Armando Calvo
Armando Pascual Calvo Lespier (born December 25, 1919 in San Juan , Puerto Rico , † July 6, 1996 in Mexico City ) was a Puerto Rican actor .
Life
Calvo was the son of Spanish actor Juan Calvo and a Puerto Rican mother, his brother is actor Manolo Calvo . He was already playing on stage at the age of five; he made his first film, growing up in Spain, in 1939. Six years later he settled in Mexico and starred in numerous films until he returned to Spain in the 1960s. There he appeared in numerous spaghetti westerns .
Calvo moved his center of life again to Mexico and worked there during the following decades on the stage, for television and in other films. During the last years of his life he lived in a hotel and devoted himself to writing and painting.
Filmography (selection)
- 1939: El genio alegre
- 1946: One woman for everyone (La mujer de todos)
- 1959: Every thief needs an alibi (I ladri)
- 1963: Zorro, the man with two faces (Il segno di Zorro)
- 1965: A stretcher for the sheriff (Una bara per lo sceriffo)
- 1966: It's about your head, Amigo (Ringo, il volto della vendetta)
- 1966: La grande notte di Ringo
- 1966: Mountains (Mestizo)
- 1967: Dos cruces en Danger Pass
- 1968: Killer adios (Killer, adios)
- 1968: One shot too many (Dos hombres van a morir)
- 1968: Copper Face (Tutto per tutto)
- 1969: The True Story of Frank Mannata (¡Viva América!)
- 1970: The greatest of all privateers (Il corsaro)
- 1979: Guiana - Cult of the Damned (Guyana, el crimen del siglo)
- 1987: The Wild Rose (Rosa salvaje) (TV series)
Web links
- Armando Calvo in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Calvo, Armando |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Calvo Lespier, Armando Pascual (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Puerto Rican actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Juan , Puerto Rico |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 6, 1996 |
| Place of death | Mexico city |