José Calvo
Actor
- Born
- March 3, 1916 · Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Died
- May 16, 1980 (age 64)
José Calvo (March 3, 1916 – May 16, 1980) was a Spanish film actor best known for his roles in western films or 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.
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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.
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Known for
A Fistful of Dollars
September 12, 1964
Viridiana
April 1, 1962
Tristana
March 29, 1970
Day of Anger
December 19, 1967
Main Street
October 26, 1956
Murders in the Rue Morgue
July 21, 1971
The Running Man
October 1, 1963
The Price of Power
December 18, 1969
Weekend, Italian Style
December 27, 1965
Tragic Ceremony
December 20, 1972
Fort Yuma Gold
October 7, 1966
Little Funny Guy
April 19, 1973
Acting122
- 1980En mil pedazos as Joaquín Faldrao
- 1980¡Qué verde era mi duque! as Palurdo
- 1978Soldados
- 1978Tiempos de constitución
- 1978Mi Mujer no es mi señora as Don Homero (as Pepe Calvo)
- 1978The Frenchman's Garden as José Muñoz Lopera
- 1978The Last Party as Don Julián (as Pepe Calvo)
- 1977Secretos de alcoba as Luis
- 1976La espada negra as Simón
- 1976The Shameful Secret of a Good Boy as Don Gumersindo