Reni Santoni
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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Films (42)
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
2008 · Self
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
2008 · Self
The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
2008 · Self
Gang Warz
2004 · Father Luis
Docteur Dolittle 2
2001 · Rat #2 (voice)
28 jours en sursis
2000 · Daniel
Late Last Night
1999 · Drunk
Doctor Dolittle
1998 · Rat #1 (Voice)
Can't Hardly Wait
1998 · Cop
Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer
1997 · Judge Thomas Agajanian
Private Parts
1997 · Vallesecca
The Late Shift
1996 · John Agoglia
The Brady Bunch Movie
1995 · Police Officer (uncredited)
Groundhog Day
1993 · State Trooper (voice) (uncredited)
Only You
1992 · Rueben the Bartender
Cat Chaser
1989 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Package
1989 · Chicago Police Lieutenant
Rain Man
1988 · (voice)
Bright Lights, Big City
1988 · Additional Voices (voice)
The Pick-up Artist
1987 · Man in Train Station
Radioactive Dreams
1986 · 'Red' Hairstylist
Cobra
1986 · Sergeant Gonzales
Second Serve
1986 · Dr. Roberto Granato
No Greater Gift
1985 · Mario Santana
Summer Rental
1985 · Announcer (voice)
Brewster's Millions
1985 · Vin Rapelito
Bad Boys
1983 · Ramon Herrera
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982 · Carlos Rodriguez
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
1978 · Billy Joe
Tarzana
1978
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
1977 · Hobbs
Panic on the 5:22
1974 · Emil Linz
Indict and Convict
1974 · Mike Belano
Dirty Harry
1971 · Chico
Powderkeg
1971 · Ricardo Sandoval
The Student Nurses
1970 · Victor Charlie
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
1969 · Max
Anzio
1968 · Pvt. Movie
A Great Big Thing
1968 · Vinny Shea
Enter Laughing
1967 · David Kolowitz
The Pawnbroker
1965 · Junkie Selling Radio (uncredited)
Strangers in the City
1962 · Scrounge
Séries (46)
Franklin y Bash
2011 · Judge Maurice Vincent
Justice à Manhattan
2008
Four Kings
2006 · Mr. Hernandez
Dre Grey, leçons d'anatomie
2005 · Alan Griswold
Le Cartel
2003
According to Jim
2001 · Tony
Les Experts
2000 · Frank Mejia
Bull
2000
Judging Amy
1999 · Clyde Tate
V.I.P.
1998 · Luis Montez
Jesse
1998 · Pedro Vasquez
The Practice
1997 · Roland Mapp
Dangerous Minds
1996
Murder One
1995 · Thomas Agajanian
Dave's World
1993 · Mr. Martinez
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993 · Don Carlos del Vega Garcia
Renegade
1992 · Juan Carlos Prieto
Dream On
1990 · Mr. Tribbiani
Capital News
1990
Seinfeld
1989 · Poppie
Quantum Leap
1989 · Sgt. Lopez
Murphy's Law
1988
Sanchez of Bel Air
1986
Joe Bash
1986
227
1985
Moonlighting
1985 · Señor Arredondo
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Lt. Caceras, Juan Ramos
Miami Vice
1984 · Lt. Arturo Dominguez
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
Manimal
1983 · Lieutenant Rivera
Hill Street Blues
1981 · Danny Santana
Lou Grant
1977 · Jim Keenan
CHiPs
1977 · Cleo Baxter
Charlie's Angels
1976 · Holder
Delvecchio
1976 · George Coletta
The Rockford Files
1974 · Perry
Barnaby Jones
1973 · Chip Rawlins, Tony Santos
The Rookies
1972
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971 · Danny Paterno
The Odd Couple
1970 · Ernie
Love, American Style
1969
Hawaii Five-O
1969 · Jimmy Rego
The F.B.I.
1965 · Eddie Locke, Harry Scheller
The Trials of O'Brien
1965 · Leonard
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
Lamp Unto My Feet
1948 · Youth