Renzo Montagnani
Acting
Born: 1930-09-11 in Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy
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
The Soldier with Great Maneuvers
Colonel Fiaschetta
Fiorina the Cow
Compare Menico
My Father's Private Secretary
Armando Ponziani
Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù?
Bepi, il contadino
The Private Lesson
Zio Giulio
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
Farès
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Voce del tonno
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Tonno (voice, uncredited)
I promessi sposi
Don Ferrante
The Assassination of Matteotti
Umberto Tancredi
Origins of the Mafia
Antonio Mastrangelo
My Friends Act III
Guido Necchi
The Libertine
Fabrizio
I Carabbinieri
Generale Nencini
I Carabbinieri
Général Nencini
The Nurse on a Military Tour
Colonnello Narciso Fiaschetta
When Women Had Tails
Maluc
Lovers and Liars
Omero
Ladies' Doctor
Franco Giovanardi
Una bella governante di colore
Nicola Sallusti
The Wife on Vacation... The Lover in Town
Andrea Damiani
Scandal in the Family
Carlo
Man Only Cries for Love
Luigi
College Girl on Vacation
Massimo Castaldi
The Family Vice
Giacomo
Massacre in Rome
Police Chief "Questore" Pietro Caruso
School Teacher in College
Riccardo Bolzoni
The Adventures of Pinocchio
voce del tonno
Valentina... The Virgin Wife
Federico Arrighini
Where Can You Go Without the Little Vice?
Diogene Colombo
Give Me Five
Libero Battaglini
Bankers Also Have Souls
L'émir Fayçal de Krator
School Teacher in the House
Ferdinando Bonci Marinotti
My Friends Act II
Necchi
Riavanti… Marsch!
Pietro Bianchi
Il mulino del Po
Il beffa
Teo
My Wife Goes Back to School
Aristide Buratti
Rimini, Rimini: A Year Later
Luciano Ambrosi
A Policewoman in New York
Maccarone