
Renzo Montagnani
Renzo Montagnani (September 11, 1930 – May 22, 1997) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Montagnani was born in Alessandria, Piedmont, and debuted as theatre actor thanks to the help of Erminio Macario. His first cinema success was his dramatic role in Metello (1970), but he later switched to the commedia all'italiana with his roles in the last two chapters of the Amici miei series (1982 and 1985). In the 1980s he also participated to a TV show as Don Fumino, an easy-speaking Tuscan parish priest. Montagnani also intensively worked as dubber, dubbing actors such as Michel Piccoli, Charles Bronson and Philippe Noiret for the Italian version of movies. He was also the Italian voice of Thomas O'Malley in the 1970 Disney film The Aristocats. In his later years he participated to numerous commedia sexy all'italiana films, often pairing with Edwige Fenech, the most popular actress of the genre, and also with Alvaro Vitali as the comic sidekick. In 1959, Montagnani married Eileen Jarvis, who was a member of the Bluebell Girls. In 1963, they had one son, Daniele. Montagnani died in Rome of lung cancer on 22 May 1997 at the age of 66. He was buried in England. His son Daniele, died of cancer in 2004 and was buried alongside his father. Source: Article "Renzo Montagnani" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Films
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TV Shows
Known For
92 Credits
Teo
1997

The Adventures of Pinocchio
as Voce del tonno
1972

The Adventures of Pinocchio
as Tonno (voice, uncredited)
1972

I promessi sposi
as Don Ferrante
1989

The Private Lesson
as Zio Giulio
1975

My Friends Act III
as Guido Necchi
1985

The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
as Farès
1973

Massacre in Rome
as Police Chief "Questore" Pietro Caruso
1973

Origins of the Mafia
as Antonio Mastrangelo
1976

The Wife on Vacation... The Lover in Town
as Andrea Damiani
1980

When Women Had Tails
as Maluc
1970

The Family Vice
as Giacomo
1975