Gene Wilder
Acting
Born: Jun 11, 1933 — Died: Aug 29, 2016
From: Милуоки, Висконсин, США
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mel Brooks: Make a Noise | Self (archive footage) | 2013 | 8.2 |
| Hitler: The Comedy Years | Leo Bloom (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2007 | 5.0 |
| Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! | (archive footage) | 2003 | 8.2 |
| Alice in Wonderland | Mock Turtle | 1999 | 6.219 |
| Murder in a Small Town | Cash Carter | 1999 | 5.714 |
| Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein | Self | 1996 | 8.286 |
| Another You | George / Abe Fielding | 1991 | 5.439 |
| Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook | Dr. Frankenstein (archive footage) | 1991 | 6.25 |
| Funny About Love | Duffy Bergman | 1990 | 4.868 |
| See No Evil, Hear No Evil | Dave Lyons | 1989 | 6.761 |
| Haunted Honeymoon | Larry Abbot | 1986 | 5.393 |
| The Woman in Red | Theodore Pierce | 1984 | 6.251 |
| Hanky Panky | Michael Jordon | 1982 | 5.3 |
| Stir Crazy | Skip Donahue | 1980 | 6.503 |
| Sunday Lovers | Skippy (sketch 'Skippy') | 1980 | 5.806 |
| The Frisco Kid | Avram | 1979 | 6.115 |
| The World's Greatest Lover | Rudy Valentine / Rudy Hickman | 1977 | 5.571 |
| Silver Streak | George Caldwell | 1976 | 6.723 |
| The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother | Sigerson Holmes | 1975 | 5.979 |
| Young Frankenstein | Dr. Frankenstein | 1974 | 7.9 |
| Blazing Saddles | Jim | 1974 | 7.24 |
| The Little Prince | The Fox | 1974 | 6.9 |
| Rhinoceros | Stanley | 1974 | 5.533 |
| Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask | Dr. Doug Ross | 1972 | 6.533 |
| Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory | Willy Wonka | 1971 | 7.482 |
| Start the Revolution Without Me | Claude / Philippe | 1970 | 5.956 |
| Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx | Quackser Fortune | 1970 | 4.8 |
| The Producers | Leo Bloom | 1968 | 7.065 |
| Bonnie and Clyde | Eugene Grizzard | 1967 | 7.494 |
| Wilder | Self (archive footage) | — | |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1933 |
| From | Милуоки, Висконсин, США |