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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 1, 1933
Died
May 4, 2009
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- دام دیلوئیس
Dom DeLuise
1.0 Popularity
Biography
Dominick "Dom" DeLuise (August 1, 1933 – May 4, 2009) was an American actor and comedian. Known primarily for comedy roles, he rose to fame in the 1970s as a frequent guest on television variety shows. He is widely recognized for his performances in the films of Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder, as well as a series of collaborations and a double act with Burt Reynolds. Beginning in the 1980s, his popularity expanded to younger audiences from voicing characters in several major animated productions, particularly those of Don Bluth. DeLuise was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Italian American parents. He attended the High School of Performing Arts in New York City and later studied biology at Tufts University. After graduating from college, he began his career as a stand-up comedian. He made his television debut in 1964 on the variety show The Dean Martin Show. In 1970, DeLuise made his film debut in the Mel Brooks comedy The Twelve Chairs. He went on to appear in several other Brooks films, including Blazing Saddles, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, and History of the World, Part I. He also starred in a number of films with Gene Wilder, including The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother, The World's Greatest Lover, and See No Evil, Hear No Evil. DeLuise was a frequent collaborator with Burt Reynolds, and the two starred in a number of films together, including The End, Smokey and the Bandit II, and Cannonball Run II. He also had a recurring role on the television series Evening Shade. In addition to his film and television work, DeLuise was also a successful voice actor. He voiced characters in a number of animated films, including All Dogs Go to Heaven, The Secret of NIMH, and An American Tail. He also hosted the children's cooking show Cooking with Dom DeLuise. DeLuise was a popular and beloved figure in Hollywood. He was known for his infectious laugh and his larger-than-life personality. He was also a talented actor and comedian, and he enjoyed a long and successful career. Dom DeLuise died on May 4, 2009, at the age of 75. He had been battling pancreatic cancer for several months. He died peacefully in his sleep at his home in Beverly Hills, California. DeLuise's family released a statement saying that he had died "peacefully at home after a long battle with cancer." They said that he was "surrounded by his loving family and friends." DeLuise's death was met with sadness and tributes from fans and colleagues alike. Mel Brooks, who directed DeLuise in several films, said that he was "a great talent and a great friend." Gene Wilder said that DeLuise was "one of the funniest people I've ever known." DeLuise's funeral was held on May 8, 2009, at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills. He was buried at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles.
Known For
8.2
Self (archive footage)
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013
0.0
Self
Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition
2009
0.0
Self
Silent Laughter: The Reel Inspirations of 'Silent Movie'
2009
0.0
Self
Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense
2009
4.1
Pizza the Hutt (voice)
Spaceballs: The Animated Series
2008
7.8
Self
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
2008
5.0
Self
Legends
2006
10.0
The Best of Carson, Volume 1
2006
7.6
Robot Chicken
2005
7.6
Victor Prinzim / Don DeLuise (voice)
Robot Chicken
2005
Credits
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
as Self (archive footage)
2013
8.2
Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition
as Self
2009
0.0
Silent Laughter: The Reel Inspirations of 'Silent Movie'
as Self
2009
0.0
Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense
as Self
2009
0.0
Spaceballs: The Animated Series
as Pizza the Hutt (voice)
2008
4.1
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
as Self
2008
7.8
Legends
as Self
2006
5.0
The Best of Carson, Volume 1
2006
10.0
Robot Chicken
2005
7.6
Robot Chicken
as Victor Prinzim / Don DeLuise (voice)
2005
7.6
Father of the Pride
as Duke (voice)
2004
4.8
🎬
Living in TV Land
2004
0.0
Girl Play
as Gabriel
2004
5.8
Duck Dodgers
as Roy Serpenti (voice)
2003
7.4
Pet Star
as Self - Judge
2002
7.3
I Love Muppets
as Self
2002
6.3
Emeril
2001
0.0
Back in the Saddle
as Self (archive footage)
2001
6.0
The Brainiacs.com
as Ivan Lucre
2000
5.8
Lion of Oz
as Oscar Diggs (voice)
2000
5.6
An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster
as Tiger (voice)
1999
6.3
Baby Geniuses
as Lenny
1999
4.1
Boys Will Be Boys
as Chef
1999
5.0
My X-Girlfriend's Wedding Reception
as Father O'Rdeal
1999
3.0
The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue
as Jeremy (voice)
1998
4.7
An All Dogs Christmas Carol
as Itchy Itchiford (voice)
1998
5.9
The Godson
as The Oddfather
1998
3.1
Hollywood Squares
as Self - Panelist
1998
6.5
The Wild Thornberrys
as Baby Condor (voice)
1998
6.9
Hercules
as Bacchus (voice)
1998
6.8
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
as Tiger (voice)
1998
6.3
The Charlie Horse Music Pizza
as Cookie the Cook
1998
10.0
🎬
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self - Roastee (archive footage)
1998
5.0
Police Academy: The Series
as Zeus
1997
5.8
Cow and Chicken
1997
7.1
Stargate SG-1
as Urgo/Togar
1997
8.3
I Am Weasel
as Jean-Paul Beaver / Governor #2 / Owl #2 (voice)
1997
7.2
I Am Weasel
as Mayor / Frenchman #3 / Neighbor #2 (voice)
1997
7.2
The Good Bad Guy
as Il giudice
1997
5.2
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
as Mortimer
1996
7.8
All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series
as Itchy Itchiford (voice)
1996
5.9
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self - Guest
1996
3.5
Dexter's Laboratory
as Koosalagoopagoop (voice)
1996
7.7
Shari's Passover Surprise
as Dom
1996
5.0
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2
as Itchy Itchiford (voice)
1996
5.9
3rd Rock from the Sun
as Mr. Polone
1996
7.5
Red Line
as Jerry
1995
5.7
The Naked Truth
1995
6.4
The Tin Soldier
as Mr. Fallon
1995
6.6
Cybill
1995
5.8
Don't Drink the Water
as Father Drobney
1994
5.5
A Troll in Central Park
as Stanley (voice)
1994
5.0
The Magic School Bus
as Baker
1994
7.6
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
as Self - Host
1994
0.0
The Silence of the Hams
as Dr. Animal Cannibal Pizza
1994
4.9
Duckman
1994
7.2
Burke's Law
as Vinnie Piatte
1994
6.7
Diagnosis: Murder
as Buddy Blake
1993
7.1
seaQuest DSV
as Nick Piccolo
1993
7.0
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
as Don Giovanni
1993
6.6
'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming
as Self
1993
6.0
The Skateboard Kid
as Rip (voice)
1993
3.0
🎬
Mickey's Audition
as Sound Man
1992
4.0
Fievel's American Tails
as Tiger (voice)
1992
6.5
Almost Pregnant
as Dr. Beckhard
1992
4.7
Munchie
as Munchie (voice)
1992
3.8
The Magic Voyage
as Christopher Columbus (voice)
1992
4.7
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
1992
6.7
🎬
Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas
as Nicodemus (voice)
1991
5.4
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
as Tiger (voice)
1991
6.3
🎬
The All-New Candid Camera
as Self - Host
1991
0.0
Rugrats
as Director (voice)
1991
7.6
The Ren & Stimpy Show
as The Big Kahuna (voice)
1991
7.6
Driving Me Crazy
as Mr. B
1991
3.7
Beverly Hills, 90210
1990
7.4
Wake, Rattle, and Roll
as Lippy the Lion & Hardy Har Har
1990
6.0
Loose Cannons
as Harry 'The Hippo' Gutterman
