Reni Santoni
Acting
1939-04-21 · New York City, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
Franklin & Bash
2011 · Series
Raising the Bar
2008 · Series
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
2008 · Movie
The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
2008 · Movie
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
2008 · Movie
Four Kings
2006 · Series
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · Series
Gang Warz
2004 · Movie
Kingpin
2003 · Series
According to Jim
2001 · Series
Dr. Dolittle 2
2001 · Movie
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · Series
Bull
2000 · Series
28 Days
2000 · Movie
Judging Amy
1999 · Series
Late Last Night
1999 · Movie
V.I.P.
1998 · Series
Jesse
1998 · Series
Doctor Dolittle
1998 · Movie
Can't Hardly Wait
1998 · Movie
Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer
1997 · Movie
Private Parts
1997 · Movie
The Practice
1997 · Series
Dangerous Minds
1996 · Series
The Late Shift
1996 · Movie
Murder One
1995 · Series
The Brady Bunch Movie
1995 · Movie
Dave's World
1993 · Series
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993 · Series
Groundhog Day
1993 · Movie
Renegade
1992 · Series
Only You
1992 · Movie
Dream On
1990 · Series
Capital News
1990 · Series
Cat Chaser
1989 · Movie
The Package
1989 · Movie
Seinfeld
1989 · Series
Quantum Leap
1989 · Series
Rain Man
1988 · Movie
Murphy's Law
1988 · Series
Bright Lights, Big City
1988 · Movie
The Pick-up Artist
1987 · Movie
Sanchez of Bel Air
1986 · Series
Radioactive Dreams
1986 · Movie
Cobra
1986 · Movie
Joe Bash
1986 · Series
Second Serve
1986 · Movie
227
1985 · Series
No Greater Gift
1985 · Movie
Summer Rental
1985 · Movie
Brewster's Millions
1985 · Movie
Moonlighting
1985 · Series
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Series
Miami Vice
1984 · Series
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983 · Series
Manimal
1983 · Series
Bad Boys
1983 · Movie
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982 · Movie
Hill Street Blues
1981 · Series
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
1978 · Movie
Tarzana
1978 · Movie
Lou Grant
1977 · Series
CHiPs
1977 · Series
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
1977 · Movie
Charlie's Angels
1976 · Series
Delvecchio
1976 · Series
Panic on the 5:22
1974 · Movie
The Rockford Files
1974 · Series
Indict and Convict
1974 · Movie
Barnaby Jones
1973 · Series
The Rookies
1972 · Series
Dirty Harry
1971 · Movie
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971 · Series
Powderkeg
1971 · Movie
The Student Nurses
1970 · Movie
The Odd Couple
1970 · Series
Love, American Style
1969 · Series
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
1969 · Movie
Hawaii Five-O
1968 · Series
Anzio
1968 · Movie
A Great Big Thing
1968 · Movie
Enter Laughing
1967 · Movie
The F.B.I.
1965 · Series
The Trials of O'Brien
1965 · Series
The Pawnbroker
1965 · Movie
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Series
Strangers in the City
1962 · Movie
Lamp Unto My Feet
1948 · Series