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=== Personal life === === Personal life ===
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== Trivia ==

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== Filmography == == Filmography ==

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Dom DeLuise as Urgo in an episode of Stargate: SG-1.

Dominick "Dom" DeLuise (born August 1, 1933) is an American actor who has starred in numerous roles, mostly comedic.

Biography

Early life

DeLuise was born in Brooklyn, New York to Italian American parents John and Vicenza DeLuise. DeLuise graduated from Manhattan's School of Performing Arts.

Career

DeLuise almost always appears in comedic parts, although an early appearance (in the movie Fail-Safe as a nervous enlisted soldier) showed a possible broader range. His first acting credit was as a regular performer in the television show The Entertainers in 1964. He has often co-starred with Burt Reynolds; together they starred in the film The Cannonball Run. DeLuise was the host of the television show Candid Camera from 1991 to 1992. He is probably best known as a regular in Mel Brooks' films. Brooks' late wife, actress Anne Bancroft, directed Dom in Fatso (1980), he also had a cameo as the Pope in Johnny Dangerously.

An avid cook and author of several books on cooking, in recent years he has appeared as a regular contributor to a syndicated home improvement radio show, On The House with The Carey Brothers, giving listeners tips on culinary topics. He has also written several children's books.

He is sometimes credited as Dom De Luise, Dom Deluise, or Dom De Luises.

Dom Deluise is often confused for cajun chef, Paul Prudhomme. Both have a similar body shape and enjoy cooking. They both often wear "newsboy"-style cloth caps and beards.

Dom also wrote a children's book on diversity called Charlie the Caterpillar.

Personal life

DeLuise has three sons, Peter, Michael, and David, all of whom are actors. Dom, his sons and his wife, actress Carol (to whom he has been married since 1965), occasionally appear in each others' projects.

Filmography

TV work

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