Giovanni "Pupo" De Luca (18 December 1924 – 18 December 2006) was an Italian actor and jazz musician.
Life and career Born in Milan, after the World War II De Luca started his career in the theaters of his hometown, performing in revues, dialect theatre, and dramas. He had his breakout in the late 1960s, with the role of Fritz in the RAI TV-series Nero Wolfe. In films, he was mainly active as a character actor, except for a number of main roles in a few low budget comedies.
De Luca was also well known as a jazz drummer, and his collaborations include Chet Baker, Franco Cerri, Enrico Intra, Bud Shank, and Gianni Basso. With Intra and Gianni Buongiovanni he is considered a "founding father" of the cabaret Derby Club in his hometown.
De Luca retired from showbusiness in the early 1990s and moved to Lanzarote, Canary Islands, where he died in 2006, aged 82 years old.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1964 La vita agra Don Torneri 1966 Wake Up and Die 1968 Bandits in Milan Uomo della 1100 1968 Seven Times Seven TV Journalist Uncredited1970 Una storia d'amore Doctor 1971 Long Live Robin Hood Wrong Priest 1971 Vacation 1971 The Double The Police Commissioner 1971 That's How We Women Are Guest of Alberta (segment "Il mondo cammina")1971 Roma Bene Third lover of Dede Marescalli 1971 Trinity Is Still My Name Prior 1972 The Eroticist Bugging Officer 1972 Decameron nº 2 - Le altre novelle del Boccaccio Puccio 1972 Le calde notti del Decameron Fra' Gerbino 1972 Decameron proibitissimo (Boccaccio mio statte zitto) Fra' Pasquale 1972 Novelle galeotte d'amore 1972 Man of the East Prison Director 1972 Decameroticus Husband of Elisa 1973 House of 1000 Pleasures Samandar 1973 Maria Rosa la guardona 1973 My Pleasure Is Your Pleasure 1973 Primo tango a Roma - Storia d'amore e d'alchimia Olimpio Orsini 1973 Special Killers Cabbie 1973 Mamma... li turchi! Biscardo 1973 I giochi proibiti de l'Aretino Pietro Francesco de' Bardi (segment "4 Wives")1973 Patroclooo! E il soldato Camillone, grande grosso e frescone Nardi 1973 Elena sì... ma di Troia Menelaos 1973 Bruna, formosa, cerca superdotato 1974 Di Tresette ce n'è uno, tutti gli altri son nessuno Director's Assistant Uncredited1974 Charleston Restaurant Owner 1974 Carnalità Aurelio / Orsani's Butler 1974 The Balloon Vendor Antiquarian 1974 Manone il ladrone Frate 1974 La svergognata Nino Bernardi 1975 La cognatina Parish Priest 1975 L'ammazzatina Brigadiere Bragolin 1975 The Sex Machine 1975 Le dolci zie don Fiorello 1975 Hallucination Strip Assistente del commissario 1976 La professoressa di lingue Aristide Toppetti 1976 Terror in Rome Comm. Carli 1976 Il compromesso... erotico (Menage a quattro) Don Camillo 1977 Amore all'arrabbiata 1978 Ring Gegè 1984 Domani mi sposo Father of Arturo 1987 Teresa Prior 1990 Towards Evening Judge
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