José Calvo


José Calvo 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 Day of Anger opposite Lee Van Cleef, Anda muchacho, spara! and Dust in the Sun 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 La forastera The Pelegrín System as Padre de GelasioBabes in Bagdad Concierto mágico La danza de los deseos as Padre de CandelaElena It Happened in Seville as Mayoral ManuelEl indiano as CapatazLa cruz de mayo as FiscalEl coyote Duelo de pasiones Un día perdido as Don PatricioEl puente del diablo as FiscalHa pasado un hombre as GarcíaUncle Hyacynth as AlmacenistaThe Big Lie as Productor que habla con censorTambién hay cielo sobre el mar Todos somos necesarios Andalusia Express as ArturoEl fenómeno La mestiza as SecretarioCalle Mayor as Amigote #4 – DoctorManolo guardia urbano as Conductor despistadoMiracle of the White Suit as RamónEl maestro as ChauffeurMensajeros de Paz as Ladrón en cárcelÁngeles sin cielo as Compinche de CurroBuongiorno primo amore! as PepeAquellos tiempos del cuplé as CorderoHeroes del Aire as CapitánEl hincha El puente de la paz Red Cross Girls as Paciente de AndrésMarinai, donne e guai as complice di Aristotele Parque de Madrid Noi siamo due evasi Venta de Vargas as VenteroUna gran señora as Don ManuelEl día de los enamorados as NicaEl gafe El secreto de papá At Five O'Clock in the Afternoon as Amigo Juicio final El amor que yo te di El Litri y su sombra as Aficionado El hombre que perdió el tren Crimen para recién casados as Oficial navalEl traje de oro La quiniela Don Lucio y el hermano pío as El pecasEl vagabundo y la estrella as EufrasioAlma aragonesa as Tío RamónViridiana as Don AmalioEl indulto as Empleado estación de MadridFantasmas en la casa Kilómetro 12 Historia de un hombre The Gang of Eight as Padre de MiguelínI tromboni di Fra Diavolo The Castilian as FraileThe Running Man as PorterShéhérazade El globo azul El sol en el espejo as Sr. PardoGunfight at Red Sands as Francisco The Swindlers as Brigadier Suspendido en sinvergüenza Júrame I maniaci Crucero de verano as FodarWeeping for a Bandit as Cliente de la posadaThe Chosen Ones as BoquerónI marziani hanno 12 mani as Marito gelosoA Fistful of Dollars as SilvanitoExtraconiugale as Commendatore Sasselli Oklahoma John as Rod EdwardsLa bugiarda Television Stories as Ramón ValladaresEl mundo sigue as Dueño Bar Legacy of the Incas Captain from Toledo as Don CanioDesperate Mission as The Director of the companyLa Dama de Beirut La primera aventura as CosmeIn a Colt's Shadow as SheriffPerché uccidi ancora as LópezUna ráfaga de plomo as Yusuff Weekend, Italian Style as Commendator TagliaferriPlatero y yo as Don JoséDue mafiosi contro Al Capone as Al CaponeMonnaie de singe Nuevo en esta plaza as TomásWeb of Violence Che notte ragazzi! as ChóferFor a Few Extra Dollars as GordonNon faccio la guerra, faccio l'amore as Don GetulioEl filo del miedo as Don César de UrdazDay of Anger as Blind BillShoot Twice as Doctor RussellA Stranger in Paso Bravo as Vendedor de aguaLa notte è fatta per... rubare as MartinRebus as BensonCantando a la vida The Price of Power as Doctor Strips Golpe de mano as Padre de NovalesTristana as CampaneroEl Gran crucero The Underground Nights and Loves of Don Juan as Sultan SelimDead Men Ride as Joselito CosoritoMurders in the Rue Morgue as Hunchback Los días de Cabirio as Padre de Mary CarmenHector the Mighty as LawyerDust in the Sun as The Great Goldoni Tragic Ceremony as Sam DavidLa redada as Jefe superior de Policía Carta de amor de un asesino as RamónLittle Funny Guy as Don Nicolone SalentoRun, Run, Joe! as Don SalvatorePim, pam, pum... ¡fuego! as Policía
  • One Man Against the Organization as Zaccaria RabajosLas bodas de Blanca as Cuñado de AntonioEsclava te doy as JuezLas delicias de los verdes años as D. IllánEl secreto inconfesable de un chico bien as Don GumersindoLa espada negra Secretos de alcoba as LuisEl último guateque as Don JuliánThe Frenchman's Garden as José Muñoz LoperaMi mujer no es mi señora as Don HomeroSoldados Tiempos de constitución En mil pedazos as Joaquín Faldrao¡Qué verde era mi duque! as Palurdo
  • ''Carta a nadie''