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Dom DeLuise Biography (1933-)

Full name, Dominick DeLuise; born August 1, 1933, in Brooklyn, NY; son of John (a civil servant) and Vicenza "Jennie" (maiden name, DeStefano) DeLuise; married Carol Arata (an actress; professional name, Carol Arthur), November 23,1965; children: Peter John (an actor), Michael Robert (an actor), David Dominick. Avocational interests: Furniture refinishing, herb gardening. Career: Actor, director, producer, writer, and commercial spokesperson.Addresses: Agent: Robert Malcolm, Artists Group, 10100 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 2490, Los Angeles, CA 90067.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, director, producer, writer, commercial spokesperson

Birth Details

August 1, 1933

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• (Film debut) Sergeant Collins, Fail Safe, Columbia, 1964
• Marvin Rollins, Diary of a Bachelor, American International Pictures, 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, 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), TwentiethCentury-Fox, 1975
• Dom Bell, Silent Movie, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1976
• Zitz, The World's Greatest Lover, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1977
• Diary of a Young Comic,1977
• Pepe Domascus, The Cheap Detective, Columbia, 1978
• Dan Turner, Sexette, Crown International, 1978
• Marlon Borunki, The End, United Artists, 1978
• Ernie Fortunato, Hot Stuff, Columbia, 1979
• Bernie (the Hollywood agent), The Muppet Movie, Associated Film Distribution, 1979
• Dominick DiNapoli, Fatso, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1980
• Walter Holmes, The Last Married Couple in America, Universal, 1980
• Doc, Smokey and the Bandit II(also known as Smokey and the Bandit Ride Again), Columbia, 1980
• Shadrach, Wholly Moses, Columbia, 1980
• Victor/Captain Chaos, The Cannonball Run, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981
• Emperor Nero, History of the World, Part One, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981
• Melvin P. Thorpe, The Best Little Whorehouse 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
• Victor/Captain Chaos, Cannonball Run II, Warner Bros., 1984
• The Pope, Johnny Dangerously, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1984
• Voice of Tiger, An American Tail(animated), Universal, 1986
• Aunt Kate, Haunted Honeymoon, Orion, 1986
• Voice of Pizza the Hutt, Space Balls, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1987
• Police chief, Un Tassinaro, a New York(also known as A Taxi Driver in New York), Italian International Film, 1987
• Big Bad Joe, Going Bananas(also known as My African Adventure), Cannon, 1987
• Voice of Fagin, Oliver and Company(animated), Buena Vista, 1988
• Gutterman, Loose Cannons, TriStar, 1989
• Voice of Itchy, All Dogs Go to Heaven(animated), United Artists, 1989
• Voice of The Looking Glass, Happily Ever After,1990
• Mr. B., Driving Me Crazy(also known as Trabbi Goes to Hollywood), 1991
• Voice of Tiger, An American Tail: Fievel Goes West,1991
• Voice of Munchie, Munchie, Concorde, 1992
• Dr. Beckhard, Almost Pregnant, Columbia TriStar Home Video, 1992
• Voice of Christopher Columbus, The Magic Voyage,1992
• Voice of Rip, The Skateboard Kid, Concorde-New Horizons, 1993
• Don Giovanni, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1993
• Voice of Looking Glass, Happily Ever After(animated), First National Film Corp., 1993
• Voice of Stanley, A Troll in Central Park(animated), Warner Bros.,1994
• Munchie Strikes Back,1994
• Dr. Animal Cannibal Pizza, Silence of the Hams(also known as IlSilenzio dei Prosciutti), 1994
• Voice of Ichy Itchiford, All Dogs Go to Heaven 2(animated), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1996
• "Fingers" the cashier, Toonstruck,1996
• Jerry, Red Line(also known as Squanderers), Mondofin/Triboro, 1996
• The Pope,"Weird Al" Yankovic: The Videos,1996
• Judge, The Good Bad Guy(also known as Killer per caso), Medusa (Italy), 1997
• Chef, Boys Will Be Boys, A-Pix Entertainment, 1997
• Judge, Killer per caso(also known as The Good Bad Guy), 1997
• It's All About You,1998
• Between the Sheets,1998
• The Oddfather--Don Calzone, The Godson,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
• Priest, Wedding Band,1999
• Voice of Mario, Remembering Mario,1999
• Cattle Call,1999
• Voice of Tiger, An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster,1999
• Lenny, Baby Geniuses, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1999
• Voice of Tiger, An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island,2000
• Also appeared in Benito.
• Film Director
• Hot Stuff, Columbia, 1979
• Boys Will Be Boys, A-Pix Entertainment, 1997
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Regular, The Entertainers, CBS, 1964-65
• Regular, The Dean Martin Summer 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(also known as The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse), c. 1979
• Dominick DeLuca, The Dom DeLuise Show, syndicated, 1987
• Host, Candid Camera, syndicated, 1991
• Voice of Tiger, Fievel's American Tails(documentary), CBS, 1992
• Vinnie Piatte, Burke's Law, CBS, 1994-95
• Voice of Itchy, All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series(animated), 1997
• Cookie, The Charlie Horse Music Pizza, PBS, 1998-
• Walking After Midnight,1999
• Also appeared as Dominick the Great on The Garry Moore Show, CBS.
