Pat Renella

Pat Renella (born 1933) is an American actor.

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1933 - American - Actor

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Of Italian descent, his motion picture debut was as an engineer in the space drama X-15 (1961) starring David McLean and Charles Bronson.

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Italian - Motion picture - X-15 - 1961 - David McLean - Charles Bronson

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Renella acted in the stage play Bullfight, which opened at the Coronet Repertory Theatre on North La Cienega in West Hollywood November 17, 1961.

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Stage - Play - West Hollywood - November 17 - 1961

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Although there is not much written about him in the Los Angeles Times of the day, he was a working actor, mostly playing small parts as gangster types and hoods.

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After playing an uncredited part as a man in the movie The Silencers (1966) starring Dean Martin and Stella Stevens, with Victor Buono, Renella had an uncredited small part in Riot on Sunset Strip (1967) starring Aldo Ray. He then played the role as Claude Sadi in Dayton's Devils (1968) starring Rory Calhoun, Leslie Nielsen, and Lainie Kazan.

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The Silencers - 1966 - Dean Martin - Stella Stevens - Victor Buono - Riot on Sunset Strip - 1967 - Aldo Ray - Dayton's Devils - 1968 - Rory Calhoun - Leslie Nielsen - Lainie Kazan

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He played Johnny Ross in Bullitt (1968) starring Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, and Jacqueline Bisset. Ross was a Mafia informant scheduled to testify in San Francisco.

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Bullitt - 1968 - Steve McQueen - Robert Vaughn - Jacqueline Bisset - Mafia - San Francisco

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His guest spots on TV include Route 66, Combat!, Mannix, The High Chaparral, McCloud, The Rockford Files, The Streets of San Francisco, Hunter, The Dukes of Hazzard, and the soap opera General Hospital.

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TV - Route 66 - Combat! - Mannix - The High Chaparral - McCloud - The Rockford Files - The Streets of San Francisco - Hunter - The Dukes of Hazzard - Soap opera - General Hospital

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One year when he attended the Academy Awards, he went over to Ginger Rogers at a party afterward and asked her to dance. She said yes, but told him to come back over when they played something slower, which he did.

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Academy Award - Ginger Rogers

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Renella played the manager of the inn in the sci fi horror drama Moonchild (1974) starring Victor Buono and John Carradine, and he played Duke in Run for the Roses (1977) starring Panchito Gomez and Vera Miles.

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Sci fi - Horror - Moonchild - 1974 - John Carradine - Run for the Roses - 1977 - Panchito Gomez - Vera Miles

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He played a policeman in the comedy Beverly Hills Brats (1989) starring Burt Young, Martin Sheen, and Terry Moore, and was shown flubbing a line in the bloopers shown over the end credits.

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Beverly Hills Brats - 1989 - Burt Young - Martin Sheen - Terry Moore

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Pat Renella lives in Los Angeles.

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