Reni Santoni, Poppie in ‘Seinfeld’ and ‘Dirty Harry’ Actor, Dies at 81

written by his friend and TV writer-producer Tracy Newman, Santoni died on Saturday morning. He had been “sick for quite a while.”

“Those of you who knew him know how funny he was, what a terrific actor, improviser, performer, etc.,” the post read. “So brilliant. I loved him very much and will miss him terribly. Another great one is gone. I have a lot of wonderful pictures of him, and will post them over the next week. My heart goes out to his son, Nick, who has been such a comfort to Reni over that past five years or more.”

Born in New York City, Santoni built his acting career from off-Broadway theatre, starring in “The Umbrella” and “The Mad Show.” His first significant film role was an uncredited appearance in the 1964 film “The Pawnbroker,” in which he played a junkie trying to sell a radio. His first leading role was in “Enter Laughing” , in which he played a delivery boy in New York City. Other film credits include inspector Chico González in “Dirty Harry” , prison official Ramon Herrera in “Bad Boys” and detective Tony Gonzales in “Cobra” .

One of Santoni’s most notable roles was on “Seinfeld” as Poppie, an unhygienic restaurateur. He had a recurring role as one of Arthur Hill’s assistants on the final season of ABC’s “Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law” and played Daniel in “28 Days” , starring Sandra Bullock.

I gotta sit down!!!! Loved poppie!

Another Hollywood figure dies.

Oh Poppie. Thanks for the laughs :(

Npartainspecial 😭😭😭😭😭

Nooo, not Poppie 😢

Sean_McKeever WatsonSports CaseyJBortnick

A Wonderful actor! Send me him as Clints sidekick in Dirty Harry, and in Bad Boys with Sean Penn. Truly a brown brother who was a true thespian! R.I.P

had such a crush on him from Bad Boys the one w/ sean penn (i used to have a daddy complex lol) rest in peace sir🥺

He added in According to Jim👈😞😭😭 he'll be missed

No he was a legend actor and I will miss him rest in peace 😭🙏🙏 RIP

Our family loved him in Steve Martin's 'Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid': 'Don't worry. I'll take care of your pajamas.'

travistefft CompoundBoss Poppie got sloppy!

ReplayValuePod Nooooooooooo!!!!!!

Inna Lillahi wa inna Ilayhi Raji'un.

All I can think of is him not washing his hand in the restroom then rolling pizza dough for Jerry 🤮🤮🤮

Great character actor. Prayers to his loved ones.

🙏

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