Dom Deluise Biography (1933-)

Full name, Dominick DeLuise; born August 1, 1933, in Brooklyn, New York, NY;son of John (a civil servant) and Vincenza "Jennie" (maiden name, DeStefano)DeLuise; married Carol Arthur (an actress; original name, Carol Arata), November 23, 1965; children: Peter John (an actor), Michael Robert (an actor), David Dominick (an actor). Addresses: Agent: Artists Group, 10100 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 2490, Los Angeles, CA 90067.; Contact: c/o P.O. Box 1801,Pacific Palisades, CA 90272.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, director, writer, commercial spokesperson
Birth Details: August 1, 1933; New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Marvin Rollins, Diary of a Bachelor, American International Pictures, 1964
Sergeant Collins, Fail Safe, Columbia, 1964
Julius Pritter, The Glass Bottom Boat (also known as The Spy inLace Panties), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1966
Kurt Brock, The Busybody, Paramount, 1967
J. Gardner Monroe, What's So Bad About Feeling Good?, Universal, 1968
Father Fyodor, The Twelve Chairs, Universal Marion Corporation (UMC), 1969
Bill Bird, Norwood, Paramount, 1970
Irwin, Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things about Me?, National General, 1971
Azzecca, Every Little Crook and Nanny, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1972
Buddy Bizarre, Blazing Saddles, Warner Bros., 1974
Eduardo Gambetti, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes's Smarter Brother (also known as Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1975
Dom Bell, Silent Movie, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1976
Zitz, The World's Greatest Lover, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1977
Dan Turner, Sextette, Crown International Pictures, 1978
Marlon Borunki, The End, United Artists, 1978
Pepe Damascus, The Cheap Detective (also known as Neil Simon's"The Cheap Detective"), Columbia, 1978
Bernie (the Hollywood agent), The Muppet Movie, Associated Film Distribution, 1979
Ernie Fortunato, Hot Stuff, Columbia, 1979
Doc, Smokey and the Bandit II (also known as Smokey and the Bandit Ride Again), Columbia, 1980
Dominick DiNapoli, Fatso, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1980
Shadrach, Wholly Moses, Columbia, 1980
Walter Holmes, The Last Married Couple in America, Universal, 1980
Emperor Nero, History of the World, Part One (also known as MelBrooks' "History of the World: Part 1"), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981
Victor/Captain Chaos, The Cannonball Run, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981
(Uncredited) Voice for English version, Pelle svansloes (animated;also known as Peter-No-Tail), Sandew/Atlantic Releasing, 1981
Melvin P. Thorpe, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (musical; also known as The Best Little Cathouse in Texas), Universal, 1982
Voice of Jeremy, The Secret of NIMH (animated; also known as Mrs. Brisby and the Rats of NIMH), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1982
The Pope, Johnny Dangerously, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1984
Victor/Captain Chaos, Cannonball Run II, Warner Bros., 1984
Aunt Kate, Haunted Honeymoon, Orion, 1986
Voice of Tiger, An American Tail (animated), Universal, 1986
Big Bad Joe, Going Bananas (also known as My African Adventure), Cannon, 1987
Police chief, Un tassinaro, a New York (also known as A Taxi Driver in New York), Italian International Film, 1987
Voice of Pizza the Hutt, Space Balls, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1987
Voice of Fagin, Oliver and Company (animated), Buena Vista, 1988
Harry "The Hippo" Gutterman, Loose Cannons, TriStar, 1989
Voice of Itchy Itchiford, All Dogs Go to Heaven (animated), UnitedArtists, 1989
The Princess and the Dwarf, 1989
