Little Known Spaghetti Western Actors ~ Vicente Bañó

[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.]

Vicente Bañó Gomis was born in Alicante, Spain on January 2, 1926. Bañó had trained in the Alicante theatre scene in the 1940s and 1950s, Around the age of 25 he went to Madrid to seek his fortune in the world of acting. While he was getting small roles and striving to succeed, he had to work in some other jobs such as advertising agent or traveling salesman. He began his first career in the theatre, joining the famous "Hosts of Valcárcel". He participated in many of the plays written by the famous playwright, such as “King Basjump's Dinner”, “Christmas Evocations” and “Was Cinderella Beautiful?”. He was also part of Agustín Segura's company.

Then a radio producer hired him to do radio dubbing. His great voice and good work did not go unnoticed, and he was soon offered to dub foreign films. In total, he worked on more than 1000 films. Some of the most prominent film characters he dubbed were John Wayne, Gary Cooper, Groucho Marx, Orson Welles, Burt Lancaster, Antony Quinn, Victor Mature and the famous mule Francis.

He also worked in several television series, most notably his roles in ‘Ironside’ and ‘Kojak’, where he voiced the protagonists Raymond Burr and Telly Savalas respectively.

He went on to play some small roles in several Spanish films. But where he really succeeded was always as a dubber.

Although he lived for the rest of his life in Madrid, he often returned to Alicante. In his hometown, he died in 198 at the age of 52 due to an intestinal perforation.

Although Vicente dubbed voices in many Spaghetti westerns he only appeared on screen in only one and that was as a captain in 1963’s “Le tre spade di Zorro” (Three Swords of Zorro) starring Guy Stockwell.

BANO, Vicente (Vicente Bañó Gomis) [1/2/1926, Alicante, Spain – 1978, Spain (intestinal disorder)] – film, voice actor.

Juanito – 1960 [Spanish voice of Alfredo Mayo]

Shadow of Zorro – 192 [Spanish voice of Paul Piaget]

Zorro the Avenger – 1962 [Spanish voice of Emilio Rodríguez]

Duel at the Rio Grande – 1963 [Spanish voice of Folco Lulli]

Gunfight at High Noon – 1963 [Spanish voice of Fernando Sancho]

The Implacable three – 1963 [Spanish voice of Paul Piaget]

Three Swords of Zorro - 1963 (captain) [Spanish voice of Franco Fantasia]

Behind the Mask of Zorro – 1964 [Spanish voice of Roberto Paoletti]

Billy the Kid – 1964 [Spanish voice of Alberto Dalbés]

7 from Texas – 1964 [Spanish voice of Fernando Sancho]

The Terrible Sheriff – 1964 [Spanish voice of Aroldo Tieri]

Welcome Padre Murray – 1964 [Spanish voice of Alfonso Rojas]

Black Eagle of Santa Fe – 1965 [Spanish voice of Brad Harris]

Murieta! – 1965 [Spanish voice of Mike Brendel]

Fall of the Mohicans – 1965 [Spanish voice of Luis Induni]

Hands of a Gunfighter – 1965 [Spanish voice of John Bartha]

The Last Tomahawk – 1965 [Spanish voice of Ricardo Rodríguez]

7 Hours of Gunfire – 1965 [Spanish voice of Adrian Hoven]

Treasure of the Aztecs – 1965 [Spanish voice of Rik Battaglia]

Two Mafiamen in the Far West – 1965 [Spanish voice of Fernando Sancho]

Dollars for a Fast Gun – 1966 [Spanish voice of José Riesgo]

Fort Yuma Gold – 1966 [Spanish voice of Nello Pazzafini]

A Place Called Glory – 1966 [Spanish voice of Lex Barker]

The Taste of Killing – 1966 [Spanish voice of Fernando Sancho]

Vengeance Ranch – 1966 [Spanish voice of Beni Deus]

Tramplers – 1967 [Spanish voice of Joseph Cotton]

Duel in the Eclipse – 1968 [Spanish voice of Fernando Sancho]

God Forgives… I Don’t – 1968 [Spanish voice of Bud Spencer]

The Dead are Countless – 1969 [Spanish voice of José Bódalo]

15 Scaffolds for a Killer – 1969 [Spanish voice of José Manuel Martín]

100 Rifles – 1969 [Spanish voice of Jim Brown]

Bullets Over Dallas – 1970 [Spanish voice of Guillermo Méndez]

Rebels of Arizona – 1970 [Spanish voice of Guillermo Méndez]

Santana Kills Them All – 1970 [Spanish voice of Guglielmo Spoletini]

When Satan Grips the Colt – 1970 [Spanish voice of Aldo Sambrell]

And the Crows Will Dig Your Grave – 1971 [Spanish voice of Frank Braña]

$20,000 for Every Corpse – 1971 [Spanish voice of Juan Cortés]

Garringo – 1972 [Spanish voice of José Bódalo]

The Prey of Vultures – 1972 [Spanish voice of Luis Induni]

A Town Called Hell – 1972 [Spanish voice of Telly Savalas]

Tequila – 1973 [Spanish voice of Roberto Camardiel]

White Fang – 1973 [Spanish voice of Renzo Pevarello]

Land Raiders – 1974 [Spanish voice of Telly Savalas]

The Stranger and the Gunfighter – 1974 [Spanish voice of Lee Van Cleef]

The Great Adventure – 1975 [Spanish voice of Jack Palance]

California – 1977 [Spanish voice of Raimond Harmstorf]

Whisky and Ghosts – 1978 [Spanish voice of Fernando Bilbao]