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