Mimmo Palmara
Mimmo Palmara (actually Domenico Palmara ; born July 25, 1928 in Cagliari , † June 10, 2016 in Rome ) was an Italian actor and voice actor .
Life
Palmara attended the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica "Silvio D'Amico" in Rome. From 1952 he was seen in small roles in major films in which he was able to work under Luchino Visconti , Antonio Pietrangeli , Mario Soldati , Mario Monicelli and King Vidor . Mainly through the engagements with Pietro Francisci , Palmara succeeded in becoming a sought-after actor in sandal films, to which his athletic physique and his good masculine appearance contributed. (In The Incredible Adventures of Hercules he was engaged as a stunt double for leading actor Steve Reeves in addition to his own role and therefore has to wrestle with himself in a film scene.) He was also in adventure films of the late 1950s and the following decade, which were set at other times indispensable. The transition to the spaghetti western , in which he switched back and forth between the role of the hero and that of the villain, he often made under the pseudonym Dick Palmer .
Engagements that escaped these role definitions were rare, so he was able to show his comedic talent in some comedies (including with Franco & Ciccio ) and worked again in 1967 as "Masson" in Der Fremde with Visconti. After 1972 he was rarely seen on screen; Also on television (in which he made his debut in 1956 under Anton Giulio Majano ) roles such as in a series of Uno di noi were the exception.
Instead, Palmara concentrated on dubbing; In 1967 he had already founded his own company, "SINC Cinematografica", before at "ARS". He was active as a speaker and also as a director.
At the beginning of the 1950s, Palmara also played in the Italian rugby championship.
Filmography (selection)
- 1952: Women's police on night duty (Inganno)
- 1958: The Incredible Adventures of Hercules (Le fatiche di Ercole)
- 1959: Hercules and the Queen of the Amazons (Ercole e la regina di Lidia)
- 1959: The last days of Pompeii (Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei)
- 1961: The Colossus of Rhodes (Il colosso di Rodi)
- 1961: The battle for Troy (La guerra di Troia)
- 1961: Hercules conquers Atlantis (Ercole alla conquista di Atlantide)
- 1961: The wanderings of Hercules (Goliath contro i giganti)
- 1962: Tharus, son of Attila (Tahrus figlio di Attila)
- 1963: Don Ramiro gambled away (Golia e il cavaliere mascherato)
- 1963: In the Temple of the White Elephant (Sandok, il Maciste della giungla)
- 1963: The strongest under the sun (Maciste l'eroe più grande del mondo)
- 1963: The Tiger of Sardis (Goliath e la schiava ribelle)
- 1964: The secret of the red flower (Kindar l'invulnerabile)
- 1964: Emperor of Gladiators (I due gladiatori)
- 1964: The last two of the Rio Bravo (Le pistole non discutono)
- 1964: The Pack of the Damned (I pirati della Malesia)
- 1964: The Invincible Three (Gli invincibili tre)
- 1965: Jonny West and the daring 3 (Johnny West il mancino)
- 1965: For $ 1,000 a day (Per mille dollari al giorno)
- 1965: Serenade for two spies
- 1966: I due figli di Ringo
- 1967: Il bello, il brutto, il cretino
- 1967: Django - his last greeting (La vendetta è il mio perdono)
- 1967: Poker with Pistols (Un poker di pistole)
- 1967: The son of the "Black Eagle" (Il figlio di Aquila Nera)
- 1967: The Stranger (Lo straniero)
- 1968: On your knees, Django (Black Jack)
- 1968: Django - The Bible is not a card game (Execution)
- 1968: Django, where is your coffin? (T'ammazzo! ... Raccomandati a Dio)
- 1968: Invitation to dance of death (… E venne il tempo di uccidere)
- 1968: I am an escaped chain convict (Vivo per la tua morte)
- 1968: A ball for the bastard (Una forca per un bastardo)
- 1969: Isabella - With a bare chest and a pointed sword (Isabella duchessa dei diavoli)
- 1970: The Hellhounds (La spina dorsale del diavolo)
- 1971: Frying pan caliber 38 (… e alla fine lo chiamarono Jerusalem l'implacabile)
- 1971: Django, a pistol for a hundred crosses (Una pistola per cento croci)
- 1971: … E lo chiamarono Spirito Santo
- 1978: Convoy Busters (Un poliziotto scomodo)
- 1996: Un inverno freddo freddo
Web links
- Mimmo Palmara in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Synchronized work by Palmara at Il Mondo dei Dopiatori
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christian Keßler : Little luck in the shade of the elm. The Italian sandal film, in: Splatting Image , No. 36, December 1998
- ^ Roberto Poppi, article Mimmo Palmara , in: Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Rom, Gremese 1998, p. 369
- ↑ Storia delle Rugby in Roma ( Memento of November 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Palmara, Mimmo |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Palmara, Domenico (real name); Palmer, Dick |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian actor and voice actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 25, 1928 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Cagliari |
DATE OF DEATH | June 10, 2016 |
Place of death | Rome |