Reni Santoni
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.
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Birthday: April 21, 1939
Deathday: August 01, 2020
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Dirty Harry
1971-12-23
Dirty Harry
Overview: When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement – is tasked with hunting down the psychopath.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-12-23
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28 Days
2000-04-06
28 Days
Overview: After getting into a car accident while drunk on the day of her sister's wedding, Gwen Cummings is given a choice between prison or a rehab center. She chooses rehab, but is extremely resistant to taking part in any of the treatment programs they have to offer, refusing to admit that she has an alcohol addiction.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-04-06
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The Late Shift
1996-02-24
The Late Shift
Overview: David Letterman vies with Jay Leno and his manager to succeed Johnny Carson, retiring from "The Tonight Show."
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-02-24
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The Package
1989-01-25
The Package
Overview: Experienced Green Beret sergeant Johnny Gallagher is escorting a prisoner, Airborne Ranger Thomas Boyette, back to the US, but Boyette escapes and Gallagher must risk life and limb to catch him.
Genres: Crime Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-25
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982-05-21
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Overview: Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist working on a secret recipe. To prove it was murder, she enlists the services of private eye Rigby Reardon. He finds a slip of paper containing a list of people who are 'The Friends and Enemies of Carlotta'.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-05-21
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Guns of the Magnificent Seven
1969-07-14
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
Overview: In this third remake of legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa's hugely influential The Seven Samurai, the seven gunslingers (George Kennedy, Michael Ansara, Joe Don Baker, Bernie Casey, Monte Markham, Fernando Rey and Reni Santoni) liberate Mexican political prisoners, train them as fighters and assist them in a desperate attack on a Mexican fortress in an attempt to free a revolutionary leader.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-07-14
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Cobra
1986-01-01
Cobra
Overview: A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far reaching plans.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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Bad Boys
1983-03-25
Bad Boys
Overview: Mick O'Brien is a young Chicago street thug torn between a life of petty crime and the love of his girlfriend. But when the heist of a local drug dealer goes tragically wrong Mick is sentenced to a brutal juvenile prison where violence is a rite of passage and respect is measured in vengeance.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-03-25
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Anzio
1968-07-24
Anzio
Overview: American troops land unopposed on Italian beaches during World War II, but instead of pushing on to Rome, they dig in and the Germans fight back ferociously.
Genres: War Action Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-07-24
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Enter Laughing
1967-02-25
Enter Laughing
Overview: A machinist's apprentice in Depression-era New York, David dreams of becoming the new Ronald Colman. Defying the wishes of his parents, David lands a nonpaying job in a seedy theatrical production directed by broken-down ham Marlowe.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-02-25
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I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
1977-07-14
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Overview: A disturbed and institutionalized 16-year-old girl struggles between fantasy and reality.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-07-14
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Radioactive Dreams
1986-09-19
Radioactive Dreams
Overview: After an atomic war Phillip Hammer and Marlowe Chandler have spent 15 years on their own in an bunker, stuffed with junk from the 40s and old detective novels. Now, 19 years old, they leave their shelter to find a world full of mutants, freaks and cannibals. They become famous detectives in the struggle for the two keys that could fire the last nuclear weapon.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-09-19
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Manimal
1983-09-30
Manimal
Overview: Jonathan Chase is a British college professor at New York University who has the unusual ability to transform into any kind of animal he wants. He decides to use his power to assist the New York Police Department in solving unusual crimes, and in this series pilot, he teams up with cute cop Brooke and war buddy Ty to stop some terrorists from stealing a supply of toxic gas.
Genres: Fantasy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-09-30
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Only You
1992-01-01
Only You
Overview: Dumped by his fiancée, Clifford Godfrey goes on vacation anyway where he ends up torn between a sober party girl and his travel agent.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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Summer Rental
1985-08-09
Summer Rental
Overview: Jack Chester, an overworked air traffic controller, takes his family on vacation to the beach. Things immediately start to go wrong for the Chesters, and steadily get worse. Jack ends up in a feud with a local yachtsman, and has to race him to regain his pride and family's respect.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-08-09
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The Student Nurses
1970-12-02
The Student Nurses
Overview: Follows the lives of a group of young nurses in Los Angeles, including a nurse who joins a band of revolutionaries, and one who finds herself succumbing to drugs.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-12-02
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They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
1978-12-01
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
Overview: Dewey and Wallace are small-town lawmen who are ordered by the governor to go undercover as prison inmates to find out where a gang of thieves have hidden their loot. While they're undercover, however, the governor dies, and because no one else knows about the ruse Dewey and Wallace are stranded in prison.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-01
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Brewster's Millions
1985-05-22
Brewster's Millions
Overview: Brewster, an aging minor-league baseball player, stands to inherit 300 million dollars if he can successfully spend 30 million dollars in 30 days without anything to show for it, and without telling anyone what he's up to... A task that's a lot harder than it sounds!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-05-22
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Cat Chaser
1989-09-13
Cat Chaser
Overview: A Miami hotel owner finds danger when he becomes romantically involved with the wife of a deposed general from the Dominican Republic where he fought many years back.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-13
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A Great Big Thing
1968-06-23
A Great Big Thing
Overview: A 23-year-old Canadian wanders aimlessly throughout his wasted life.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-06-23
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Rain Man
1988-12-12
Rain Man
Overview: When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father's $3 million fortune is being left to the mental institution in which Raymond lives. Motivated by his father's money, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility in order to return with him to Los Angeles. The brothers' cross-country trip ends up changing both their lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-12
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Groundhog Day
1993-02-11
Groundhog Day
Overview: A narcissistic TV weatherman, along with his attractive-but-distant producer, and his mawkish cameraman, is sent to report on Groundhog Day in the small town of Punxsutawney, where he finds himself repeating the same day over and over.
