'Dirty Harry' Actor Reni Santoni, Who Also Played Poppie in 'Seinfeld,' Dies at 81

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per Alexia:

Reni Santoni, the actor best known for his roles in Dirty Harry and Seinfeld's Poppie the pizza chef, has died. He was 81.

The actor died on Saturday from natural causes after several months in hospice care in Los Angeles, his friend Tracy Newman, a musician and TV writer and producer, told PEOPLE on Monday.

Santoni had over 100 movie credits listed on IMDb at the time of his death, including roles in Clint Eastwood’s Dirty Harry (1971), Eddie Murphy’s Doctor Dolittle (1998) and Sylvester Stallone’s Cobra (1986).

In Dirty Harry, Santoni played detective Chico Gonzalez, a potential partner to Eastwood’s Harry Callahan.

The actor guest-starred in four episodes of Seinfeld as Poppie, a pizza chef with a bladder control problem.

'Dirty Harry' Actor Reni Santoni, Who Also Played Poppie in 'Seinfeld,' Dies at 81

The actor died on Saturday after several months in hospice care in Los Angeles

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Santoni also played a key role as a counselor at a reform school in a classic - if little-seen - movie called "Bad Boys." (not the Will Smith version)

A young Sean Penn plays a gang member who accidentally kills a kid and is sentenced to reform school. Later, his arch-rival is sent to the same reform school - after raping Penn's girlfriend - and the two have a climatic fight at the end of the movie. a lot of young actors show up who went on to bigger roles.