Little Known Spaghetti Western Actors ~ Calogero Azzaretto

 [These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]

Calogero Azzaretto was a much-used Italian character actor starting with his first credited film as a train passenger in 1962’s “His Days are Numbered”directed by Elio Petri. He would go on to appear in around 75 films and television shows until his final TV appearance in 1996’s ‘Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana’ directed by Giuseppe Bertolucci.

Among his 75 appearances were 24 Spaghetti westerns usually playing Mexican, henchmen and saloon patrons. Another of the many character actors ignored by the internet as far as information in concerned.

AZZARETTO, Calogero [Italian] – theater, film, TV actor.

Cisco – 1966 (townsman)

Django Kill – 1966 (Zorro/Sorrow henchman)

Thompson 1880 – 1966 (guitarist)

$20,000 On Number 7 – 1966 (Ringo henchman)

The Two Sons of Ringo – 1966 (peon)

Bandidos – 1967 (saloon patron)

The Cold Killer – 1967 (bartender)

A Colt in the Hand of the Devil – 1967 (El Condor/Il Capataz henchman)

Django Kill! - 1967 (Zorro/Sorrow henchman)

I’ll Sell My Skin Dearly – 1967 (priest)

Kill and Pray 1967 (Mexican)

Last of the Badmen – 1967 (cantina waiter)

Pecos Cleans Up – 1967 (villager)

Run, Man, Run – 1967 (posada patron)

Blood and Guns – 1968 (Mexican prisoner)

Find a Place to Die – 1968 (Chato henchman)-

A Hole in the Forehead – 1968 (Mexican in cantina)

I Want Him Dead – 1968 (Malik houseman)

Kill Them All and Come Back Alone – 1968 (soldier)

Django Defies Sartana – 1970 (Mexican)

Guns for Dollars – 1971 (condemned Ramirez bandit)

Panhandle Caliber .38 – 1971 (Indian)

The Price of Death – 1971 (poker player)

The Return of Hallelujah - 1972