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Don Ameche
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Don Ameche
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1908-05-31,Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
Don Ameche born Dominic Felix Amici May 31, 1908 – December 6, 1993) was a versatile and popular American film actor in the 1930s and '40s, usually as the dapper, mustached leading man. He was also popular as a radio master of ceremonies during this time. As his film popularity waned in the 1950s, he continued working in theater and some TV. His film career surged in a comeback in the 1980s with fine work as an aging millionaire in Trading Places (1983) and a rejuvenated oldster in Cocoon (1985). Don Ameche was an Academy Award winning American actor. Ameche, standing in at a height of 5' 11" (1.8 m) was born May 31, 1908 (Gemini) in Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA as Dominic Felix Amici to mother, Barbara Edda (Hertel) and father, Felice Amici, a bartender. Has a younger brother Jim Ameche. His father was an Italian immigrant. His mother had German, English, Irish and Scottish ancestry. Americans pronounced his last name incorrectly in Italian ("Ah-mee-see"). So he changed it from "Amici" (correctly pronounced "Ah-mee-chee") into "Ameche", in order to keep the original Italian pronunciation. He had the nickname "The Latin Lover". Married Honore Prendergast on the 6th of December 1932. They had 6 children together. Became a father for the first time at age 25 when his wife Honore gave birth to their son Dominic Felix Ameche--aka Don Ameche Jr. on October 3, 1933. Became a father for the second time at age 27 when his wife Honore gave birth to their son Ronald Ameche on December 30, 1935. He died on January 2, 2001 in Iowa, aged 65. Became a father for the third time at age 31 when his wife Honore gave birth to their son Thomas Anthony Ameche on July 20, 1939. Became a father for the fourth time at age 32 when his wife Honore gave birth to their son Lawrence Michael Ameche on July 20, 1940. Became a father for the fifth time at age 36 when his wife Honore gave birth to their daughter Barbara Balinda Ameche on March 13, 1945. Became a father for the sixth time at age 39 when his wife Honore gave birth to their daughter Constance Victoria Ameche on February 22, 1948. His wife of 54 years, died on the 5th of September 1986. He died on December 6, 1993 at the age of 85 in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA from prostate cancer.

Filmography

7.228

Trading Places
1983-06-07

6.636

Cocoon
1985-06-21

Cocoon: The Return

6.477

Cocoon: The Return
1988-09-13

Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

6.993

Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
1993-02-03

7.4

Midnight
1939-03-24

6.4

Oscar
1991-04-26

Harry and the Hendersons

6.131

Harry and the Hendersons
1987-06-05

5.345

The Boatniks
1970-07-01

Moon Over Miami

6.471

Moon Over Miami
1941-07-04

Down Argentine Way

6.345

Down Argentine Way
1940-10-11

Alexander's Ragtime Band

6.766

Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938-05-24

6.25

Happy Landing
1938-01-23

That Night in Rio

6.368

That Night in Rio
1941-04-11

5.6

Folks!
1992-05-01

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

6.3

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939-04-04

Heaven Can Wait

6.9

Heaven Can Wait
1943-08-05

Wing and a Prayer

6.7

Wing and a Prayer
1944-01-01

Hollywood Cavalcade

6.214

Hollywood Cavalcade
1939-10-13

6.1

Things Change
1988-10-21

6.3

Love Is News
1937-02-26

6.349

Sleep, My Love
1948-02-18

The Feminine Touch

5.111

The Feminine Touch
1941-10-01

Confirm or Deny

4.833

Confirm or Deny
1941-12-12

So Goes My Love

7.333

So Goes My Love
1946-05-01

6.7

In Old Chicago
1938-04-15

Something to Shout About

6.5

Something to Shout About
1943-02-25

Picture Mommy Dead

5.714

Picture Mommy Dead
1966-11-02

7

Four Sons
1940-06-14

The Three Musketeers

6

The Three Musketeers
1939-02-17

One in a Million

7

One in a Million
1937-01-01

6.2

Guest Wife
1945-07-27

Love Under Fire

5.25

Love Under Fire
1937-08-20

5.8

Ramona
1936-09-25

7

Swanee River
1939-12-29

A Fever in the Blood

6.6

A Fever in the Blood
1961-01-28

Greenwich Village

6.667

Greenwich Village
1944-09-27

Lillian Russell

6.667

Lillian Russell
1940-05-24

6.5

Ladies in Love
1936-10-09

9

Oddball Hall
1990-06-22

Gidget Gets Married

6.333

Gidget Gets Married
1972-01-04

5.25

Pals
1987-01-01

Slightly French

7.5

Slightly French
1949-02-02

Kiss the Boys Goodbye

6.5

Kiss the Boys Goodbye
1941-08-01

7.125

Happy Land
1943-11-10

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?

5.5

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
1970-09-11

6.667

That's My Man
1947-06-01

The Magnificent Dope

7.333

The Magnificent Dope
1942-07-01

You Can't Have Everything

6.5

You Can't Have Everything
1937-08-02

Land of Liberty

9

Land of Liberty
1939-06-15

7.2

Josette
1938-06-03

7.375

Gateway
1938-08-05

8.25

Girl Trouble
1942-10-09

It's in the Bag!

6.3

It's in the Bag!
1945-04-21

9

Sins of Man
1936-06-19

Shadow Over Elveron

6.583

Shadow Over Elveron
1968-03-05

Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults

7.667

Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
1997-11-18

Coming to America

6.882

Coming to America
1988-06-29

Rings Around the World

5

Rings Around the World
1967-12-06

A Masterpiece of Murder

10

A Masterpiece of Murder
1986-01-27

Fifty Roads to Town

10

Fifty Roads to Town
1937-06-03

Corrina, Corrina

6.696

Corrina, Corrina
1994-08-12

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

5.071

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997-11-01

3

Sunstroke
1992-09-23

Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8

4

Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
1939-04-08

Night of 100 Stars

6.75

Night of 100 Stars
1982-03-08

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing

6

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
2009-12-31

The Chinese Typewriter

7

The Chinese Typewriter
1979-03-03

Our Shining Moment

8

Our Shining Moment
1991-06-02

6.25

Burke's Law
1963-09-20

The Golden Girls

7.59

The Golden Girls
1985-09-14

Alias Smith and Jones

7

Alias Smith and Jones
1971-01-05

Petticoat Junction

5.813

Petticoat Junction
1963-09-24

The Merv Griffin Show

6.6

The Merv Griffin Show
1962-10-01

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.848

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20

The Greatest Show on Earth

7.5

The Greatest Show on Earth
1963-09-17

7.173

McCloud
1970-02-17

Coke Time with Eddie Fisher

9

Coke Time with Eddie Fisher
1953-04-29

3.833

Climax!
1954-10-07

7

Good Heavens
1976-02-29

7.488

Ellery Queen
1975-09-11

6.3

The Love Boat
1977-09-24

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

6.3

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973-04-02

8.1

Columbo
1971-09-15

6

The Lux Show
1957-09-26

DuPont Show of the Month

7.4

DuPont Show of the Month
1957-09-29

6.3

The Love Boat
1977-09-24

6.3

The Love Boat
1977-09-24

What's My Line?

7.034

What's My Line?
1950-02-02

7.504

Quincy, M.E.
1976-10-03

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.533

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-10-01

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8

The Mike Douglas Show
1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8

The Mike Douglas Show
1961-12-11

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

7.5

Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957-07-29

What's My Line?

7.034

What's My Line?
1950-02-02

The Kennedy Center Honors

7.4

The Kennedy Center Honors
1978-12-28