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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Reni Santoni, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: New York City, New York, USA, 1939-04-21

Died: 2020-08-01

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1962	Strangers in the City	Scrounge	43
2	1965	The Pawnbroker	Junkie Selling Radio (uncredited)	72
3	1967	Enter Laughing	David Kolowitz	40
4	1968	A Great Big Thing	Vinny Shea	0
5	1968	Anzio	Pvt. Movie	58
6	1969	Guns of the Magnificent Seven	Max	52
7	1970	The Student Nurses	Victor Charlie	50
8	1971	Powderkeg	Ricardo Sandoval	80
9	1971	Dirty Harry	Chico	75
10	1974	Indict and Convict	Mike Belano	0
11	1974	Panic on the 5:22	Emil Linz	53
12	1977	I Never Promised You a Rose Garden	Hobbs	62
13	1978	Tarzana		50
14	1978	They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way	Billy Joe	40
15	1982	Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid	Carlos Rodriguez	66
16	1983	Bad Boys	Ramon Herrera	70
17	1983	Manimal	Lt. Rivera	45
18	1985	Brewster's Millions	Vin Rapelito	66
19	1985	Summer Rental	Announcer (voice)	61
20	1985	No Greater Gift	Mario Santana	0
21	1986	Cobra	Sergeant Gonzales	61
22	1986	Second Serve	Dr. Roberto Granato	54
23	1986	Radioactive Dreams	'Red' Hairstylist	52
24	1987	The Pick-up Artist	Man in Train Station	56
25	1988	Bright Lights, Big City	Additional Voices (voice)	57
26	1988	Rain Man	(voice)	78
27	1989	The Package	Chicago Police Lieutenant	61
28	1989	Cat Chaser	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)	49
29	1992	Only You	Rueben the Bartender	55
30	1993	Groundhog Day	State Trooper (voice) (uncredited)	76
31	1995	The Brady Bunch Movie	Police Officer (uncredited)	61
32	1996	The Late Shift	John Agoglia	63
33	1997	Private Parts	Vallesecca	65
34	1998	Doctor Dolittle	Rat #1 (Voice)	57
35	1999	Late Last Night	Drunk	53
36	2000	28 Days	Daniel	61
37	2001	Dr. Dolittle 2	Rat #2 (voice)	53
38	2004	Gang Warz	Father Luis	0
39	2008	The Evolution of Clint Eastwood	Self	70
40	2008	The Business End: Violence in Cinema	Self	80
41	2008	A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry	Self	45

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	Lamp Unto My Feet	Youth	0
2	1962	The Merv Griffin Show	Self	56
3	1965	The Trials of O'Brien	Leonard	68
4	1965	The F.B.I.	Eddie Locke	56
5	1965	The F.B.I.	Harry Scheller	56
6	1968	Hawaii Five-O	Jimmy Rego	71
7	1969	Love, American Style		60
8	1970	The Odd Couple	Ernie	78
9	1971	Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law	Danny Paterno	63
10	1972	The Rookies		69
11	1973	Barnaby Jones	Chip Rawlins	70
12	1973	Barnaby Jones	Tony Santos	70
13	1974	The Rockford Files	Perry	75
14	1976	Delvecchio	George Coletta	0
15	1976	Charlie's Angels	Holder	67
16	1977	CHiPs	Cleo Baxter	68
17	1977	Lou Grant	Jim Keenan	73
18	1981	Hill Street Blues		76
19	1983	Manimal	Lt. Rivera	73
20	1983	Scarecrow and Mrs. King		64
21	1984	Miami Vice	Lt. Arturo Dominguez	74
22	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Lt. Caceras	75
23	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Juan Ramos	75
24	1985	Moonlighting	Señor Arredondo	75
25	1985	227		68
26	1986	Joe Bash		0
27	1986	Sanchez of Bel Air		0
28	1988	Murphy's Law		50
29	1989	Quantum Leap	Sgt. Lopez	80
30	1989	Seinfeld	Poppie	83
31	1990	Capital News		60
32	1990	Dream On	Mr. Tribbiani	70
33	1992	Renegade	Juan Carlos Prieto	66
34	1993	Walker, Texas Ranger	Don Carlos del Vega Garcia	70
35	1993	Dave's World	Mr. Martinez	64
36	1995	Murder One		78
37	1995	Murder One	Judge Thomas Agajanian	78
38	1996	Dangerous Minds		85
39	1997	The Practice	Roland Mapp	77
40	1997	The Tony Danza Show	Ernesto	40
41	1998	Jesse	Pedro Vasquez	61
42	1998	V.I.P.	Luis Montez	52
43	1999	Judging Amy	Clyde Tate	75
44	2000	Bull		68
45	2000	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Frank Mejia	76
46	2001	According to Jim	Tony	65
47	2003	Kingpin		63
48	2005	Grey's Anatomy	Alan Griswold	82
49	2006	Four Kings	Mr. Hernandez	40
50	2008	Raising the Bar		69
51	2011	Franklin & Bash	Judge Maurice Vincent	73