Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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...
Known For
Complete Filmography

FantastiCozzi
2016
as (archive footage)
A feature-length documentary about the life and career of Italian director Luigi Cozzi and his obsession with Science Fiction and Fantasy.

Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern
2006
as Self
The beginnings, development and decline of so-called spaghetti-western genre; with clips, interviews and opinions of producers, actors and directors. ...
Western all'italiana
2004
"Western all'italiana" is a documentary produced and broadcast by the satellite broadcaster Studio Universal in 2004, on the occasion of the broadcast...

Italian Kings Of B
2003
as Self
Documentary on Italian genre cinema.
Jesus
2000
as Satana

28° minuto
1991
as Police commissioner
Thriller inspired by the "Monster of Florence" case

The Shatterer
1987
Following the opening of a Japanese auto factory in Sicily, the head of the company is kidnapped by Sicilian mobsters. This was a co-production betwee...

Convoy Busters
1978
as Mr. Corchi
In Rome, a vagrant finds the body of a teen girl, her throat professional slashed. Police inspector Olmi uses his brutal and violent methods to follow...

Holiday Hookers
1976
as Alberto
Madame is running a high class escort (and prostitution) service. She wants to quit the business as soon as she makes enough money to make her dreams ...

Violent Rome
1975
as Police Commissioner De Julis (uncredited)
A detective sick and tired of the rampant crime and violence in his city, and constantly at odds with his superiors, is finally kicked out of the depa...

That Malicious Age
1975
as Spanish fisherman
Gardener Napoleone takes a job in a southern-Italian villa and quickly finds himself embroiled in a menage-a-trois with Paola and her mother, which so...

Chains
1974
as Giovanni
Catene is a 1974 Italian melodramatic film directed by Silvio Amadio. The film is the re-make of the 1949 top grossing film with the same title by Raf...

The Arena
1974
as Rufinius
Female gladiators fight to the death. Inspired by the story of Spartacus, follow the adventures of a bevy of slave girls who, upon finding themselves ...

Panhandle 38
1972
as Sheriff
The son of an aging gunfighter returns home with a shipment of confederate gold.

And His Name Was Holy Ghost
1971
as Indian
After gaining his freedom with the help of an old friend of his father, Spirito Santo/Holy Ghost recovers in an abandoned mine the gold fruit of a pre...

Gunman of One Hundred Crosses
1971
as Luis / Louis / Frank Damon
A grim, merciless gunfighter known as Santana protects a young woman from the murderers of her family members and at the same time pursues a revenge a...

The Tigers of Mompracem
1970
as Man Saved from Crocodiles
After the evil maharajah Varauni exterminated his whole family, the brave Sandokan decides to retreat on the island of Mompracem to meditate a terribl...

The Crook
1970
A thief known as Simon the Swiss faces up and downs in his criminal profession.

Franco, Ciccio and the Pirate Blackbeard
1969
as Il Pirata Flint
Franco and Ciccio embark on a journey to find Pirate Flint's lost treasure, hunted by the fearsome Pirate Blackbeard.

Isabella, Duchess of the Devils
1969
as Baron Eric von Nutter
An Alsacian Baron massacres the family of a French Duke, and takes his lands and his title. Isabella, the Duke's baby child, escapes the massacre, is ...

Guess Who's Coming for a Snack?
1969
as Comandante Tiger
Sicily 1943 to avoid war, Franco and Ciccio are hiding in the mountains. Two American paratroopers steal their clothes leaving him in exchange uniform...

Black Jack
1968
as Indian Joe
Black Jack Murphy is the brains in an outfit of outlaws who rob the bank at Tusca City. All goes to plan with the heist but once the loot is safely ob...

Son of Black Eagle
1968
as Alexej Andrejevich

Dead for a Dollar
1968
as Frank Richards
When the lead robber in their gang steals the money from his two companions, a cat and mouse/back and forth game plays out as the men try to get the m...

Execution
1968
as Clint Clips
Clips, a bounty killer, is after one John Coler, who has fooled him, keeping all of a loot he should have shared with him. He finally catches his prey...

