José Calvo
Date of birth: 1916-03-03
Place of birth: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Pepe Calvo, José Selgado 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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article José Calvo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Movie Credits
Viridiana
1962-04-01
Viridiana is preparing to start her life as a nun when she is sent, somewhat unwillingly, to visit h
Gioventù disperata
1957-12-14
A doctor whose wife has been accidentally killed by a young man who lives in an impoverished zone of
Tristana
1970-03-29
As a young woman, Tristana is orphaned and taken under the guardianship of Don Lope, a respected mem
Las delicias de los verdes años
1976-09-12
In the Middle Age, a farmer named Mauro is heading to Madrid following the last will of his father.
At the End of the Rainbow
1971-08-16
Roy runs away from the labor camp of Santa Lucia with Emiliano, a New Mexico rancher, both imprisone
Tragic Ceremony
1972-12-20
After a peaceful sailboat ride, four young people, including rich kid Bill, Joe, Fred and Jane, knoc
Day of Anger
1967-12-19
A scruffy garbage boy becomes the pupil of famed gunfighter Talby, and the stage for confrontation i
Weekend, Italian Style
1965-12-27
Manager Marletti goes to the sea to meet his wife Giuliana to spend the weekend with her and many fr
Crimen para recién casados
1960-03-07
Antonio and Elisa, a newlywed couple, go on honeymoon to a seaside hotel, where he, a crime reporter
Twice a Judas
1968-08-30
Luke Barrett, having lost his memory due to an accident, does not realize that Dingus had killed his
La primera aventura
1965-11-20
In a small town, the towncries assures that they had cought the thief who stole the money to buy a
The Woman from Beirut
1965-11-15
Isabel is a beautiful aspiring singer with great aspirations but persistent bad luck convicted of a
2 Mobsters Against Al Capone
1966-03-04
For a misunderstanding Franco and Ciccio, two Sicilian immigrants of very limited intellectual facul
Alma aragonesa
1961-02-07
During the last Carlist War, John, guerrillas link , returns to his village. There, relatives and fr
El sol en el espejo
1963-07-08
A paltry pension is the scenario in which love is forged between a mysterious woman and a frustrated
Scheherazade
1963-05-10
Sheherazade is promised to a powerful Sultan as a gift in exchange for free passage to the Holy Land
Cantando a la vida
1969-03-03
Sucedió en Sevilla
1955-01-17
Don Fernando is a senior engineer of Sevilla for years as a partner had a friend working. But his pa
Platero y yo
1966-02-17
After a long period of absence, living in large and anonymous cities, a poet, Juan, returns to the v
One Man Against the Organization
1975-11-12
An airport employee switches a pack of drugs for baking soda and absconds to Barcelona, meanwhile th
Nights and Loves of Don Juan
1971-03-10
Film inspired on the character from "Don Juan Tenorio".
A Stranger in Paso Bravo
1968-03-23
After spending many years in prison, Gary returns to Paso Bravo, where thugs burned his ranch killin
The Man from Oklahoma
1965-03-11
Edward, a powerful rancher, serves as a real chief of a town near the Mexican border. The arrival of
Love Letter of a Murderer
1972-04-13
A man (José Luis López Vázquez) walks into a bar and shoots four people dead. Next day everybody is
The Desert Renegades
1965-12-24
In the deserts of the Middle East, circa 1930s, a half-Arab-half-French adventurer named Aldar woos
Run, Run, Joe!
