Renzo Montagnani
Actor
- Born
- September 11, 1930 · Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy
- Died
- May 22, 1997 (age 66)
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.
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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.
Known for
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
October 17, 1973
My Friends Act II
December 22, 1982
The Adventures of Pinocchio
December 21, 1972
My Friends Act III
June 6, 1985
Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio
November 30, 1983
The Wife on Vacation... The Lover in Town
August 14, 1980
School Teacher in the House
November 28, 1978
School Teacher in College
March 1, 1978
The Soldier with Great Maneuvers
December 7, 1978
The Nurse on a Military Tour
September 2, 1977
State buoni se potete
April 1, 1983
The Assassination of Matteotti
September 13, 1973
Acting84
- 1997Teo
- 1990Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair as Captain De Rosa
- 1988Rimini, Rimini: A Year Later as Luciano Ambrosi
- 1988The Big Fox as Raffaele Voltore
- 1985My Friends Act III as Guido Necchi
- 1983Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio as cavalier Aldrovandi (episodio "Il mago")
- 1983A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Street Bandit as ufficiale della Digos
- 1983Same Sea, Same Beach as Il Trivella
- 1983State buoni se potete as The devil
- 1982