Genres: Romance Fantasy Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-02-11
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Dr. Dolittle 2
2001-06-22
Dr. Dolittle 2
Overview: A group of beavers ask Dr. Dolittle to save their habitat from loggers. The only hope is to get the forest preserved because it's the home of a protected bear, but there's a problem: the bear's the only bear in the forest, so she can't reproduce. Undaunted, Dolittle persuades a circus bear to help out, but he has to teach him not just the ways of the wild, but the wiles of lady bears too.
Genres: Comedy Family Romance Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-06-22
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The Brady Bunch Movie
1995-02-16
The Brady Bunch Movie
Overview: The original '70s TV family is now placed in the 1990s, where they're even more square and out of place than ever.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-02-16
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No Greater Gift
1985-09-11
No Greater Gift
Overview: Two terminally ill boys strike up a friendship in a hospital ward. One of the boys decides to make the ultimate sacrifice to the other so he can have a chance at life.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-09-11
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Private Parts
1997-03-07
Private Parts
Overview: The life and career of shock-jock superstar Howard Stern is recounted from his humble beginnings to his view from the top. Possessing a desire to be an on-air personality since childhood, Stern meanders through the radio world, always with his supportive wife, Alison, by his side. Landing a gig in Washington, D.C., Stern meets Robin Quivers, who will become his long-time partner in crime. When the two move to New York, they face the wrath of NBC executives.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-03-07
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Second Serve
1986-01-01
Second Serve
Overview: Fact-based story about tennis pro Renee Richards, whose player status was challenged in 1976 when it was revealed that she was a trans woman. Flashback to 1964 before she was out as trans, a successful New York doctor with a great lifestyle, a flashy girl friend, and a secret life. Her psychiatrist mother refuses to deal with her and sends her to a colleague who diagnoses with a psychotic gender confusion, which he says can be unlearned. After a failed marriage and parenthood, she comes out as trans, with a new life in California.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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Powderkeg
1971-04-16
Powderkeg
Overview: A Mexican bandit is about to be executed in the United States, so his brother takes over a train and holds the passengers as hostages unless his brother is released. Now both the Americans and Mexicans are baffled as to what to do. One of the passengers — who wrote the letter for their captor — has a suggestion: call mercenaries Hank Brackett and Johnny Reech. They do, and as expected they do come up with a plan, but the president of the railroad is not sure if it will work.
Genres: Action Adventure Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-04-16
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The Pick-up Artist
1987-09-18
The Pick-up Artist
Overview: A womanizer meets his match when he falls for the daughter of a gambling addict who is in debt to the mob.
Genres: Romance Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-09-18
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Indict and Convict
1974-01-06
Indict and Convict
Overview: A prosecutor must try his friend, a deputy district attorney, who has been charged with murdering his wife and her lover.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-06
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Doctor Dolittle
1998-06-26
Doctor Dolittle
Overview: A successful physician and devoted family man, John Dolittle seems to have the world by the tail, until a long suppressed talent he possessed as a child, the ability to communicate with animals is suddenly reawakened with a vengeance! Now every creature within squawking distance wants the good doctor's advice, unleashing an outrageous chain of events that turns his world upside down!
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-26
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A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
2008-07-23
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
Overview: Filmmakers, social scientists and authors take a provocative look at the moral, political and ethical themes of the Dirty Harry films.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-07-23
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The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
2008-06-03
The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
Overview: Follow Eastwood's career from television star to matinee idol to Oscar-winning director in this wide-ranging documentary.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-06-03
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The Business End: Violence in Cinema
2008-06-03
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
Overview: An unflinching look at the ongoing debate on violence in movies and its effect on the audience.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-06-03
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Gang Warz
2004-10-01
Gang Warz
Overview: L.A.'s top Latino gang leader is release from jail on a technicality, swearing to kill both the cop who put him away and the priest who testified against him.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-01
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The Pawnbroker
1965-04-20
The Pawnbroker
Overview: A Jewish pawnbroker, a victim of Nazi persecution, loses all faith in his fellow man until he realizes too late the tragedy of his actions.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-04-20
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Panic on the 5:22
1974-11-20
Panic on the 5:22
Overview: Three armed men take over a private railroad car, determined to rob and kill the passengers.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-11-20
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Strangers in the City
1962-07-16
Strangers in the City
Overview: When their father loses his job, members of a Puerto Rican family struggle to survive in New York.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-07-16
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Late Last Night
1999-06-20
Late Last Night
Overview: After a fight with his wife, who's leaving him, Dan's day is getting worse by the minute. He calls an old friend for a night of binge drinking and intoxication. They start a cathartic ride through the city's underbelly.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-06-20
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Bright Lights, Big City
1988-04-01
Bright Lights, Big City
Overview: A disillusioned young writer living in New York City turns to drugs and drinking to block out the memories of his dead mother and estranged wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-04-01
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Tarzana
1978-01-01
Tarzana
Overview: A private detective takes on a strange case.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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