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Frank Puglia
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Actor Born: 1892 in Sicily, Italy Death: October 25, 1975 in South Pasadena, CA Biography:Sicilian actor "Frank Puglia" started his career with a travelling operetta company at age 13. He and his family moved to the US in 1907, where he worked in a laundry until he hooked up with an Italian-language theatrical troupe based in New York. In 1921, Puglia was appearing as Pierre Frochard in a revival of the old theatrical warhorse The Two Orphans when he was spotted by film director "D.W. Griffith". Puglia was hired to repeat his role for "Griffith"'s film version of the play, retitled "Orphans of the Storm"; while Pierre Frochard was slated to die at the end of the film, preview-audience reaction to the death was so negative that "Griffith" called Puglia back to reshoot his final scenes, allowing him to survive for the fade-out. For the rest of his long film career, Puglia essayed a wide variety of ethnic supporting parts, portraying priests, musicians, diplomats and street peddlers. In... Full Biography
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