1974-04-11
When a don who they were suppose to protect ends up dead, his bodyguard and bodyguard's friend must
Blanca's Weddings
1975-11-17
A divorced woman is abandoned by her betrothed on the eve of her second marriage, and resigns hersel
Two Against All
1962-12-04
Two brothers, Bull and Jonathan Bullivan, witness the murder of bandit Black Boy who had been terro
The Shameful Secret of a Good Boy
1976-10-18
In a Colt's Shadow
1965-12-10
A story about two gunfighters, Duke and Steve. Steve is in love with Duke's daughter but Duke disapp
Appointment in Beirut
1968-09-20
When an international casino crime ring is planning a big score at a fixed roulette game, the casino
Fort Yuma Gold
1966-10-07
Near the end of the Civil War, an imprisoned Confederate raider is sent under guard to warn both his
For One Thousand Dollars Per Day
1966-03-01
Hud's parents were murdered, their land stolen and now Hud will dish out justice to the guilty - the
The Price of Power
1969-12-18
In 1881 Dallas, an ex-Union soldier attempts to expose a conspiracy of Southerners that killed his f
Six Days a Week
1965-03-22
Maria is a young beauty who is busy juggling three boyfriends (a count, a dentist and a student) at
Marinai, donne e guai
1958-11-06
Four sailors are off duty in Barcelona. Capo Campana ordered them to remain together when in the cit
Make Love, Not War
1966-12-23
Twenty years after the end of the war, a German submarine has not yet surrendered and continues to w
Main Street
1956-10-26
A small town in Spain, October 1955. Isabel, a 35-year-old dreamer who feels like a failure because
Dust in the Sun
1972-06-09
In the dry, dusty western hamlet of San Angelo, landowner Joe Bradford kills his brother and then ma
The Frenchman's Garden
1978-06-04
"The Frenchman" was what locals called the man who ran the bar and restaurant in the small town of P
Secretos de alcoba
1977-06-21
The Last Party
1978-03-09
En mil pedazos
1980-01-01
Jorge Sueiro is a private detective who seeks revenge on Da Costa, a criminal who is fault his daugh
The Teacher and the Miracle
1957-11-08
Don Juan, a widowed teacher, asks to be transferred to the capital to create a painting school and i
La espada negra
1976-11-02
Kingdom of Castile, 15th century. A group of nobles, who question the dynastic legitimacy of Princes
La quiniela
1960-05-18
Don Cándido is a modest old office clerk who makes his first pool coming off of a bad streak at work
Life Goes On
1965-05-10
Madrid, Spain. Eloísa, a self-sacrificing wife and efficient mother, lives in the neighborhood of Ma
Little Funny Guy
1973-04-19
Movie starts with a small boy watching his father boarding a ship to America. Years later, all grown
Suspendido en sinvergüenza
1964-12-31
At Five in the Afternoon
1961-05-16
A critical view of the world of bullfighting based on the antagonism between two bullfighters who ta
Don Lucio and Brother Pío
1960-09-27
Brother Pío, intending to collect charity for a group of nuns who run an orphanage, travels to Madri
El amor que yo te dí
1960-01-18
Suave jewelry-thieves caper comedy overlaid with howling family-melodrama coincidences.
Web of Violence
1966-08-12
A journalist goes in search of his missing fiance.
Mi Mujer no es mi señora
1978-07-23
Juan Carlos, a businessman, falls in love with a woman much younger than him, and ends up marrying h
Soldados
1978-11-20
Dramatic portrait of men and women discouraged in the midst of the Spanish Civil War, after the odys
Funny Money
1966-03-09
Fulbert is a sidewalk artist who is duped into working for a counterfeiter. He accompanies a woman p
Che notte, ragazzi!
1966-09-30
Lawyer Tony Green has to pay a two-million-dollar check as compensation to the widow of a wealthy bu
A Fistful of Dollars
1964-09-12
The Man With No Name enters the Mexican village of San Miguel in the midst of a power struggle among
Los días de Cabirio
1971-12-22
El hincha
1958-06-20
A passionate football player complicates the life of his family driven by his passion. Enthusiastic,
Extraconiugale
1964-12-24
Three anthological segments about sexcapades and erotic fantasies in middle-class Italy.
Uncle Hyacynth
1956-03-31
Hyacinth, a former matador who lives miserably with his nephew Pepote, receives a letter reminding h
La Cruz de Mayo
1955-05-02
Coral is a girl who works in a Seville ceramics factory to raise her family, but her greatest illusi
Vargas Inn
1959-08-24
Aquellos tiempos del cuplé
1958-04-06
Mercedes Pavón, a famous singer of cuplés is harassed by three men totaly different.
El globo azul
1963-06-24
Juicio final
1955-08-25
Duelo de pasiones
1955-07-14
El traje de oro
1960-05-16
¡Qué verde era mi duque!
