Frank Puglia

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Frank Puglia (March 9, 1892 - October 25, 1975) was a film actor. Puglia had small but memorable roles in films including Casablanca (a Morroccan rug merchant) and 1942's The Jungle Book. The Sicily, Italy-born actor started his career as a teen on stage in Italian Operas. He came to the U.S. in 1907 and worked in a laundry before joining an Italian language theatre group in New York While appearing on stage, he was discovered by D.W. Griffith which began his acting career which spanned over 150 films. He usually played ethnic types in films, and claimed to have learned English from reading newspapers.


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