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Dom DeLuise

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  • Birth Name: Dominick DeLuise
  • Birth Place: Brooklyn, NY
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 08/01/1933, Leo
  • Date of Death: 05/04/2009
  • Profession: Actor; author
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Dom DeLuise Fast Facts:
  • Parents were Italian immigrants; his father worked as a garbage collector.
  • Big break was playing magician Dominick the Great on The Gary Moore Show.
  • Costarred with Burt Reynolds in seven movies, including The Cannonball Run and Smokey and the Bandit II.
  • Acted in six movies directed by Mel Brooks, most memorably as Emperor Nero in History of the World---Part I.
  • Appeared opposite his wife and three sons in the 1983 TV-movie Happy.
  • Released a cookbook called Eat This...It'll Make You Feel Better in 1988.
  • Authored several children's books, the first of which, Charlie the Caterpillar, was published in 1990.
  • Dom DeLuise Relationships:
  • Anne - Sister
  • Carol DeLuise - Wife
  • David DeLuise - Son
  • John DeLuise - Father
  • Michael DeLuise - Son
  • Peter DeLuise - Son
  • Vincenza DeLuise - Mother
  • Dom DeLuise Awards:
  • 1974 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
  • College:
  • Attended Tufts University, Medford, MA
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Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Dom Deluise courtesy Jim Smeal/WireImage.com
Julia Child, Dom DeLuise courtesy ABC Photo Archives/Retna
Ruth Buzzi, Dom DeLuise Carol DeLuise and Peter DeLuise courtesy Ron Galella/WireImage.com
Dom Deluise, Carol DeLuise, David DeLuise, Michael DeLuise and Peter DeLuise courtesy Ron Galella/WireImage.com
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