Mimmo Palmara
Acting Born Jul 25, 1928 Cagliari, Italy 24 credits
Biography
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Born in Cagliari, Palmara made his film debut in 1952 as character actor in drama films by eminent directors such as Luchino Visconti, Mario Monicelli and Antonio Pietrangeli, then obtained main roles in a great number of genre films, especially adventure films and peplum films., 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. A close friend of Sergio Leone, he was the 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 Volontè.
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Full filmography
- That Malicious Age (1975) as Spanish fisherman
- The Odyssey (1968) as Achille
- The Arena (1974) as Rufinius
- White Nights (1957) as L'Uomo Che Gioca a Carte con la Prostituta (uncredited)
- Door Into Darkness (1973) as The Neighbor
- Sodom and Gomorrah (1962) as Arno
- The Colossus of Rhodes (1961) as Ares
- The Stranger (1967) as Masson
- Odissea (1968) as Achille
- Senso (1954) as Un Soldato (uncredited)
- Hercules (1958) as Iphitus, Son of Pelias
- Hercules and the Captive Women (1961) as Astor, il Gran Visir
- Hercules Unchained (1959) as Polinice
- The Last Days of Pompeii (1959) as Gallinus, a Praetorian Guard
- The Trojan Horse (1961) as Ajax
- The Crook (1970)
- Argoman the Fantastic Superman (1967) as Kurt, Main Henchman of Jenabel
- Woman of the River (1954)
- Sign of the Gladiator (1959) as Lator
- Violent Rome (1975) as Police Commissioner De Julis (uncredited)
- Attila (1954) as Lottatore
- A Long Ride from Hell (1968) as Max Freeman
- Isabella, Duchess of the Devils (1969) as Baron Eric von Nutter
- FantastiCozzi (2016) as (archive footage)