# Mimmo Palmara

Domenico "Mimmo" Palmara (25 July 1928 – 10 June 2016) was an Italian actor.

## Biography

Born in Cagliari, Palmara made his film debut in 1952 as a character actor in drama films by eminent directors such as Luchino Visconti, Mario Monicelli and Antonio Pietrangeli, then obtained main roles in a great number of genre films, especially adventure films and peplum films. When the sword and sandals genre declined, he took part at a number of Spaghetti Westerns in which he is usually credited as Dick Palmer. A close friend of Sergio Leone, he was Leone's first choice for the role of Ramon in A Fistful of Dollars; Palmara eventually chose to star in Mario Caiano's Bullets Don't Argue and the role of Ramon was played by Gian Maria Volonté.

## Selected filmography

* Deceit (1952) - Un uomo in canottiera
* The Queen of Sheba (1952) - Ally of Sheba
* Sins of Rome (1953) - Gladiator (uncredited)
* Empty Eyes (1953) - Marcella's Fiancé (uncredited)
* Senso (1954) - Un soldato (uncredited)
* Attila (1954) - Lottatore
* The River Girl (1954)
* Proibito (1954)
* War and Peace (1956) - French Officer (uncredited)
* Roland the Mighty (1956) - Argalia
* Terrore sulla città (1957)
* White Nights (1957) - L'uomo che gioca a carte con la prostituta (uncredited)
* Serenata a Maria (1957) - Beppe Franchini, the truckdriver
* Marisa la civetta (1957) - Sailor (uncredited)
* Hercules (1958) - Iphitus, Son of Pelias
* Hercules Unchained (1959) - Polinices
* Sheba and the Gladiator (1959) - Lator
* Caterina Sforza, la leonessa di Romagna (1959)
* The Last Days of Pompeii (1959) - Gallinus, a Praetorian Guard
* Gastone (1960) - Manager
* Goliath Against the Giants (1961) - (uncredited)
* The Colossus of Rhodes (1961) - Ares
* Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis (1961) - Astor, il Gran Visir
* The Trojan Horse (1961) - Ajax
* Tharus Son of Attila (1962) - Gudrum
* Appuntamento in riviera (1962) - De Marchi
* Sodom and Gomorrah (1962) - Arno
* Slave Girls of Sheba (1963) - Hibrahim / Jaspar
* Goliath and the Sins of Babylon (1963) - Alceas
* Goliath and the Rebel Slave (1963) - Artafernes
* Hercules and the Masked Rider (1963) - Don Juan
* The Ten Gladiators (1963) - Tigelinus
* Sandokan the Great (1963)
* Temple of the White Elephant (1964) - Parvati Sandok
* Hercules Against Rome (1964) - Lucio Traiano
* The Two Gladiators (1964) - Commodo
* Pirates of Malaysia (1964) - Tremal-Naïk
* Bullets Don't Argue (1964) - Santero
* 3 Avengers (1964) - False Ursus
* Three Swords for Rome (1964) - Maximo
* Kindar the Invulnerable (1965) - Seymuth
* Serenade for Two Spies (1965) - Cormoran
* For One Thousand Dollars Per Day (1966) - Steve Benson
* Two Sons of Ringo (1966) - Sceriffo
* Argoman the Fantastic Superman (1967) - Kurt, Main Henchman of Jenabel
* Poker with Pistols (1967) - Master
* Left Handed Johnny West (1967) - Jonny West
* The Handsome, the Ugly, and the Stupid (1967) - Il bello
* The Stranger (1967) - Masson
* Vengeance Is My Forgiveness (1968) - Jack Owen
* Una forca per un bastardo (1968) - Sheriff Allan Phillip
* A Long Ride from Hell (1968) - Sheriff Max Freeman
* Psychopath (1968) - Maurice
* L'Odissea (1968, TV Mini-Series) - Achille
* Execution (1968) - Clips
* Trusting Is Good... Shooting Is Better (1968) - Frank Richards
* The Son of Black Eagle (1968) - Alexej Andrejevich
* Black Jack (1968) - Indian Joe
* Time and Place for Killing (1968) - Manuel Trianas
* Indovina chi viene a merenda? (1969) - Comandante Tiger
* Ms. Stiletto (1969) - Baron Eric von Nutter
* Franco, Ciccio e il pirata Barbanera (1969) - Il Pirata Flint
* Rangers: attacco ora X (1970) - Captain Cabot
* Le Voyou (1970)
* The Tigers of Mompracem (1970) - Man Saved from Crocodiles
* The Deserter (1971) - Apache Chief Mangus Durango
* Una pistola per cento croci (1971) - Luis / Louis / Frank Damon
* He Was Called Holy Ghost (1971) - Indian Sheriff
* Panhandle 38 (1972) - Sheriff Jones
* The Arena (1974) - Rufinius
* Catene (1974) - Giovanni
* Violent City (1975) - De Julis
* That Malicious Age (1975) - Waterloo
* Natale in casa d'appuntamento (1976) - Alberto
* Convoy Busters (1978) - Corchi
* Sicilian Connection (1987) - Dr. De Majo
* 28° minuto (1991) - Police commissioner
* A Cold, Cold Winter (1996) - Leo (final film role)