Giovanni ‘Puppo’ De Luca was bornin Milan, Lombardy, Italy on April 16, 1926. 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.
Puppo appeared as a character actor in three Spaghetti westerns: “Trinity Is STILL My Name!” in 1971 as a prior; “Man of the East” in 1972 as the prison warden and in the “The Crazy Bunch” in 1974 where he played the assistant of the asylum director.
He even made a directorial and screenwriting debut with “The Inconvenience” (1976), which remains the only film in which we find him behind the camera.
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.
de LUCA, Pupo (aka Gianni De Luca, Giovanni De Luca, Giovanni de Luca, Pupo De Luca) (Giovanni De Luca) [4/6/1926,
Trinity Is STILL My Name! – 1971 (prior)
Man of the East – 1972 (prison warden)
The Crazy Bunch – 1974 (asylum director's assistant)
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