Lino Ventura

Acting

1954 — 1982 · 29 films

Lived

13 July 1919 — d. 1987

From

Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

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.