Voice of the looking glass, Happily Ever After (animated), First National, 1990
Mr. B., Driving Me Crazy (also known as Trabbi Goes to Hollywood), Motion Picture Corporation of America, 1991
Voice of Tiger, An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (animated), Universal, 1991
Dr. Beckhard, Almost Pregnant, Columbia/TriStar Home Video, 1992
Voice of Christopher Columbus in English version, The Magic Voyage(also known as Die Abenteuer von Pico und Columbus), Hemdale, 1992
Voice of title role, Munchie (live action and animated), Concorde,1992
Don Giovanni, Robin Hood: Men in Tights (also known as Sacre Robin des bois), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1993
Voice of Rip, The Skateboard Kid, Concorde-New Horizons, 1993
Dr. Animal Cannibal Pizza, Silence of the Hams (also known as Il silenzio dei prosciutti), October Films, 1994
Voice of Munchie, Munchie Strikes Back (live action and animated),Concorde-New Horizons, 1994
Voice of Stanley, A Troll in Central Park (animated), Warner Bros., 1994
Jerry, Red Line (also known as Squanderers), Mondofin/Triboro Entertainment Group, 1996
Voice of Ichy Itchiford, All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (animated), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1996
Voice of Mario, Remembering Mario, 1996, Willy Nilly Productions,2003
Chef, Boys Will Be Boys, A-pix Entertainment, 1997
Judge, The Good Bad Guy (also known as Killer per caso), Medusa, 1997
The Oddfather (Don Calzone), The Godson, Lions Gate Films, 1998
Voice of Itchy, An All Dogs Christmas Carol (animated), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1998
Voice of Jeremy, Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue (animated),Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1998
Between the Sheets, Showcase Entertainment, 1998
Lenny, Baby Geniuses, Sony Pictures Entertainment/TriStar, 1999
Priest, The Wedding Band, 1999
Voice of Tiger, An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster(animated), Universal Studios Home Video, 1999
Cattle Call, 1999
(As Dom Deluise) Ivan Lucre, The Brainiacs.com, PorchLight Entertainment, 2000
Voice of Tiger, An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island(animated; also known as An American Tail 3: The Treasure of Manhattan Island), Universal Studios Home Video, 2000
Father O'Rdeal, My X-Girlfriend's Wedding Reception (also known asWedding Band), Premier Attractions, 2001
Always Greener, Rollyn Entertainment, 2001
It's All about You, c. 2001
Flealand Cunchulis, Breaking the Fifth, BTF Productions, 2004
Gabriel, Girl Play, Wolfe Releasing, 2004
Voice, Instant Karma, New Line Cinema, 2005
Voice of Myrin, Bongee Bear and the Kingdom of Rhythm (animated),Yankee Films, c. 2005
Also appeared in Benito.
Film Director
Hot Stuff, Columbia, 1979
Boys Will Be Boys, A-pix Entertainment, 1997
Television Appearances
Series
Tinker's Workshop, WJZ/WABC-TV, beginning 1958
Private detective Kenny Ketcham, The Shari Lewis Show, NBC, 1960-63
Dominick the Great, The Garry Moore Show, CBS, beginning 1964
Regular, The Entertainers, CBS, 1964-65
Regular, The Dean Martin Summer Show (also known as The Dean Martin Comedy Hour and The Rowan & Martin Show), NBC, 1966
Host, The Dom DeLuise Show, CBS, 1968
Regular, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, CBS, 1971-72
Regular, The Dean Martin Show (also known as The Dean Martin Comedy Hour), NBC, 1972-73
Voice of Mr. Evictus, The Roman Holidays (animated), NBC, 1972-73
Stanley Belmont, Lotsa Luck!, NBC, 1973-74
Voice of Swifty, The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle and Jeckle (animated; also known as The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse),CBS, 1979-82
Dominick DeLuca, The Dom DeLuise Show, syndicated, 1987-89
Host, Candid Camera, syndicated, 1991-92
Voice of Tiger, Fievel's American Tails (animated), CBS, 1992-93
