Renzo Palmer
Date of birth: 1930-12-20
Place of birth: Milano, Italy
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Lorenzo Bigatti
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.
Movie Credits
The Doctor Prefers Sailors
1981-12-01
A doctor in a hotel has a lot of problems like a man repeatedly fails to commit suicide, a pair of w
House of Cards
1968-09-16
In 1960s Paris, an American boxer stumbles upon an international fascist conspiracy that aims to cre
Un dollaro di fifa
1960-08-28
Two conmen, Alamo and Mike, find shelter in Paradise City, which is full of jokers like themselves,
The Eroticist
1972-03-16
Senator Pupis feels a strong and uncontrollable urge to grab women's bottoms, a habit than can lead
Battle of the Worlds
1961-10-30
Dr. Fred Steele (Umberto Orsini) and Eve Barnett (Maya Brent) work together at an astronomical stati
Web of Violence
1966-08-12
A journalist goes in search of his missing fiance.
Eagles Over London
1969-09-20
The British High Command finds itself in the thick of a huge dilemma when it is realized that they h
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
1968-10-23
After the end of WWII, an Italian woman receives child support payments from three former US soldier
L'avaro
1957-11-22
An adaptation of Molière's play.
The Family
1987-01-20
"The Family," an album with a velvet cover, is meant to touch the extended family of man. Formal por
Ride and Kill
1964-04-30
A small town in Arizona is oppressed by the tyranny of a powerful rancher. The owner of a farm, fed
Detective Belli
1969-09-06
A crooked detective begins investigating a situation on behalf of a friend and gets involved in murd
The Big Racket
1976-08-12
Nico Palmieri is a police inspector who battles a criminal gang terrorizing a sleepy Italian town, e
Rugantino
1973-10-25
A beautiful girl Rosina lives In Rome. Her husband is strong as a bull and jealous as Shakespeare's
The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist
1977-02-03
A vengeful criminal targets the inspector who put him away, but the inspector survives and fakes his
Street Law
1974-09-17
Carlo Antonelli, an engineer from Genoa, gets mugged and decides to take justice into his own hands.
Totòtruffa '62
1961-08-12
Antonio, a former variety actor, keeps his daughter in an excellent boarding school by organizing sm
Father Jackleg
1972-12-05
A con man inherits a gold mine. Knowing that his family are even bigger con artists than he is, he a
The Fiend
1977-01-10
A low rank journalist at Tribuna Sera newspaper receives a letter one day. His correspondence contai
He Who Hesitates Is Lost
1960-12-15
After their boss' death, two clerks eagerly await the arrival of the next one, each one of them hopi
Cross Shot
1976-12-30
A mobster kills a cop during a robbery and then finds himself pursued by the police, his gang, and t
The Fascist
1961-08-05
1944. Primo Arcovazzi is a fanatical and dim-witted Fascist Party militiaman who accepts to escort a
Summer Frenzy
1964-02-04
Seven Golden Men Strike Again
1966-02-01
The Professor and his men are captured by U.S. agents during an attempted train robbery. To avoid ja
Seven Golden Men
1965-10-21
After bungling a job in London, Albert, an international thief, masterminds a plan to rob a Geneva b
Danger: Diabolik
1968-01-24
International man of mystery Diabolik and his sensuous lover Eva Kant pull off heist after heist, al
The Salamander
1981-04-25
An Italian policeman investigates a series of murders involving people in prominent positions. Left
Goodbye & Amen
1977-12-23
As John Dannahay, a CIA agent stationed in Rome, plans the overthrow of an African government, he di
Go Gorilla Go
1975-11-13
Fabio Testi is an undercover cop doubling as the bodyguard (hence, “Gorilla”) of a cantankerous midd
Target: Girls
1963-08-05
Four former soldiers meet and reminisce about the time they were in active service: a parachutist mi
White Fang to the Rescue
1975-02-09
Set at the end of the 19th century in Canada's gold rush Klondike area, wolf-dog White Fang teams up
How to Kill a Judge
1975-02-05
A filmmaker's popular movie about a corrupt judge who is killed by the Mafia seemingly foretells the
My Dear Nephews
1974-01-01
1936. In a village in the Bassa Padana, a beautiful and shapely forty-year-old girl is aunt of some
Son of the Circus
1963-12-27
A child flees his abusive father and takes refuge with a clown.
The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen
1966-02-01
A thief falls in love with a maid and goes on the run after stealing Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa
Massacre in Rome
1973-10-04
In the Nazi occupied city of Rome, an assault on an SS brigade draws retaliation from the military g
Velvet Hands
1979-12-20
Engineer Quiller has become rich by selling his completely indestructible shop-window glass to jewel
Europa canta
1966-07-09
Little Europe, a town in the American West, is chosen as the site for a European Music Festival to b
Antonio e Cleopatra
1965-03-12
Life of Dante
1965-12-12
3-part biopic of Dante Alighieri made for Italian public television. Mixes reenacted scenes of Dante
Escapade in Florence
1962-09-30
American students, Tommy and Annette, find themselves in a heap of trouble when they accidentally di
Caravaggio
1967-10-15
A miniseries about Caravaggio's life.
Italian Engagement
1964-10-16
In this romance, a middle-aged playboy finds himself running his father's fur business after his fat
Soldier of Fortune
1976-02-19
Medieval soldier of fortune Ettore is traveling through Europe with his partners looking for a fight
Fists, Girls and Sailors
1961-11-17
Three sailors are sent to an island by their commander to steal a boat, but they are sunk by an enem
Don Giovanni
1967-05-05
Caltiki, the Immortal Monster
1959-08-07
Academic researchers are chased by a nuclear-hot specimen of ancient Mayan blob.
Vita di Cavour
1967-03-05
Con rispetto parlando
1965-08-14
Carosello spagnolo
1959-06-30