Dom DeLuise
Dominick "Dom " DeLuise ( born August 1, 1933, Brooklyn, New York; † 4 May, 2009 Los Angeles, California ) was an American actor, director, singer and dancer.
Life and work
Dom DeLuise was born in 1933 as son of John and Vincenza DeLuise in Brooklyn, New York. After graduating from the High School of performing Arts, he played leading roles at the Cleveland Playhouse, including Kiss Me, Kate and Hamlet. DeLuise made his debut in New York in the off- Broadway production of Little Mary Sunshine. During a summer engagement in Provincetown, Massachusetts, he met the actress Carol Arthur, his future wife. The first time he played on Broadway in Neil Simon's Last of the Red Hot Lovers.
The first television appearance was undertaken as Dominick the Great in the Garry Moore Show. After guest appearances in some vaudeville shows he was offered a contract on the show The Entertainers with Carol Burnett and Bob Newhart. He also spent 12 years an integral part of the Dean Martin Show and in 1968 co-hosted an own broadcast on CBS, the The Dom DeLuise Variety Show.
On the big screen DeLuise was shown for the first time in 1964 in Sidney Lumet's target Moscow ( Fail Safe). This was followed by movies like Norwood, wedding night in front of witnesses and Who is Harry Kellerman? Before a long collaboration with Mel Brooks began, he joined again in evidence in his films. DeLuise played several times on the side of Burt Reynolds - including on the highway to hell is going on - and with Gene Wilder, with whom he turned Sherlock Holmes Smarter Brother. DeLuise synchronized some cartoons, such as the part of " Jeremy, the crow" in Mrs. Brisby and the Secret of NIMH.
In 1979 he took over the film Hot property also directed, an activity that he also exercised after the theater and there in the lead role, the musical Jump staged, among others, with his wife Carol. Versatility he proved with his performances in Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss in the New York Metropolitan Opera between 1990 and 1997 and his work as a cook book and children's book author. Dom DeLuise has three sons, Peter, Michael and David, who are all active as an actor.
DeLuise died on 4 May 2009 in a Los Angeles hospital from the effects of a cancer suffering.
Filmography (selection)
Cinema productions
Synchronization
TV series
Writings (selection )
- Eat this ( cookbook )
- Eat This, Again! ( Cookbook )
- Eat this too ( cookbook )
- Charlie the Caterpillar ( children's book )
- Goldilocks ( children's book )
All books by Dom DeLuise are currently only available in English.