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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 film debut as a gangster in the 1954 Jacques Becker film Touchez pas au grisbi 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. Usually portraying a tough man, either a criminal or a cop, he also featured as a leader of the Resistance in the Jean-Pierre Melville-directed Army of Shadows (1969). He was nominated for a Cesar Award for his portrayal of Jean Valjean in the 1982 film adaptation of Les Misérables. After one of his four children, a daughter, was born handicapped, he and his wife founded a charity Perce-Neige (Snowdrop) which aids disabled children and their parents. Though a lifelong resident and pop cultural icon in France, Ventura always considered himself an Italian first and foremost, and never took French citizenship. He was nonetheless voted 23rd in a 2005 poll of the 100 greatest Frenchmen. ... Description above from the Wikipedia article Lino Ventura, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

At the End of the Day
as Lino (archive footage) (uncredited)

Patrick Dewaere, My Hero
as Self (archive footage) - actor

Bacri, comme un air de famille
as Self (archive footage)

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
as Self (archive footage)

Aznavour by Charles
as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
as Self (archive footage)

Lino Ventura, la part intime
as Self (archive footage)

Lino Ventura, une histoire d'homme
as Self (archive footage)

De Gaulle, the Last King of France
as Self (archive footage)
Lino, il n'était que lui-même
as Self (archive footage)

Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres
as Self (archive footage)

Il était une fois... Les Tontons flingueurs
as Self (archive footage)

Code Name: Melville
as Self (archive footage)

Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
as Self (archive footage)

Le monde est à vous
as Self (archive footage)

Sacrée soirée
as Self (archive footage)

La Rumba
as un caïd

Sword of Gideon
as Papa

The Seventh Target
as Bastien Grimaldi

One Hundred Days in Palermo
as General Carlo Dalla Chiesa

The Ruffian
as Aldo

Les Misérables
as Jean Valjean / Mr. Madeleine / Champmathieu

The French
as Self

Spy, Stand Up
as Sébastien Grenier

Champs-Elysées
as Self

The Inquisitor
as Inspector Antoine Gallien

Sunday Lovers
as François Quérole (sketch 'La méthode française')

L'Homme en colère
as Romain Dupre

Butterfly on the Shoulder
as Roland Fériaud

The Medusa Touch
as Brunel

Auf los geht's los
as Self

Cérémonie des César
as Self - President

Illustrious Corpses
as Inspector Amerigo Rogas

The French Detective
as Commissioner Verjeat

The Cage
as Julien

Numéro un
as Self

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self

The Slap
as Jean Douléan

Spécial cinéma
as Self

Three Tough Guys
as Father Charlie

A Pain in the Ass
as Ralf Milan

Far West
as Prisoner

Happy New Year
as Simon

The Right of the Maddest
as Le gendarme motorisé instructeur

The Silent One
as Clément Tibère

Money Money Money
as Lino Massaro
Midi trente
as Self

Le Grand Échiquier
as Self

The Valachi Papers
as Vito Genovese

Rum Runners
as Cornelius von Zeelinga

Fantasia Among the Squares
as Sagamore Noonan

Last Known Address
as Principal Inspector Marceau Leonetti

The Sicilian Clan
as Commissaire Le Goff

Army of Shadows
as Philippe Gerbier

Birds of Prey
as Le rapace / Le rital

The Last Adventure
as Roland

Deux Romains en Gaule
as Un client du bar

Le Deuxième Souffle
as Gustave 'Gu' Minda

To Skin a Spy
as Pascal Fabre
Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle
as Self - Interviewee