Dom DeLuise

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Biography

Recent Role:
Himself/What Dom Cooked For... on I Love the 70s: Volume 2
Gender:
Male
Born:
8-1-1933
Died:
5-4-2009
Birthplace:
Brooklyn,New York City USA
AKA:
Dom DeLuises, Dom De Luise
Dom Deluise made his tv debut on a local Cleveland, Ohio kids tv show "Tip Top Clubhouse!" with radio/tv and stage entertainer Joe Bova in the early 1950's. He would later become the fourth and last host/performer and instructor of WJZ/WABC TV Ch.7 NYC's "Tinker's Workshop", a daily kids educational tv show that made it's debut on Ch.7 on Monday morning November 15, 1954 (Bob Keeshan was the first host/performer to play "Tinker The Toymaker". The other hosts/performers and instructors of the series were Henry Burbig and Gene London). Deluise would entertain and inform his viewers in between… More the reruns of old movie cartoons and comedies, until the station execs at Ch.7 closed down "Tinker's Workshop" for good on Friday morning August 22, 1958.Mr.Deluise would also host CBS TV's Prime Time Variety series' "The Entertainers" with Carol Burnett and "The Dom Deluise Show" during the 1960's.He also appeared semi-regularly on "The Shari Lewis Show"saturday mornings on NBC TV from October,1960 to 1962.Deluise appeared on Ms.Lewis'show,playing a bumbling private detective named"Kenny Ketcham". In the 1970's, he would star on the short-lived NBC TV sitcom "Lotsa Luck!" with Kathleen Freeman,Wynn Irwin and Jack Knight.

Mr. Deluise would also do cartoon voice overs for such animated series' as "The Roman Holidays" with Dave Wilcox, Barry Livingston, Pamilyn Ferdin, Shirley Mitchell, Daws Butler, and Hal Smith, and "An American Tale: Fievel Goes West!" (A tv cartoon version of the animated feature film). Mr. Deluise would serve as a semi-regular on "The Dean Martin Show", in which he played a wisecracking barber, and he would MC the syndicated 1980's version of "Candid Camera". Dom Deluise would perform on numerous films and tv series and specials. He would write two cookbooks and two children's books, "Charlie The Catepillar" and "GoldieLocks & The Three Bears: The Real Story!". His last regular tv series was playing "Cookie" on Shari Lewis' last kids tv show "Charlie Horse's Music Pizza" on the PBS TV Network during the late 1990's. Since the cancellation of "Charlie Horse's Music Pizza", Mr. Dom Deluise has been performing in movies. He was last seen at the New York Alumni Association Saturday night at Beverly Hills High School

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    The news came out today that this amazing entertainer has passed away peacefully in his sleep in a hospital. RIP. There are no words that I can possibly think of at the moment that will be worthy enough to honor the amazing and nice soul that has left us so I'll just start this forum for people… More to write their thoughts not on the death of Dom but on the full life with a career filed with brilliant moments that will forever be recorded in the history of fine acting. My thought are with the family

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  • Dom DeLuise passes away

    Comedian Dom DeLuise passed away last night at the age of 75, reports Entertainment Tonight. The actor died in his sleep after a bout with in undisclosed illness at a hospital in Santa Monica.

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    One of the acting greats. There won't be another like him for quite some time. :idea: hide show

    I admire Dom Deluise's acting career as any guy can admire it, but Dom Deluise always seemed to play either a good guy who was down on his luck, or a nervous second banana to the main hero who had to find courage to do the right thing. And even though he never really got the opportunity to be the main star of any movies or T.V. shows that he starred in, the characters that he voiced in cartoons will always be easily remembered. Whether it's the mice-friendly feline named Tiger the Cat, the neurotic, nervous mutt named Itchy, or the Koosalagoopagoop from "Dexter's Laboratory," his presence was undeniable and he always had a hint of humor in his voice, and a generally jolly nature. He contributed and did a lot for humor during his illustrious career in television and movies. Dom Deluise is one actor who will be greatly missed. :idea: Enough said! ;)

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