Romano Puppo | |
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Born | 25 March 1933
Rome, Italy |
Died | 11 May 1994
Trieste, Italy | (aged 61)
Occupation | Actor |
Romano Puppo (25 March 1933 – 11 May 1994) was an Italian stuntman and actor.
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]
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