Dom DeLuise

[JT Brooklyn]

Sadly another Great Funny man Dom DeLuise has Passed at 75 quietly in his sleep. R.I.P.

 

Thankfully we do have many of his Funniest Screen Moments to Enjoy.

[Cooper]

An Amazing Career

 

Biography of Dom DeLuise

 

Early life

 

DeLuise was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Italian American parents Vincenza "Jennie" (née DeStefano), a homemaker, and John DeLuise, who was a civil servant. DeLuise graduated from Manhattan's High School of Performing Arts. He later attended Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts.

 

Career

 

DeLuise generally appeared in comedic parts, although an early appearance (in the movie Fail-Safe as a nervous enlisted airman) showed a possible broader range. His first acting credit was as a regular performer in the television show The Entertainers in 1964. In the 1970s and 1980s, he often co-starred with Burt Reynolds; together they appeared in the films The Cannonball Run and Cannonball Run II, Smokey and the Bandit II, The End, The Best Little *****house in Texas and All Dogs Go to Heaven. DeLuise was the host of the television show Candid Camera from 1991 to 1992.

 

TV producer Greg Garrison hired DeLuise to appear as a specialty act on the popular Dean Martin show. DeLuise ran through his "Dominick the Great" routine, a riotous example of a magic act gone wrong, with host Martin as a bemused volunteer from the audience. The show went so well that DeLuise was soon a regular on Martin's program, participating in both songs and sketches. Garrison also featured DeLuise in his own hour-long comedy specials for ABC. (Martin was often just off-camera when these were taped, and his distinctive laugh can be heard loud and clear.)

 

DeLuise was probably best known as a regular in Mel Brooks's films. He appeared in The Twelve Chairs, Blazing Saddles, Silent Movie, History of the World, Part I, Spaceballs & Robin Hood: Men in Tights. In Silent Movie (1976), Brooks plays a film director and his strange friends, DeLuise (as "Dom Bell") and Marty Feldman, struggle to produce the first major silent film in forty years. Brooks's late wife, actress Anne Bancroft, directed Dom in Fatso (1980). He also had a cameo in Johnny Dangerously as the Pope, and in Jim Henson's The Muppet Movie as a wayward Hollywood talent agent who comes across Kermit the Frog singing "The Rainbow Connection" in the film's opening scene.

 

DeLuise exhibited his comedic talents while playing the speaking part of the jailer Frosch in the comedic operetta Die Fledermaus at the Metropolitan Opera. In the production, while the singing was in German, the spoken parts were in English.

 

An avid cook and author of several books on cooking, in recent years he appeared as a regular contributor to a syndicated home improvement radio show, On The House with The Carey Brothers, giving listeners tips on culinary topics.[5] He also wrote several children's books.

 

Death

 

According to TMZ.com, DeLuise passed away in his sleep around 6 pm on Monday, May 4, 2009. He was hospitalized at an LA hospital at the time.

 

Filmography

 

* tom thumb (1958)

* Diary of a Bachelor (1964)

* Fail-Safe (1964)

* The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)

* The Busy Body (1967)

* What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968)

* The Twelve Chairs (1970)

* Norwood (1970)

* Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? (1971)

* Every Little Crook and Nanny (1972)

* Blazing Saddles (1974)

* The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)

* Silent Movie (1976)

* The World's Greatest Lover (1977)

* Sextette (1978)

* The End (1978)

* The Cheap Detective (1978)

* The Muppet Movie (1979) (cameo)

* Hot Stuff (1979) (also director)

* The Last Married Couple in America (1980)

* Fatso (1980)

* Wholly Moses (1980)

* Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)

* History of the World, Part I (1981)

* The Cannonball Run (1981)

* Peter-No-Tail (1981) (voice in English dubbed version)

* The Secret of NIMH (1982) (voice)

* The Best Little *****house in Texas (1982)

* Cannonball Run II (1984)

* Johnny Dangerously (1984)

* Haunted Honeymoon (1986)

* An American Tail (1986) (voice)

* A Taxi Driver in New York (1987)

* Spaceballs (1987) (voice only)

* Going Bananas (1988)

* Oliver & Company (1988) (voice)

* The Princess and the Dwarf (1989)

* All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989) (voice)

* Loose Cannons (1990)

* Driving Me Crazy (1991)

* An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) (voice)

* Munchie (1992) (voice only)

* The Magic Voyage (1992) (voice)

