Personal Info
Birth date
1925-06-04 (100 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Tocuyito, Venezuela
Also known as
-José Torres
Biography
José Torres (Tocuyito, June 4, 1925) is a leading Venezuelan television, film and dubbing actor. He is remembered for having played Tacupay in Ka Ina. An icon of the spaghetti Western, he shared the set with Orson Welles, Terence Hill, Paco Rabal, Steve Reeves and Lee Van Cleef.
Filmography
Death Rides a Horse
7
Overview:
Bill Meceita, a boy whose family was murdered in front of him by a gang, sets out 15 years later to exact revenge. On his journey, he finds himself continually sparring and occasionally cooperating with Ryan, a gunfighter on his own quest for vengeance, who knows more than he says about Bill's tragedy.The Masked Man Against the Pirates
NYR
Overview:
Pirates capture a Spanish ship. After having landed on an island, they try to sell the surviving crew, especially the women. One of them is protected by a pirate who gained her as a prize for having saved the captain's life in the battle that ensued. Suddenly a man masked in green arrives and performs - ever haunting - in favour of the Spanish.I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death
6.194
Overview:
Sartana is falsely accused of robbing a bank, and must find the real robbers and clear his name.Pandemonium, the Hell's Capital City
7
Overview:
Adonai is an lunatic poet. He lives in an abandoned neighborhood of Caracas where he runs an underground radio called "Radio Pandemonium", he lives with his mom, his grandmother and a young lady who she calls very endearly, 'whore'. They survive among the corrupt, the death and the rising upheaval of the oppressed.Poker with Pistols
9
Overview:
After losing everything in a poker game and finding himself indebted, Lucas agrees to deliver a wagon to the town of Chamaco for the $5000 payment. He soon finds himself in deep trouble with bandits, the town's local kingpin and a pretty saloon worker.The Devil Who Limped
6.4
Overview:
The film is a 125-minute, black-and-white biography of French priest and diplomat Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754–1838), who served for 50 years under five different French regimes: the Absolute Monarchy, the Revolution, the Consulate, the Empire, and the Constitutional Monarchy. Its title comes from one of the main historical nicknames for Talleyrand, that he shares with demon king Asmodeus and English poet Lord Byron.The Beautiful Otero
2
Overview:
An Italo-French biopic about one of the most famous women of Belle Époque, Spanish-born dancer and actress, star of Folies-Bèrgere: Carolina Otero.The 5-Man Army
6.7
Overview:
At the behest of local revolutionaries, a mercenary enlists four specialists in various combat styles to help him rob a Mexican Army train carrying $500,000 in gold.Beyond the Law
4.8
Overview:
Takes place over the course of one feverish night in a Manhattan police precinct and neighboring bar.The Tigers of Mompracem
5.5
Overview:
After the evil maharajah Varauni exterminated his whole family, the brave Sandokan decides to retreat on the island of Mompracem to meditate a terrible revenge against himDurango Is Coming, Pay or Die
5.2
Overview:
Durango, a debt collector, arrives in the town of Tucson, where he is hired by a bank director called Ferguson, who refuses to pay him his fee afterwards. Durango is thrown in jail on a false accusation but manages to escape and teams up with a Mexican bandit to get even with Ferguson, who has concocted a complicated plan to rob a shipment of gold belonging to the people of Tucson.Seven Golden Men Strike Again
6
Overview:
The Professor and his men are captured by U.S. agents during an attempted train robbery. To avoid jail, they must kidnap a Latin dictator.Go For Broke
5.8
Overview:
The Indian called Copper Face is suspected to have stolen a large quantity of gold from a bank.Bloody Che Contra
7.8
Overview:
The story of Che Guevara's desperate attempt to escape the mountains of Bolivia. Pursued by an elite ranger unit of the army led by a determined CIA agent, Che is eventually trapped and his men are killed.Why Go On Killing?
5.1
Overview:
A young deserter from the army returns to the place where his father has been killed by a family of Mexican landowners. The task is not easy as he is alone in his efforts to avenge his father's death.Gold Train
5
Overview:
Bandit leader El Diablo who controls the country with his gang plans to achieve gold destined for Mexico but he is not the only one.And His Name Was Holy Ghost
5
Overview:
After gaining his freedom with the help of an old friend of his father, Spirito Santo/Holy Ghost recovers in an abandoned mine the gold fruit of a previous robbery and makes preparations for a new job recruiting a strange sacristan armed with a machine-gun. Meanwhile a Native American sheriff is on his trail.Fürchte dich nicht, Jakob!
