Armando Calvo (25 December 1919 – 6 July 1996) was a Puerto Rican-born Spanish actor. His father was Juan Calvo Domenech, a Spanish actor and his mother was Minerva Lespier, a
Puerto Rican. Calvo worked in Spain, Italy, and Mexico appearing in ninety films between 1939 and 1984.
Selected filmography
* ''El genio alegre'' (1939) - Antoñito
* ''Amore di ussaro'' (1940) - Carlos
* ''L'ispettore Vargas'' (1940)
* ''Tierra y cielo'' (1941) - Juan Ernesto Florín
* ''
Goyescas
''Goyescas'', Op. 11, subtitled ''Los majos enamorados'' (''The Gallants in Love''), is a piano suite written in 1911 by Spanish composer Enrique Granados. It was inspired by the work of the Spanish artist Francisco Goya. The piano pieces have no ...
'' (1942) - Luis Alfonso de Nuévalos
* ''Correo de Indias'' (1942) - Virrey del Perú
* ''
The Scandal'' (1943) - Fabián Conde
* ''
Life Begins at Midnight'' (1944) - Ricardo
* ''El hombre que las enamora'' (1944) - Eduardo
* ''Espronceda'' (1945) - José de Espronceda
* ''
Last Stand in the Philippines'' (1945) - Teniente Martín Cerezo
* ''
Everybody's Woman
''Everybody's Woman'' (Italian: ''La signora di tutti'') is a 1934 Italian drama film directed by Max Ophüls and starring Isa Miranda, Memo Benassi and Tatyana Pavlova. It is the only film Max Ophüls made in Italy. The film was a success and ...
'' (1946) - Capitán Jorge Serralde
* ''
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami'' (1947) - Jorge Duroy
* ''Encadenada (El yugo)'' (1947) - Enrique
* ''Ángel o demonio'' (1947) - Gabriel Araiza
* ''La mujer del otro'' (1948)
* ''
La casa de la Troya'' (1948) - Gerardo Roquer
* ''La vorágine'' (1949)
* ''
The Lady of the Veil
''The Lady of the Veil'' ( es, La dama del velo) is a 1949 Mexican drama film directed by Alfredo B. Crevenna and starring Libertad Lamarque, Armando Calvo and Ernesto Alonso. The film's art direction was by Jesús Bracho.
The film is the first of ...
'' (1949) - Esteban Navarro
* ''La venenosa'' (1949) - Luis de Sevilla
* ''Piña madura'' (1950) - Leonardo Pérez
* ''
Médico de guardia'' (1950) - El Director de Hospital (Dr. Enrique Méndez)
* ''Mi marido'' (1951) - Gustavo Duarte y Luque
* ''
Entre abogados te veas'' (1951) - El Abogangster
* ''Monte de piedad'' (1951) - Don Mario de Córdova
* ''Lodo y armiño'' (1951)
* ''Acapulco'' (1952) - Ricardo Serrano
* ''Mi adorado salvaje'' (1952)
* ''El ruiseñor del barrio'' (1952) - German Ricardi
* ''
Doña Francisquita'' (1952) - Fernando
* ''Caribeña'' (1953)
* ''
The Unfaithful'' (1953) - Rafael
* ''¡Lo que no se puede perdonar!'' (1953) - Jorge del Río
* ''
You Had To Be a Gypsy'' (1953) - Señor Calvo
* ''
Romance de fieras'' (1954) - Ricardo Narváez
* ''
La Calle de los amores
''La Calle de los amores'' ("The Street of Love") is a 1954 Mexican film. It stars Carlos Orellana.
Cast
* Luis Beristáin
* Victorio Blanco
* Armando Calvo
* Jorge Casanova
* Felipe de Flores
* Teresa de Sevilla
* Rafael Estrada
* Jacqueline ...
