Renzo Palmer
Acting
Born December 20, 1930, Milano, Italy
Renzo Palmer (20 December 1930 – 4 June 1988) was an Italian film, television and stage actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1957 and 1988. Born in Milan as Lorenzo Bigatti, Palmer was the adopted son of the stage actress Kiki Palmer (from which, born Giulia Fogliata, he inherited his stage name). After leaving his law studies, he debuted in 1955 on radio, after being spotted at an audition for singers, and then worked for two years in the Company of Prose of "Radio Roma". In 1957 Palmer made his television debut with L'avaro, directed by Vittorio Cottafavi; the same year he also made his theatrical debut at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan, in the revue I pallinisti. From then, even continuing to appear in prestigious stage works it was the television that assured him popularity and professional satisfaction, thanks to the numerous successful television films and TV series in which he starred. Palmer was also a versatile film character actor, mainly active in commedia all'italiana and in poliziotteschi film genre.[2] He also was a radio and television host, and a popular voice actor. He died of cancer in Milan at 58.
Filmography
- 1987The Family — Uncle Nicola (old)
- Le Mystérieux Docteur Cornélius — William Dorgan
- Verdi — Camillo Benso di Cavour
- 1981The Doctor Prefers Sailors — capitano Carlo Morelli
- 1981The Salamander — Carabinieri Major Giorgione
- 1979Velvet Hands — il cardinale Zio
- Il balordo — il narratore
- Il furto della gioconda — Commissario Lépine
- 1977Delitto sulle punte — Stroganoff
- 1977Goodbye & Amen — Parenti
- 1977The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist — Commissioner Astalli
- 1977The Monster — Baruffi
- 1976Cross Shot — Maselli
- 1976Soldier of Fortune — Fra' Ludovico da Rieti
- 1976The Big Racket — Pietro
- 1975Go Gorilla, Go! — Gaetano Sampioni
- 1975How to Kill a Judge — Vincenzo Terrasini
- 1975White Fang to the Rescue — RCMP Sergeant
- 1974My Dear Nephews — Menico
- 1974Street Law — Police Inspector
- 1973Massacre in Rome — Giorgio
- 1973Napoleone a Sant'Elena — Napoleone Bonaparte
- Napoleone a Sant'Elena — Napoleone Bonaparte
- 1973Rugantino — Cardinal Severini
- 1972Father Jackleg — Rags Manure
- 1972The Eroticist — padre Lucion
- 1969Detective Belli — Commissario Baldo
- 1969Eagles Over London — Sgt. Donald Mulligan
- Nero Wolfe — Ispettore Cramer
- 1968Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell — Mayor
- 1968Danger: Diabolik — Mr. Hammond
- 1968House of Cards — Monk
- 1967Caravaggio — Prosperino
- 1967Don Giovanni — Petruccio
- 1967Vita di Cavour — Camillo Benso Conte di Cavour
- Vita di Cavour — Camillo Benso Conte di Cavour
- 1966Europa canta — Sheriff Toro
- 1966Seven Golden Men Strike Again — (uncredited)
- 1966The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen — Le voleur de tableaux
- 1966Web of Violence
- 1965Addio giovinezza — Leone
- 1965Antonio e Cleopatra — Enobarbo
- 1965Con rispetto parlando — Signor Bombi
- 1965L'ammiraglio — Adriatico
- 1965Seven Golden Men
- Vita di Dante — Giotto
- Za-bum N. 2
- 1964Italian Engagement
- 1964Ride and Kill — Pastor Andrews
- 1964Summer Frenzy — Sandro
- 1963Son of the Circus — Paper, pianist
- 1963Target: Girls — sergente Carlo Cerutti
- 1962Escapade in Florence — Carabiniere
- 1961Battle of the Worlds — Barrington
- 1961Fists, Girls and Sailors — Marco Pennacchiotti
- 1961The Fascist — Partigiano Taddei
- 1961Totòtruffa '62 — Baldassarre, lo sfasciaarrozze
- 1960He Who Hesitates Is Lost — Cavicchioni
- 1960Un dollaro di fifa — Smile
- 1959Caltiki, the Immortal Monster — Narrator (voice)
- 1959Carosello spagnolo — Narrador
- 1959La foresta pietrificata
- 1957L'avaro — Mastro Giacomo