Renzo Palmer
Actor
Biography
Renzo Palmer (20 December 1930 – 4 June 1988) was an Italian film, television and stage actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1957 and 1988.
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.[2] He also was a radio and television host, and a popular voice actor. He died of cancer in Milan at 58.
Filmography
Totòtruffa '62
as Baldassarre, lo sfasciaarrozze 1961
Velvet Hands
as il cardinale Zio 1979
The Family
as Uncle Nicola (old) 1987
Soldier of Fortune
as Fra' Ludovico da Rieti 1976
The Fascist
as Partigiano Taddei 1961
The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist
as Commissioner Astalli 1977
Rugantino
as Cardinale Severini 1973
He Who Hesitates Is Lost
as Cavicchioni 1960
Caltiki, the Immortal Monster
as Narrator (voice) 1959
Street Law
as Police Inspector 1974
The Big Racket
as Pietro 1976
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
as Mayor 1968
The Eroticist
as padre Lucion 1972
The Salamander
as Carabinieri Major Giorgione 1981
Massacre in Rome
as Giorgio 1973
Eagles Over London
as Sgt. Donald Mulligan 1969