Johnny Caruso
Background
Johnny Caruso owns a circus sidewhow. He has chased kangaroos in Australia. Johnny has two dogs, Jesse and Frank named after the James brothers.
During the events of Octaman (1971) played by Jerome Guardino
Dr. Rick Torres and Steve Dodd go to see Johnny who tells them he recently saw the movie King Kong. He then introduces him to his dogs Jesse and Frank. Johnny then agrees to help them find The Octaman. They take an RV to the camp site and find it almost deserted. The next day, at night, the Octaman watches as everyone sits around and talks. Rick tells Mort Stein that the water in the lake exhibits the same radiation as the village and Johnny asks if drinking it will turn a person into a mutant. Davido tells them that there are some baby's in his village born with mutations. They take the RV on a path along the lake. The next day, as Johnny is sitting at camp, he is attacked by the Octaman. Carlos runs over to help him and Carlos is killed. The rest of the group return and find Johnny injured. Rick asks Johnny what he saw, but he tells him he didn't see anything. Rick refuses to believe that an octopod that walks like a man exists, but Davido shows him his drawing again. The Octaman attacks the camp and Susan and Johnny run into the RV. Johnny shoots at the Octaman while Susan bangs on the horn and the Octaman walks away into the lake. The Octaman returns to camp and attacks Johnny when he opens the RV door. Susan throws a lantern at the Octaman, but he grabs her and carries her away. Rick and Steve manage to put a net around the Octaman and the next day Johnny wants to go back, but Rick insists on staying and doing studies on its natural habitat. At night the Octaman escapes and Johnny again suggests they leave and Davido tells them of a place it might hide. They break camp and as they are trying to remove a fallen tree across the road, Davido goes searching for the Octaman. He calls to the others when he sees it go inside of a cave. They encounter the Octaman in the cave and as they are chasing it, they are trapped in a rockslide caused by the Octaman. Davido finds a small shaft and he follows it outside. He then crawls back to the others and tells them the shaft leads outside and the others crawl out of the shaft. They make it outside and see they are right at the RV. As Mort opens the door, he is attacked by the Octaman. Steve, Johnny and Davido are also knocked to the ground. Susan calls to the Octaman and it walks to her and picks her up. Steve checks on Johnny and sees that he is dead.
