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Gene Wilder

Gene Wilder

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1933-06-11

Birth Place

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Movies and TV shows :

Acts of Love and Other Comedies

Acts of Love and Other Comedies

1973

7.0

Movie
poster

After They Were Famous

2002

6.0

TV
Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

1999

6.3

Movie
Another You

Another You

1991

5.4

Movie
Back in the Saddle

Back in the Saddle

2001

6.0

Movie
Baryshnikov in Hollywood

Baryshnikov in Hollywood

1982

0.0

Movie
poster

Bitte umblättern

1977

6.0

TV
Blacks and Jews

Blacks and Jews

1997

6.0

Movie
Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West

Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West

2014

0.0

Movie
Blazing Saddles

Blazing Saddles

1974

7.2

Movie
Bonnie and Clyde

Bonnie and Clyde

1967

7.5

Movie
poster

CBS News Sunday Morning

1979

6.2

TV
Death of a Salesman

Death of a Salesman

1966

5.9

Movie
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

1972

6.5

Movie
EXPO: Magic of the White City

EXPO: Magic of the White City

2005

6.9

Movie
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991

5.7

Movie
Funny About Love

Funny About Love

1990

4.6

Movie
Hanky Panky

Hanky Panky

1982

5.3

Movie
Haunted Honeymoon

Haunted Honeymoon

1986

5.4

Movie
Hello Actors Studio

Hello Actors Studio

1988

6.0

Movie
Hitler: The Comedy Years

Hitler: The Comedy Years

2007

5.0

Movie
poster

Honest Trailers

2012

6.4

TV
poster

Inside the Actors Studio

1994

7.4

TV
poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

7.1

TV
poster

Legends

2006

5.0

TV
poster

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

1975

6.0

TV
Love, Gilda

Love, Gilda

2018

7.2

Movie
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein

Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein

1996

8.5

Movie
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation

Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation

2008

7.8

Movie
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

2013

8.2

Movie
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped

Mel Brooks: Unwrapped

2018

6.7

Movie
Murder in a Small Town

Murder in a Small Town

1999

5.2

Movie
Private Screenings: Robert Osborne

Private Screenings: Robert Osborne

2014

7.3

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

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

2001

6.6

Movie
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx

Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx

1970

4.5

Movie
Remembering Gene Wilder

Remembering Gene Wilder

2024

7.4

Movie
Rhinoceros

Rhinoceros

1974

5.4

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

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

2003

8.0

Movie
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

2013

7.1

Movie
Role Model: Gene Wilder

Role Model: Gene Wilder

2008

7.0

Movie
Scarecrow

Scarecrow

1972

8.0

Movie
See No Evil, Hear No Evil

See No Evil, Hear No Evil

1989

6.7

Movie
Silver Streak

Silver Streak

1976

6.7

Movie
poster

Something Wilder

1994

0.0

TV
Start the Revolution Without Me

Start the Revolution Without Me

1970

5.8

Movie
Stir Crazy

Stir Crazy

1980

6.5

Movie
Sunday Lovers

Sunday Lovers

1980

6.0

Movie
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

1975

6.0

Movie
poster

The Defenders

1961

6.2

TV
poster

The DuPont Show of the Week

1961

6.0

TV
poster

The Electric Company

1971

6.9

TV
poster

The Frank Skinner Show

1995

7.5

TV
The Frisco Kid

The Frisco Kid

1979

6.1

Movie
The Lady in Question

The Lady in Question

1999

4.0

Movie
The Last Laugh

The Last Laugh

2016

6.9

Movie
The Little Prince

The Little Prince

1974

6.8

Movie
The Making of 'The Producers'

The Making of 'The Producers'

2002

7.5

Movie
The Producers

The Producers

1968

7.1

Movie
poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

7.4

TV
The Trouble With People

The Trouble With People

1972

0.0

Movie
poster

The View

1997

4.4

TV
The Woman in Red

The Woman in Red

1984

6.2

Movie
The World's Greatest Lover

The World's Greatest Lover

1977

5.8

Movie
Thursday's Game

Thursday's Game

1974

5.2

Movie
Wilder

Wilder

0.0

Movie
poster

Will & Grace

1998

6.8

TV
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

1971

7.5

Movie
poster

Wogan

1982

4.5

TV
Young Frankenstein

Young Frankenstein

1974

7.9

Movie