Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura 14 July 1919 22 October 1987 known as Lino Ventura was an Italian actor Born in Italy he was raised in Paris by his mother After a first career as a professional wrestler was ended by injury he was offered a part as a gang boss in the Jacques Becker film Touchez pas au grisbi 1954 and rapidly became one of Frances favourite film actors playing opposite many other great stars and working with such leading directors as Louis Malle Claude Sautet and Claude Miller Description above from the Wikipedia article Lino Ventura licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia