Was performing as Pierre Forchard in a stage revival of "The Two
Orphans" when he was noticed by
D.W. Griffith. He hired Puglia to repeat his
role in the film version retitled
Orphans of the Storm (1921) starring the Gish sisters.
His character dies in the original story, but audiences were so
negative that Griffith had him retake the fade-out in which he
survives.