| Ignazio Spalla | |
|---|---|
 Yul Brinner and Ignazio Spalla like Pedro Sanchez in Adios, Sabata (1970) | |
| Born | (1924-05-05)5 May 1924 Termini Imerese, Italy |
| Died | 9 February 1995(1995-02-09) (aged 70) Costacciaro, Italy |
| Other names | Pedro Sanchez |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1964–1977 |
Ignazio Spalla (5 May 1924 – 9 February 1995), best known as Pedro Sanchez, was an Italian film actor.
Born in Siena, Spalla was mainly active in Spaghetti Westerns, usually playing roles of Mexicans, gunfighters and outlaws. His first roles of weight were in 1965, in Marino Girolami's Bullet in the Flesh and in Giorgio Ferroni's Blood for a Silver Dollar.
In the 1970s he focused his activity in the subgenre of comic spaghetti, and his career basically declined together with Italo-Western. Outside this genre, Spalla's credits include Eduardo De Filippo's Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand, Lucio Fulci's The Conspiracy of Torture, and Pasquale Festa Campanile's Hitch-Hike.
Partial filmography
- Two Gangsters in the Wild West (1964) - Uomo con Rio
- Bullet in the Flesh (1964) - Slim McClear
- I figli del leopardo (1964) - Babalone's Henchman
- Blood for a Silver Dollar (1965) - Granjero
- Two Sergeants of General Custer (1965) - Northern Adjutant
- Perché uccidi ancora (1965) - Rojo
- Seven Golden Men Strike Again (1966)
- Go with God, Gringo (1966) - Mexico
- Thompson 1880 (1966) - Pancho - Brady's Henchman
- Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand (1966) - Carmelo Vitiello
- Two Sons of Ringo (1966) - El Indio
- Pecos Cleans Up (1967) - Dago
- Son of Django (1967) - Thompson
- La morte non conta i dollari (1967) - Pablo Rodriguez
- No Diamonds for Ursula (1967) - Caravella
- Cjamango (1967) - Paco
- Any Gun Can Play (1967) - Pajondo / Bahunda
- Don't Wait, Django... Shoot! (1967) - Barrica
- I barbieri di Sicilia (1967)
- Johnny Hamlet (1968) - Guild
- Vengeance (1968) - Laredo's Henchman (uncredited)
- May God Forgive You... But I Won't (1968) - Garcia Ramirez 'Barrica'
- Zorro the Fox (1968) - Sergeant Gomez
- The Nephews of Zorro (1968) - Sergeante Alvarez
- Pagó cara su muerte (1969)
- Sabata (1969) - Carrincha
- The Conspiracy of Torture (1969) - Catalano
- Quintana (1969) - Pater Mansueto
- Adiós, Sabata (1969) - Escudo
- Reverend's Colt (1970) - Meticcio
- Tara Pokì (1971) - Don Fifi
- Return of Sabata (1971) - Bronco
- La vergine di Bali (1972) - Pedro Porfirio
- Sotto a chi tocca! (1972) - Pietro
- Three Supermen of the West (1973) - Navajo Joe
- Seven Nuns in Kansas City (1973) - Bart
- Carambola (1974) - Mexican Leader
- Trinity Plus the Clown and a Guitar (1975) - Poker Player
- White Fang and the Gold Diggers (1975) - Dollar
- White Fang and the Hunter (1975) - Dollar
- Il sogno di Zorro (1975) - Sergeant Garcia
- Hitch-Hike (1977) - Mexican Way Station Clerk (final film role)
References
- ^ Giraldi, Massimo; Enrico Lancia; Fabio Melelli (2006). 100 caratteristi del cinema italiano. Gremese Editore.
- Lancia, Enrico; Roberto Poppi (2003). Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli attori. Gremese Editore. ISBN 8884402697.