{{short description|Italian stuntman and actor}} {{Infobox person | name =Romano Puppo | image = Romano_puppo.jpg | caption = | image_size = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth-date|25 March 1933}} | birth_place = Trieste, Italy | death_date = {{Death-date and age|11 May 1994|25 March 1933}} | death_place = Trieste, Italy | death_cause = | other_names = | occupation = Actor | years_active = }} '''Romano Puppo''' (25 March 1933 – 11 May 1994) was an Italian stuntman and 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.<ref name=bio>{{cite book|last1=Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi, Enrico Lancia|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri|date=2003 |publisher=Gremese Editore, 2002|isbn=8884402697}}</ref> Mainly active in Spaghetti Westerns and Poliziotteschi films, he was also cast as the Paolo Villaggio's antagonist in a number of comedies.<ref name=bio>{{cite book|last1=Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi, Enrico Lancia|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri|date=2003 |publisher=Gremese Editore, 2002|isbn=8884402697}}</ref> He was hired as Lee Van Cleef's stuntman and double stand-in by director Gianfranco Parolini for his ''Sabata'' trilogy, and was one of his pallbearers in 1989.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Q1SAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA476 |title=Actors of the Spaghetti Westerns |first=James |last=Prickette |publisher=Xlibris Corporation |date=20 January 2012 |page=476 |isbn=9781469144290 |editor-first=Charles Anthony |editor-last=McLendon}}</ref> He served as his stuntman in a number of films including ''Sabata'' (1969),<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r4tQ5oNi9dQC&pg=PT327 |title=10,000 Ways to Die |first=Alex |last=Cox |publisher=Oldcastle Books |date=21 October 2010 |page=327 |isbn=9781842434024}}</ref> ''Commandos'' (1968) along Giampiero Albertini,<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C5_3AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA211 |title=Cinema Italiano: The Complete Guide from Classics to Cult |first=Howard |last=Hughes |publisher=I.B.Tauris |date=30 April 2011 |page=211 |isbn=9780857730442}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ahCMDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA93 |title=When Eagles Dared: The Filmgoers' History of World War II |first=Howard |last=Hughes |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |date=30 January 2012 |page=93 |isbn=9780857721501}}</ref> and ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' (1966) along Benito Stefanelli.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M6D3AgAAQBAJ&pg=PT150 |title=Once Upon A Time in the Italian West: The Filmgoers' Guide to Spaghetti Westerns |first=Howard |last=Hughes |publisher=I.B.Tauris |date=31 March 2006 |page=150 |isbn=9780857730459}}</ref>
Puppo died in a motor scooter accident while having a heart attack, aged 61.<ref name=bio>{{cite book|last1=Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi, Enrico Lancia|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri|date=2003 |publisher=Gremese Editore, 2002|isbn=8884402697}}</ref>
== Selected filmography == {{Div col|colwidth=30em}} * ''The Tramplers'' (1965) - Paine Cordeen * ''Agent 3S3: Massacre in the Sun'' (1966) - Man on Plane #2 * ''Massacre Time'' (1966) - Tall Scott Henchman (uncredited) * ''The Big Gundown'' (1966) - Rocky, Widow's Ranchero * ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' (1966) - Slim (Member of Angel Eyes' Gang) (uncredited) * ''Death Rides a Horse'' (1967) - Clell * ''Day of Anger'' (1967) - Hart Perkins (uncredited) * ''Seven Times Seven'' (1968) - Prisoner Carrying Garbage Can (uncredited) * ''Gunman Sent by God'' (1968) - Badman * ''Beyond the Law'' (1968) - Sam - Burton Bandit * ''Madigan's Millions'' (1968) - Steward (uncredited) * ''Rita of the West'' (1968) - Zorro * ''Commandos'' (1968) - Dino * ''Death on High Mountain'' (1969) - Deputy * ''Bootleggers'' (1969) - Boss' Bodyguard * ''Sabata'' (1969) - Rocky Bendato, Stengel Henchman * ''Boot Hill'' (1969) - Finch henchman * ''Chuck Moll'' (1970) - Burt * ''Colt in the Hand of the Devil'' (1970) - Soldier (uncredited) * ''Dead Men Ride'' (1971) - Newman * ''Trinity Is Still My Name'' (1971) - Hitman (uncredited) * ''Trinity and Sartana Are Coming'' (1972) - Captain Bill McCorney (uncredited) * ''The Master Touch'' (1972) - Miller's Lieutenant * ''The Sicilian Connection'' (1972) - Hood (uncredited) * ''Il Nemico In Vista'' (1973) - Commando * ''Those Dirty Dogs'' (1973) - Soldier in Dormitory Fistfight (uncredited) * ''Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears'' (1973) - Bull, Morton's Goon * ''The Big Game'' (1973) - Alberto * ''The Funny Face of the Godfather'' (1973) - Uomo del padrino * ''...E il terzo giorno arrivò il corvo'' (1973) - Henry Sloane (uncredited) * ''Mr. Hercules Against Karate'' (1973) - Football Player (uncredited) * ''Mean Frank and Crazy Tony'' (1973) - Assassin * ''Three Tough Guys'' (1974) - Hood * ''Street Law'' (1974) - Ringleader * ''The Beast'' (1974) - Dutch Driver * ''The White, the Yellow, and the Black'' (1975) - Kady * ''Loaded Guns'' (1975) - Man in the Tavern (uncredited) * ''El clan de los inmorales'' (1975) * ''Cry, Onion!'' (1975) - Stinky * ''Africa Express'' (1975) * ''Lo sgarbo'' (1975) * ''The Loves and Times of Scaramouche'' (1976) * ''Street People'' (1976) - Fortunate * ''The Big Racket'' (1976) - Doringo * ''The Heroin Busters'' (1977) - Enforcer * ''California'' (1977) - Gary Luke * ''Gangbuster'' (1977) - Peseti Henchman * ''Interno di un convento'' (1978) * ''China 9, Liberty 37'' (1978) - Zeb / Zeb's brother * ''The Uranium Conspiracy'' (1978) - Boatswain * ''Savana - Sesso e diamanti'' (1978) - Kent * ''The Great Alligator River'' (1979) - Peter * ''Speed Cross'' (1980) - Kurt Schmidbauer * ''Contraband'' (1980) - Enforcer * ''Day of the Cobra'' (1980) - Silvestri * ''Speed Driver'' (1980) - Dave * ''Buddy Goes West'' (1981) - Slim Henchman (uncredited) * ''Great White'' (1981) - Briley (uncredited) * ''The Girl from Trieste'' (1982) - Toni * ''2019, After the Fall of New York'' (1983) - Ratchet * ''Escape from the Bronx'' (1983) - Trash's Father * ''Tuareg – The Desert Warrior'' (1984) - Soldier * ''Good King Dagobert'' (1984) - Argobal * ''Who Is Afraid Of Dracula?'' (1985) - Frankenstein * ''Joan Lui'' (1985) - Assassino * ''Scuola di ladri - Parte seconda'' (1987) - Nostromo * ''Robowar'' (1988) - Cpl. Neil Corey * ''Cop Game'' (1988) - Skipper * ''Der Commander'' (1988) - Angelo * ''Ghoulies II'' (1988) - Zampano * ''Sinbad of the Seven Seas'' (1989) - Captain * ''After Death'' (1989) - Zombie Leader (uncredited) * ''Born to Fight'' (1989) - Alex Bross * ''I Won the New Year's Lottery'' (1989) * ''Le comiche 2'' (1991) - Ladro (final film role) {{div col end}}
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