Voice of Big Kahuna, The Ren & Stimpy Show (animated; also known as VH1 Ren and Stimpy Rocks), Nickelodeon, 1993-95
Vinnie Piatte, Burke's Law, CBS, 1994-95
Voices of Itchy and other characters, All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series (animated; also known as All Dogs Go to Heaven), ABC Family Channel, c. 1996-98
Cookie, The Charlie Horse Music Pizza, PBS, 1998
Walking after Midnight, beginning c. 1999
Movies
Diary of a Young Comic, 1977
Roger Hanover, Happy, CBS, 1983
Toby Beaumont, "Die Laughing," B. L. Stryker (also known as ABCMonday Mystery Movie and The ABC Saturday Mystery Movie), ABC, 1989
Father Drobney, Don't Drink the Water, ABC, 1994
Mr. Fallon, The Tin Soldier, Showtime, 1995
(As Dom DeLuises) Voice of Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkle Emmanuel Ambrose Diggs, Lion of Oz (animated musical; also known as Lion of Oz and the Badge of Courage and Le lion d'Oz), The Disney Channel, 2000
Specials
The Bar-Rump Bump Show, 1964
Himself, The Monty Hall Smokin-Stokin' Fire Brigade, ABC, 1972
The Arthur Godfrey Portable Electric Medicine Show (also known asThe Arthur Godfrey Special), NBC, 1972

Dean Martin's Red Hot Scandals of 1926, NBC, 1976
Dean Martin's Red Hot Scandals, Part 2, NBC, 1977
Superstunt, NBC, 1978
Ann-Margret's Hollywood Movie Girls, ABC, 1980
Dean Martin's Comedy Classics, NBC, 1981
Baryshnikov in Hollywood, CBS, 1982
The Best Little Special in Texas, CBS, 1982
Dean Martin at the Wild Animal Park, NBC, 1982
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter, ABC, 1982
Magic with the Stars, NBC, 1982
Host, Dom DeLuise and Friends, ABC, 1983
Host, Dom DeLuise and Friends, Part II, ABC, 1984
The Funniest Joke I Ever Heard, ABC, 1984
Host, Dom DeLuise and Friends, Part III, ABC, 1985
Host, Dom DeLuise and Friends, Part IV, ABC, 1986
Narrator and voice, Henry's Cat, HBO, 1986
NBC News Report on America: Life in the Fate Lane (documentary), NBC, 1987
Friday Night Surprise!, NBC, 1988
Host, Superstars and Their Moms, TBS, 1989
Dinah Comes Home Again, The Nashville Network, 1990
Voice of Nicodemus the pig, A Precious Christmas Moment (animated;also known as Timmy's Gift: Precious Moments Christmas), NBC, 1991
Host, Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys, The Disney Channel,1992
Hal Roach: Hollywood's King of Laughter (documentary), The DisneyChannel, 1994
Dom, Shari's Passover Surprise (also known as Lamb Chop's Passover Special), PBS, 1997
The 1997 Hollywood Christmas Parade, syndicated, 1997
Himself, The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts, 1998
The Italian Americans II: A Beautiful Song, PBS, 1998
"Weight Watchers: Before and After," Biography (documentary; alsoknown as A&E Biography: Weight Watchers--Before and After), Arts and Entertainment, 2001
Himself, I Love Muppets, BBC, 2002
Awards Presentations
Presenter, The 51st Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1979
The 57th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1985
The 59th Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1987
The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Presentation, 1991
Presenter, The 19th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, 1992
Episodic
Tip Top Clubhouse, early 1950s
Dr. Edward Dudley, "Just Another Pretty Face," The Munsters, CBS,1966
Purple avenger, "The Purple Avenger," Please Don't Eat the Daisies, NBC, 1966
Stanley Umlaut, "The Danish Blue Affair," The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., NBC, 1966
Himself, The Hollywood Palace, ABC, 1967
Himself, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, CBS, 1967
Himself, The Jackie Gleason Show, CBS, 1967, 1968
Himself, The Match Game, NBC, c. 1967, 1970
Elroy Applegate, "Today I Am a Ghost," The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, ABC, 1969
"This Is Sholom Aleichem," Experiment in Television, NBC, 1969
