Reni Santoni

Born: 1939-04-21

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.


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Released: 1993-02-11

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as Sergeant Gonzales
Released: 1986-01-01

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as Rat #2 (voice)
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Released: 1974-11-20

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Released: 1985-09-11

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as Lt. Rivera
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as Alan Griswold
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as Frank Mejia
First aired: 2000-10-06

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as Poppie
First aired: 1989-07-05

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as Roland Mapp
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as Sgt. Lopez
First aired: 1989-03-26

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as uncredited
First aired: 1981-01-15

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as Luis Montez
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as Lt. Arturo Dominguez
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as Clyde Tate
First aired: 1999-09-19

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as Holder
First aired: 1976-09-22

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The F.B.I.

as Eddie Locke
First aired: 1965-09-19

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as Harry Scheller
First aired: 1965-09-19

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as Jimmy Rego
First aired: 1968-09-20

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as Perry
First aired: 1974-09-13

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as Tony
First aired: 2001-10-03

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Love, American Style

as uncredited
First aired: 1969-09-29

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as Judge Maurice Vincent
First aired: 2011-06-01

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as Lt. Caceras
First aired: 1984-09-30

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as Juan Ramos
First aired: 1984-09-30

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as Señor Arredondo
First aired: 1985-03-03

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as Juan Carlos Prieto
First aired: 1992-09-19

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The Merv Griffin Show

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

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as uncredited
First aired: 1985-09-14

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as Don Carlos del Vega Garcia
First aired: 1993-04-21

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Murder One

as uncredited
First aired: 1995-09-20

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Murder One

as Judge Thomas Agajanian
First aired: 1995-09-20

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The Rookies

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-09-11

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as Jim Keenan
First aired: 1977-09-20

The trials of a former television station manager turned newspaper city editor, and his...

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Dave's World

as Mr. Martinez
First aired: 1993-09-20

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Barnaby Jones

as Chip Rawlins
First aired: 1973-01-28

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Barnaby Jones

as Tony Santos
First aired: 1973-01-28

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Scarecrow and Mrs. King

as uncredited
First aired: 1983-10-03

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The Odd Couple

as Ernie
First aired: 1970-09-24

Felix and Oscar are two divorced men. Felix is neat and tidy while Oscar is sloppy and casual....

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Dangerous Minds

as uncredited
First aired: 1996-09-30

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Raising the Bar

as uncredited
First aired: 2008-09-01

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as Mr. Tribbiani
First aired: 1990-07-08

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Delvecchio

as George Coletta
First aired: 1976-09-09

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Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

as Danny Paterno
First aired: 1971-09-16

Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law is an American legal drama, jointly created by David Victor and...

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CHiPs

as Cleo Baxter
First aired: 1977-09-15

Lighthearted look at the adventures of two Highway Patrol officers in Los Angeles. The main...

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Jesse

as Pedro Vasquez
First aired: 1998-09-24

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as Mr. Hernandez
First aired: 2006-01-05

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Bull

as uncredited
First aired: 2000-08-15

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Kingpin

as uncredited
First aired: 2003-02-02

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Murphy's Law

as uncredited
First aired: 1988-11-02

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Manimal

as Lt. Rivera
First aired: 1983-09-30

Jonathan Chase was a British college professor at New York University who had the unusual...

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The Tony Danza Show

as Ernesto
First aired: 1997-09-24

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The Trials of O'Brien

as Leonard
First aired: 1965-09-18

The Trials of O'Brien is a 1965 television series starring Peter Falk as a sordid...

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