Dom DeLuise - biography

“Mel is nuts.  He puts on a suit and a tie and acts like a normal person so people think he’s okay.  He’s definitely out in left field.  He’s got the ambition of a boy.”

“The joys of my life are my granddaughters.  They are beautiful.  You don’t have to believe me.  You can ask my wife.  She’ll tell you.”

“My mother had lots and lots of children who didn’t survive.”

“I think I was immediately fed, so food became a very important part of my life.”

“I was at dinner with Gene Wilder and imitated Ethel Barrymore for everyone.”

“Mr.  Brooks and I have been friends forever.  He is in seventh heaven with his new success on Broadway.”

“I’d rather be at home with 12 people around the table.”

“Dolly Parton...  I love being around that woman!  I worked really hard to keep up with her.”

“Every couple of seconds out here they’re honoring somebody.  You’ve got to get dressed, go in and sit down.  Invariably somebody makes a speech.”

“I have a cooking show that’s coming on that I did in Albany.  It will be on The Cooking Channel.”

“I’ve had some wonderful times at the White House.  I’ve been with Ford, Carter, Reagan, Clinton and Bush.”

“Once at the White House I was asked to conduct the Drum and Bugle Corp.  The man just handed me the baton and I finished the song.  It was great.  I got to keep the baton.”

“Sometimes I get a little manic and you can’t stop me.  I’m all over the place.  I have fun.”

“There were five writers on Blazing Saddles.”

“When I was 14 years old, I decided I could cook.  It was either that or puberty.”

Dom DeLuise has appeared in the following films:
Fail-Safe (1964)
The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
The Busy Body (1967)
What’s So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968)
The Twelve Chairs (1970)
Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? (1971)
Every Little Crook and Nanny (1972)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother (1975)
Silent Movie (1976)
The World’s Greatest Lover (1977)
Sextette (1978)
The End (1978)
The Cheap Detective (1978)
The Muppet Movie (1979)
Hot Stuff (1979)
Fatso (1980)
Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)
The Last Married Couple in America (1980)
Wholly Moses! (1980)
History of the World: Part I (1981)
The Cannonball Run (1981)
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)
Cannonball Run II (1984)
Johnny Dangerously (1984)
An American Tail (1986)
Haunted Honeymoon (1986)
Spaceballs (1987)
Oliver & Company (1988)
All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)
Loose Cannons (1990)
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991)
Driving Me Crazy (1991)
Die Abenteuer von Pico und Columbus (1992)
Munchie (1992)
Happily Ever After (1993)
Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
A Troll in Central Park (1994)
Il silenzio dei prosciutti (1994)
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996)
Baby Geniuses (1999)
My X-Girlfriend’s Wedding Reception (1999)
Lion of Oz (2000)
The Brainiacs.com (2000)
Breaking the Fifth (2004)


Dom DeLuise directed the following films:
Hot Stuff (1979)