



Salvatore Basile
Acting1940Naples, Italy

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.
Known For

Cannibal Holocaust
Chaco Losojos

Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure
Frisco Joe (uncredited)

Banana Joe
Pedro

Odds and Evens
Gangster with Cigar

Love in the Time of Cholera
Alcalde de la ciudad

Bomber
Spectator in the meetings (uncredited)

The Two Missionaries
Monsignor Jimenez

Why Did You Pick On Me?
Cop in Jail (uncredited)
Acting History
2018
Atrocious
Thanks
2016
A Horse Named Elephant
as Sr. Pavon
2015
The Lithium Conspiracy
as Presidente Vargas
2013
The Trip 3
as Antonio
2012
Barabbas
Writer
2011
Sarò sempre tuo padre
Writer
One Step from Heaven
TVWriter
2009
Cartagena
as Le kinésithérapeute
2007
Love in the Time of Cholera
as Alcalde de la ciudad
2002
Collateral Damage
Music
Collateral Damage
Technical Advisor
1996
Ilona Arrives with the Rain
as Yosip
Leche
TVas Cardenal Cheeseburger
1993
The Strategy of the Snail
as Matatigres
The Strategy of the Snail
Executive Producer
1991
Scream of Stone
Assistant Director
1990
Paganini
Assistant Director
1987
Cobra Verde
as Captain Fraternidade
Cobra Verde
Producer
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
First Assistant Director
1986
The Mission
Assistant Director
1982
1981
Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure
as Frisco Joe (uncredited)
Buddy Goes West
Assistant Director
1980
Cannibal Holocaust
as Chaco Losojos
Why Did You Pick On Me?
as Cop in Jail (uncredited)
Why Did You Pick On Me?
Assistant Director
Cannibal Holocaust
Assistant Director
1978
Odds and Evens
as Gangster with Cigar
1976
Soldier of Fortune
as Popolano nella bisca (uncredited)
1974
The Two Missionaries
as Monsignor Jimenez
The Two Missionaries
Assistant Director
1969
Burn!
First Assistant Director
1968