'' (1954) - Arcadio Miranda
* ''Tu vida entre mis manos'' (1955) - Dr. Roberto Alonso
* ''El pueblo sin Dios'' (1955) - Padre Fernando
* ''Maternidad imposible'' (1955)
* ''La fuerza del deseo'' (1955) - Arturo
* ''El hombre que quiso ser pobre'' (1956) - Jorge Deval
* ''Ultraje al amor'' (1956) - Julio Soler
* ''Besos prohibidos'' (1956) - Dr. Daniel Solórzano
* ''Esposas infieles'' (1956)
* ''
The Last Torch Song'' (1957) - Juan Contreras
* ''Call Me Bad'' (1957) - Dr. Luis Novoa
* ''Ama a tu prójimo'' (1958) - Doctor Ricardo Lugo
* ''La muralla'' (1958)
* ''La edad de la tentación'' (1959) - Ricardo Olivares, Padre
* ''Mi esposa me comprende'' (1959)
* ''Música de ayer'' (1959) - Carlos, Conde de San Telmo
* ''
The Thieves'' (1959) - Joe Castagnato
* ''El amor que yo te di'' (1960) - Ricardo
* ''El hombre que perdió el tren'' (1960) - Maximino López
* ''Thaimí, la hija del pescador'' (1960) - Javier
* ''Orlak, el infierno de Frankenstein'' (1960) - Inspector Santos
* ''
The Witch's Mirror'' (1962) - Eduardo Ramos
* ''Il segno di Zorro'' (1963) - Gen. Gutiérrez
* ''Bochorno'' (1963) - Don Luis
* ''
A Coffin for the Sheriff'' (1965) - Lupe Rojo
* ''Ringo's Big Night'' (1966) - José the Mexican
* ''
Los cuatro salvajes
''Ringo, the Mark of Vengeance'' ( es, Los cuatro salvajes) is a 1966 Italian western film directed by Mario Caiano, scored by Francesco De Masi and starring Anthony Steffen. It was shot in Almería.
Cast
* Anthony Steffen as Ringo
* Frank Wolf ...
'' (1966) - Fidel
* ''
Kriminal
''Kriminal'' is an Italian comics series featuring an eponymous fictional character, created in 1964 by Magnus and Max Bunker, the authors of '' Alan Ford'', '' Maxmagnus'' and ''Satanik''.
Characters
Kriminal is an English master thief, Anthon ...
'' (1966) - Kandur
* ''Django Does Not Forgive'' (1966)
* ''Agente Sigma 3 - Missione Goldwather'' (1967) - Karamesinis
* ''
Two Crosses at Danger Pass'' (1967) - Old Moran
* ''
Mister X'' (1967) - George Lamarro
* ''
Killer Adios
''Killer Adios'' (also known as ''Killer Goodbye'', ''Winchester Justice'' and ''Winchester One of One Thousand'') is a 1968 Italian Spaghetti Western directed by Primo Zeglio.
Cast
* Peter Lee Lawrence: Jess Bryan
* Rosalba Neri: Fanny Endes ( ...
'' (1968) - Bill Bragg
* ''
Ringo the Lone Rider'' (1968) - Bill Anderson
* ''Go for Broke'' (1968) - José Gomez
* ''
Satanik'' (1968) - Commissioner Gonzalez
* ''
Pistol for a Hundred Coffins
''Pistol for a Hundred Coffins'' ( it, Una pistola per cento bare, es, El sabor del odio (''The Taste of Hate''), also known as ''A Gun for One Hundred Graves'' and ''Vengeance'') is a 1968 Italian-Spanish Spaghetti Western film written and direc ...
'' (1968) - (uncredited)
* ''El taxi de los conflictos'' (1969) - El marido engañado
* ''
Cry Chicago'' (1969) - Senador
* ''
Sartana's Here… Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin
''Sartana's Here… Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin'' ( it, C'è Sartana... vendi la pistola e comprati la bara, "There is Sartana… Sell the Pistol and Buy a Coffin") AKA A Fistful of Lead is a 1970 Spaghetti Western that is the third of the ''S ...
'' (1970) - Hoagy (uncredited)
* ''Il corsaro'' (1970)
* ''La otra residencia'' (1970)
* ''
The Doubt'' (1972) - Prior de Zaratay
* ''El caserío'' (1972) - Santi
* ''Corazón solitario'' (1973) - Gerardo
* ''El amor empieza a medianoche'' (1974) - Paco
* ''Proceso a Jesús'' (1974) - Espectador
* ''
Cabaret Woman'' (1974)
* ''Sábado, chica, motel ¡qué lío aquel!'' (1976) - Ricardo
* ''Marcada por los hombres'' (1977) - Ramón
* ''Fango'' (1977) - Andrés
* ''
Guyana: Crime of the Century'' (1979) - Reporter
* ''El oreja rajada'' (1980) - Juez
* ''El canto de la cigarra'' (1980) - José
* ''Ni Chana, ni Juana'' (1984) - Armando
See also
*
List of Puerto Ricans
References
External links
*
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1919 births
1996 deaths
Expatriates in Italy
People from San Juan, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican male film actors
Puerto Rican expatriates in Spain
Puerto Rican expatriates in Mexico
Spanish male film actors
20th-century Puerto Rican male actors