Psychopath
1968
as Maurice
The hero steals the haul from the thieves, gives it back to the police but charges 10% for his services.

A Long Ride from Hell
1968
as Max Freeman
Mike Sturges and his younger brother, Roy, are sentenced to Yuma Penitentiary on a trumped-up train robbery charge. Both endure cruel treatment before...

Tequila Joe
1968
as Rock Mulligan
A young deputy tries to sober and revitalize a washed up, alcoholic sheriff to take down a pair of warring gangs of criminals in the Old West.

A Rope for a Bastard
1968
as Sheriff Alan Phillip
A sheriff saves an innocent man from the gallows and brings the guilty party to justice.

Shotgun
1968
as Jack Owen
In a small western town our hero Durango delivers his prisoner to the jailhouse and then goes to the local saloon where the lady saloon owner Joanne h...

The Stranger
1967
as Masson
Meursault is a man who feels utterly isolated from everyone and everything around him. This alienation results in sudden, inexplicable bursts of viole...

The Handsome, The Ugly, And The Stupid
1967
as Il bello
Two POWs learn of a treasure of gold hidden in a cemetery, and escape from their POW camp to look for it.

Poker with Pistols
1967
as Master
After losing everything in a poker game and finding himself indebted, Lucas agrees to deliver a wagon to the town of Chamaco for the $5000 payment. He...

Argoman the Fantastic Superman
1967
as Kurt, Main Henchman of Jenabel
Argoman is practically invincible with powers beyond the scope of mortal man. Who is Sir Reginald Hoover, he seems to know what mission Argoman is inv...

Two Sons of Ringo
1966
as Sceriffo
Another spoof from the Franco and Ciccio team in which the boys, who are running a scam pretending to be bounty hunters, are 'persuaded' to help a rea...

For One Thousand Dollars Per Day
1966
as Steve Benson
Hud's parents were murdered, their land stolen and now Hud will dish out justice to the guilty - the three Clark brothers know they are in danger but ...

Left Handed Johnny West
1965
as Johnny West
Lone gunman Johnny West and his dog, Gypsy, fall foul of twin bad men who have designs on a gold mine. After having his gun hand crushed Johnny is joi...

Serenade for Two Spies
1965
as Cormoran
An international gang of gun dealers in the USA has stolen the prototype of a laser rifle from a German laboratory. The FBI agent Cormoran is being se...

Kindar the Invulnerable
1965
as saymuth
An evil bandit kidnaps a sultan's son and raises him but finds the son has magic powers.

Three Swords for Rome
1964
as Massimo
222 AD in the Roman Empire. A teenage Emperor, Elagabalus, is technically on the throne but manipulated by a conniving mother, who is the real power.

3 Avengers
1964
as False Ursus
Ursus and his sword-wielding companions run head-on against a usurper of a throne.

The Pirates of Malaysia
1964
as Tremal-Naïk
Filmed in Singapore it tells the story of Sandokan who is a Malaysian rebel who, with a group of renegades, goes up against a British General who is t...

Bullets Don't Argue
1964
as Santero
On his own wedding day, sheriff Pat Garrett must leave and try to arrest two bank robbers.

The Two Gladiators
1964
as Commodus
The twins of the recently departed Marcus Aurelius fight it out to see who will become emperor of Rome.

Hercules Against Rome
1964
as Lucio Traiano
Hercules comes from Greece to Ravenna, Italy, because a friend from childhood days has sent for him: Hercules should help the Roman Emperor who is in ...

Temple of the White Elephant
1964
as Sandok
In British colonial India, Lt. Dick Ramsay is charged with secretly rescuing the kidnapped daughter of the British viceroy of India and her fiancée, a...

The Ten Gladiators
1963
as Tigelinus
Roccia and a band of fellow gladiators join forces with a patrician named Glaucus Valerius to replace Nero, (and his evil henchman, Tigelinus), with a...

Goliath and the Sins of Babylon
1963
as Alceas
Goliath battles for the freedom of the Babylonian people.

Hercules and the Masked Rider
1963
as Don Juan
In 16th century Spain, Don Francisco reluctantly betroths his daughter, Blanca, to the arrogant Don Ramiro in order to preserve the lands in the famil...

