Pupo De Luca

Giovanni "Pupo" De Luca (18 December 1924 – 18 December 2006) was an Italian actor and jazz musician.

Pupo De Luca
Born18 December 1924 (1924-12-18)
Milan, Italy
Died18 December 2006 (2006-12-19) (aged 82)
Lanzarote, Spain
OccupationActor
Musician

Life and career

Born in Milan, after the World War II De Luca started his career in the theaters of his hometown, performing in revues, dialect theatre, and dramas. He had his breakout in the late 1960s, with the role of Fritz in the RAI TV-series Nero Wolfe. In films, he was mainly active as a character actor, except for a number of main roles in a few low budget comedies.[1]

De Luca was also well known as a jazz drummer, and his collaborations include Chet Baker, Franco Cerri, Enrico Intra, Bud Shank, and Gianni Basso. With Intra and Gianni Buongiovanni he founded the cabaret Derby Club in his hometown.[2]

De Luca retired from showbusiness in the early 1990s and moved to Lanzarote, Canary Islands, where he died in 2006, aged 82 years old.[2]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1964La vita agraDon Torneri
1966Wake Up and Die
1968Bandits in MilanUomo della 1100
1968Seven Times SevenTV JournalistUncredited
1970Una storia d'amoreDoctor
1971The Scalawag BunchWrong Priest
1971Vacation
1971The DoubleThe Police Commissioner
1971That's How We Women AreGuest of Alberta(segment "Il mondo cammina")
1971Roma BeneThird lover of Dede Marescalli
1971Trinity Is Still My NamePrior
1972The EroticistBugging Officer
1972Decameron nº 2 - Le altre novelle del BoccaccioPuccio
1972Le calde notti del DecameronFra' Gerbino
1972Decameron proibitissimo (Boccaccio mio statte zitto)Fra' Pasquale
1972Novelle galeotte d'amore
1972Man of the EastPrison Director
1972Finalmente... le mille e una notteSamandar
1972DecameroticusHusband of Elisa
1973Maria Rosa la guardona
1973Il tuo piacere è il mio
1973Primo tango a Roma - Storia d'amore e d'alchimiaOlimpio Orsini
1973Special KillersCabbie
1973Mamma... li turchi!Biscardo
1973I giochi proibiti de l'Aretino PietroFrancesco de' Bardi(segment "4 Wives")
1973Patroclooo! E il soldato Camillone, grande grosso e fresconeNardi
1973Elena sì... ma di TroiaMenelaos
1973Bruna, formosa, cerca superdotato
1974Di Tresette ce n'è uno, tutti gli altri son nessunoDirector's AssistantUncredited
1974Anche gli angeli tirano di destroRestaurant Owner
1974CarnalitàAurelio / Orsani's Butler
1974The Balloon VendorAntiquarian
1974Manone il ladroneFrate
1974La svergognataNino Bernardi
1975La cognatinaParish Priest
1975L'ammazzatinaBrigadiere Bragolin
1975Conviene far bene l'amore
1975Le dolci ziedon Fiorello
1975Hallucination StripAssistente del commissario
1976La professoressa di lingueAristide Toppetti
1976I violenti di Roma bene
1976Terror in RomeComm. Carli
1976Il compromesso... erotico (Menage a quattro)Don Camillo
1977Amore all'arrabbiata
1978RingGegè
1984Domani mi sposoFather of Arturo
1987TeresaPrior
1990Towards EveningJudge

References

  1. Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli Attori Vol. 1. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402131.
  2. Fabio Secchi Frau. "...continuavano a chiamarlo Pupo De Luca". MyMovies. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
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