Reni Santoni
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Reni Santoni, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
Groundhog Day (1993)
as State Trooper (voice) (uncredited)
Cobra (1986)
as Sergeant Gonzales
Doctor Dolittle (1998)
as Rat #1 (Voice)
Rain Man (1988)
as (voice)
Dirty Harry (1971)
as Chico
Bad Boys (1983)
as Ramon Herrera
Brewster's Millions (1985)
as Vin Rapelito
Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)
as Rat #2 (voice)
Private Parts (1997)
as Vallesecca
The Package (1989)
as Chicago Police Lieutenant
28 Days (2000)
as Daniel
The Student Nurses (1970)
as Victor Charlie
The Pawnbroker (1965)
as Junkie Selling Radio (uncredited)
The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)
as Police Officer (uncredited)
Summer Rental (1985)
as Announcer (voice)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
as Carlos Rodriguez
The Late Shift (1996)
as John Agoglia
Bright Lights, Big City (1988)
as Additional Voices (voice)
Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969)
as Max
Anzio (1968)
as Pvt. Movie
Powderkeg (1971)
as Ricardo Sandoval
The Pick-up Artist (1987)
as Man in Train Station
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977)
as Hobbs
Cat Chaser (1989)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Second Serve (1986)
as Dr. Roberto Granato
Gang Warz (2004)
as Father Luis
Late Last Night (1999)
as Drunk
Only You (1992)
as Rueben the Bartender
Radioactive Dreams (1986)
as 'Red' Hairstylist
Enter Laughing (1967)
as David Kolowitz
Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer (1997)
as Judge Thomas Agajanian
The Evolution of Clint Eastwood (2008)
as Self
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry (2008)
as Self
Panic on the 5:22 (1974)
as Emil Linz
The Business End: Violence in Cinema (2008)
as Self
Strangers in the City (1962)
as Scrounge
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way (1978)
as Billy Joe
A Great Big Thing (1968)
as Vinny Shea
Indict and Convict (1974)
as Mike Belano
Tarzana (1978)
Actor
No Greater Gift (1985)
as Mario Santana