Amerigo
Castrighella is/was an Italian actor who was active in films from his first
film appearance in 1964’s “The Masked Man Against the Pirates” until his final
film appearance in 1975’s the “Mark of Zorro”. Like both of these titles
Castrighella’s life is masked in unknowns. Most likely born in the late 1930s
he appeared in over 40 films in his eleven year film career. Sometimes billed
under the alias Custer Gail and Gastry Gay he was a supporting actor usually
playing villainous gang members and henchmen. He was a member of the Demofilo
Fidani stock company and appeared in 39 Euro-westerns. He joins the long list
of reliable character actors that never got their due and have long been
forgotten.
CASTRIGHELLA, Amerigo (aka Amerigo Castrichella, Custer Gail,
Gastry Gay) [Italian] – film actor.
The Big Gundown –
1966 (Don Gomez Serrano henchman)
The Brute and the
Beast – 1966 (Scott henchman)
The Golden
Sheriff – 1966 (Vargas’ henchman)
The Good, the Bad
and the Ugly – 1966 (onlooker at Tuco’s first hanging)
Ringo and His
Golden Pistol – 1966 (Juanito henchman)
3 Graves for a
Winchester – 1966 (Daniels’ henchman)
Cjamango – 1967 (El
Tigre henchman)
Death Rides Along
– 1967 (Talbot henchman)
Death Rides a
Horse – 1967 (Cavanaugh henchman)
Don't Wait,
Django... Shoot! – 1967 (Barrett)
Kill and Pray –
1967 (Breth brother)
The Last Killer –
1967 (Barrett henchman)
The Stranger
Returns – 1967 (En Plein henchman)
Up the MacGregors
– 1967 (townsman)
And for a Roof a
Sky Full of Stars – 1968
And Now… Make
Your Peace With God – 1968 (John H. Corbett) [as Custer Gail]
And Then a Time
for Killing – 1968 (Mulligan henchman)
God May Forgive
You… I Won’t – 1968 (Dick Smart henchman)
A Hole in the
Forehead – 1968 (Munguya henchman)
A Man Called Amen
– 1968 (Buseba henchman)
The Stranger Who
Made the Sign of the Cross – 1968 (Donovan henchman) [as Custer Gail]
4 Came to Kill
Sartana - 1969 (Pete) [as Custer Gail]
Sartana and His
Shadow of Death – 1969 (Randall henchman)
Quintana: Dead or
Alive – 1969 (soldier)
Django and Sartana
Are Coming... It's the End - 1970- (Deputy Sheriff) [as Custer Gail]
Stranger That
Kneels Beside the Shadow of a Corpse – 1970 (Medina henchman) [as Custer Gail]
Adios Compañeros
– 1971 (Lukas) [as Custer Gail]
A Coffin Full of
Dollars – 1971 (Wells) [as Custer Gail]
Down with Your
Hands... You Scum! – 1971 (saloon patron)
A Hero Called
Allegria – 1971 (Steve henchman) [as Custer Gail]
His Name Was Sam Walbash,
But They Call Him Amen – 1971 (Sturges) [as Custer Gail]
Pistol Packin'
Preacher – 1971 (Albert) [as Amerigo Castrichella]
Anything for a
Friend – 1972 (Thomas/Tom) [as Custer Gail]
A Bounty Killer
for Trinity – 1972 (Navajero henchman)
Go Away! Trinity
Has Arrived in Eldorado – 1972 (Ringo) [as Custer Gail]
His Colt,
Himself, His Revenge – 1972 (Cain) [as Gastry Gay]
Behold the
Strange, Stimulating Smell of Dollars – 1973
Colt in the Hand
of the Devil – 1973 (poker player)
Who’s Afraid of
Zorro – 1975 (executioner) [as Amerigo Castrichella]
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