Dom DeLuise

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Actor Dom DeLuise is shown as he signs copies of newly released 'The Mel Brooks Box Set,' which includes some movies he acted in, at Rocket Video on May 5, 2006 in Hollywood, California.
Actor Dom DeLuise is shown as he signs copies of newly released 'The Mel Brooks Box Set,' which includes some movies he acted in, at Rocket Video on May 5, 2006 in Hollywood, California - Getty Images

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AKA: Dom DeLuises, Dominick DeLuise, Dom De Luise
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 08/01/1933
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Death Date: 05/04/2009

biography

An energetic comic talent with a hysterical and infectious laugh, Dom DeLuise was a character actor who lent stellar support to some of the biggest names in entertainment in for three decades. A dependable laugh-getter on television in the 1960s, his popularity brought him to features, where he was put to superb use in films by Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder; he was also a frequent sidekick to Burt Reynolds, who seemed incapable of keeping a straight face when DeLuise was around. Not content to rest on his acting alone, he directed two features, contributed performances to countless animated Continued

Credits

(TV Show)
2005-2005
Voice
2005
(TV Show)
2000-2000
Urgo
2000
Lenny
1999
(TV Show)
1998-1998
Mortimer
1998
(TV Show)
1997-1997
Magic Morton
1997
of Fagin
1996
Ichy Itchiford
1996
of Stanley
1993
of Looking Glass
1993
Voice of Itchy
1989
of Tiger
1986
of Jeremy
1982
Emperor Nero
1981
Dominick DiNapoli
1980
Dan Turner
1978
Dom Bell
1976
Kurt Brock
Julius Pritter
Pepe Damascus
Actor
Ganucci's Lawyer
The Priest
Shadrach
Doctor Beckhard
Gabriel
Ivan Lucre
Aunt Kate
Gutterman
Marlon Borunki
Victor--Chaos
of Munchie
of Christopher Columbus
Dr Animal Cannibal Pizza
Director
Big Bad Joe
The Oddfather--Don Calzone
Ernie Fortunato

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Began performing with the Cleveland Playhouse
1960 
Made NY stage debut in the off-Broadway production of "Little Mary Sunshine"
1963 
First Broadway performance was in "The Student Gypsy"
1964 
Made TV debut on "The Garry Moore Show" (CBS); created character Dominic the Great
1964 
Film acting debut in Sidney Lumet's "Fail Safe"
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