Ignazio Spalla
Acting
Biography
Ignazio Spalla, best known as Pedro Sanchez, was an Italian film actor. Born in Siena, Spalla was mainly active in Spaghetti Westerns, usually playing roles of Mexicans, gunfighters and outlaws.
Born: May 5, 1924
Place of Birth: Siena, Italy
Known For
Hitch Hike
A bickering couple driving cross-country pick up a murderous hitchhiker who threatens to kill them unless they take him to a sanctuary. In return he agrees to split some bank loot he has on him.
The Conspiracy of Torture
In 1599 Italy, Beatrice Cenci is the teenage daughter of the crazed landowner and nobleman Francesco Cenci who keeps her locked up in the dungeon of his castle where he sexually abuses her. Beatrice plots with her stepmother, her besotted servant Olimpio, as well as a local bandit, named Catalano to plan Francesco’s murder.
White Fang and the Hunter
Courageous Alaskan canine White Fang and Daniel, his fur-trapping master are beset by wolves and later help save a widow who is being forced to marry a man she despises.
Adiós, Sabata
Set in Mexico under the rule of Emperor Maximilian I, Sabata is hired by the guerrilla leader Señor Ocaño to steal a wagonload of gold from the Austrian army. However, when Sabata and his partners Escudo and Ballantine obtain the wagon, they find it is not full of gold but of sand, and that the gold was taken by Austrian Colonel Skimmel. So Sabata plans to steal back the gold.
Johnny Hamlet
On his way back from the Civil War, Johnny Hamilton is visited in his sleep by the ghost of his father who lets him know that he has been murdered and who asks him to avenge him. Back in the family ranch, Johnny finds that not only has his father been killed but that Gertrude, his mother, has married her late husband's brother Claude. The latter is now the owner of the ranch and of all the properties of the deceased. Polonius, a ruthless bandit, is supposed to have killed Johnny's father. But couldn't it be Claude...?
Sabata
Several pillars of society have robbed an Army safe containing $100,000 so they can buy the land upon which the coming railroad will be built. But they haven't reckoned on the presence of the master gunslinger, Sabata.
May God Forgive You... But I Won't
While Cjamango is away from his ranch, bandits attack and kill his family. Disrupted by this tragedy, he sets out to take his revenge, helped by a Mexican who has seen the bandits. The writer of the western Cjamango directed this unofficial sequel to Cjamango.
Son of Django
The son of Django searches for the murderer of his father and is thereby involved in a war between two factions headed by former acquaintances of his famous parent.
Vengeance
A man tracks down the five outlaws who murdered his brother, all the while being shadowed by a mysterious Pinkerton detective.
Go with God, Gringo
The Cris brothers kill Gringo's brother and frame Gringo and his friend, Mexico, for a murder. They are taken to jail and along with the four bandits who are the real killers, escape and reach a village in which a fair is being held. Someone recognizes them and they must leave taking a dancer, Carmen, as a hostage. Gringo tries to protect her and is left in the desert all alone. Meanwhile the bandits rob a mail-coach and kill the escorts with Gringo hot on their trail. Source: SWDB www.spaghetti-western.net
Filmography
as Bar Owner
as Dollar
as Sergeant Garcia (as Pedro Sanchez)
as Dollar
as Poker Player
as Mexican Leader
as Navajo Joe
as Pietro
as Pedro Porfirio
as Bronco
as Meticcio
as Escudo
as Catalano
as Carrincha
as Padre Mansueto
as Sergeante Alvarez
as Sergeant Gomez
as Garcia Ramirez 'Barrica'
as Laredo
as Guild
as Massaro Turi
as Barrica
as Paco
as Pedro Rodriguez
as Thompson
as Dago
as Indio
as Carmelo Vitiello
as Pancho
as Mexico
as Ufficiale di marina
as Rojo
as Man with Rio