Salvatore Basile

Acting

Salvatore Basile

Born — Died

1940-05-18 — 2026-01-26

Place of birth

Naples, Italy

Known for

Acting

Credits

33 titles

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.

Known for

Once Upon a Time in the West poster
8.3

As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life.

Once Upon a Time in the West

1968

Cannibal Holocaust poster
6.3

A New York University professor returns from a rescue mission to the Amazon rainforest with the footage shot by a lost team of documentarians who were making a film about the area's local cannibal tribes.

Cannibal Holocaust

1980

Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure poster
6.9

Alan gets a map to some war treasure which the Japanese army left behind on a small Pacific island at the end of World War II. But some gangsters try to steal the map from him and so he hides on Charlie's boat which just leaves the harbor. He manipulates the ship's compass so that Charlie is not aware that he is sailing to the treasure island. But when they step on the island, they discover that it is not as abandoned as they believed: there are some natives - and a Japanese soldier still defending the treasure

Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure

1981

Luciana's Nights poster
9.0

Luciana Rivas, famous TV personality has everything in life, except for love. Joaquin lives in a beautiful remote island, when he sees Luciana on tv he is stunned by her beauty. He never imagined that his dream of meeting her in person would come true very soon.

Luciana's Nights

2004

The Light of My Eyes poster
NR

Soledad is blind, and her dream is to be a famous singer. She falls in love with Vicente, and although fate seems determined to separate them, they will fight to be together.

The Light of My Eyes

2017

Love in the Time of Cholera poster
6.6

In Colombia just after the Great War, an old man falls from a ladder; dying, he professes great love for his wife. After the funeral, a man calls on the widow - she dismisses him angrily. Flash back more than 50 years to the day Florentino Ariza, a telegraph boy, falls in love with Fermina Daza, the daughter of a mule trader.

Love in the Time of Cholera

2007

Film credits

2010s · 6 titles

2000s · 3 titles

1980s · 6 titles

Cannibal Holocaust poster
6.3

A New York University professor returns from a rescue mission to the Amazon rainforest with the footage shot by a lost team of documentarians who were making a film about the area's local cannibal tribes.

Cannibal Holocaust

1980

Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure poster
6.9

Alan gets a map to some war treasure which the Japanese army left behind on a small Pacific island at the end of World War II. But some gangsters try to steal the map from him and so he hides on Charlie's boat which just leaves the harbor. He manipulates the ship's compass so that Charlie is not aware that he is sailing to the treasure island. But when they step on the island, they discover that it is not as abandoned as they believed: there are some natives - and a Japanese soldier still defending the treasure

Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure

1981

Bomber poster
6.5

Bomber is an unemployed boat captain. One day he meets Jerry, a manager of boxers who are struck by the force of his fists. That is when they see the chance to win big money.

Bomber

1982

Why Did You Pick On Me? poster
6.2

Following the events of The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid, Sheriff Hall and H-725 (using the official identity of Charlie Warren) still get no rest from the military - because the little alien has not yet grasped the meaning of keeping a low profile. They are constantly on the move, and H-725's father has had to pick them out of a tight spot too many times already.

Why Did You Pick On Me?

1980

Banana Joe poster
6.7

Island farmer Banana Joe helps the local community by trading his bananas for goods. When gangsters arrive with plans to construct a banana processing plant, Joe kicks them out, but the mob boss discovers that Joe is operating without a license. After the mob tips off the authorities and Joe's boat is impounded, he ventures into a big city for the first time to seek help.

Banana Joe

1982

Cobra Verde poster
6.9

A fearsome 19th century bandit, Cobra Verde cuts a swath through Brazil until he arrives at the sugar plantation of Don Octávio Countinho. Not knowing that his new guest is the notorious bandit and impressed by his ruthless ways, Don Octávio hires Cobra Verde to oversee his slaves. But when Cobra Verde impregnates Don Octávio’s three daughters, the incensed plantation owner exiles the outlaw to Africa where he is expected to reopen the slave trade. Following his trans-Atlantic journey, Cobra Verde exploits tribal conflicts to commandeer an abandoned fortress and whips an army of naked warriors into a frenzied bloodlust as he vies for survival.

Cobra Verde

1987

1970s · 3 titles

1960s · 4 titles

Series credits

Behind the camera