Mimmo Palmara
Mimmo Palmara | |
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 Palmara in For One Thousand Dollars Per Day (1966) | |
| Born | Domenico Palmara 25 July 1928 |
| Died | 10 June 2016 (aged 87) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1952-1978 |
Domenico "Mimmo" Palmara (25 July 1928 – 10 June 2016)[1] was an Italian actor.
Biography
Born in Cagliari, Palmara made his film debut in 1952 as character actor in drama films by eminent directors such as Luchino Visconti, Mario Monicelli and Antonio Pietrangeli,[2] then obtained main roles in a great number of genre films, especially adventure films and peplum films.[2] When the sword and sandals genre declined, he took part at a number of Spaghetti Westerns in which he is usually credited as Dick Palmer.[2] A close friend of Sergio Leone, he was the Leone's first choice for the role of Ramon in A Fistful of Dollars; Palmara eventually chose to star in Mario Caiano's Bullets Don't Argue and the role of Ramon was played by Gian Maria Volonté.[3][4]
Selected filmography
- Inganno (1952) - Un uomo in canottiera
- The Queen of Sheba (1952) - Ally of Sheba
- Sins of Rome (1953) - Gladiator (uncredited)
- Empty Eyes (1953) - Marcella's Fiancé (uncredited)
- Senso (1954) - Un soldato (uncredited)
- Attila (1954) - Lottatore
- The River Girl (1954)
- Proibito (1955)
- War and Peace (1956) - French Officer (uncredited)
- Roland the Mighty (1956) - Argalia
- Terrore sulla città (1957)
- White Nights (1957) - L'uomo che gioca a carte con la prostituta (uncredited)
- Serenata a Maria (1957) - Beppe Franchini, the truckdriver
- Marisa la civetta (1957) - Sailor (uncredited)
- Hercules (1958) - Iphitus, Son of Pelias
- Hercules Unchained (1959) - Polinices
- Sheba and the Gladiator (1959) - Lator
- Caterina Sforza, la leonessa di Romagna (1959)
- The Last Days of Pompeii (1959) - Gallinus, a Praetorian Guard
- Gastone (1960) - Manager
- Goliath Against the Giants (1961) - (uncredited)
- The Colossus of Rhodes (1961) - Ares
- Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis (1961) - Astor, il Gran Visir
- The Trojan Horse (1961) - Ajax
- Tharus Son of Attila (1962) - Gudrum
- Appuntamento in riviera (1962) - De Marchi
- Sodom and Gomorrah (1962) - Arno
- Slave Girls of Sheba (1963) - Hibrahim / Jaspar
- Goliath and the Sins of Babylon (1963) - Alceas
- Goliath and the Rebel Slave (1963) - Artafernes
- Hercules and the Masked Rider (1963) - Don Juan
- The Ten Gladiators (1963) - Tigelinus
- Sandokan the Great (1963)
- Temple of the White Elephant (1964) - Parvati Sandok
- Hercules Against Rome (1964) - Lucio Traiano
- The Two Gladiators (1964) - Commodo
- Pirates of Malaysia (1964) - Tremal-Naïk
- Bullets Don't Argue (1964) - Santero
- 3 Avengers (1964) - False Ursus
- Three Swords for Rome (1964) - Maximo
- Kindar the Invulnerable (1965) - Seymuth
- Serenade for Two Spies (1965) - Cormoran
- For One Thousand Dollars Per Day (1966) - Steve Benson
- Two Sons of Ringo (1966) - Sceriffo
- Argoman the Fantastic Superman (1967) - Kurt, Main Henchman of Jenabel
- Poker with Pistols (1967) - Master
- Left Handed Johnny West (1967) - Jonny West
- The Handsome, the Ugly, and the Stupid (1967) - Il bello
- The Stranger (1967) - Masson
- Vengeance Is My Forgiveness (1968) - Jack Owen
- Una forca per un bastardo (1968) - Sheriff Allan Phillip
- A Long Ride from Hell (1968) - Sheriff Max Freeman
- Psychopath (1968) - Maurice
- L'Odissea (1968, TV Mini-Series) - Achille
- Execution (1968) - Clips
- Trusting Is Good... Shooting Is Better (1968) - Frank Richards
- The Son of Black Eagle (1968) - Alexej Andrejevich
- Black Jack (1968) - Indian Joe
- Time and Place for Killing (1968) - Manuel Trianas
- Indovina chi viene a merenda? (1969) - Comandante Tiger
- Ms. Stiletto (1969) - Baron Eric von Nutter
- Franco, Ciccio e il pirata Barbanera (1969) - Il Pirata Flint
- Rangers: attacco ora X (1970) - Captain Cabot
- Le Voyou (1970)
- The Tigers of Mompracem (1970) - Man Saved from Crocodiles
- The Deserter (1971) - Apache Chief Mangus Durango
- Una pistola per cento croci (1971) - Luis / Louis / Frank Damon
- He Was Called Holy Ghost (1971) - Indian Sheriff
- Panhandle 38 (1972) - Sheriff Jones
- The Arena (1974) - Rufinius
- Catene (1974) - Giovanni
- Violent City (1975) - De Julis
- That Malicious Age (1975) - Waterloo
- Natale in casa d'appuntamento (1976) - Alberto
- Convoy Busters (1978) - Corchi
- Sicilian Connection (1987) - Dr. De Majo
- 28° minuto (1991) - Police commissioner
- A Cold, Cold Winter (1996) - Leo (final film role)
References
- ^ RIP Dick Palmer (Domenico Palmara)
- ^ a b c Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli attori. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402697.
- ^ Marco Giusti. Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori, 2007. ISBN 8804572779.
- ^ Alex Cox. 10,000 Ways to Die: A Director's Take on the Spaghetti Western. Oldcastle Books Ltd, 2010. ISBN 1842434020.
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