Romano Puppo

• Name — Romano Puppo • Birthplace — Trieste, Italy • Died — 25 March 1933 • Place of death — Trieste, Italy • Occupation — Actor

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.

• 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)