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Gene Wilder‌

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Male

Birthday

calendar1933-06-11

Popularity

star9.0

Gene Wilder

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Gene Wilder

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1933-06-11

Popularity

star9.0

Biography

Gene Wilder (born Jerome Silberman; June 11, 1933 – August 29, 2016) was an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer, singer-songwriter, and author. He began his career on stage, and made his screen debut in an episode of the TV series The Play of the Week in 1961. Although his first film role was portraying a hostage in the 1967 motion picture Bonnie and Clyde, Wilder's first major role was as Leopold Bloom in the 1967 film The Producers for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. This was the first in a series of collaborations with writer/director Mel Brooks, including 1974's Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein, which Wilder co-wrote, garnering the pair an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. He is known for his iconic portrayal of Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) and for his four films with Richard Pryor: Silver Streak (1976), Stir Crazy (1980), See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989), and Another You (1991), as well as starring in Woody Allen's Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) (1972). He directed and wrote several of his own films, including The Woman in Red (1984). With his third wife, Gilda Radner, he starred in three films, the last two of which he also directed. Her 1989 death from ovarian cancer led to his active involvement in promoting cancer awareness and treatment, helping found the Gilda Radner Ovarian Cancer Detection Center in Los Angeles and co-founding Gilda's Club. After his last acting performance in 2003 – a guest role on Will & Grace for which he received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor – he turned his attention to writing. He produced a memoir in 2005, Kiss Me Like a Stranger: My Search for Love and Art; a collection of stories, What Is This Thing Called Love? (2010); and the novels My French Whore (2007), The Woman Who Wouldn't (2008), and Something to Remember You By (2013). ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Movie Credits

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory‌
star7.5
calendar 1971

Bonnie and Clyde

Bonnie and Clyde‌
star7.5
calendar 1967

Young Frankenstein

Young Frankenstein‌
star7.9
calendar 1974

Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein

Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein‌
star8.5
calendar 1996

The Producers

The Producers‌
star7.1
calendar 1968

See No Evil, Hear No Evil

See No Evil, Hear No Evil‌
star6.7
calendar 1989

Blazing Saddles

Blazing Saddles‌
star7.3
calendar 1974

The Woman in Red

The Woman in Red‌
star6.2
calendar 1984

Silver Streak

Silver Streak‌
star6.7
calendar 1976

Stir Crazy

Stir Crazy‌
star6.5
calendar 1980

Haunted Honeymoon

Haunted Honeymoon‌
star5.4
calendar 1986

Another You

Another You‌
star5.4
calendar 1991

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask‌
star6.5
calendar 1972

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland‌
star6.3
calendar 1999

Hanky Panky

Hanky Panky‌
star5.3
calendar 1982

Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!

Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!‌
star8.0
calendar 2003

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise‌
star8.2
calendar 2013

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother‌
star6.0
calendar 1975

The Little Prince

The Little Prince‌
star6.7
calendar 1974

The World's Greatest Lover

The World's Greatest Lover‌
star5.8
calendar 1977

The Frisco Kid

The Frisco Kid‌
star6.1
calendar 1979

Funny About Love

Funny About Love‌
star4.6
calendar 1990

Rhinoceros

Rhinoceros‌
star5.4
calendar 1974

Hitler: The Comedy Years

Hitler: The Comedy Years‌
star5.0
calendar 2007

Start the Revolution Without Me

Start the Revolution Without Me‌
star5.8
calendar 1970

Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx

Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx‌
star4.5
calendar 1970

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook‌
star5.7
calendar 1991

Murder in a Small Town

Murder in a Small Town‌
star5.2
calendar 1999

Sunday Lovers

Sunday Lovers‌
star6.0
calendar 1980

Wilder

Wilder‌
star0.0
calendar

EXPO: Magic of the White City

EXPO: Magic of the White City‌
star6.9
calendar 2005

The Last Laugh

The Last Laugh‌
star6.9
calendar 2016

Thursday's Game

Thursday's Game‌
star5.3
calendar 1974

Role Model: Gene Wilder

Role Model: Gene Wilder‌
star7.0
calendar 2008

Hello Actors Studio

Hello Actors Studio‌
star6.0
calendar 1988

The Trouble With People

The Trouble With People‌
star0.0
calendar 1972

Baryshnikov in Hollywood

Baryshnikov in Hollywood‌
star0.0
calendar 1982

Remembering Gene Wilder

Remembering Gene Wilder‌
star7.4
calendar 2024

Scarecrow

Scarecrow‌
star8.0
calendar 1972

Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation

Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation‌
star7.8
calendar 2008

Acts of Love and Other Comedies

Acts of Love and Other Comedies‌
star0.0
calendar 1973

Mel Brooks: Unwrapped

Mel Brooks: Unwrapped‌
star6.7
calendar 2018

Pure Imagination: The Story of 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'

Pure Imagination: The Story of 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'‌
star6.6
calendar 2001

The Lady in Question

The Lady in Question‌
star4.0
calendar 1999

Death of a Salesman

Death of a Salesman‌
star5.9
calendar 1966

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic‌
star7.1
calendar 2013

Love, Gilda

Love, Gilda‌
star7.2
calendar 2018

Back in the Saddle

Back in the Saddle‌
star6.0
calendar 2001

The Making of 'The Producers'

The Making of 'The Producers'‌
star7.2
calendar 2002

Blacks and Jews

Blacks and Jews‌
star6.0
calendar 1997

Private Screenings: Robert Osborne

Private Screenings: Robert Osborne‌
star7.3
calendar 2014

Tv Credits

Inside the Actors Studio

Inside the Actors Studio‌
star7.3
calendar 1994

The View

The View‌
star4.5
calendar 1997

CBS News Sunday Morning

CBS News Sunday Morning‌
star6.2
calendar 1979

The Electric Company

The Electric Company‌
star6.9
calendar 1971

Will & Grace

Will & Grace‌
star6.8
calendar 1998

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Late Night with Conan O'Brien‌
star7.1
calendar 1993

The Frank Skinner Show

The Frank Skinner Show‌
star7.5
calendar 1995

Something Wilder

Something Wilder‌
star0.0
calendar 1994

Wogan

Wogan‌
star4.5
calendar 1982

The Defenders

The Defenders‌
star6.2
calendar 1961

The DuPont Show of the Week

The DuPont Show of the Week‌
star6.0
calendar 1961

The DuPont Show of the Week

The DuPont Show of the Week‌
star6.0
calendar 1961

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson‌
star7.4
calendar 1962

After They Were Famous

After They Were Famous‌
star6.0
calendar 2002

Honest Trailers

Honest Trailers‌
star6.5
calendar 2012

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche‌
star6.0
calendar 1975

Legends

Legends‌
star5.0
calendar 2006

Bitte umblättern

Bitte umblättern‌
star6.0
calendar 1977