Mimmo Palmara

Domenico "Mimmo" Palmara (25 July 1928 – 10 June 2016)^[1] was an Italian actor.

Mimmo Palmara
Palmara in For One Thousand Dollars Per Day (1966)
Born	Domenico Palmara (1928-07-25)25 July 1928 Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
Died	10 June 2016(2016-06-10) (aged 87) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1952–1996

Biography

Born in Cagliari, Palmara made his film debut in 1952 as a character actor in drama films by eminent directors such as Luchino Visconti, Mario Monicelli and Antonio Pietrangeli,^[2] then obtained main roles in a great number of genre films, especially adventure films and peplum films.^[2] When the sword and sandals genre declined, he took part at a number of Spaghetti Westerns in which he is usually credited as Dick Palmer.^[2] A close friend of Sergio Leone, he was Leone's first choice for the role of Ramon in A Fistful of Dollars; Palmara eventually chose to star in Mario Caiano's Bullets Don't Argue and the role of Ramon was played by Gian Maria Volonté.^[3][4]

Selected filmography

• Deceit (1952) - Un uomo in canottiera
• The Queen of Sheba (1952) - Ally of Sheba
• Sins of Rome (1953) - Gladiator (uncredited)
• Empty Eyes (1953) - Marcella's Fiancé (uncredited)
• Senso (1954) - Un soldato (uncredited)
• Attila (1954) - Lottatore
• The River Girl (1954)
• Proibito (1955)
• War and Peace (1956) - French Officer (uncredited)
• Roland the Mighty (1956) - Argalia
• Terrore sulla città (1957)
• White Nights (1957) - L'uomo che gioca a carte con la prostituta (uncredited)
• Serenata a Maria (1957) - Beppe Franchini, the truckdriver
• Marisa la civetta (1957) - Sailor (uncredited)
• Hercules (1958) - Iphitus, Son of Pelias
• Hercules Unchained (1959) - Polinices
• Sheba and the Gladiator (1959) - Lator
• Caterina Sforza, la leonessa di Romagna (1959)
• The Last Days of Pompeii (1959) - Gallinus, a Praetorian Guard
• Gastone (1960) - Manager
• Goliath Against the Giants (1961) - (uncredited)
• The Colossus of Rhodes (1961) - Ares
• Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis (1961) - Astor, il Gran Visir
• The Trojan Horse (1961) - Ajax
• Tharus Son of Attila (1962) - Gudrum
• Appuntamento in riviera (1962) - De Marchi
• Sodom and Gomorrah (1962) - Arno
• Slave Girls of Sheba (1963) - Hibrahim / Jaspar
• Goliath and the Sins of Babylon (1963) - Alceas
• Goliath and the Rebel Slave (1963) - Artafernes
• Hercules and the Masked Rider (1963) - Don Juan
• The Ten Gladiators (1963) - Tigelinus
• Sandokan the Great (1963)
• Temple of the White Elephant (1964) - Parvati Sandok
• Hercules Against Rome (1964) - Lucio Traiano
• The Two Gladiators (1964) - Commodo
• Pirates of Malaysia (1964) - Tremal-Naïk
• Bullets Don't Argue (1964) - Santero
• 3 Avengers (1964) - False Ursus
• Three Swords for Rome (1964) - Maximo
• Kindar the Invulnerable (1965) - Seymuth
• Serenade for Two Spies (1965) - Cormoran
• For One Thousand Dollars Per Day (1966) - Steve Benson
• Two Sons of Ringo (1966) - Sceriffo
• Argoman the Fantastic Superman (1967) - Kurt, Main Henchman of Jenabel
• Poker with Pistols (1967) - Master
• Left Handed Johnny West (1967) - Jonny West
• The Handsome, the Ugly, and the Stupid (1967) - Il bello
• The Stranger (1967) - Masson
• Vengeance Is My Forgiveness (1968) - Jack Owen
• Una forca per un bastardo (1968) - Sheriff Allan Phillip
• A Long Ride from Hell (1968) - Sheriff Max Freeman
• Psychopath (1968) - Maurice
• L'Odissea (1968, TV Mini-Series) - Achille
• Execution (1968) - Clips
• Trusting Is Good... Shooting Is Better (1968) - Frank Richards
• The Son of Black Eagle (1968) - Alexej Andrejevich
• Black Jack (1968) - Indian Joe
• Time and Place for Killing (1968) - Manuel Trianas
• Indovina chi viene a merenda? (1969) - Comandante Tiger
• Ms. Stiletto (1969) - Baron Eric von Nutter
• Franco, Ciccio e il pirata Barbanera (1969) - Il Pirata Flint
• Rangers: attacco ora X (1970) - Captain Cabot
• Le Voyou (1970)
• The Tigers of Mompracem (1970) - Man Saved from Crocodiles
• The Deserter (1971) - Apache Chief Mangus Durango
• Una pistola per cento croci (1971) - Luis / Louis / Frank Damon
• He Was Called Holy Ghost (1971) - Indian Sheriff
• Panhandle 38 (1972) - Sheriff Jones
• The Arena (1974) - Rufinius
• Catene (1974) - Giovanni
• Violent City (1975) - De Julis
• That Malicious Age (1975) - Waterloo
• Natale in casa d'appuntamento (1976) - Alberto
• Convoy Busters (1978) - Corchi
• Sicilian Connection (1987) - Dr. De Majo
• 28° minuto (1991) - Police commissioner
• A Cold, Cold Winter (1996) - Leo (final film role)

References

1. "RIP Dick Palmer (Domenico Palmara)". Archived from the original on 2016-10-25. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
2. Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli attori. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402697.
3. Marco Giusti (2007). Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori, 2007. ISBN 978-8804572770.
4. Alex Cox (September 2009). 10,000 Ways to Die: A Director's Take on the Spaghetti Western. Oldcastle Books Ltd, 2010. ISBN 978-1842434024.

External links

• Mimmo Palmara at IMDb
• Obituary