Reni Santoni
Known For
Acting
Born
1939-04-21 in New York City, New York, USA
Died
2020-08-01
Biography
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.
Most Known For
Grey's Anatomy
as Alan Griswold
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Frank Mejia
Seinfeld
as Poppie
Murder, She Wrote
as Lt. Caceras
Murder, She Wrote
as Juan Ramos
Miami Vice
as Lt. Arturo Dominguez
Quantum Leap
as Sgt. Lopez
The Practice
as Roland Mapp
The Rockford Files
as Perry
According to Jim
as Tony
Hawaii Five-O
as Jimmy Rego
Charlie's Angels
as Holder
Hill Street Blues
Hill Street Blues
as Danny Santana
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Don Carlos del Vega Garcia
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
Renegade
as Juan Carlos Prieto
Moonlighting
as Señor Arredondo
Love, American Style
The Odd Couple
as Ernie