Romano Puppo
Romano Puppo 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. Mainly active in Spaghetti Westerns and Poliziotteschi films, he was also cast as the Paolo Villaggio's antagonist in a number of comedies. He was hired as Lee Van Cleef's stuntman and double stand-in by director Gianfranco Parolini for his Sabata Trilogy|Sabata trilogy], and was one of his pallbearers in 1989. He served as his stuntman in a number of films including Sabata, Commandos along Giampiero Albertini, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly along Benito Stefanelli.
Puppo died in a motor scooter accident while having a heart attack, aged 61.
Selected filmography
The Tramplers - Paine CordeenAgent 3S3: Massacre in the Sun - Man on Plane #2Massacre Time - Tall Scott Henchman The Big Gundown - Rocky, Widow's RancheroThe Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Slim Death Rides a Horse - ClellDay of Anger - Hart Perkins Seven Times Seven - Prisoner Carrying Garbage Can Gunman Sent by God - BadmanBeyond the Law - Sam - Burton BanditMadigan's Millions - Steward Rita of the West - ZorroCommandos - DinoDeath on High Mountain - DeputyBootleggers - Boss' BodyguardSabata - Rocky Bendato, Stengel HenchmanBoot Hill - Finch henchmanChuck Moll - BurtColt in the Hand of the Devil - Soldier Dead Men Ride - NewmanTrinity Is Still My Name - Hitman Trinity and Sartana Are Coming - Captain Bill McCorney The Master Touch - Miller's LieutenantThe Sicilian Connection - Hood Il Nemico In Vista - CommandoThose Dirty Dogs - Soldier in Dormitory Fistfight Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears - Bull, Morton's GoonThe Big Game - AlbertoThe Funny Face of the Godfather - Uomo del padrino...E il terzo giorno arrivò il corvo - Henry Sloane Mr. Hercules Against Karate - Football Player Mean Frank and Crazy Tony - AssassinThree Tough Guys - HoodStreet Law - RingleaderThe Beast - Dutch DriverThe White, the Yellow, and the Black - KadyLoaded Guns - Man in the Tavern El clan de los inmorales Cry, Onion! - StinkyAfrica Express Lo sgarbo The Loves and Times of Scaramouche Street People - FortunateThe Big Racket - DoringoThe Heroin Busters - EnforcerCalifornia - Gary LukeGangbuster - Peseti HenchmanInterno di un convento China 9, Liberty 37 - Zeb / Zeb's brotherThe Uranium Conspiracy - BoatswainSavana - Sesso e diamanti - KentThe Great Alligator River - PeterSpeed Cross - Kurt SchmidbauerContraband - EnforcerDay of the Cobra - SilvestriSpeed Driver - DaveBuddy Goes West - Slim Henchman Great White - Briley The Girl from Trieste - Toni2019, [After the Fall of New York] - RatchetEscape from the Bronx - Trash's FatherTuareg – The Desert Warrior - SoldierGood King Dagobert - ArgobalWho Is Afraid Of Dracula? - FrankensteinJoan Lui - AssassinoScuola di ladri - Parte seconda - NostromoRobowar - Cpl. Neil CoreyCop Game - SkipperDer Commander - AngeloGhoulies II - ZampanoSinbad of the Seven Seas - CaptainAfter Death - Zombie Leader Born to Fight - Alex BrossI Won the New Year's Lottery Le comiche 2 - Ladro