Himself, Kraft Music Hall, NBC, 1971
Guest host, The Golddiggers, syndicated, 1971
Himself, The Flip Wilson Show, NBC, 1971, 1972, 1973
Himself, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1984, 1991
Himself, Rowan & Martin's "Laugh-In" (also known as Laugh-In), NBC, 1973
Max, "The World's Balloon," Medical Center, CBS, 1974
Himself, Tony Orlando and Dawn, CBS, 1975
Himself, The Mike Douglas Show, syndicated, 1977
Himself, The Muppet Show, syndicated, 1977
Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Frank Sinatra, NBC, 1978
Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: George Burns, NBC, 1978
Himself, "Dom DeLuise," This Is Your Life, syndicated, 1983
Guest, Late Night with David Letterman, NBC, 1983, 1984
Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Joan Collins, NBC, 1984
Guilt, "Guilt Trip," Amazing Stories, NBC, 1985
Vito, Easy Street, NBC, 1987
Win, Lose or Draw, syndicated, 1987
Uncle Dominic, "Woolly Bullies," 21 Jump Street, Fox, 1989
A Conversation with Dinah, The Nashville Network, c. 1989
Buddy Blake, "Murder at the Telethon," Diagnosis Murder, CBS, 1993
Voice of Floyd the dog, "Change for a Buck," Married ... with Children, Fox, 1993
Nick Piccolo, "Vapors," SeaQuest DSV (also known as seaQuest 2032), NBC, 1994
Voice of baker, "Gets Ready, Set, Dough," The Magic School Bus (animated), PBS, 1994
Himself, "Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody," Biography (documentary), Arts and Entertainment, 1995
Himself, "Dick and Dottie," Murphy Brown, CBS, 1995
Himself, "Bringing Home the Bacon," Cybill, CBS, 1996
Magic Morton, "I Only Have Eyes for You," Beverly Hills 90210, Fox, 1996
Himself, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated, 1996
Magic Morton, "I Only Have Eyes for You," Beverly Hills 90210, Fox, 1997
Voice of the governor, "A Star Is Abhorred," Duckman (animated), USA Network, 1997
Voice of Koosalagoopagoop, "Koos a la Goop a Goop," Dexter's Laboratory (animated), Cartoon Network, 1997
Voice of Koosalagoopagoop, "The Koos Is on the Loose," Dexter's Laboratory (animated), Cartoon Network, 1997
Voice of mayor, "Power of Odor," Cow and Chicken (animated), Cartoon Network, 1997
Voices of Jean-Paul Beaver, Dakota governor, and spotted owl, "I Am Ambassador," Cow and Chicken (animated), Cartoon Network, 1997
Bug's father, "Auto Eurodicka," 3rd Rock from the Sun (also knownas Life as We Know It), NBC, 1998
Cousin Mortimer, "The Pom Pom Incident," Sabrina, The Teenage Witch, ABC, 1998
Himself, "The Neighbor of Bath," The Naked Truth, NBC, 1998
Voice of baby condor, "Flight of the Donnie," The Wild Thornberrys(animated), Nickelodeon, 1998
Voice of Bacchus, "Bacchanal," Hercules (animated; also known as Disney's "Hercules"), ABC, 1998
Dean Martin: The E! True Hollywood Story (documentary), E! Entertainment Television, 1999
Intimate Portrait: Loni Anderson (documentary), Lifetime, 1999
Urgo/Togar, "Urgo," Stargate SG-1, Showtime and syndicated, 2000
Himself, Intimate Portrait: Madeline Kahn (documentary), Lifetime,2000
"Dick Van Patten: The Sure Bet," Biography (documentary), Arts andEntertainment, 2001
Himself, Sidewalks Entertainment (also known as Sidewalks and Sidewalks Entertainment Hour), syndicated, 2003
Himself, The Wayne Brady Show, syndicated, 2003
Judge, Pet Star, Animal Planet, 2003
Himself, Dinner for Five, Independent Film Channel, 2003, 2004
Himself, Hollywood Squares, syndicated, 2003, 2004
Voice of Cheetah, "One Man's Meat Is Another Man's Girlfriend," Fatherof the Pride (animated), NBC, 2004
Himself, Living in TV Land, TV Land, 2004
Himself, 101 Biggest Celebrity Oops, E! Entertainment Television,2004
Voice of himself, "Gold Dust Gasoline," Robot Chicken (animated),Cartoon Network, 2005
Appeared in other series. Also appeared as himself in "One Man's Cornbread," an unaired episode of Emeril, NBC.
