Voices of the Spaghetti Western - “Killer Caliber .32”

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 “Killer Caliber .32”

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

Silver – Peter Lee Lawrence (I) Sergio Graziani, (S) Jose Antonio Ceinos, (G) Wolfgang Draeger

Betty – Agnes Spaak (I) Vittoria Febbi, (S) Isabel Donate, (G) Ursula Heyer

Averell – Andrea Bosic (I) Renato Turi, (S) Juan Miguel Cuesta, (G) Heinz Petruo

Spot Averell – Alberto Dell’Acqua (I) Massimo Turci, (S) Luis Reina, (G)           Wolfgang Draeger

Fitch – Nello Pazzafini (I) Nello Pazzafini, (S) ?, (G) ?

Dolly - Hélène Chanel (I) Rita Savagnone, (S) Paloma Escola, (G) Almut Eggert

Jose Antonio Ceinos  (1947 – 2018)

Jose Antonio Ceinos was born in Spain in 1947. He was a film, theater actor and director in addition to being a voice actor and dubber. Ceinos was a magnificent leading man of dubbing who endowed all his characters with distinction, always skillfully adapting to each one.” Among the many film stars he has voiced are: Alec Baldwin, Tom Berenger, Nicholas Cage, Gerard Depardieu, John Hurt, William Hurt, William H. Macy, Robert Mitchum, Liam Neeson, and Gary Oldman. His masterful work voicing Dan Fielding (John Larroquete) in “City Court” will forever remain in my memory.

He was also seen in the film "I Feel Strange" and the series "Pharmacy on Duty."

Jose Antonio Ceinos died on April 4, 2018, at the age 70.