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Gene Wilder
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1933-06-11,Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
Gene Wilder (born Jerome Silberman) 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).

Filmography

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

7.478

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
1971-06-29

Bonnie and Clyde

7.489

Bonnie and Clyde
1967-08-13

Young Frankenstein

7.868

Young Frankenstein
1974-12-15

Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein

8.5

Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
1996-01-01

7.082

The Producers
1968-03-18

See No Evil, Hear No Evil

6.759

See No Evil, Hear No Evil
1989-05-12

Blazing Saddles

7.247

Blazing Saddles
1974-02-07

The Woman in Red

6.3

The Woman in Red
1984-08-15

6.732

Silver Streak
1976-12-03

6.484

Stir Crazy
1980-12-12

Haunted Honeymoon

5.4

Haunted Honeymoon
1986-07-25

5.4

Another You
1991-07-26

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

6.539

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
1972-08-06

Alice in Wonderland

6.203

Alice in Wonderland
1999-02-28

5.294

Hanky Panky
1982-06-04

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

8

Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
2003-01-01

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

8.231

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013-05-20

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

6.003

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
1975-12-14

The Little Prince

6.8

The Little Prince
1974-11-06

The World's Greatest Lover

5.636

The World's Greatest Lover
1977-12-18

6.1

The Frisco Kid
1979-07-06

Funny About Love

4.7

Funny About Love
1990-09-21

5.3

Rhinoceros
1974-01-21

Hitler: The Comedy Years

5

Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007-05-10

Start the Revolution Without Me

5.878

Start the Revolution Without Me
1970-02-04

Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx

4.5

Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
1970-06-13

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

5.7

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991-01-01

Murder in a Small Town

5.2

Murder in a Small Town
1999-01-10

6

Sunday Lovers
1980-10-31

0

Wilder

EXPO: Magic of the White City

6.9

EXPO: Magic of the White City
2005-09-16

6.9

The Last Laugh
2016-04-18

Thursday's Game

5.2

Thursday's Game
1974-04-14

Role Model: Gene Wilder

7

Role Model: Gene Wilder
2008-04-15

Hello Actors Studio

6

Hello Actors Studio
1988-11-09

The Trouble With People

0

The Trouble With People
1972-11-12

Baryshnikov in Hollywood

0

Baryshnikov in Hollywood
1982-04-21

Remembering Gene Wilder

7.2

Remembering Gene Wilder
2024-03-15

8

Scarecrow
1972-01-10

Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation

7.8

Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
2008-03-31

Acts of Love and Other Comedies

7

Acts of Love and Other Comedies
1973-03-15

Mel Brooks: Unwrapped

6.429

Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
2018-02-17

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

6.688

Pure Imagination: The Story of 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'
2001-11-13

The Lady in Question

4

The Lady in Question
1999-12-12

Death of a Salesman

5.9

Death of a Salesman
1966-05-07

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

7.041

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013-04-23

7.2

Love, Gilda
2018-04-18

Back in the Saddle

6

Back in the Saddle
2001-06-19

The Making of 'The Producers'

7.5

The Making of 'The Producers'
2002-12-03

Blacks and Jews

6

Blacks and Jews
1997-07-29

Private Screenings: Robert Osborne

7.3

Private Screenings: Robert Osborne
2014-01-06

Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West

0

Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West
2014-05-06

Gene Wilder: Be in the Moment, Today

0

Gene Wilder: Be in the Moment, Today
2010-01-09

Inside the Actors Studio

7.535

Inside the Actors Studio
1994-08-14

4.3

The View
1997-08-11

CBS News Sunday Morning

6.9

CBS News Sunday Morning
1979-01-28

The Electric Company

7.143

The Electric Company
1971-10-25

6.853

Will & Grace
1998-09-21

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

7.191

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993-09-13

The Frank Skinner Show

7.5

The Frank Skinner Show
1995-09-10

Something Wilder

0

Something Wilder
1994-10-01

4.5

Wogan
1982-05-04

5.9

The Defenders
1961-09-16

The DuPont Show of the Week

6

The DuPont Show of the Week
1961-09-17

The DuPont Show of the Week

6

The DuPont Show of the Week
1961-09-17

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.459

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-10-01

After They Were Famous

6

After They Were Famous
2002-03-30

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

6

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975-01-12

5

Legends
2006-11-17

Please Turn the Page

6

Please Turn the Page
1977-04-20