The Tyrant of Lydia Against the Son of Hercules
1963
as Artafernes
Italian sword & sandal thrills as the son of Hercules is pitted against an evil king and his wretched followers.

Slave Girls of Sheba
1963
as Hibrahim / Jaspar
Saracen pirates aboard the "Black Eagle" attack Christians strongholds along the coast of Spain. When they stop off in Sheba to re-supply, they also b...

Sodom and Gomorrah
1962
as Arno
Lot leads his people to a fertile valley adjacent to the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, hotbeds of vice and corruption ruled by the merciless Queen Ber...

Appuntamento in Riviera
1962
as Ingegnere De Marchi
In the study of a lawyer, two young spouses tell their story. The singer Tony manages to reach the much coveted success, and can thus marry his girlfr...

Colussus and the Huns
1962
King Bohlem, brother of the late Attila, reconquers former Hun territory. To secure this territory, he sends his son, Otto, and his nephew, Tharus, to...

The Trojan Horse
1961
as Ajax
Trojan hero Aeneas battles to save his city from the Greeks, but once Troy falls, he leads the 600 survivors to Italy and founds the city of Rome.

Hercules and the Captive Women
1961
as Astor, il Gran Visir
King Androcles of Thebes commands a ship in search of a threat to Greece, predicted by an atmospheric oracle. Hercules is part of the crew, but the st...

The Colossus of Rhodes
1961
as Ares
While on holiday in Rhodes, Athenian war hero Darios becomes involved in two different plots to overthrow the tyrannical king, one from Rhodian patrio...

Gastone
1960
as manager
During the period between world wars, vaudeville sketches were popular before film showings.Gastone is one of the characters played by the famous Etto...

The Last Days of Pompeii
1959
as Gallinus, a Praetorian Guard
Glaucus, a demobilized centurion returns home to Pompeii to find his father murdered by a gang of black-hooded Christian robbers that terrorizes the c...

Caterina Sforza, the lioness of Romagna
1959
Giovanni Medici, the future leader of the Black Bands, has a last meeting in a convent with his dying mother Caterina Sforza, listening to the re-enac...

Sign of the Gladiator
1959
as Lator
Zenobia, Queen of Palmira, revolts against Rome and defeats the Roman troops, but she makes a big mistake when she falls in love with enemy officer Ma...

Hercules Unchained
1959
as Polinice
En route to Thebes for an important diplomatic mission, Hercules drinks from a magic spring and loses his memory. He spends most of the movie in the p...

Hercules
1958
as Iphitus, Son of Pelias
In this melange of characters and events from separate mythological stories, Hercules, demigod and superman, arrives in the ancient Greek kingdom of I...

Le Notti Bianche
1957
as L'Uomo Che Gioca a Carte con la Prostituta (uncredited)
A middle-aged man meets a young woman who is waiting on a canal bridge for her lover's return.

Roland the Mighty
1956
as Argalia
In this sword-and-sandal saga set on the steppes of Asia, Roland, leader of the Paladin troops, who must proves his mettle against the dreaded Saracen...

Forbidden
1955
Don Paolo, a young parson troubled by his love for Agnese, tries to make peace in a little village in Sardinia where two families are at war.

Senso
1954
as Un Soldato (uncredited)
A troubled and neurotic Italian Countess betrays her entire country for a self-destructive love affair with an Austrian Lieutenant.

Woman of the River
1954
When peasant girl Nives is deserted by smuggler Gino Lodi, she betrays him to the police. Police officer Enzo Cinti, who loves Nives, traces her to th...

Attila
1954
as Lottatore
Attila, the leader of the barbarian Huns and called by the Romans "The Scourge of God", sweeps onto the Italian peninsula, defeating all of the armies...

Empty Eyes
1953
as Marcella's Fiancé
A young and shy girl Celestina arrives from her small home village to Rome to become a housemaid. Her inexperience and naivety causes her to change he...

The Queen of Sheba
1952
as Ally of Sheba
The Queen of Sheba falls in love with the King of Israel. The King of Israel, however, is in love with someone else.