Renzo Montagnani

Biography

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.

Known For

My Father's Private Secretary

The Soldier with Great Maneuvers

My Friends Act III

I promessi sposi

The Nurse on a Military Tour

Origins of the Mafia

The Adventures of Pinocchio

The Adventures of Pinocchio

All Movies (86)

• Teo1997
• Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair1990 · as Captain De Rosa
• Rimini, Rimini: A Year Later1988 · as Luciano Ambrosi
• The Big Fox1988 · as Raffaele Voltore
• My Friends Act III1985 · as Guido Necchi
• Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio1983 · as cavalier Aldrovandi (episodio "Il mago")
• A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Street Bandit1983 · as ufficiale della Digos
• Same Sea, Same Beach1983 · as Il Trivella
• State buoni se potete1983 · as The devil
• My Friends Act II1982 · as Necchi
• Bankers Also Have Souls1982 · as L'émir Fayçal de Krator
• Pierino the Pest to the Rescue1982 · as Pier Maria Delle Vedove
• Giocare d'azzardo1982 · as Riccardo
• The Doctor Prefers Sailors1981 · as aspirante suicida
• A Policewoman in New York1981 · as Maccarone
• I carabbimatti1981 · as matto
• I carabbimatti1981 · as Dallas (uncredited)
• Cream, Chocolate and... Paprika1981 · as Osvaldo Bonifazi
• My Wife Goes Back to School1981 · as Aristide Buratti
• Il marito in vacanza1981 · as Antonio Esposito, presidente del S.I.A.M/arcivescovo Peppino
• Per favore, occupati di Amelia1981 · as Marcello
• I Carabbinieri1981 · as Generale Nencini
• I Carabbinieri1981 · as Général Nencini
• There is a Ghost in My Bed1981 · as Archibald Trenton
• L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...1981 · as Gratta
• L'amante tutta da scoprire1981 · as Arturo Bonafé
• Perché non facciamo l'amore1981 · as Dr. Bernardino Livi
• College Girl on Vacation1980 · as Massimo Castaldi
• Il casinista1980 · as Enrico Marcullo
• Lend Me Your Wife1980 · as Mario Bonotto
• The Wife on Vacation... The Lover in Town1980 · as Andrea Damiani
• Give Me Five1980 · as Libero Battaglini
• A Wife, Two Friends, Four Lovers1980 · as Luigi Frontoni
• La giacca verde1979 · as Romualdi
• Riavanti… Marsch!1979 · as Pietro Bianchi
• I'm a Zombie, You're a Zombie, She's a Zombie1979 · as Becchino
• Scusi, lei è normale?1979 · as Gustavo Sparvieri
• La vedova del Trullo1979 · as Nicola Granini
• Il corpo della ragassa1979 · as Pasquale Aguzzi
• Where Can You Go Without the Little Vice?1979 · as Diogene Colombo
• School Teacher Dances... with Her Class1979 · as Prof. Martorelli
• Lovers and Liars1979 · as Omero
• The Soldier with Great Maneuvers1978 · as Colonel Fiaschetta
• School Teacher in the House1978 · as Ferdinando Bonci Marinotti
• School Teacher in College1978 · as Riccardo Bolzoni
• Ladies' Doctor1977 · as Franco Giovanardi
• The Nurse on a Military Tour1977 · as Colonnello Narciso Fiaschetta
• L'appuntamento1977 · as Adelmo Bartalesi
• Dove volano i corvi d'argento1977 · as Maineddu
• My Father's Private Secretary1976 · as Armando Ponziani
• Sex Diary1976 · as Luca Reali
• Peccatori di provincia1976 · as Sindaco
• That Movement Which I Love So Much1976 · as Il 'marchese' Cecco Ottobuoni
• Una bella governante di colore1976 · as Nicola Sallusti
• Donna... cosa si fa per te1976
• The Private Lesson1975 · as Zio Giulio
• Intimate Relations1975 · as Accountant
• The Family Vice1975 · as Giacomo
• Valentina... The Virgin Wife1975 · as Federico Arrighini
• Scandal in the Family1975 · as Carlo
• Cassiodorus Is the Hardest Praetorian1975 · as Cassiodoro
• The Prey1974
• The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob1973 · as Farès
• Massacre in Rome1973 · as Police Chief "Questore" Pietro Caruso
• The Assassination of Matteotti1973 · as Umberto Tancredi
• Number One1973 · as Poliziotto
• The Mighty Anselmo and His Squire1972 · as Ottone
• The Adventures of Pinocchio1972 · as voce del tonno
• The Weapon, the Hour, the Motive1972 · as Inspector Boito
• Fiorina the Cow1972 · as Compare Menico
• Jus primae noctis1972 · as Gandolfo
• The Union1972 · as Luigi Tamperletti
• Oplà, noi viviamo1972 · as Albert Kroll
• When Women Lost Their Tails1972 · as Maluc
• Una cavalla tutta nuda1972 · as Gulfardo de Bardi
• Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù?1971 · as Bepi, il contadino
• Documents on Giuseppe Pinelli1970 · as Self / Reenactor (uncredited)
• When Women Had Tails1970 · as Maluc
• Ipotesi sulla morte di G. Pinelli1970 · as Self
• The Libertine1968 · as Fabrizio
• Faustina1968 · as Quirino
• Man Only Cries for Love1968 · as Luigi
• The Seven Cervi Brothers1968 · as Ferdinando Cervi
• Viaggio di nozze all'italiana1966 · as Nicola
• Dal sabato al lunedì1963 · as doganiere
• Dreams Die at Dawn1961 · as Sergio

All TV Shows (9)

• I promessi sposi1989 · as Don Ferrante
• Investigatori d'Italia1987 · as Le professeur Gustavo Boato
• Origins of the Mafia1976 · as Antonio Mastrangelo
• War at the Peace Table1975 · as Joseph Stalin
• The Adventures of Pinocchio1972 · as Voce del tonno
• The Adventures of Pinocchio1972 · as Tonno (voice, uncredited)
• Come un uragano1971 · as Bill Grant
• Vita di Dante1965 · as Lapo Gianni
• Il mulino del Po1963 · as Il beffa