--- name: "Gigi Ballista" canonical: "https://film.one/person/gigi-ballista" roles: [] born: "1 December 1918" died: "2 August 1980" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-20T06:01:43.474396+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Gigi Ballista Actor. Born 1 December 1918 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Died 2 August 1980. ## Details - **Born:** 1 December 1918, Florence, Tuscany, Italy - **Died:** 2 August 1980 - **Also known as:** Giggi Ballista, Luigi Ballista - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigi_Ballista, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1523677, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0050876/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32315 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Midnight Express*](https://film.one/film/midnight-express.md) (61) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Gigi Ballista (1 December 1918 – 2 August 1980) was an Italian film and television actor, also credited as Giggi Ballista or Luigi Ballista. Born in Florence, he appeared in approximately 60 films between 1961 and 1980. Ballista graduated in law and initially worked as a PR consultant in advertising and industrial documentaries. He began acting in minor roles in the early 1960s and gained wider recognition after appearing in *The Birds, the Bees and the Italians* (1966). Among his later credits are *Midnight Express* (1978), in which he played the Chief Judge, *Horse Fever* (1976), *Salon Kitty* (1976) and *The Secret of Santa Vittoria* (1969). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Midnight Express* (1978), Fi1m 61, as Chief Judge — [page](https://film.one/film/midnight-express.md) ## Complete filmography (57) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...* (1981), as Bishop - *I Hate Blondes* (1980), as Psychiatrist - *Liquirizia* (1979), as Bartolozzi - *Midnight Express* (1978), as Chief Judge — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/midnight-express.md) - *Il furto della gioconda* (1978), series, as Poupardin - *The Schoolmate* (1977), as Girardi - *Mala, Love and Death* (1977), as Carlo Alberto Giorgi - *Un amore targato Forlì* (1976), Actor - *Horse Fever* (1976), as Count Dallara - *Under the Sheets* (1976), as Professor Ciotti - *Salon Kitty* (1976), as Nazi General - *Confessions of a Lady Cop* (1976), as Questore Moretti - *La madama* (1976), as The Venetian - *The Sunday Woman* (1975), as Vollero - *The Family Vice* (1975), as Conte Giosuè - *The Noon Vigilante* (1975), as direttore Filiberto Rossetti - *Cassiodorus Is the Hardest Praetorian* (1975), as Cornelius da Mediolanum - *Il fratello* (1975), Actor - *Policewoman* (1974), as avvocato - *Poker in Bed* (1974), as comm. Gervasio Caminata - *Italian Sex* (1974), as padre di Carletto - *Stavisky...* (1974), as Gaston Henriet - *Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?* (1974), as Gino's Friend - *Fischia Il Sesso* (1974), as Mr. Lewis - *Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia* (1974), as doctor - *Anima mia* (1974), as Filippo Tornabuoni - *The Lady Has Been Raped* (1973), as Carini - *Blume in Love* (1973), as Older Man - *Giovannona Long-Thigh* (1973), as Commendatore La Noce - *Increase and Multiply* (1973), as Dottore - *Blessed Are the Rich* (1972), as Commendatore - *Black Turin* (1972), as Marinotti - *1001 Nights of Pleasure* (1972), as Genie in Lamp - *Snow Job* (1972), Actor - *Trastevere* (1971), as Count - *Roma bene* (1971), as Vitozzi - *Do Not Commit Adultery* (1971), as Padre Spiridione - *No One Will Notice You're Naked* (1971), as Silvio Borelon - *Lady Caliph* (1970), as Il principe industriale - *Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It* (1970), as Il medico - *Una storia d'amore* (1970), as Borgognini - *The Secret of Santa Vittoria* (1970), as Padre Polenta - *Emma Hamilton* (1968), as Cardinal Ruffo - *Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses* (1968), as Engineer - *Galileo* (1968), as commissario domenicano - *Sunstroke* (1968), as Conte Malvezzi - *Il Circolo Pickwick* (1968), series, as Nathaniel Winkle - *The Dress Rehearsal* (1967), Actor - *The Seventh Floor* (1967), as medico - *The Man Who Betrayed the Mafia* (1967), as Aldo - *The Climax* (1967), as Don Michele - *Pleasant Nights* (1966), as Luca di Montemerlo - *How I Learned to Love Women* (1966), as sir Archibald - *The Queens* (1966), as The Priest ("Fata Marta") - *The Birds, the Bees and the Italians* (1966), as Giacinto Castellan - *Il morbidone* (1965), Actor - *The Maniacs* (1964), as Count at the Party (segment "l'hobby") (uncredited) ## Gallery - ![Gigi Ballista](https://film.one/media/person/1245667/gallery-e97f807924b8.png) Gigi Ballista — Gawain78. Original uploader was Gawain78 at it.wikipedia. Later version(s) were uploaded by B3t at it.wikipedia., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Signore%26signori-Ballista_%28cropped%29.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Screenshot dal film Il vizio di famiglia (1975) estratto personalmente](https://film.one/media/person/1245667/gallery-4882e9864072.png) Screenshot dal film Il vizio di famiglia (1975) estratto personalmente — Mariano Laurenti (director) / Federico Zanni (cinematographer), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Il_vizio_di_famiglia_20.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Scena dal film Brigitte, Laura, Ursula, Monica, Raquel, Litz, Florinda, Barbara, Claudia, e Sofia le chiamo tutte... anima mia (1974)](https://film.one/media/person/1245667/gallery-5380a1bf4bb9.png) Scena dal film Brigitte, Laura, Ursula, Monica, Raquel, Litz, Florinda, Barbara, Claudia, e Sofia le chiamo tutte... anima mia (1974) — Mauro Ivaldi (director) / Joe D'Amato (cinematographer), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Brigitte%2C_Laura%2C_Ursula%2C_Monica%2C_Raquel%2C_Litz%2C_Florinda%2C_Barbara%2C_Claudia%2C_e_Sofia_le_chiamo_tutte..._anima_mia_01.png/1280px-Brigitte%2C_Laura%2C_Ursula%2C_Monica%2C_Raquel%2C_Litz%2C_Florinda%2C_Barbara%2C_Claudia%2C_e_Sofia_le_chiamo_tutte..._anima_mia_01.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Screenshot dal film Il vizio di famiglia (1975) estratto personalmente](https://film.one/media/person/1245667/gallery-39467d56f6c6.png) Screenshot dal film Il vizio di famiglia (1975) estratto personalmente — Mariano Laurenti (director) / Federico Zanni (cinematographer), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Il_vizio_di_famiglia_13.png/1280px-Il_vizio_di_famiglia_13.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Scena dal film Brigitte, Laura, Ursula, Monica, Raquel, Litz, Florinda, Barbara, Claudia, e Sofia le chiamo tutte... anima mia (1974)](https://film.one/media/person/1245667/gallery-7b3077d32bb8.png) Scena dal film Brigitte, Laura, Ursula, Monica, Raquel, Litz, Florinda, Barbara, Claudia, e Sofia le chiamo tutte... anima mia (1974) — Mauro Ivaldi (director) / Joe D'Amato (cinematographer), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Brigitte%2C_Laura%2C_Ursula%2C_Monica%2C_Raquel%2C_Litz%2C_Florinda%2C_Barbara%2C_Claudia%2C_e_Sofia_le_chiamo_tutte..._anima_mia_12.png/1280px-Brigitte%2C_Laura%2C_Ursula%2C_Monica%2C_Raquel%2C_Litz%2C_Florinda%2C_Barbara%2C_Claudia%2C_e_Sofia_le_chiamo_tutte..._anima_mia_12.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Screenshot dal film Il vizio di famiglia (1975) estratto personalmente](https://film.one/media/person/1245667/gallery-08549eea7cf5.png) Screenshot dal film Il vizio di famiglia (1975) estratto personalmente — Mariano Laurenti (director) / Federico Zanni (cinematographer), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Il_vizio_di_famiglia_35.png/1280px-Il_vizio_di_famiglia_35.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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