 1972 - Papers Valachi / Le Dossier Valachi - Vito Genovese
- 1972 - Adventure is an adventure / L'aventure c'est l'aventure - Lino Massaro
- 1973 - Happy New Year! / La Bonne Année - Simon - Prize to the best actor of the San Sebastian Film Festival
- 1973 - Bore / L'Emmerdeur - Milan
- 1974 - The slap in the face / La Gifle - Jean
- 1975 - Farewell, policeman / Adieu poulet - Commissioner Verge
- 1976 - Radiant corpses / Cadaveri eccellenti - Detective Rogas
- 1978 - The Touch of Medusa / The Medusa Touch - Inspector Brunel
- 1978 - The Enraged / L'Homme en colère - Romain Dupre
- 1978 - The moth on the shoulder / Un papillon sur l'épaule - Roland
- 1980 - Sunday Lovers / Sunday Lovers - Francois Carol
- 1981 - Under preliminary investigation / Garde à vue - inspector Antoine Galyan
- 1981 - The Spy, Rise / Espion, lève-toi - Sebastien Grenier
- 1982 - Les Misérables - Les Valégins - Les Valégins
- 1984 - Seventh target / La 7ème cible - Bastien Grimaldi
- 1984 - A hundred days in Palermo / Cento giorni a Palermo - General Carlo Dalla Chiesa
Notes
- 2 1 2 3 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 118767984 // General Regulatory Control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ 1 2 BNF ID : 2011 open data platform .
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ Lino Ventura // Actors of foreign cinema. - Issue 11th / Comp. T. G. Belyaev. - M .: Art, 1977. - pp. 19—39. - 215 s.
- ↑ Lino Ventura Biography on IMDb
Literature
- Lino Ventura // Actors of foreign cinema. - Issue 11th / Comp. T. G. Belyaev. - M .: Art, 1977. - pp. 19—39. - 215 s.