Domenico "Mimmo" Palmara (25 July 1928 – 10 June 2016) was an Italian actor.
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, 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 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.
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 (1954) 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)
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