• Movies
• Diary of a Young Comic,1977
• Roger Hanover, Happy, CBS, 1983
• Father Drobney, Don't Drink the Water, ABC, 1994
• Mr. Fallon, The Tin Soldier, Showtime, 1995
• Voice, Lion of Oz and the Badge of Courage,2000
• Voice of Tiger, An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island(animated), 2000
• Pilots
• Logan Delp, Evil Roy Slade, NBC, 1972
• Murray West, Only with Married Men, ABC, 1974
• Specials
• The Bar-rump Bump Show,1964
• The Arthur Godfrey Special, NBC, 1972
• The Arthur Godfrey Portable Electric Medicine Show, NBC, 1972
• Dean Martin's Red Hot Scandals of 1926, NBC, 1976
• Dean Martin's Red Hot Scandals, Part 2, NBC, 1977
• Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Frank Sinatra, NBC, 1978
• Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: George Burns, 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
• Magic with the Stars, NBC, 1982
• Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter,1982
• Host, Dom DeLuise and Friends, ABC, 1983
• Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Joan Collins, NBC, 1984
• 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,1986
• NBC News Report on America: Life in the Fat Lane, NBC, 1987
• The 59th Annual Academy Awards Presentation,1987
• Friday Night Surprise!,1988
• Host, Superstars and Their Moms,1989
• Dinah Comes Home Again, TNN, 1990
• Voice of Nicodemus the pig, A Precious Christmas Moment,1991
• The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Presentation,1991
• Host, Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys, The Disney Channel,1992
• Presenter, The 19th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards,1992
• Hal Roach: Hollywood's King of Laughter(documentary), The Disney Channel, 1994
• Shari's Passover Surprise, PBS, 1997
• The Italian Americans II: A Beautiful Song, PBS, 1998
• Dean Martin: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 1999
• Intimate Portrait: Loni Anderson,1999
• Episodic
• Dr. Edward Dudley, "Just Another Pretty Face," The Munsters, CBS,1966
• Please Don't Eat the Daisies, NBC, 1966
• The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., NBC, 1966
• "This Is Sholom Aleichem," Experiment in Television, NBC, 1969
• The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, ABC, 1969
• Guest host, The Golddiggers, syndicated, 1971
• Medical Center, CBS, 1974
• Himself, The Muppet Show, syndicated, 1977
• 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
• Toby Beaumont, "Die Laughing," B. L. Stryker, ABC, 1989
• A Conversation with Dinah,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, NBC, 1994
• Voice of baker, "Gets Ready, Set, Dough," The Magic School Bus, PBS, 1994
• Himself, "Dick and Dottie," Murphy Brown, CBS, 1995
• Interviewee, "Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody," Biography, A&E, 1995
• Magic Morton, "I Only Have Eyes for You," Beverly Hills 90210, Fox, 1996
• Duck, Cybill, CBS, 1996
• Voice of the governor, "A Star Is Abhorred," Duckman(animated), USA Network, 1997
• Bug's father, "Auto Eurodicka," Third Rock from the Sun, NBC,1998
• Himself, "The Neighbor of Bath," The Naked Truth,1998
• Voice of Bacchus, "Bacchanal," Hercules(animated), ABC, 1998
• Mortimer, Sabrina, The Teenage Witch, ABC, 1998
• Also appeared as voice of Koosy, Dexter's Laboratory(animated), Cartoon Network; voice of Jean-Paul Beaver, Dakota Governor, and Spotted Owl, Cow and Chicken(animated), Cartoon Network; Urgo, "Urgo," Stargate SG-1.
• Television Work
• Movies
• Executive producer, Happy, CBS, 1983
• Stage Appearances
• (Off-Broadway debut) Struthion, The Jackass, Barbizon-Plaza Theatre, 1960
• Corporal Billy Jester, Little Mary Sunshine, Orpheum Theatre, thenPlayers Theatre, both New York City, 1961
• Ensemble, Another Evening with Harry Stoones(revue), Gramercy ArtsTheatre, New York City, 1961
• Bob Acres, All in Love, Martinique Theatre, New York City, 1961
• The King, Half-Past Wednesday, Orpheum Theatre, 1962
• (Broadway debut) Muffin T. Ragamuffin, The Student Gypsy; or, The Prince of Liederkrantz, 54th Street Theatre, 1963
• Mr. Faddish, Too Much Johnson, Phoenix Theatre, New York City, 1964
• Mr. Psawyer, Here's Love, 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
• Froesch, Die Fledermaus, Metropolitan Opera of New York, 1990-91
• Also appeared in The School for Scandal, Hamlet, and Stalag 17, all Cleveland Playhouse, Cleveland, OH; Mixed Company, Provincetown, MA; Little Shop of Horrors; and Peter and the Wolf; starredin the cabaret act An Evening with Dom DeLuise in Las Vegas, NV, andAtlantic City, NJ.
• Major Tours
• Appeared in Luv, U.S. cities.
• Stage Director
• Same Time Next Year, Burt Reynolds Theatre, Jupiter, FL, 1980
• Butterflies Are Free, Burt Reynolds Theatre, 1980
• Brighton Beach Memoirs, Burt Reynolds Theatre, 1986
• RECORDINGS
• Video Games
• Voice of "Fingers" the Cashier, Toonstruck,1996
• WRITINGS
• Teleplays
• Dom DeLuise and Friends, Part III, ABC, 1985
• Dom DeLuise and Friends, Part IV, ABC, 1986
• Other
• Eat This ... It Will Make You Feel Better: Mama's Italian Home Cooking and Other Favorites of Family and Friends(cookbook), Simon & Schuster (New York City), 1988
• Charlie the Caterpillar(children's book), Simon & Schuster, 1990
• Also co-author of the film Benito.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

• HFN: The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network, March 30, 1998, p. 48.
• Jersey Journal, April 28, 1988.