Little Known Spaghetti Western actors ~ Calogero Chiarenza

[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 Chiarenza Was born in Campobello di Licata, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy in 1900. He began his acting career around 1924 when he was discovered by the director Carmine Gallone, who liked his face so much that brought him to become a character actor in movies. When he was not playing in movies, he was selling brooms in his own shop.

He appeared in various genres during the early-mid-sixties, and he appeared in some fifty plus roles where he is clean-shaven. He’s usually identifiable by his bushy beard, round elongated face, thinning hair and a notable lack of eyebrows.

Unfortunately, like so many character actors as time passes their participation in films declines and they disappear from the screen. Out of sight, out of mind and by now he’s long passed. Once again another neglected face once prominent on the screen is forgotten.

He appeared in two Spaghetti westerns: “Un dollaro di fifa” (A Dollar of Fear) in 1960 as a townsman and “Arizona Colt” (The Man from Nowhere”) in 1966 as a saloon patron.

CHIARENZA, Calogero [1900, Campobello di Licata, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy – 19??, Italy] – film actor.

A Dollar of Fear – 1960 (townsman)

The Man from Nowhere – 1966 (card player)