Pilots
Logan Delp, Evil Roy Slade, NBC, 1972
Murray West, Only with Married Men, ABC, 1974
Television Work
Movies
Executive producer, Happy, CBS, 1983
Stage Appearances
Struthion, The Jackass, Barbizon-Plaza Theatre, New York City, 1960
Bob Acres, All in Love, Martinique Theatre, New York City, 1961
Corporal Billy Jester, Little Mary Sunshine (musical), Orpheum Theatre, then Players Theatre, both New York City, 1961
Member of the ensemble, Another Evening with Harry Stoones (revue), Gramercy Arts Theatre, New York City, 1961
The king, Half-Past Wednesday, Orpheum Theatre, 1962
Muffin T. Ragamuffin, The Student Gypsy; or, The Prince of Liederkrantz (musical), 54th Street Theatre, New York City, 1963
Mr. Faddish, Too Much Johnson, Phoenix Theatre, New York City, 1964
Mr. Psawyer, Here's Love (musical), Shubert Theatre, New York City, 1964
Barney Cashman, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, New York City, 1971
Public opinion, Orpheus in the Underworld, Los Angeles Opera Company, 1989
Frosch the jailer, Die Fledermaus (opera), Metropolitan Opera, NewYork City, 1990-91
Appeared in Hamlet, The School for Scandal, and Stalag 17, all Cleveland Playhouse, Cleveland, OH; in Mixed Company, Provincetown, MA; also appeared in Little Shop of Horrors (musical) and Peter and the Wolf. Starred in the cabaret act An Evening with Dom DeLuise, produced at various places, including venues in Las Vegas, NV, andAtlantic City, NJ. Appeared as Bernie the dog in Bernie's Christmas Wish.
Major Tours
Appeared in Luv, U.S. cities.
Stage Director
Butterflies Are Free, Burt Reynolds Theatre, Jupiter, FL, 1980
Same Time Next Year, Burt Reynolds Theatre, 1980
Brighton Beach Memoirs, Burt Reynolds Theatre, 1986
Directed other stage productions, including Answers and the musical Jump.
Radio Appearances
Host of a cooking segment on the series On the House.
RECORDINGS
Videos
Eat This (four-volume video set based on his book), c. 1988
Performer in "This Is the Life" music video, The "Weird Al" Yankovic Video Library: His Greatest Hits, BMG Music, 1992
Himself, Cooking with Dom DeLuise, Allegro, 1995
Performer in "This Is the Life" music video, "Weird Al" Yankovic: TheVideos, 1996
Performer in "This Is the Life" music video, "Weird Al" Yankovic: TheUltimate Video Collection, Volcano Entertainment Group, 2003
Himself, On Your Marx, Get Set, Go! (short), Warner Home Video, 2004
Himself, Remarks on Marx: A Night at the Opera (short), Warner Home Video, 2004
Music Videos
(As the Pope) "Weird Al" Yankovic, "This Is the Life," 1984
Video Games
Voice of "Fingers" the cashier, Toonstruck, 1996
Albums; With Others
Kismet, Sony, 1993
WRITINGS
Screenplays
With others, wrote Benito.
Teleplays
Specials
Dom DeLuise and Friends, Part III, ABC, 1985
Dom DeLuise and Friends, Part IV, ABC, 1986
Writings for Children
Charlie the Caterpillar, illustrated by Christopher Santoro, Simon& Schuster, 1990
Goldilocks (also known as Goldie Locks & The Three Bears: The Real Story!), illustrated by Santoro, Simon & Schuster, 1992
Hansel & Gretel, illustrated by Santoro, Simon & Schuster,1997
The Nightingale (also known as Dom DeLuise's "The Nightingale"), illustrated by Santoro, Simon & Schuster, 1998
King Bob's New Clothes, illustrated by Santoro, Simon & Schuster, 1999
The Pouch Potato, illustrated by Derek Carter, Bacchus Books, 2001
Author of There's No Place Like Home.
Cookbooks
A Delicious Sampling of Dom's Recipes from Eat This ... It'll Make YouFeel Better: Mama's Italian Home Cooking and Other Favorites of Family and Friends, Simon & Schuster, 1988
Eat This ... It Will Make You Feel Better: Mama's Italian Home Cookingand Other Favorites of Family and Friends (also known as Eat This), Simon & Schuster, 1988
Eat This Too! It'll Also Make You Feel Better (also known as Eat This Too!), Atria, 1997
Author of The Pizza Challenge.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Cult Times, July, 2003, p. 11
HFN: The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network, March 30, 1998, p. 48
Jersey Journal, April 28, 1988
TV Zone, August, 2000, pp. 18-20

Electronic

Official Dom DeLuise Page, http://www.domdeluise.com, June 5, 2005

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