Renzo Palmer

Renzo Palmer (20 December 1929 – 4 June 1988) was an Italian film, television and stage actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1957 and 1988.
Life and career
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. He also was a radio and television host, and a popular voice actor. He died of cancer in Milan at 58.
Selected filmography
Who Hesitates is Lost (1960) - Cavicchioni
Un dollaro di fifa (1960) - Smile
The Lovemakers (1961) - (uncredited)
Totòtruffa 62 (1961) - Baldassarre
The Fascist (1961) - Partisan Taddei
Battle of the Worlds (1961) - Barrington
Pugni pupe e marinai (1961) - Marco Pennacchiotti
Obiettivo ragazze (1963)
Son of the Circus (1963) - Paper, the pianist
Revenge of the Musketeers (1963)
Shivers in Summer (1964) - Barsanti
The Visit (1964) - Conductor
Cavalca e uccidi (1964) - Pastor Andrews
La ragazza in prestito (1964)
Con rispetto parlando (1965)
Seven Golden Men (1965)
Seven Golden Men Strike Again (1966) - (uncredited)
The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen (1966) - Le voleur de tableaux
Europa canta (1966) - Sheriff Toro
Web of Violence (1966) - Commissioner
La volpe e le camelie (1966)
Danger: Diabolik (1968) - Mr. Hammond - Second Minister of the Interior
A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die (1968)
Spirits of the Dead (1968) - Priest (segment "William Wilson")
House of Cards (1968) - Pietro Rossi - the false monk
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968) - Mayor
Detective Belli (1969) - Commissioner Baldo
Eagles Over London (1969) - Sgt. Donald Mulligan
Dead of Summer (1970) - Alexandre Grasse (voice, uncredited)
The Eroticist (1972) - Father Lucion
Sting of the West (1972) - Rags Manure
Massacre in Rome (1973) - Giorgio
Rugantino (1973) - Cardinal Severini
Street Law (1974) - Police Inspector
White Fang to the Rescue (1974) - RCMP Sergeant
Nipoti miei diletti (1974) - Menico
How to Kill a Judge (1975) - Vincenzo Terrasini
Go Gorilla Go (1975) - Gaetano Sampioni
Soldier of Fortune (1976) - Fra' Ludovico da Rieti
The Big Racket (1976) - Giulti
The Cassandra Crossing (1976) - Train Station Ticket Collector (uncredited)
Cross Shot (1976) - Maselli
The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist (1977) - Commissioner Astalli
Il mostro (1977)
Ligabue (1977, TV Mini-Series) - Mayor
Goodbye & Amen (1978) - Parenti
La dottoressa preferisce i marinai (1981) - Captain Carlo Morelli
The Salamander (1981) - Carabinieri Major Giorgione
The Family (1987) - Uncle Nicola (old)
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1929 births
1988 deaths
Italian adoptees
Italian male film actors
Male actors from Milan
Deaths from cancer in Lombardy
20th-century Italian male actors