| Dom DeLuise  Born: 1-Aug-1933
Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Matter of Dispute
Occupation: Actor Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Portly Cannonball Run star Dom DeLuise is an overweight, likeable comedian who appeared in several of Mel Brooks' movies when Brooks's movies were funny, and was often Burt Reynolds' on-screen sidekick when Reynolds was a big star. DeLuise's best-remembered films include The Twelve Chairs, Blazing Saddles, Silent Movie, The Cannonball Run, The End, Smokey & the Bandit II, and The Muppet Movie. A 1980 movie starring DeLuise as a fat man on a diet, Fatso, was generally panned by critics and avoided by audiences, but it's an unfairly neglected gem.
DeLuise's first professional work was in the role of "Bernie the Dog" in a children's play, and he starred in the 1968 Broadway production of Neil Simon's Last of the Red Hot Lovers.
On TV, DeLuise played private eye Kenny Ketchem (get it?) on NBC's Saturday kiddie show The Shari Lewis Show. He was a regular on the sketch comedy show The Entertainers in the mid-'60s and The Dean Martin Show in the early '70s. His own brief sitcoms include Lotsa Luck in 1973, The Dom DeLuise Show in 1987. In the early 1990s, DeLuise hosted one of the myriad revivals of Candid Camera, and in the mid-90s viewers were Cooking with Dom Deluise.
In recent years, DeLuise has done lots of voice work for animated features and series. His pleasantly manic voice can be heard in The Secret of NIMH, An American Tail, All Dogs Go to Heaven, and other cartoons and related sequels, series, and video games.
In 1984, DeLuise, a Brooklyn native, was named "King of Brooklyn" by local civic leaders. The title is largely ceremonial. He's also sung opera in Die Fledermaus with the New York Metropolitan, and written two cookbooks, Eat This and Eat This Too. Father: John DeLuise
Mother: Vincenza DeLuise
Wife: Carol Arata Arthur (actress, b. 4-Aug-1935, m. 23-Nov-1965, three sons)
Son: Peter DeLuise (actor, b. 6-Nov-1966)
Son: Michael DeLuise (actor, b. 4-Aug-1970)
Son: David DeLuise (actor, b. 11-Nov-1971)
High School: High School of Performing Arts, New York City
Hollywood Walk of Fame 1765 N. Vine Street (motion pictures)
Risk Factors: Obesity
TELEVISION
The Dom DeLuise Show Dom (1987-88)
FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
Boys Will Be Boys (1997)
Hot Stuff (May-1979)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Girl Play (11-Jul-2004)
Baby Geniuses (12-Mar-1999)
The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue (22-Dec-1998) [VOICE]
An All Dogs Christmas Carol (17-Nov-1998) [VOICE]
The Godson (22-Sep-1998)
Boys Will Be Boys (1997)
Red Line (17-Dec-1996)
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (29-Mar-1996) [VOICE]
Don't Drink the Water (18-Dec-1994)
A Troll in Central Park (7-Oct-1994) [VOICE]
The Silence of the Hams (13-Jul-1994)
Robin Hood: Men in Tights (28-Jul-1993)
Happily Ever After (28-May-1993) [VOICE]
Almost Pregnant (22-Jun-1992)
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (21-Nov-1991) [VOICE]
Driving Me Crazy (16-May-1991)
Loose Cannons (9-Feb-1990)
All Dogs Go to Heaven (17-Nov-1989) [VOICE]
Oliver & Company (18-Nov-1988) [VOICE]
Spaceballs (24-Jun-1987) [VOICE]
An American Tail (21-Nov-1986) [VOICE]
Haunted Honeymoon (25-Jul-1986)
Johnny Dangerously (21-Dec-1984)
Cannonball Run II (29-Jun-1984)
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (23-Jul-1982)
The Secret of NIMH (15-Jul-1982) [VOICE]
The Cannonball Run (19-Jun-1981)
History of the World: Part I (12-Jun-1981)
Smokey and the Bandit II (15-Aug-1980)
Wholly Moses (13-Jun-1980)
The Last Married Couple in America (1980)
Fatso (1980)
The Muppet Movie (22-Jun-1979)
Hot Stuff (May-1979)
The Cheap Detective (23-Jun-1978)
The End (10-May-1978)
Sextette (3-Mar-1978)
The World's Greatest Lover (18-Dec-1977)
Silent Movie (16-Jun-1976)
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (14-Dec-1975)
Blazing Saddles (7-Feb-1974)
Evil Roy Slade (18-Feb-1972)
Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? (15-Jun-1971)
Norwood (25-Nov-1970)
The Twelve Chairs (28-Oct-1970)
The Busy Body (12-Mar-1967)
The Glass Bottom Boat (9-Jun-1966)
Fail Safe (7-Oct-1964)
Official Website:
http://www.domdeluise.com/
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