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 "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.