Peter John DeLuise (born November 6, 1966) is an American actor, television director, television producer, and screenwriter. His father was a garbage collector who spoke only Italian. Got a correction? Dom DeLuise. Actor and comedian Dom DeLuise has died. DeLuise also co-starred with Burt Reynolds in several movies: The Cannonball Run and Cannonball Run II, Smokey and the Bandit II, The End, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and All Dogs Go to Heaven. Met his wife while working in summer stock in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Discover today's celebrity birthdays and explore famous people who share your birthday. True to life, Dom played a sympathetic kiddie show host in the moving TV-movie Happy (1983). Actor and comedian Dom DeLuise has died. Comic legend Dom DeLuise dies at 75 LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Dom DeLuise, who spiced up such movies as "Blazing Saddles," "Silent Movie" and "The Cannonball Run" with his manic. I'm actually a thin serious person but I play fat and funny, but only for the movies. At one point, he wanted to become a teacher, which led him to enroll at Tufts College to study biology. He has appeared in two films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Blazing Saddles (1974) & The Muppet Movie (1979). He gave it a rest for awhile before trying once again with the sketch-like sitcom The Dom DeLuise Show (1987), but it, too, quickly faded. In December 2008 the actor told TV show Entertainment Tonight that he had been fighting prostate cancer. In a 1991 interview with NPR's Scott Simon, DeLuise described how he and Reynolds met. I will miss him very much, Reynolds told celebrity television show Entertainment Tonight.. Dom went on to direct a number of stage productions for his close friend at the Burt Reynolds Theatre in Jupiter, Florida -- among them "Butterflies Are Free," "Same Time, Next Year" (starring Burt and Carol Burnett), "Brighton Beach Memoirs" (starring son Peter), and the musical "Jump" (featuring wife Carol). pg. iHeartMedia Stock Slides As Wall Street Remains Wary of Advertising Headwinds, Ricou Browning, the Gill-Man in Creature From the Black Lagoon, Dies at 93, Burny Mattinson, Animator and Disneys Longest-Serving Employee, Dies at 87, Gordon Pinsent, Actor in Sarah Polleys Away From Her, Dies at 92, How Judd Hirsch Made the Most of Short Fabelmans Screen Time, and Nabbed an Oscar Nom to Boot, Ana de Armas on the Polarizing Views on Blonde: It Was Not Made to Please People, All Quiet on the Western Front, Elvis, Empire of Light Cinematographers on Their Oscar-Nominated Work: The Camera Had to Be Dancing, Boulder International Film Festival: F. 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(1968), he proved a delight as an inept, dim-witted spy in the Doris Day caper The Glass Bottom Boat (1966).Mel Brooks first cast Dom as the miserly Russian Orthodox priest, Father Fyodor, in his film The Twelve Chairs (1970), and found plenty of room for the comedian after that -- as campy director Buddy Bizarre in Blazing Saddles (1974), the silly-ass director's assistant in Silent Movie (1976), Emperor Nero in History of the World: Part I (1981), the voice of the cheese-oozing Pizza the Hutt in the "Star Wars" parody Spaceballs (1987), and as Sherwood Forest's very own puffy-cheeked Godfather, Don Giovanni, in Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993).A very close friend of action star Burt Reynolds, Dom romped through a number of Reynolds' freewheeling films as well, including Smokey and the Bandit II (1980), The Cannonball Run (1981) and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982). Michael DeLuise (brother) Peter DeLuise (brother) David Dominick DeLuise (born November 11, 1971) is an American actor and television director. See here for a complete list of exchanges and delays. We have estimated Nationality. ISBN 0816023387. In 1971, Dom returned successfully to Broadway in a perfectly-suited Neil Simon vehicle, "The Last of the Red Hot Lovers. On television, DeLuise was a frequent guest star on The Dean Martin Show, and had his own show, The Dom DeLuise Show, in two incarnations: one in 1968 and one in 1987. An All Dogs Christmas Carol. Following his passing, Dom DeLuise's sons, Peter, Michael, and David DeLuise, continued his legacy and also carved a niche for themselves . For a brief period in 1968, he was given his own TV program, The Dom DeLuise Show, and he later proved to be appealing as a guest star in sketch comedy and other shows. Add the template {{editprotected}} to the talk page along with your corrections, and it will be brought to the attention of the administrators. When comic actor, director, television producer, and author Dom DeLuise died in 2009 at the age of 75, he left a large collection of materials relating to his career. Directed by and co-starring Brooks' wife Anne Bancroft, Dom managed to draw both comedy and pathos. Mel Brooks first cast Dom as the miserly Father Fyodor in his film The Twelve Chairs (1970), and found plenty of room for the comedian after that -- as campy director Buddy Bizarre in Blazing Saddles (1974), the silly-ass director's assistant in