
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.
87 acting credits
Acting · 87

Grey's Anatomy
2005

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000

Seinfeld
1989

Murder, She Wrote
1984

Miami Vice
1984

Charlie's Angels
1976

Hill Street Blues
1981

The Practice
1997

Love, American Style
1969

Hawaii Five-O
1968

Judging Amy
1999

Quantum Leap
1989

The Rockford Files
1974

V.I.P.
1998

The Merv Griffin Show
1962

Renegade
1992

The F.B.I.
1965

Moonlighting
1985

Walker, Texas Ranger
1993

CHiPs
1977

Barnaby Jones
1973

The Odd Couple
1970

The Rookies
1972

Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983

Franklin & Bash
2011

Lou Grant
1977

According to Jim
2001

Murder One
1995

227
1985

Dave's World
1993

Dream On
1990

Groundhog Day
1993

Raising the Bar
2008

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971

Jesse
1998

Bull
2000

Rain Man
1988

Cobra
1986

Manimal
1983

Dirty Harry
1971

Capital News
1990

Kingpin
2003

Four Kings
2006

Doctor Dolittle
1998

Delvecchio
1976

Dangerous Minds
1996

Bad Boys
1983

Dr. Dolittle 2
2001

The Trials of O'Brien
1965
Lamp Unto My Feet
1948

The Package
1989

Brewster's Millions
1985

Murphy's Law
1988

Summer Rental
1985

The Brady Bunch Movie
1995

28 Days
2000

Private Parts
1997

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982

Guns of the Magnificent Seven
1969

The Pick-up Artist
1987

Bright Lights, Big City
1988
Joe Bash
1986

The Business End: Violence in Cinema
2008

Anzio
1968

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
1977

The Pawnbroker
1965

Cat Chaser
1989

Powderkeg
1971

The Late Shift
1996

Late Last Night
1999

Second Serve
1986

The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
2008

Radioactive Dreams
1986

The Student Nurses
1970

A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
2008

Only You
1992

Enter Laughing
1967

They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
1978

Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer
1997

Indict and Convict
1974

Gang Warz
2004
Sanchez of Bel Air
1986

Tarzana
1978

Panic on the 5:22
1974

No Greater Gift
1985

Strangers in the City
1962
A Great Big Thing
1968