1990
4.9
All Dogs Go to Heaven
as Itchy Itchiford (voice)
1989
6.8
Happily Ever After
as The Looking Glass (voice)
1989
5.6
B.L. Stryker
1989
6.0
Oliver & Company
as Fagin (voice)
1988
6.7
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
5.5
A Taxi Driver in New York
as Capitano T. Favretto
1987
5.7
Going Bananas
as Big Bad Joe Hopkins
1987
3.0
Spaceballs
as Pizza the Hutt (voice)
1987
6.8
21 Jump Street
as Uncle Nick
1987
7.1
Married... with Children
as Floyd the Dog (voice)
1987
7.7
An American Tail
as Tiger (voice)
1986
6.7
Haunted Honeymoon
as Aunt Kate Abbot
1986
5.4
Amazing Stories
as Guilt
1985
7.4
Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff
as Self
1985
0.0
Johnny Dangerously
as The Pope
1984
6.3
Cannonball Run II
as Victor Prinzim / Captain Chaos / Don Canneloni
1984
5.4
Happy
as Roger Hanover
1983
6.5
🎬
This Is Your Life
as Self
1983
0.0
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
as Melvin P. Thorpe
1982
6.1
The Secret of NIMH
as Jeremy (voice)
1982
7.4
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter
as Self
1982
0.0
Baryshnikov in Hollywood
as The Producer
1982
0.0
Magic with the Stars
1982
0.0
🎬
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
as Self
1981
6.0
The Cannonball Run
as Victor
1981
6.1
History of the World: Part I
as Emperor Nero
1981
6.8
Smokey and the Bandit II
as Doc
1980
5.5
Wholly Moses
as Shadrach
1980
4.7
Ann-Margret: Hollywood Movie Girls
as Himself
1980
0.0
The Last Married Couple in America
as Walter Holmes
1980
4.4
Fatso
as Dominick DiNapoli
1980
5.7
Hot Stuff
as Ernie Fortunato
1979
7.0
The Muppet Movie
as Bernie the Agent
1979
7.2
The Muppets Go Hollywood
as Self
1979
6.3
Diary of a Young Comic
as Himself
1979
0.0
The Cheap Detective
as Pepe Damascus
1978
6.2
The End
as Marlon Borunki
1978
5.5
Sextette
as Dan Turner
1978
3.9
The World's Greatest Lover
as Adolph Zitz
1977
5.6
Dean Martin's Red Hot Scandals of 1926
as Self
1976
0.0
The Muppet Show
as Self - Special Guest Star
1976
8.0
Silent Movie
as Dom Bell
1976
6.5
The Jacksons
as El mismo
1976
9.0
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
as Eduardo Gambetti
1975
6.0
🎬
The Smothers Brothers Show
1975
0.0
Tony Orlando and Dawn
as Self
1974
3.5
Only with Married Men
as Murray West
1974
5.0
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
Blazing Saddles
as Buddy Bizarre
1974
7.2
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self
1973
5.4
Lotsa Luck
as Stanley Belmont
1973
6.4
The Roman Holidays
as Mr. Evictus (voice)
1972
6.5
Every Little Crook and Nanny
as Mario Azzecca
1972
0.0
Evil Roy Slade
as Logan Delp
1972
6.2
Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
as Irwin Marcy
1971
4.6
Norwood
as Bill Bird
1970
5.6
The Twelve Chairs
as Father Fyodor
1970
6.3
The Flip Wilson Show
as Self
1970
4.8
Medical Center
1969
6.1
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
as Self
1969
5.8
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
as Self
1968
7.6
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
1968
6.4
What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
as J. Gardner Monroe
1968
6.6
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
1968
6.5
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest / Various Characters
1967
7.7
The Busy Body
as Kurt Brock
1967
7.1
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
6.6
The Glass Bottom Boat
as Julius Pritter
1966
6.2
The Dean Martin Show
1965
7.3
Fail Safe
as TSgt. Collins
1964
7.8
The Munsters
1964
7.9
Diary of a Bachelor
as Marvin Rollins
1964
3.7
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.4
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self - Guest Host
1962
7.4
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
The Ordeal of Thomas Moon
as Thomas Moon (uncredited)
1957
0.0
Amazing Stories: The Movie III
as (archive footage)
N/A
0.0