Little Known Spaghetti Western Actors ~ Florencio Castello

[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.]

Florencio Castelló Sánchez was a Spanish actor, born in Seville, Spain on July 1, 1905. He left Spain in 1936 fleeing the civil war in his country, arriving in Argentina together with a lyric theater company in which he performed Andalusian plays. He toured throughout Latin America until he arrived in Mexico in 1939. There he was invited to participate in the Mexican cinema, acting in the so-called golden age where he acted with such greats as Pedro Infante and Mario Moreno Cantinflas. He was also known for his appearances on the television version of ‘Tres Patines’ as Rudecindo Caldeiro and ‘Escoviña’. He usually played roles of a Spaniard with an Andalusian accent. Later he gained fame as a dubber known for voicing Mr. Jinks in the Latin American Spanish dub (done in Mexico) of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon series ‘Pixie and Dixie’.

Castello was married to actress Dolores Jiménez (Dolores Jiménez Jover) [1910-1986]. Both died in August of 1986 with Dolores dying on the 16^th and Florencio a week later on the 23^rd. They had a son Florencio Castelló Jr.

Castello appeared in two Spanish, Mexican co-production Euro-westerns: “El caballo blanco” (The White Horse) in 1961 and “La Gitana y el Charro” (The Gypsy Girl and the Charro) in 1963 as Tio Curro.

CASTELLO, Florencio (aka Florencio Castelló, Florencio Castellot, Florencio Castello S.)  (Florencio Castelló Sánchez) [7/1/1905, Seville, Andalusia, Spain – 8/23/1986, Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico] – film, TV, voice actor, singer, married to actress Dolores Jiménez (Dolores Jiménez Jover) [1910-1986] (19??-1986) father of Florencio Castelló Jr.

The White Horse - 1961

The Gypsy Girl and the Charro – 1963 (Tio Curro)