Voices of the Spaghetti Western – “Go With God Gringo”

As we know most of the Euro-westerns were co-productions from Italy, Spain, Germany and France which incorporated British and American actors to gain a worldwide audience. The films were shot silent and then dubbed into the various languages where they were sold for distribution. That means Italian, Spanish, German, French and English voice actors were hired to dub the films. Even actors from the countries where the film was to be shown were often dubbed by voice actors for various reasons such as the actors were already busy making another film, they wanted to be paid additional salaries for dubbing their voices, the actor’s voice didn’t fit the character they were playing, accidents to the actors and in some cases even death before the film could be dubbed.

I’ll list a Euro-western and the (I) Italian, (S) Spanish, (G) German and (F) French, (E) English voices that I can find and once in a while a bio on a specific voice actor as in Europe these actors are as well-known as the actors they voiced.

Today we’ll cover “Go With God Gringo”

[(I) Italian, (S) Spanish, (G) German, (F) French, (E) English]

Gringo – Glenn Saxson (S) Rogelio Hernández

Carmen – Lucretia Love (S) Rosa Guiñón

Bill – Aldo Berti (S) José Luis San Salvador

Mexico - Pedro Sanchez (S) José Maria Angelat

Don Pedro – Livio Lorenzon (S) José Maria Santos

Smith – Pasquale Simeoli (S) César Ojinaga

Raymond – Vincenzo Musolino (S) Arsenio Corsellas

José Luis San Salvador  (1933 – 2006)

José Luis Martínez Sansalvador was born in Barcelon, Spain on February 20, 1933. He was better known as José Luis Sansalvador, a Spanish actor, director and dubbing adjuster. He was considered one of the most active and versatile voices from the late 1950s to the mid-1990s.

He specialized in dubbing "tough guys" such as Gene Hackman, Robert Mitchum (this was the actor with whom he most identified), Humphrey Bogart, Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson and George Kennedy, among others such as Henry Fonda, Charlton Heston, Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Sean Connery, Richard Harris, Rod Taylor, Peter Cushing, Joseph Cotten, Tom Selleck, Walter Matthau, Gregory Peck, Werner Klemperer, Christopher Plummer, Martin Balsam, George C. Scott, Rod Steiger, Donald Sutherland and Jack Palance.

He was married to fellow actress Gloria Roig, with whom he had 4 children: Alex, César, Gloria and Xavier, Sansalvador died as a result of a heart attack on March 11, 2006, at the age of 73.