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Caption: Still of Adrienne Barbeau, Jackie Chan, Farrah Fawcett, Roger Moore, Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Jack Elam, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Rick Aviles, Warren Berlinger, Tara Buckman, Bert Convy, Jamie Farr, Michael Hui, Joe Klecko, Hal Needham, Mel Tillis and Alfie Wise in The Cannonball Run (1981)
About Dominick DeLuise
Actor, Soundtrack, Director
Born: August 1, 1933
Star sign: Leo
Height: 5' 9½" (1.77 m)
Known for: All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989), History of the World: Part I (1981), The Secret of NIMH (1982), Blazing Saddles (1974)
Source: IMDB
As might be said for the late and great comedians Harvey Korman and Madeline Kahn, it seems that Mel Brooks was the only director on the planet who knew how to best utilize this funnyman's talents on film. Brooks once quipped that, whenever he hired Dom DeLuise for one of his films, he would instinctively add another two days to the schedule ...
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