Romano Puppo

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. 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, and was one of his pallbearers in 1989. He served as his stuntman in a number of films including Sabata (1969), Commandos (1968) along Giampiero Albertini, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) along Benito Stefanelli.

Puppo died in a motor scooter accident while having a heart attack, aged 61.

Selected filmography

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)