Reni Santoni

Reni Santoni was an American actor.

He is perhaps best known for his role as Poppie on the television series Seinfeld, and as Chico Gonzalez in the Clint Eastwood film Dirty Harry (1971).

Santoni was a prominent figure in television for five decades with recurring roles on the series Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law, Manimal, Sanchez of Bel Air, Midnight Caller, Quantum Leap, Hudson Street, NYPD Blue, and Murder One.

He guest starred in a number of other shows including Love, American Style, The Odd Couple, Hawaii Five-O, Charlie's Angels, CHiPs, Miami Vice, Walker, Texas Ranger, The Practice, Judging Amy, Grey's Anatomy, and Franklin & Bash.

Making his big screen debut in Sidney Lumet's The Pawnbroker (1964), Santoni worked with Carl Reiner on Enter Laughing (1967) and Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982), and appeared in I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977), Summer Rental (1985), Brewster's Millions (1985), Cobra (1986), The Brady Bunch Movie (1995), Can't Hardly Wait (1998), and 28 Days (2000).

Santoni died August 1, 2020, in Los Angeles, California. He was 82.