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->''"I became a comedian when they laughed at my serious acting."''

Recognized instantly by young moviegoers of the Eighties and Nineties for his constantly wheezing voice and constantly cheerful, if quirky, disposition, Dominick "Dom" [=DeLuise=] (August 1, 1933 -- May 4, 2009) first started his acting profession on stage, his first role being Tinker the toymaker in a local children's program, soon moving on to comedies like the off-Broadway "The Jackass", where he truly started to shine. In fact, former partner Creator/MelBrooks once quipped that when he hired Dom for one of his films, he would "instinctively add another two days to the schedule because of the constant laughter Dom provided on the set". Along with Brooks, Dom was a regular player in Creator/DonBluth films, often being the only actor to [[RoleReprise reprise their characters]] in the many DirectToVideo sequels they received.

In addition to his acting, [=DeLuise=] had a successful second career as a gourmet cook, publishing two cookbooks, ''Eat This... It'll Make You Feel Better'' and ''Eat This Too!'', as well as an instructional CD-ROM, ''Cooking With Dom [=DeLuise=]''. He managed to have fun with this in his acting work by [[ActorAllusion playing characters who were either involved in the culinary arts or liked to cook]].

[=DeLuise=] died on May 4, 2009 of kidney failure and respiratory complications from cancer at age 75.

He has three sons, two of whom (Creator/{{Peter|DeLuise}} and Creator/{{Michael|DeLuise}}) became featured players of the early Fox TV series, ''Series/TwentyOneJumpStreet'' and a third (Creator/{{David|DeLuise}}) who has an [[Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace interesting]] [[WesternAnimation/MegasXLR resume]] [[WesternAnimation/RoughnecksStarshipTroopersChronicles himself.]] All four got the chance to share a scene together on ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'' and ''Series/SeaquestDSV''.
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!!Works Dom [=DeLuise=] has appeared in:
* ''Film/FailSafe'' (his debut) - Sgt. Collins
* ''Series/TheMunsters'' - Replaced Creator/PaulLynde as Dr. Dudley in the character's final appearance.
* ''Film/TheTwelveChairs'' - Father Fyodor
* ''Film/WhoIsHarryKellermanAndWhyIsHeSayingThoseTerribleThingsAboutMe'' - Irwin Marcy
* ''Film/BlazingSaddles'' - Buddy Bizarre
* ''Film/SilentMovie'' - Dom Bell
* ''Film/{{Sextette}}'' - Dan Turner
* ''Film/TheEnd'' - Marlon
* ''Film/TheMuppetMovie'' - Bernie the Agent
* ''Film/TheCannonballRun'' - Victor Prinzim (also known as Captain Chaos)
* ''Film/HistoryOfTheWorldPartI'' - Emperor Nero
* ''Film/{{Fatso}}'' - Dominick [=DiNapoli=]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH'' (and its sequel) - Jeremy
* ''Literature/PeterNoTail'' (1981, [[DuelingDubs 1983 American English dub]]) - Bull
* ''Film/HauntedHoneymoon'' - Aunt Kate
* ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'' (films and TV series) - Tiger
* ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'' - Pizza The Hutt
* ''WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany'' - Fagin
* ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven'' (films and TV series) - Itchy Itchiford
* ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicVoyage'' - Christopher Columbus
* ''Film/LooseCannons'' -- Harry "the Hippo" Gutterman
* ''Film/RobinHoodMenInTights'' - Don Giovanni
* ''VideoGame/{{Toonstruck}}'' - Fingers the Octopus
* ''Film/TheSkateboardKid'' - Rip
* ''Series/DiagnosisMurder''- Buddy Blake (Episode: "[[Recap/DiagnosisMurderS1E3MurderAtTheTelethon Murder at the Telethon]]")
* ''WesternAnimation/ATrollInCentralPark'' - Stanley
* ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheHams'' - Dr. Animal Cannibal Pizza
* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' - Koosalagoopagoop
* ''WesternAnimation/FatherOfThePride'' - Duke
* ''WesternAnimation/LionOfOz'' - Oscar Diggs / Wizard of Oz
* ''Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas Story'' - Nicodemus The Pig
* ''Film/EvilRoySlade'' - Dr. Logan Delp
* ''Film/TheBrainiacsDotCom'' - Ivan Lucre
* ''Series/StargateSG1'' - Urgo
!!Tropes Associated with Dom [=DeLuise=]'s roles:
* PigeonholedVoiceActor: Often plays a nice and innocent (or at least, one with a set of morals that means well), bumbling non-human supporting character whenever he's cast in a Creator/DonBluth movie.
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