NYR
Overview:
The village innkeeper Lejba Sibal and his pregnant wife Sura are threatened by Lejba's former farmhand Georg, who wants to kill them both at Easter. After Lejba has sought help from the authorities in vain, he decides to fight back himself.I Am Semiramis
4.7
Overview:
Semiramis, a powerful and beautiful Assyrian queen, oversees the construction of the luxurious city of Babylon. She falls in love with Kir, a fallen prince turned into a slave who corresponds to her love. But a palace conspiracy will make the two lovers separate and confront each other.Two Gangsters in the Wild West
5.7
Overview:
In the late 1800's, Sicilians Franco and Ciccio are serving 20 years of prison for stealing two mules, when they are helped to escape by an American who says he is a friend of their grandfathers, who were killed in Texas by a gang of bandits who wanted to take over their gold mine. The two friends travel to America to take posses of the gold mine, but they soon discover that they are not the only ones who want it.Run, Man, Run
6.429
Overview:
The legendary Tomas Milian stars as Cuchillo, a knife-throwing thief on the run from murderous bandits, sadistic American agents, his hot-blooded fiancée and a sheriff turned bounty hunter, all of whom are gunning for a hidden fortune in gold that could finance the Mexican Revolution.Django Challenges Sartana
5.042
Overview:
Django comes to town to discover that his brother Steve, accused of robbing a bank, has been lynched. Django believes the real culprit is Sartana and challenges him to a duel. Just in time he discovers that the author of the crime is an important local figure and Django and Sartana join forces to punish him.Miranda Regresa
6
Overview:
.Un periodista se introduce clandestinamente en la celda de Miranda, en la Carraca el 10 de Julio de 1816. El joven periodista urge al generalísimo para que le conceda una entrevista, con el objeto de propagar su pensamiento anticolonialista en cierto periódico de vanguardia que se edita furtivamente en Cádiz. Miranda, viejo zorro de la geopolítica internacional desde el siglo pasado, desconfía del impetuoso muchacho, quien poco a poco se va ganando su confianza hasta que el cautivo accede a concederle la entrevista.Aquí comienza un viaje retrospectivo de la vida del generalísimo donde la vuelta al pasado, a los momentos formativos más trascendentes de la construcción del joven, del hombre, del seductor, del soldado español, del ilustrado, el desertor, el independentista, el político, el guerrero, el espía, el contrabandista, el hereje, el conspirador y el precursor, se narran para develarnos la magnitud de Francisco de Miranda, quizás por siempre el más universal de los venezolanos.Children of the Salt
4.2
Overview:
An elderly father and his two children, survive by harvesting salt from the sea. After the father dies, they live alone. Isolated from the outside world they become increasingly distanced, whilst their lust starts to blossom. Their lives get a lot harder. The brutal reality of harvesting sea salt coincides with their blossoming sexuality. Their lives of solitude drive them further apart whilst awakening lust makes itself known.Shoot Joe, and Shoot Again
4.667
Overview:
Ted and his gang rob a bank and he hides the loot from his companions. They corner him and fatally wound him, but he manages to slip the map of the hidden money to his rescuer, Joe. The gang catches up with Joe, torture him and introduce him to sexy Rosy, who is to use her undeniable feminine charms on him.El poder negro (Black power)
5.4
Overview:
In Caracas, a massively built dock-worker has beef with munitions-smuggling gang, and meanwhile he's recruited to perform as a lucha-libre wrestler.Margarita se llama mi amor
3.5
Overview:
Margarita is a beautiful and explosive girl studying in the Faculty of Arts somewhere in Galicia. To the chagrin of the rest of the girls in the class, all the boys want to date her, to the point moniker of "the bride of the Faculty". However, who really steals the heart Margarita is another person ...Acting
TBAEl pez que fuma as Unknown
2023Big Boss as Groomer #4
2019Interferencia as Unknown
2017Children of the Salt as Evaristo / father
2010Zamora, tierra y hombres libres as Unknown
2007Miranda Regresa as Remigio
2000Florentino y el diablo as El diablo
1997Pandemonium, the Hell's Capital City as Unknown
1995Ka Ina (164 Episodes) as Tacupay
1986A la salida nos vemos as Unknown
1983Exposed as Guest at Party
1982Fürchte dich nicht, Jakob! as Hirte
1980El regreso de Sabina as Comisario
1979Compañero de viaje as José Rafael
1978Trampa inocente as Unknown
1977Se llamaba SN as Unknown
1976Emmanuelle on Taboo Island as Unknown
1975El poder negro (Black power) as El Teque
1972Shoot Joe, and Shoot Again as Jack, Gang Leader
1972Return of the Holy Ghost as Jim Charlie, Banker
1972Death Is Sweet From the Soldier Of God as Holy Ghost / Spirito Santo
1971And His Name Was Holy Ghost as Steve
1971Maidstone as Unknown
1971Durango Is Coming, Pay or Die as El Tuerto
1970The Tigers of Mompracem as Tremal Naik
1970Io e Dio as Don Paolo
1970Django Challenges Sartana as Mute
1969I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death as Shadow
1969The 5-Man Army as Mexican Spy
1969Tepepa as Pedro Pereira a.k.a. Piojo
1968Run, Man, Run as Ramirez
1968Beyond the Law as Jose Dulce
1968Go For Broke as Copper Face
1968Django, Prepare a Coffin as Garcia
1968Wild 90 as Kid Cha Cha
1968Bloody Che Contra as Ruiz
1967Face to Face as Aaron Chase
1967Any Gun Can Play as Bahunda
1967Death Rides a Horse as Pedro
1967Poker with Pistols as Lazar
1966Ramon the Mexican as Lucas
1966Degueyo as Logan
1966Seven Golden Men Strike Again as Ufficiale rivoluzionario
1965Gold Train as El Diablo
1965Why Go On Killing? as Lopez Henchman
1965María del Llano as Unknown
1964L'uomo mascherato contro il corsaro nero as Raven
1964The Masked Man Against the Pirates as Josh, The Raven
1964Two Gangsters in the Wild West as Pablito
1963Taur the Mighty as El Khad
1963I Am Semiramis as Pharaoh's Messenger
1961Margarita se llama mi amor as Unknown
1961Rome, 1585 as Unknown
1957Pantano en el cielo as Unknown
1957Igualito a su papá as Unknown
1954The Beautiful Otero as Pablo
1948The Devil Who Limped as Don Juan d'Azcona
1948Un viaje de novios as Unknown
1941Premier bal as Unknown
Crew
1976The Human Tornado ... Stunts