Romano Puppo
Romano Puppo ( 25 March 1933 – 11 May 1994) was an Italian stuntman and actor. Life and career. 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.