Cast & creator
Salvatore Basile
Best known for Once Upon a Time in the West, Once Upon a Time in the West, Cannibal Holocaust
Salvatore Basile Ferrara (Naples, May 18, 1940 – Cartagena de Indias, January 26, 2026), better known as Salvo Basile, was an Italian film and television actor and producer, who became a naturalized Colombian citizen, a country where he lived from 1968 until his death.
Also known as: Salvo Basile
43
film credits
17
television credits
30
1966–2019 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (60)
Showing 60 of 60 credits
Once Upon a Time in the West
Member of Cheyenne's Gang (uncredited)
1968Once Upon a Time in the West
Assistant Director
1968
Cannibal Holocaust
Chaco Losojos
1980Cannibal Holocaust
Assistant Director
1980
One Step from Heaven
Writer
2011
Collateral Damage
Music
2002Collateral Damage
Technical Advisor
2002
The Mission
Assistant Director
1986
Luciana's Nights
Massimo Nero
2004
La mujer en el espejo
Luis Fiero 'El Diablo'
1997
The Light of My Eyes
Fuad Chadid
2017
Ultimo
Writer
1998Ultimo
Creator
1998
Love in the Time of Cholera
Alcalde de la ciudad
2007
Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure
Frisco Joe (uncredited)
1981
Pompeii
Writer
2007
Leche
Cardenal Cheeseburger
1996Sofía dame tiempo
Salvatore Sabina
2003
Banana Joe
Pedro
1982
The Two Missionaries
Monsignor Jimenez
1974The Two Missionaries
Assistant Director
1974
Atrocious
Thanks
2018
Why Did You Pick On Me?
Cop in Jail (uncredited)
1980Why Did You Pick On Me?
Assistant Director
1980
Non lasciamoci più
Screenstory
1999Non lasciamoci più
Screenplay
1999
Cobra Verde
Captain Fraternidade
1987Cobra Verde
Producer
1987
Buddy Goes West
Assistant Director
1981
Scream of Stone
Assistant Director
1991
St. Peter
Writer
2005
Cartagena
Le kinésithérapeute
2009
Bomber
Spectator in the meetings (uncredited)
1982Bomber
First Assistant Director
1982
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
First Assistant Director
1987
Soldier of Fortune
Popolano nella bisca (uncredited)
1976
Burn!
First Assistant Director
1969
Barabbas
Writer
2012
Paganini
Assistant Director
1990
La médium del venerable
2019
El Cielo
Padre Salvatore
2009
L'uomo che sognava con le aquile
Screenplay
2006
Ilona Arrives with the Rain
Yosip
1996
Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand
1966
Wuthering Heights
Screenplay
2004Wuthering Heights
Creator
2004
Don't Give Up: The Raizal Paradise
Don Belluccio
2019
Black Jesus
1968
The Strategy of the Snail
Matatigres
1993The Strategy of the Snail
Executive Producer
1993
Aviator
2016
The Lithium Conspiracy
Presidente Vargas
2015
A Horse Named Elephant
Sr. Pavon
2016
Gangsters '70
1968
L'ultima Pallottola
Writer
2003
Sarò sempre tuo padre
Writer
2011
Los Ajenos Fútbol Club
Basilio
2019
The Trip 3
Antonio
2013
Águilas no cazan moscas
Executive Producer
1994
Odds and Evens
Gangster with Cigar
1978