{{Short description|Italian actor and jazz musician}} {{Infobox person | name = Pupo De Luca | image = Elena sì... ma di Troia 04.png | imagesize = | caption = De Luca in ''Elena sì... ma di Troia'' (1973) | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth-date|18 December 1924}} | birth_place = [[Milan]], Italy | death_date = {{death-date and age|18 December 2006|18 December 1924}} | death_place = [[Lanzarote]], Spain | occupation = Actor<br />Musician | years_active = | spouse = | awards = }}'''Giovanni "Pupo" De Luca''' (18 December 1924 – 18 December 2006) was an Italian actor and jazz 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 [[revue]]s, dialect theatre, and dramas. He had his [[Breakout role|breakout]] in the late 1960s, with the role of Fritz in the [[RAI]] TV-series ''[[Nero_Wolfe#Italian_TV_series_(1969–1971)|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.<ref name=bio>{{cite book|last1=Enrico Lancia|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli Attori Vol. 1|date=2003 |publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=8884402131}}</ref>
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 is considered a "founding father" of the [[cabaret]] [[Derby Club]] in his hometown.<ref name="MyMovies">{{cite news|last1=Fabio Secchi Frau|title=...continuavano a chiamarlo Pupo De Luca|url=http://www.mymovies.it/biografia/?a=3910|accessdate=8 June 2016|work=[[Mymovies.it|MyMovies]]}}</ref>
De Luca retired from showbusiness in the early 1990s and moved to [[Lanzarote]], [[Canary Islands]], where he died in 2006, aged 82 years old.<ref name="MyMovies"/>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1964|| ''[[La vita agra (film)|La vita agra]]'' || Don Torneri || |- |1966|| ''[[Wake Up and Die]]'' || || |- |1968|| ''[[Bandits in Milan]]'' || Uomo della 1100 || |- |1968|| ''[[Seven Times Seven]]'' || TV Journalist || Uncredited |- |1970|| ''[[Una storia d'amore (1969 film)|Una storia d'amore]]'' || Doctor || |- |1971|| ''[[Long Live Robin Hood]]'' || Wrong Priest || |- |1971|| ''[[La vacanza|Vacation]]'' || || |- |1971|| ''[[The Double (1971 film)|The Double]]'' || The Police Commissioner || |- |1971|| ''[[That's How We Women Are]]'' || Guest of Alberta || (segment "Il mondo cammina") |- |1971|| ''[[Roma Bene]]'' || Third lover of Dede Marescalli || |- |1971|| ''[[Trinity Is Still My Name]]'' || Prior || |- |1972|| ''[[The Eroticist]]'' || Bugging Officer || |- |1972|| ''Decameron nº 2 - Le altre novelle del Boccaccio'' || Puccio || |- |1972|| ''Le calde notti del Decameron'' || Fra' Gerbino || |- |1972|| ''Decameron proibitissimo (Boccaccio mio statte zitto)'' || Fra' Pasquale || |- |1972|| ''Novelle galeotte d'amore'' || || |- |1972|| ''[[Man of the East]]'' || Prison Director || |- |1972|| ''Decameroticus'' || Husband of Elisa || |- |1973|| ''[[House of 1000 Pleasures]]'' || Samandar || |- |1973|| ''Maria Rosa la guardona'' || || |- |1973|| ''[[My Pleasure Is Your Pleasure]]'' || || |- |1973|| ''Primo tango a Roma - Storia d'amore e d'alchimia'' || Olimpio Orsini || |- |1973|| ''[[Special Killers]]'' || Cabbie || |- |1973|| ''Mamma... li turchi!'' || Biscardo || |- |1973|| ''I giochi proibiti de l'Aretino Pietro'' || Francesco de' Bardi || (segment "4 Wives") |- |1973|| ''Patroclooo! E il soldato Camillone, grande grosso e frescone'' || Nardi || |- |1973|| ''Elena sì... ma di Troia'' || Menelaos || |- |1973|| ''Bruna, formosa, cerca superdotato'' || || |- |1974|| ''Di Tresette ce n'è uno, tutti gli altri son nessuno'' || Director's Assistant || Uncredited |- |1974|| ''[[Charleston (1974 film)|Charleston]]'' || Restaurant Owner || |- |1974|| ''Carnalità'' || Aurelio / Orsani's Butler || |- |1974|| ''[[The Balloon Vendor]]'' || Antiquarian || |- |1974|| ''Manone il ladrone'' || Frate || |- |1974|| ''[[La svergognata]]'' || Nino Bernardi || |- |1975|| ''La cognatina'' || Parish Priest || |- |1975|| ''L'ammazzatina'' || Brigadiere Bragolin || |- |1975|| ''[[The Sex Machine]]'' || || |- |1975|| ''[[Le dolci zie]]'' || don Fiorello || |- |1975|| ''[[Hallucination Strip]]'' || Assistente del commissario || |- |1976|| ''[[La professoressa di lingue]]'' || Aristide Toppetti || |- |1976|| ''[[Terror in Rome]]'' || Comm. Carli || |- |1976|| ''Il compromesso... erotico (Menage a quattro)'' || Don Camillo || |- |1977|| ''Amore all'arrabbiata'' || || |- |1978|| ''Ring'' || Gegè || |- |1984|| ''[[Domani mi sposo]]'' || Father of Arturo || |- |1987|| ''[[Teresa (1987 film)|Teresa]]'' || Prior || |- |1990|| ''[[Towards Evening]]'' || Judge || |}
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