Romano Puppo

Romano Puppo
Born	25 March 1933 Rome, Italy
Died	11 May 1994 (aged 61) Trieste, Italy
Occupation	Actor

Romano Puppo ( 25 March 1933 – 11 May 1994) was an Italian film and television 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 died of a car accident, aged 61.^[1]

Selected filmography

• Gli uomini dal passo pesante (1965)
• The Big Gundown (1966)
• Death Rides a Horse (1967)
• Chuck Moll (1970)
• China 9, Liberty 37 (1972)
• The Master Touch (1972)
• Street Law (1974)
• Cry, Onion! (1975)
• The White, the Yellow, and the Black (1975)
• The Loves and Times of Scaramouche (1976)
• The Big Racket (1976)
• The Heroin Busters (1977)
• California (1977)
• Gangbuster (1977)
• The Great Alligator River (1979)
• Day of the Cobra (1980)
• Who Is Afraid Of Dracula? (1985)
• Robowar (1988)
• After Death (1989)
• Sinbad of the Seven Seas (1989)
• Born to Fight (1989)

References

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

External links

• Romano Puppo at the Internet Movie Database