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Lino Ventura (1919-1987)

Lino Ventura with the M1 Carbine as Roland Darbont in The Last Adventure (1967).

Lino Ventura (full name Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura) (July 14, 1919 - October 22, 1987) was an Italian actor mostly known for his roles in French movies. He arrived in France at the age of 7 years. After the World War II he made a career of professional sportsman in freestyle and in 1950 he won the European Championships in Lausanne. Due to a foot injury Lino Ventura had to leave the sport and became the manager of games. When director Jacques Becker needed someone who speaks French and Italian for his movie Don't touch the loot (Touchez pas au grisbi), Lino started his actor career. In his thirty-four years he became an actor and played right alongside Jean Gabin. Lino Ventura played in over 70 movies including The Sicilian Clan (Le clan des Siciliens) (1969), The Valachi Papers (1972), A Pain In The Ass (L'emmerdeur) (1973) and The Medusa Touch (1978). He died of a heart attack in 1987, aged 68.

Lino Ventura can be seen using the following firearms in the following films:

Gun	Character	Title	Note	Date
Winchester Model 1894	Roland Darbont	The Last Adventure		1967
M1 Carbine	Roland Darbont	The Last Adventure		1967
Model 24 Stielhandgranate	Roland Darbont	The Last Adventure		1967
Smith & Wesson Model 36	Le Goff	The Sicilian Clan (Le clan des Siciliens)	.	1969
Single Action Army	Cornelius von Zeelinga	Rum Runners (Boulevard du Rhum)	.	1971

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-[[Image:Lino_Ventura-portret.jpg|thumb|right|250px|'''Lino Ventura''' (1919-1987)]]
+[[Image:Lino_Ventura-portret.jpg|thumb|right|200px|'''Lino Ventura''' (1919-1987)]]
-[[Image:Lino_Ventura-SandW_36.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Lino Ventura as police commissioner Le Goff with the [[Smith & Wesson Model 36]] in [[The Sicilian Clan (Le clan des Siciliens)]](1969).]]
+[[Image:Les Aventuriers-M1-5.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Lino Ventura with the [[M1 Carbine]] as Roland Darbont in ''[[The Last Adventure]]'' (1967).]]
+'''Lino Ventura''' (full name ''Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura'') (July 14, 1919 - October 22, 1987) was an Italian actor mostly known for his roles in French movies. He arrived in France at the age of 7 years. After the World War II he made a career of professional sportsman in freestyle and in 1950 he won the European Championships in Lausanne. Due to a foot injury Lino Ventura had to leave the sport and became the manager of games. When director Jacques Becker needed someone who speaks French and Italian for his movie ''Don't touch the loot (Touchez pas au grisbi)'', Lino started his actor career. In his thirty-four years he became an actor and played right alongside [[Jean Gabin]]. Lino Ventura played in over 70 movies including ''[[The Sicilian Clan (Le clan des Siciliens)]]'' (1969), ''[[The Valachi Papers]]'' (1972), ''A Pain In The Ass (L'emmerdeur)'' (1973) and ''The Medusa Touch'' (1978). He died of a heart attack in 1987, aged 68.
-'''Lino Ventura''' was an Italian actor who starred in French movies. Born  14 July 1919 as Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura in Parma, Italy. He arrived in France at the age of 7 years. Forcibly incorporated into the Italian army during World War II, but deserted because he was newly married. He has worked various occupations, and finally started to professional sports match in freestyle. In 1950 he won the European Championships in Lausanne, European Champion in the middle weight. Due to a foot injury but had to leave the sport and became the manager of games. Director Jacques Becker in the movie needed someone who speaks French and Italian, and Lina remembered his friend from youth, who had started working at filmu. Lino thrown into the role of the type and the casting was a very convincing performance, so he offered the part. But he did not want to play in the film. In order to give him room, he thought absurdly high fee for one million francs, which originally was to get one hundred tisíc.Linův natural but dramatic appearance with Becker so popular that he really gave them a fee and so in his thirty-four years he became an actor and played right alongside [[Jean Gabin]]. With him, he then starred in famous film [[The Sicilian Clan (Le clan des Siciliens)]]. Other famous movies where he played include [[The Valachi Papers]] (1972), [[A Pain In The Ass (L'emmerdeur)]] (1973) or [[The Medusa Touch]] (1978). Lino Ventura during his acting career he made over seventy films. October 22, 1987 in Saint-Cloud this great actor died of a heart attack.
 '''Lino Ventura can be seen using the following firearms in the following films:'''
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+| [[Winchester Model 1894]] || Roland Darbont || ''[[The Last Adventure]]'' || || 1967
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+| [[M1 Carbine]] || Roland Darbont || ''[[The Last Adventure]]'' || || 1967
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+| [[Model 24 Stielhandgranate]] || Roland Darbont || ''[[The Last Adventure]]'' || || 1967
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 | [[Smith & Wesson Model 36]] || Le Goff || ''[[The Sicilian Clan (Le clan des Siciliens)]]'' || . || 1969
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 [[Category:Actor]]
 [[Category:Actor Male]]
 [[Category:Deceased Actor]]

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