Dom DeLuise

Dominick DeLuise (August 1, 1933 – May 4, 2009) was an American actor, voice actor, comedian, director, producer, chef and author. He was the husband of actress Carol Arthur and the father of actor, director, pianist, and writer Peter DeLuise, actor David DeLuise (who played Max, Justin and Alex Russo's father on the Disney Channel series Wizards of Waverly Place), and actor Michael DeLuise. He starred in a number of movies directed by Mel Brooks, in a list of films with his career-long best friend, the late, great Burt Reynolds, and as a voice actor in various animated films by Don Bluth.

He has played Cookie in The Charlie Horse Music Pizza.

Connection
Shari Lewis died in 1998, the same year that DeLuise starred in The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue, which was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.