Romano Puppo
Born25 March 1933 (1933-03-25)
Rome, Italy
Died11 May 1994 (1994-05-12) (aged 61)
Trieste, Italy
OccupationActor

Romano Puppo (25 March 1933 – 11 May 1994) was an Italian stuntman and actor.

Life and career

Born in Rome, Puppo debuted in 1961 in the Mauro Bolognini's drama Careless, and after a number of very minor roles he soon became a regular of Italian genre cinema in roles of henchmen and villains.[1] Mainly active in Spaghetti Westerns and Poliziotteschi films, he was also cast as the Paolo Villaggio's antagonist in a number of comedies.[1] He was hired as Lee Van Cleef's stuntman and double stand-in by director Gianfranco Parolini for his Sabata trilogy, and was one of his pallbearers in 1989.[2] He served as his stuntman in a number of films including Sabata (1969),[3] Commandos (1968) along Giampiero Albertini,[4][5] and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) along Benito Stefanelli.[6]

Puppo died in a motor scooter accident while having a heart attack, aged 61.[1]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ a b c Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi, Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884402697.((cite book)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Prickette, James (20 January 2012). McLendon, Charles Anthony (ed.). Actors of the Spaghetti Westerns. Xlibris Corporation. p. 476. ISBN 9781469144290.
  3. ^ Cox, Alex (21 October 2010). 10,000 Ways to Die. Oldcastle Books. p. 327. ISBN 9781842434024.
  4. ^ Hughes, Howard (30 April 2011). Cinema Italiano: The Complete Guide from Classics to Cult. I.B.Tauris. p. 211. ISBN 9780857730442.
  5. ^ Hughes, Howard (30 January 2012). When Eagles Dared: The Filmgoers' History of World War II. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 93. ISBN 9780857721501.
  6. ^ Hughes, Howard (31 March 2006). Once Upon A Time in the Italian West: The Filmgoers' Guide to Spaghetti Westerns. I.B.Tauris. p. 150. ISBN 9780857730459.

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