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Born Reinaldo Santoni in New York City on April 21, 1938 of French and Spanish heritage, Reni (aka Reni Sands) started his career off in entertainment as a comedy writer. He moved in front of the camera in the early 60s and was performing episodic TV drama ("East Side/West Side," "The Trials of O'Brien," "Hawk") when, out of the blue, director Carl Reiner thought enough of Santoni's talents to cast the young actor, an unknown, in his semi-autobiographical film Enter Laughing (1967).

In the make-or-break role of aspiring actor David Kolowitz, Santoni could have hit the jackpot to become a major movie star but unfortunately did not receive stand-out reviews in the still-popular film and never became a name. He played another lead in the Canadian film A Great Big Thing (1968) as a follow-up but nothing came of it. Henceforth, Santoni would be spotted in the supporting capacity in a number of film parts.

Santoni offered potent, reliable secondary turns in film playing good guys, bad guys, serious guys and amusing guys alongside such top names as Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry (1971), Steve Martin in Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982), which was again directed by Carl Reiner, Sean Penn in Bad Boys (1983) Richard Pryor in Brewster's Millions (1985), Sylvester Stallone in Cobra (1986) and Gene Hackman in The Package (1989), Howard Stern in Private Parts (1997), and, more recently, Sandra Bullock in 28 Days (2000) and Coolio in Gang Warz (2004). In contrast, he also broke into the voiceover business and provided expert characterizations wherever needed. He offered his vocal skills in Eddie Murphy's Doctor Dolittle (1998) and Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001).

His steady career employment, however, has been on the small screen. His 70s series work consisted of ably assisting such crime fighters as "Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law" and "Matt Houston. He was a regular on the short-lived TV series Manimal (1983) and played a Sanchez family member on the TV comedy Sanchez of Bel Air (1986). In addition to playing Father Joe DiMaggio on the series Midnight Caller (1988), he had guest shots on "Scarecrow & Mrs. King," "227," "Hill Street Blues," "Moonlighting," "Miami Vice," "Equal Justice," "Murder, She Wrote" and "Quantum Leap." Decades later Santoni played a recurring role as a judge on the series Murder One (1995) and received great attention for his occasional role as "Poppie" the unsanitary restaurateur on the classic comedy series Seinfeld (1989).

Into the millennium, Reni appeared as a guest on such popular TV programs as "According to Jim," "CSI," "Grey's Anatomy" and "Raising the Bar." He made his last appearance on an episode of "Franklin & Bash" in 2012. Reni died of cancer on August 1, 2020.

Briefly played professional baseball and originally planned on being a
sports journalist.

Under <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0858525/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Betty Thomas</a>&#39;s direction in <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0116835/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">The Late Shift (1996)</a> and <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0001769/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Howard Stern</a>&#39;s <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0119951/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Private Parts (1997)</a>, he portrayed
an NBC executive in both films. In <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0116835/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">The Late Shift (1996)</a>, he was an executive for NBC
West Coast television operations and, in <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0119951/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Private Parts (1997)</a>, he was an executive
for NBC&#39;s New York station.

Made his reputation as an actor in off-Broadway revues in which he specialized in portraying oddball characters. He appeared onstage in &#39;The Mad Show&#39; (from the folks behind Mad Magazine) alongside, among others, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0941506/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Jo Anne Worley</a> and <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0492089/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Linda Lavin</a>. He also wrote the off-Broadway play, &#39;Raisin&#39; Hell in the Son&#39;, which premiered in 1962.

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