José Calvo

José Calvo (March 3, 1916 – May 16, 1980) was a Spanish film actor best known for his roles in western films and historical dramas.
He made around 150 appearances mostly in films between 1952 and his death in 1980. He entered film in 1952 and was prolific as an actor throughout the 1950s and 1960s. He made many appearances in crime dramas, often with a historical theme and appeared in a high number of western films.
In 1964 he starred as the innkeeper Silvanito in Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Western production A Fistful of Dollars as one of Clint Eastwood's few "amigos" in the town of San Miguel. He later appeared in westerns such as I Giorni dell'ira (1967) opposite Lee Van Cleef, Anda muchacho, spara! (1971) and Dust in the Sun (1973) etc.
However, after the Spaghetti Western era of the late 1960s, in the 1970s he returned to appearing in primarily Spanish films and in contrast to the roles which dominated much of his career did appear in several Spanish comedy films often with slapstick humor as that genre grew popular in Latin cinema during this period.
He died in Gran Canaria on May 16, 1980, aged 64.
Selected filmography
Dulce nombre (1952)
La forastera (1952)
The Pelegrín System (1952) as Padre de Gelasio
Babes in Bagdad (1952) (Spanish version)
Concierto mágico (1953)
La danza de los deseos (1954) as Padre de Candela
Elena (1954)
It Happened in Seville (1955) as Mayoral Manuel
El indiano (1955) as Capataz
La cruz de mayo (1955) as Fiscal
El coyote (1955)
Duelo de pasiones (1955)
Un día perdido (1955) as Don Patricio
El puente del diablo (1956) as Fiscal
Ha pasado un hombre (1956) as García
Uncle Hyacynth (1956) as Almacenista
The Big Lie (1956) as Productor que habla con censor
También hay cielo sobre el mar (1956)
Todos somos necesarios (1956)
Andalusia Express (1956) as Arturo
El fenómeno (1956)
La mestiza (1956) as Secretario
Calle Mayor (1956) as Amigote #4 – Doctor
Manolo guardia urbano (1956) as Conductor despistado
Miracle of the White Suit (1956) as Ramón
El maestro (1957) as Chauffeur
Mensajeros de Paz (1957) as Ladrón en cárcel
Ángeles sin cielo (1957) as Compinche de Curro
Buongiorno primo amore! (1957) as Pepe
Aquellos tiempos del cuplé (1958) as Cordero
Heroes del Aire (1958) as Capitán
El hincha (1958)
El puente de la paz (1958)
Red Cross Girls (1958) as Paciente de Andrés
Marinai, donne e guai (1958) as complice di Aristotele
Parque de Madrid (1959)
Noi siamo due evasi (1959)
Venta de Vargas (1959) as Ventero
Una gran señora (1959) as Don Manuel
El día de los enamorados (1959) as Nica
El gafe (1959)
El secreto de papá (1959)
At Five O'Clock in the Afternoon (1960) as Amigo (uncredited)
Juicio final (1960)
El amor que yo te di (1960)
El Litri y su sombra (1960) as Aficionado (uncredited)
El hombre que perdió el tren (1960)
Crimen para recién casados (1960) as Oficial naval
El traje de oro (1960)
La quiniela (1960)
Don Lucio y el hermano pío (1960) as El pecas
El vagabundo y la estrella (1960) as Eufrasio
Alma aragonesa (1961) as Tío Ramón
Viridiana (1961) as Don Amalio
El indulto (1961) as Empleado estación de Madrid
Fantasmas en la casa (1961)
Kilómetro 12 (1961)
Historia de un hombre (1961)
The Gang of Eight (1962) as Padre de Miguelín
I tromboni di Fra Diavolo (1962)
The Castilian (1963) as Fraile
The Running Man (1963) as Porter
Shéhérazade (1963)
El globo azul (1963)
El sol en el espejo (1963) as Sr. Pardo
Duello nel Texas (1963) as Francisco (uncredited)
The Swindlers (1963) as Brigadier (segment "Suore")
Suspendido en sinvergüenza (1963)
Júrame (1964)
I maniaci (1964) (uncredited)
Crucero de verano (1964) as Fodar
Weeping for a Bandit (1964) as Cliente de la posada
The Chosen Ones (1964) as Boquerón
I marziani hanno 12 mani (1964) as Marito geloso
A Fistful of Dollars (1964) as Silvanito
Extraconiugale (1964) as Commendatore Sasselli (segment "Il mondo è dei ricchi")
Oklahoma John (1965) as Rod Edwards
La bugiarda (1965)
Television Stories (1965) as Ramón Valladares
El mundo sigue (1965) as Dueño Bar
Legacy of the Incas (1965) (uncredited)
Captain from Toledo (1965) as Don Canio
Desperate Mission (1965) as The Director of the company
La Dama de Beirut (1965)
La primera aventura (1965) as Cosme
In a Colt's Shadow (1965) as Sheriff
Perché uccidi ancora (1965) as López
Una ráfaga de plomo (1965) as Yusuff
Weekend, Italian Style (1965) as Commendator Tagliaferri
Platero y yo (1966) as Don José
Due mafiosi contro Al Capone (1966) as Al Capone
Monnaie de singe (1966) (uncredited)
Nuevo en esta plaza (1966) as Tomás
Web of Violence (1966)
Che notte ragazzi! (1966) as Chófer
For a Few Extra Dollars (1966) as Gordon
Non faccio la guerra, faccio l'amore (1966) as Don Getulio
El filo del miedo (1967) as Don César de Urdaz
Day of Anger (1967) as Blind Bill
Shoot Twice (1968) as Doctor Russell
A Stranger in Paso Bravo (1968) as Vendedor de agua
La notte è fatta per... rubare (1968) as Martin
Rebus (1969) as Benson
Cantando a la vida (1969)
The Price of Power (1969) as Doctor Strips (uncredited)
Golpe de mano (Explosión) (1970) as Padre de Novales
Tristana (1970) as Campanero
El Gran crucero (1970)
The Underground (1970)
Nights and Loves of Don Juan (1971) as Sultano Selim
Dead Men Ride (1971) as Joselito Cosorito
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971) as Hunchback (uncredited)
Los días de Cabirio (1971) as Padre de Mary Carmen
Hector the Mighty (1972) as Lawyer
Dust in the Sun (1972) as The Great Goldoni
Tragic Ceremony (1972) as Sam David
La redada (1973) as Jefe superior de Policía
Carta de amor de un asesino (1973) as Ramón
Little Funny Guy (1973) as Don Nicolone Salento
Run, Run, Joe! (1974) as Don Salvatore
Pim, pam, pum... ¡fuego! (1975) as Policía
L'uomo che sfidò l'organizzazione (1975) as Zaccaria Rabajos
Las bodas de Blanca (1975) as Cuñado de Antonio
Esclava te doy (1976) as Juez
Las delicias de los verdes años (1976) as D. Illán
El secreto inconfesable de un chico bien (1976) as Don Gumersindo
La espada negra (1976)
Secretos de alcoba (1977) as Luis
El último guateque (1977) as Don Julián
El huerto del francés (1978) as José Muñoz Lopera
Mi mujer no es mi señora (1978) as Don Homero
Soldados (1978)
Tiempos de constitución (1979)
En mil pedazos (1980) as Joaquín Faldrao
¡Qué verde era mi duque! (1980) as Palurdo
Carta a nadie (1984) (final film role)
References
External links
Spanish male film actors
Male Spaghetti Western actors
Male Western (genre) film actors
1916 births
1980 deaths
Male actors from Madrid
Spanish emigrants to the United States
20th-century Spanish male actors