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Gene Wilder

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)
Quick Facts
Known forActing
Credits30
Born1933
FromМилуоки, Висконсин, США