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- Born: August 1, 1933
- Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York
- Italian descent
- Died: May 4, 2009
- Time of death: 6:00 p.m.
- Attended: Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts
- Cookbooks: Eat This! and Eat This, Too!
- Children's books: Charlie The Caterpillar and Goldie Locks & The Three Bears: The Real Story!
- Spouse: Actress Carol
- Children: Actors Peter DeLuise, David DeLuise and Michael DeLuise
- Has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Battled prostate cancerET Online: Dom DeLuise's Cancer Revelation (December 19, 2008)
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Dominick "Dom" DeLuise was an actor, comedian and chef who appeared in a number of well known films including The Cannonball Run, Blazing Saddles and Spaceballs.
DeLuise died on May 4, 2009, in a hospital in Los Angeles. He was 75 years old.TMZ: Dom DeLuise Dies (May 5, 2009)
Selected Filmography
- 1964: Diary of a Bachelor as Marvin Rollins
- 1966: The Glass Bottom Boat as Julius Pritter
- 1970: The Twelve Chairs as Father Fyodor
- 1972: Every Little Crook and Nanny as Azzecca
- 1974: Blazing Saddles as Buddy Bizarre
- 1979: The Muppet Movie as Bernie the Agent
- 1980: Smokey and the Bandit II as Doc
- 1981: The Cannonball Run as Victor Prinzim
- 1982: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas as Melvin P. Thorpe
- 1984: Cannonball Run II as Victor Prinzim
- 1987: Spaceballs as Pizza The Hutt
- 1990: Loose Cannons as Harry Gutterman
- 1992: Fievel's American Tails as Tiger
- 1993: Men in Tights as Don Giovanni
- 1996-1998: All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series as Itchy Itchiford
- 1999: Baby Geniuses as Lenny
- 2001: Always Greener
- 2002: It's All About You
- 2004: Girl Play as Gabriel
- 2004: Breaking the Fifth as Flealand Cunchulis