he was the husband of actress carol arthur from 1965 until his death in 2009. he was the father of actor, director, pianist, and writer peter deluise, actor david deluise, and actor michael deluise. he starred in several movies directed by mel brooks. he was in a series of movies with career-long best friends burt reynolds. he was a voice actor in most of the animated movies by don bluth. deluise appeared in "the dean martin show". he appeared in more than 100 movies.