Reni Santoni
Acting
Born 1939-04-21
Died 2020-08-01
New York City, New York, USA
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Reni Santoni (April 21, 1939 – August 1, 2020) was an American film, television and voice actor.
Santoni was born in New York City of French and Spanish descent.
He began his career in off-Broadway theatre. His first significant film role was an uncredited appearance in the 1964 film The Pawnbroker, starring Rod Steiger, in which he played a junkie trying to sell a radio to the title character, using anti-Semitic slurs that have absolutely no effect.
Santoni's first leading role was as the young actor in Carl Reiner's Enter Laughing. His other well-known film roles include Inspector "Chico" González in the 1971 classic Dirty Harry, as Ramon Herrera in the 1983 hit drama Bad Boys, and as detective Tony Gonzales in 1986 action film Cobra. Around that time, he also made guest appearances on television shows such as Barnaby Jones, Lou Grant, Hawaii Five-O, Hardcastle and McCormick, Hill Street Blues and Midnight Caller. In 1973, he was a junior partner on, "Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law". (Santoni and "Owen Marshall" co-star Lee Majors were born the same week in April 1939).
Santoni continued to work in film and television through to the 21st century. Some of his more memorable characterizations include "Poppie," the unhygienic restaurateur on TV's Seinfeld, and "Captain Carlos Rodríguez" in Carl Reiner's comedy film Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid.
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Grey's Anatomy
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Seinfeld
Murder, She Wrote
Miami Vice
Hawaii Five-O
Quantum Leap
V.I.P.
Hill Street Blues
Judging Amy
The Practice
Love, American Style
The Rockford Files
Charlie's Angels
The Merv Griffin Show
According to Jim
Moonlighting
Groundhog Day
Walker, Texas Ranger
The F.B.I.
Renegade
Lou Grant
Barnaby Jones
Franklin & Bash
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
The Odd Couple
The Rookies
227
Rain Man
Murder One
Dream On
Dave's World
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Dirty Harry
Cobra
Raising the Bar
Doctor Dolittle
CHiPs
Bad Boys
Jesse
28 Days
Dr. Dolittle 2
Bull
Manimal
Lamp Unto My Feet
Private Parts
Four Kings
Kingpin
Delvecchio
Dangerous Minds
The Brady Bunch Movie
The Trials of O'Brien
Brewster's Millions
Can't Hardly Wait
Capital News
The Package
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
Summer Rental
Murphy's Law
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
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