* Almost Pregnant (1992)

* The Skateboard Kid (1993) (voice only)

* Happily Ever After (1993) (voice)

* Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)

* Don't Drink the Water (1994)

* The Silence of the Hams (1994)

* A Troll in Central Park (1994) (voice)

* All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996) (voice)

* Red Line (1996)

* Boys Will Be Boys (1997)

* The Good Bad Guys (1997)

* Between the Sheets (1998) (Cameo)

* The Godson (film) (1998)

* An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island (1998) (voice)

* Baby Geniuses (1999)

* An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster (1999) (voice)

* Lion of Oz (2000) (voice)

* The Brainiacs.com (2000)

* It's All About You (2001)

* Always Greener (2001)

* My X-Girlfriend's Wedding Reception (2001)

* Remembering Mario (2003) (voice only)

* Girl Play (2004)

* Breaking the Fifth (2004)

* Bongee Bear and the Kingdom of Rhythm (2006) (voice)

 

Television

 

* Amazing Stories (TV series) (1 Episode Guilt Trip)

* The Entertainers (1964–1965)

* The Dean Martin Summer Show (regular performer in 1966)

* The Dom DeLuise Show (1968) (summer replacement for Jackie Gleason)

* The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (regular performer from 1971 - 1972)

* The Roman Holidays (1972) (cancelled after four months)

* The Dean Martin Show (regular performer from 1972 - 1973)

* Lotsa Luck (1973–1974)

* Only with Married Men (1974)

* The Muppet Show (1977) [Guest]

* Happy (1983) (also executive producer)

* The Dom DeLuise Show (1987 - 1988)

* 21 Jump Street (1989)

* Die Laughing (1990)

* Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas (1991) (voice)

* Fievel's American Tails (1991 - 1992) (voice)

* Candid Camera (host from 1991 - 1992)

* The Ren & Stimpy Show (cast member from 1993 - 1995) (voice)

* Married... With Children (1993) (voice)

* Burke's Law (1994–1995)

* seaQuest DSV (1994)

* Tin Soldier (1995)

* Shari's Passover Surprise (1996)

* 3rd Rock from the Sun (1997)

* Dexter's Laboratory

* Cow and Chicken

* Hercules: The Animated Series

* Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1998)

* All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series (1996 - 1999) (voice)

* Charlie Horse Music Pizza (1998 - 1999)

* Stargate SG-1 episode "Urgo" (2000)

* Robot Chicken (2005) (guest voice)

* "Spaceballs: The Animated Series" (2008) (voice)

 

Bibliography

 

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

* There's No Place Like Home

 

Cookbooks

 

* A Delicious Sampling of Dom's Recipes from Eat This ... It'll Make You Feel 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 Cooking and 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

* The Pizza Challenge

[BewareofNick]

I always loved Dom Deluise.

 

I used to think he was also Chef Paul Prudhomme.

 

I am sure he'll keep God rolling with laughter

[JT Brooklyn]

Dom DeLuise Bio

 

Thanks for the Bio Post Coop...It reminds us of just how Talented the Man was with a Long Successful Career.

[+ ArVaGuy]

Dom DeLuise - A Few Video Clips

 

Dom DeLuise was one of my favorite commedians. Here's a few clips from youtube of some of his best moments.

 

 

 

Dom DeLuise and Johnny Carson – Egg Trick

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfuvfS-5Ljo

 

History of the World Part 1

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTH8_elwCpA

 

Dom and Dean Martin

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znsZYcEdlGc

 

Dom DeLuise – Out of Order

 

 

Dom DeLuise and Ron Carrey – Fatso

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6SghdjdKBw

 

 

Blazing Saddles

 

[eeyore]

Thanks for these posts. I always thought he was a wonderfully talented and funny man.

[whipped guy]

Dom was indeed the greatest!

 

The amount sadness you experience at someone's death reveals the greatness and the importance of the person...

 

Dom was the indeed "Dominic the Great"!

 

Great cookbooks as well... Get Eat This if you like eating "authentic American-immigrant" Italian as well!

 

I have so many memories of literally rolling on the floor laughing as a kid... especially those early years with Ruth Buzzi as his inept assistant Shakuntala...

[Guest zipperzone]

Sadly another Great Funny man Dom DeLuise has Passed at 75 quietly in his sleep. R.I.P.

 

If he had to go - and we all do, eventually - what a wonderful way to go.

I hope I am as lucky.