Romano Puppo

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

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

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
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References
  1. Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi, Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884402697.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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