Mimmo Palmara

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 (1955)
 * 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)