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Renzo Montagnani
Renzo Montagnani
	Montagnani in 1972
Born	11 September 1930; Alessandria, Kingdom of Italy
Died	22 May 1997 (aged 66); Rome, Italy
Occupations	Actor; voice actor;
Years active	1961–1997
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Spouse	Eileen Jarvis (m. 1959)
Children	1

Renzo Montagnani (11 September 1930 – 22 May 1997) was an Italian actor and voice actor.^[1]

Biography

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.^[2]

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.^[3]

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.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

In 1959, Montagnani married Eileen Jarvis, who was a member of the Bluebell Girls. In 1963, they had one son, Daniele.^{[citation needed]}

Death

Montagnani died in Rome of lung cancer on 22 May 1997 at the age of 66. He was buried in England.^[4] His son Daniele, died of cancer in 2004 and was buried alongside his father.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Dreams Die at Dawn (1961) as Sergio
Dal sabato al lunedi (1962) as custom man
Honeymoon, Italian Style (1966) as Nicola
The Seven Cervi Brothers (1968) as Ferdinando Cervi
Donne, botte e bersaglieri (1968) as Luigi
Faustina (1968) as Quirino
La matriarca (1969) as Fabrizio
Metello (1970) as Poldo Salani (uncredited)
When Women Had Tails (1970) as Maluc
Tre ipotesi sulla morte di Pinelli (1970, Short)
Mazzabubù... Quante corna stanno quaggiù? (1971) as Bepi, the farmer
Una cavalla tutta nuda (1972) as Gulfardo de Bardi
Il sindacalista (1972) as Luigi Tamperletti
Jus primae noctis (1972) as Gandolfo
The Weapon, the Hour & the Motive (1972) as commissioner Franco Boito
Il prode Anselmo e il suo scudiero (1972) as Ottone
Fiorina la vacca (1972) as Compare Menico
Number One (1973) as Vinci
The Assassination of Matteotti (1973) as Umberto Tancredi
Massacre in Rome (1973) as police chief Pietro Caruso
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973) as colonel Farès
The Prey (1974) as Daniel Lester
Scandal in the Family (1975, regia di Bruno Gaburro) as Carlo
The Family Vice (1975) as Giacomo
La nuora giovane (1975) as Accountant
Private Lessons (1975) as Giulio - uncle of Alessandro
The Virgin Wife (1975) as Uncle Federico Arrighini
My Friends (1975) as Giorgio Perozzi (voice, uncredited)
Quel movimento che mi piace tanto (1976) as Il 'marquis' Cecco Ottobuoni
Il letto in piazza (1976) as Luca Reali
My Father's Private Secretary (1976) as Armando Ponziani
Donna... cosa si fa per te (1976) as Francesco 'Cecco' Balducci
Cassiodoro il più duro del pretorio (1976)
Il ginecologo della mutua (1977) as Dr. Franco Giovanardi
Peccatori di provincia (1977) as Angelo Lo Curcio / Sindaco-Mayor
L'appuntamento (1977) as Adelmo Bartalesi
The Nurse on a Military Tour (1977) as colonel Narciso Fiaschetta
When the Silver Crows Fly (1977) as Maineddu
The Schoolteacher Goes to Boys' High (1978) as Riccardo Bolzoni
Una bella governante di colore (1978) as Nicola Sallusti
The School Teacher in the House (1978) as Ferdinando Bonci Marinotti
The Soldier with Great Maneuvers (1978) as colonel Fiaschetta
Lovers and Liars (1979) as Omero
L'insegnante balla... con tutta la classe (1979) as Prof. Martorelli
Where Can You Go Without the Little Vice? (1979) as Diogene Colombo
La vedova del trullo (1979) as Nicola /Prof. Luigi Granini
Scusi, lei è normale? (1979) as Gustavo Sparvieri
Io zombo, tu zombi, lei zomba (1979) as undertaker
Riavanti... Marsch! (1979) as Lieutenant Pietro Bianchi
La giacca verde (1979, TV Movie) as Romualdi
Il corpo della ragassa (1979) as Pasquale Aguzzi
Qua la mano (1980) as Libero Battaglini
La moglie in vacanza... l'amante in città (1980) as Andrea Damiani
Prestami tua moglie (1980) as Mario Bonotto
La liceale al mare con l'amica di papà (1980) as Massimo Castaldi
Una moglie, due amici, quattro amanti (1980) as Luigi Frontoni
Il casinista (1980) as Enrico Marcullo
Tutta da scoprire (1981) as Arturo Bonafé
C'è un fantasma nel mio letto (1981) as Baron Sir Archibald Trenton
I carabbinieri (1981) as General Nencini
Per favore, occupati di Amelia (1981) as Marcello
Mia moglie torna a scuola (1981) as Aristide Buratti
Perché non facciamo l'amore? (1981) as Dr. Bernardino Livi
A Policewoman in New York (1981) as Maccarone
La dottoressa preferisce i marinai (1981) as suicide
L'assistente sociale tutto pepe (1981) as 'Gratta'
Il marito in vacanza (1981) as Prof. Esposito / Cardinal Peppino
I carabbimatti (1981) as Dallas (uncredited)
Crema, cioccolata e pa... prika (1981) as Osvaldo Bonifazi
Pierino la Peste alla riscossa (1982) as Pier Maria Delle Vedove
Bankers Also Have Souls (1982) as L'émir Fayçal de Krator
All My Friends Part 2 (1982) as Guido Necchi
Giocare d'azzardo (1982) as Riccardo
State buoni se potete (1983) as The Devil (Il diavolo)
A Joke of Destiny (1983) as captain Pautasso of the DIGOS
Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio (1983) as Aldovrandi
Stesso mare stessa spiaggia (1983) as Il Trivella
Champagne in Paradiso (1983) as Don Giovanni
Amici miei atto III (1985) as Guido Necchi
Quelli del casco (1988)
Il volpone (1988) as Raffaele Voltore
Rimini Rimini - Un anno dopo (1988) as Luciano Ambrosi ("La scelta")
Zuppa di pesce (1992)

References

^ "Renzo Montagnani's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Archived from the original on 19 February 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
^ "Renzo Montagnani". MYmovies. Archived from the original on 14 June 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
^ "Chi era Renzo Montagnani?". chi-e.com (in Italian). 29 June 2019. Archived from the original on 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
^ "È morto Renzo Montagnani, Fu uno degli 'Amici Miei'" (in Italian). ricerca.repubblica.it. 24 May 1997. Archived from the original on 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.

External links

Media related to Renzo Montagnani at Wikimedia Commons

Renzo Montagnani at IMDb

[1] "Renzo Montagnani's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Archived from the original on 19 February 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.

[2] "Renzo Montagnani". MYmovies. Archived from the original on 14 June 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.

[3] "Chi era Renzo Montagnani?". chi-e.com (in Italian). 29 June 2019. Archived from the original on 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.

[4] "È morto Renzo Montagnani, Fu uno degli 'Amici Miei'" (in Italian). ricerca.repubblica.it. 24 May 1997. Archived from the original on 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.

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