1980-01-01
El gran crucero
1970-10-12
El Litri y su sombra
1960-02-02
Biopic about Miguel Báez "El Litri", a descendant of two generations of bullfighters: his older brot
The Stationmaster
1968-12-09
The stationmaster
Tiempos de constitución
1978-09-16
The Edge of Fear
1967-01-16
One by one, the Urdaz family is plagued by a series of mysterious disappearances, starting with the
Noi siamo 2 evasi
1959-06-26
Two inmates escape prison changing clothes with a couple of businessmen. They'll be taken by the fin
Hector the Mighty
1972-01-06
A pimp named Horny Hector operates a brothel on property coveted by Cardinal Giove. The Cardinal com
Una gran señora
1959-09-10
Charo is a fashion model, in love with enigmatic Adolfo. The fashion house where she works is ruine
El sistema Pelegrín
1952-06-23
Hector Pelegrin, an unsuccessful insurance agent is admitted to the prestigious school Ferran as a g
Barcelona Kill
1973-02-22
El secreto de papá
1967-04-26
Pim, pam, pum… ¡fuego!
1975-09-05
Spain, 1940s. While returning to Madrid by train, Paca, a chorus girl who aspires to join a prestigi
Parque de Madrid
1959-05-18
In the Madrid of the fifties, during any day, whether by chance or fate, a series of characters live
Messengers of Peace
1957-12-09
Try the descent to Earth, specifically to Spain, of the Three Wise Men.
Red Cross Girls
1958-11-05
Paloma, Isabel, Marion and Julia Madrid are four girls belonging to different social strata, who are
Valentine's Day
1959-10-26
Several independent histories in the St Valentine's Day, which they have jointly that a celestial em
El indulto
1960-12-16
Spain, 1906: in a small village and pregnant after having been raped, Antonia is forced to marry the
Historias de la televisión
1965-05-03
Film divided into two stories: 1. Cuando los gorilas hablan por teléfono 2. Una chica de fortuna
The Swindlers
1963-09-25
A day in a tribunal where the defendants are: the manager of a soccer team, charged with bribery, tw
Un día perdido
1955-09-20
The Twelve-Handed Men of Mars
1964-06-21
Four extraterrestrials, X-1, X-2, X-3 and X-4, arrive on Earth in the early sixties. Here they decid
El puente de la paz
1958-09-07
Júrame
1964-02-10
Alberto wants to conquer the artist Laura Céspedes and invites her to a student party at the Faculty
Nuevo en esta plaza
1966-05-26
Film that tells the biography of the great bullfighter Sebastian Palomo Linares Linares, with the ve
Andalusia Express
1956-09-06
Three men plan a jewelry heist abroad the Andalusia express train.
La mestiza
1956-10-15
Historia de un hombre
1961-01-01
La danza de los deseos
1954-07-31
El gafe
1959-12-07
El hombre que perdió el tren
1960-02-29
Fantasmas en la casa
1961-08-17
A young playwright meets a girl he was once in love with. The young woman lives in terror in a suppo
The Coyote
1955-05-05
California, 1848. An invading army has defeated the few opposing forces and the territory has become
The Castilian
1963-03-07
Also released as Valley of the Swords, this lugubrious US/Spanish co-production features the usual m
Murders in the Rue Morgue
1971-07-21
In Paris, in the beginning of the Twentieth Century, Cesar Charron owns a theater at the Rue Morgue
Héroes del aire
1958-05-19
Legacy of the Incas
1965-09-08
During the 1800s, Peru's government sends 2 envoys to negotiate peace with the rebellious Incas but
Night Is Made for Stealing
1967-09-01
A new type of safe, touted as impregnable, alarms insurance companies. To deny the factory's assumpt
The Running Man
1963-10-01
An Englishman with a grudge against an insurance company for a disallowed claim fakes his own death
Ha pasado un hombre
1956-01-30
Magic concert
1952-12-29
Why Go On Killing?
1965-12-04
A young deserter from the army returns to the place where his father has been killed by a family of
Dulce nombre
1952-02-12
La forastera
1952-03-03
Babes in Bagdad
1952-12-07
The Kadi of Bagdad has harem troubles in this low budget comedy from Edgar Ulmer.
El indiano
1955-04-24
Nouveau-riche industrialist returns to Spain after 20 years in Mexico and discovers that his adopted
Elena
1954-01-01
El puente del diablo
1956-01-16
También hay cielo sobre el mar
1956-04-05
During the absence of her husband, who is fishing at sea, a woman is persecuted by the owner and unj
Buongiorno primo amore!
1957-09-23
Michele and Valentina are about to get married despite the financial problems that threaten to make
El fenómeno
1956-09-09
A professor at the University of Frankfurt is mistaken for a Russian soccer player on his arrival at