Wally Campo dead at 99: Actor narrated the original Little Shop Of Horrors film

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Actor Wally Campo, who was in a string of movies by the directors Burt Topper and Roger Corman, has died of natural causes at the age of 99.His musician son Tony Campodonico broke the news to The Hollywood Reporter this week, revealing that the death occurred on January 14.One of Campo's best known gigs was a dual role in Corman's original 1960 film The Little Shop Of Horrors, which was later adapted into the better-known musical.

Throwback: Actor Wally Campo, pictured in Roger Corman's original 1960 film of The Little Shop Of Horrors, has died of natural causes at the age of 99He both narrated the picture and appeared in it as Sergeant Joe Fink, one of the cops who tries to uncover the murderous secret at the heart of the storyline.Campo, who died just three months shy of his centenary, was born in Stockton, California in April 1923 and christened Wallace Joseph Campodonico.

After America entered World War II, he served in the United States Army and over the course of hostilities wound up at Iwo Jima.He returned to Stockton after the war and went to the College Of The Pacific - as well as embarking on an acting career in the local theater scene.

Legendary: The Little Shop Of Horrors was one of a series of movies Campo made with the 'Pope Of Pop Cinema' Roger Corman, a pioneering indie filmmakerCampo was still known as 'Wallace Campodonico' when he acted in Eugene O'Neill's Ah, Wilderness!