hiː ɐpˈɪɹd ɪn mˈɛni spɐɡˈɛɾi wˈɛstɚnz sˈʌtʃ ɐz ðə ɡˈʊd, ðə bˈæd ænd ðɪ ˈʌɡli nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti sˈɪks æz ðə pɹˈiːst pˈɑːbloʊ ɹˈæmaɪɚz, bɹˈʌðɚɹ ʌv ᵻli wˈɔlætʃɪz kˈæɹɪktɚ tˈuːkoʊ ænd ɪn fɚɹə fjˈuː dˈɑːlɚz mˈoːɹ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti fˈaɪv æz ðə kˈʌnɪŋ sˈɛkəndɪŋkəmˈænd ɡɹˈɑːɡi hɪz fˈɜːst kɹˈɛdɪɾᵻd fˈɪlm ɹˈoʊl.
He  appeared in many Spaghetti Westerns such as The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) (as the priest Pablo Ramírez, brother of Eli Wallach's character Tuco) and in For a Few Dollars More (1965) as the cunning second-in-command Groggy (his first credited film role).