Silent Movie (1976), Emperor Nero in History of the World: Part I (1981), the voice of the cheese-oozing Pizza the Hutt in the "Star Wars" parody Spaceballs (1987), and as Sherwood Forest's very own puffy-cheeked Godfather, Don Giovanni, in Robin Hood: Men In Tights (1993). He wrote cookbooks, and he performed in operas in non-singing roles. Find out the cause of death and more exciting information regarding the death of this famous movie actor. Dominick Dom DeLuise was born August 1, 1933, in Brooklyn, New York. 134-135. DeLuise was also an avid chef, authoring two cookbooks and making numerous appearances as a cook on morning television shows. Was named as "King of Brooklyn" at the Welcome Back to Brooklyn Festival. Actor Carol Arthur DeLuise, widow of Dom DeLuise, dies at 85. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Appearing in support of others such as Sid Caesar and Mary Tyler Moore, respectively, in the so-so comedies The Busy Body (1967) and What's So Bad About Feeling Good? The comedian truly thrived in this TV variety atmosphere and soon began popping up seemingly everywhere: (The Hollywood Palace (1964), The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967), The Jackie Gleason Show (1966)). He was 75. Obesity was also a chronic, real-life problem for the comedian and, at one point in 1999, it was reported that he had tipped the scales at 325 lbs. SIEGEL: That's Dom DeLuise on WEEKEND EDITION SATURDAY in 1991. Dom DeLuise, the irrepressibly rotund comedian, has died at the age of 75, his son Michael confirmed to the Web site of the Los Angeles television station KTLA . He began his career in movies and on TV in the 1960s, and he gained widespread fame on the Dean Martin Show as Dominick the Great, a magician whose act routinely went wrong. (1980) (although Dom was arguably the best thing in it), Loose Cannons (1990), in which he appeared as portly pornographer Harry "The Hippo" Gutterman, Driving Me Crazy (1991), which filmed far away in Germany, and The Silence of the Hams (1994), a parody on the horror genre in which he played Dr. The sitcom Lotsa Luck! He earned his first professional paycheck playing the titular Bernie the dog in "Bernie's Last Wish." He landed his best known acting role, as Officer Doug Penhall, in the 1987 Fox series 21 Jump Street,[2] alongside other promising actors including Johnny Depp. Love, Burt. He was Movies (Actor) by profession. He worked in the 1980s and 1990s on a wide range of movies and TV shows such as Beverly Hills 90210 and 3rd Rock from the Sun, and he hosted a version of Candid Camera from 1991 to 1992. While his harsher critics believed his schtick would be better served in smaller doses, Dom nevertheless went on to find some range in a few moving, more restrained projects. In addition, Dom offered a cameo in Between the Sheets (2003), a film written by Peter, directed, edited and executive-produced by Michael, and featuring roles for the rest of the family.Dom's voiceover skills did not go untapped, either, in films including the animated features The Secret of NIMH (1982), An American Tail (1986) and All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989), plus all of their offshoots. DeLuise. His godparents are Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft. Early life, family, and education [ edit] This section needs expansion. The rolypoly comedian truly thrived in this TV variety atmosphere and soon began popping up all over the place (The Hollywood Palace (1964), The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967), The Jackie Gleason Show (1966)). Had three grandchildren: David's daughters Dylan and Riley DeLuise, and Peter's son Jake (born 2004). New York: Facts on File (1992). The fact that you have sent him here just goes to prove that you are the leading asshole in the state! she says to much applause. All quotes delayed a minimum of 15 minutes. He also appeared on Shari Lewis' The Shari Lewis Show (1960) (as bumbling private eye Kenny Ketcham) on NBC TV Saturday mornings from October 1960 to September 1962, and on The Charlie Horse Music Pizza (1998) (as Cookie) on PBS TV weekday mornings from 1996 to 1998. He was the husband of actress Carol Arthur from 1965 until his death and the father of actor, director, pianist, and writer Peter DeLuise, actor David DeLuise, and actor Michael DeLuise. He was the author of two children's books: "Charlie the Caterpillar" and "Goldie Locks and the Three Bears: The Real Story!". He was big in size and created big laughter and joy, Brooks said in a statement. On a positive note, this passion for food actually fed into a more lucrative sideline -- as a respected chef and culinary author ("Eat This" and "Eat This Too") in which he appeared all over the tube cooking and demonstrating his favorite recipes. Another brief stint was as host of a revamped Candid Camera (1991).While Dom made an unlikely film debut as a high-strung Air Force technician in the gripping nuclear drama Fail Safe (1964) starring Henry Fonda, it was in zany, irreverent comedy that he found his true calling. 1933, in Brooklyn, New York: Facts on File ( 1992 ) the dog ``! 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