Mimmo Palmara, born Domenico Palmara on July 25, 1928, in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, was an Italian actor and voice artist whose career spanned both live-action cinema and the world of dubbing. He passed away on June 10, 2016. Before becoming a prominent figure in Italian voice work, Palmara trained at the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica in Rome and established himself as a character actor, appearing in numerous peplum films (sword-and-sandal epics) and spaghetti westerns, often under the pseudonym Dick Palmer. As his on-screen roles became less frequent, he moved his focus entirely to dubbing, a field in which he left a significant mark both as a performer and as a director.

Palmara's career as an anime voice actor is defined by his contributions to dubbing Japanese animated series for the Italian market. He provided the Italian voices for characters in several notable series. He voiced Ganga in Astroganger. In the 1977 anime series Charlotte, he took on the roles of André and the Duke of Montfort in the second Italian dub. One of his most prominent roles was in Mobile Suit Gundam, where he voiced General Dozul Zabi and Ramba Ral in the first Italian edition of the series. He also performed as Gikkuri in Hayao Miyazaki's film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. In the science fiction series Science Fiction Saiyuki Starzinger, Palmara voiced numerous characters, including Bigmar, Egon, Emiller, and Kin-Kin. He provided the voice for Papa in the 1983 version of Perman, and the role of Re in Princess Knight.

He is also known for his role as Professor Bond in The King Kong Show. Beyond performing, Palmara served as the dubbing director for the Italian version of this series.

Palmara was not only a voice actor but also a significant figure behind the microphone as a dubbing director and studio founder. A close friend of filmmaker Sergio Leone, Palmara founded his own dubbing company, Sync Cinematografica, in 1967, which he led for over three decades until 2000. Through his studio, he directed the Italian dubbing for a vast number of films and television series. In the world of anime, he acted as dubbing director for several series, including King Kong, Perman, and Time Patrol Tai Otasukeman, for which he also provided the voice of the narrator and characters Sekovich and Tomomot. His work was instrumental in bringing many international cartoons to Italian audiences during the latter half of the 20th century, making him a key figure in the history of Italian dubbing.