José Calvo

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1916-03-03 (64 years old)

Deathday

1980-05-16

Place of Birth

Madrid, Madrid, Spain

José Calvo

Biography

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. 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 d...

Acting

1962

Viridiana

as Don Amalio

1970

Tristana

as Bellringer

1971

At the End of the Rainbow

as Joselito Cosorito

1972

Tragic Ceremony

as Sam David

1967

Day of Anger

as Blind Bill

1965

Weekend, Italian Style

as Commendator Tagliaferri

1968

Twice a Judas

as Russel

1961

Alma aragonesa

as Tío Ramón

1955

Sucedió en Sevilla

as Mayoral Manuel

1966

Platero y yo

as Don José

1975

1971

1968

A Stranger in Paso Bravo

as Wasserhändler

1965

The Man from Oklahoma

as Ron Edwards

1974

Run, Run, Joe!

as Don Salvatore

1975

Blanca's Weddings

as Cuñado de Antonio

1965

1966

1969

The Price of Power

as Dr. H. Strips

1965

Six Days a Week

as padre Alessandro

1958

Marinai, donne e guai

as primo complice di Aristotele

1956

Main Street

as 'El Doctor'

1972

Dust in the Sun

as The Great Goldoni

1978

The Frenchman's Garden

as José Muñoz Lopera

1978

The Last Party

as Don Julián (as Pepe Calvo)

1980

En mil pedazos

as Joaquín Faldrao

1976

1960

La quiniela

as Vividor

1963

Life Goes On

as Bar Owner

1973

Little Funny Guy

as Don Nicolone Salento

1961

At Five in the Afternoon

as Amigo (uncredited)

1978

Mi Mujer no es mi señora

as Don Homero (as Pepe Calvo)

1966

Funny Money

as (uncredited)

1966

Che notte, ragazzi!

as Chófer (as Pepe Calvo)

1964

1971

Los días de Cabirio

as Padre de Mary Carmen

1964

Extraconiugale

as Commendatore Sasselli (segment "Il mondo è dei ricchi")

1956

Uncle Hyacynth

as Warehouse Clerk

1955

1959

Vargas Inn

as Ventero

1963

El globo azul

as Sánchez

1955

Juicio final

as Inspector de policía

1960

El traje de oro

as Empresario

1970

1960

El Litri y su sombra

as Aficionado (uncredited)

1967

The Edge of Fear

as Don César de Urdaz

1972

1959

Una gran señora

as Don Manuel

1952

El sistema Pelegrín

as Padre de Gelasio

1973

Barcelona Kill

as Jefe superior de Policía

1957

Messengers of Peace

as Ladrón en cárcel

1958

Red Cross Girls

as Paciente de Andrés

1959

1960

El indulto

as Empleado estación de Madrid

1965

Historias de la televisión

as Ramón Valladares

1963

The Swindlers

as Brigadier (segment "Suore")

1955

Un día perdido

as Don Patricio

1964

1966

1956

1956

La mestiza

as Secretario

1954

La danza de los deseos

as Padre de Candela

1959

El gafe

as Presidente de club

1961

1963

The Castilian

as Fraile

1971

Murders in the Rue Morgue

as Hunchback (uncredited)

1958

Héroes del aire

as Capitán

1965

Legacy of the Incas

as (uncredited)

1963

1956

1965

1952

1955

El indiano

as Capataz

1954

1956

El fenómeno

as Jefe de los matones

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