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Salvatore Basile

Acting Born May 18, 1940 Naples, Italy 24 credits

Biography

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.

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Known for

Film

Cannibal Holocaust

as Chaco Losojos
Film

Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure

as Frisco Joe (uncredited)
Film

Banana Joe

as Pedro

Good & Evil

as Spectator in the meetings (uncredited)

Twice in a Lifetime

as Matatigres

Gravedale High

as Popolano nella bisca (uncredited)

Full filmography

  • Cannibal Holocaust (1980) as Chaco Losojos
  • Leche (1996) as Cardenal Cheeseburger
  • Love in the Time of Cholera (2007) as Alcalde de la ciudad
  • Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure (1981) as Frisco Joe (uncredited)
  • La mujer en el espejo (1997) as Luis Fiero 'El Diablo'
  • Banana Joe (1982) as Pedro
  • Cobra Verde (1987) as Captain Fraternidade
  • The Light of My Eyes (2017) as Fuad Chadid
  • The Two Missionaries (1974) as Monsignor Jimenez
  • Luciana's Nights (2004) as Massimo Nero
  • Bomber (1982) as Spectator in the meetings (uncredited)
  • Cartagena (2009) as Le kinésithérapeute
  • Why Did You Pick On Me? (1980) as Cop in Jail (uncredited)
  • Sofía dame tiempo (2003) as Salvatore Sabina
  • The Strategy of the Snail (1993) as Matatigres
  • Soldier of Fortune (1976) as Popolano nella bisca (uncredited)
  • Ilona Arrives with the Rain (1996) as Yosip
  • Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand (1966)
  • The Lithium Conspiracy (2015) as Presidente Vargas
  • Gangsters '70 (1968)
  • Los Ajenos Fútbol Club (2019) as Basilio
  • Black Jesus (1968)
  • Don't Give Up: The Raizal Paradise (2019) as Don Belluccio
  • The Trip 3 (2013) as Antonio