06/11/1933
Милуоки, Висконсин, США:
Gene Wilder (nato Jerome Silberman; 11 giugno 1933 – 29 agosto 2016) è stato un attore, regista, sceneggiatore, produttore, cantautore e autore americano. Iniziò la sua carriera a teatro e debuttò sullo schermo in un episodio della serie TV The Play of the Week nel 1961. Sebbene il suo primo ruolo cinematografico sia stato quello di un ostaggio nel film Bonnie and Clyde del 1967, il primo ruolo importante di Wilder fu quello di Leopold Bloom nel film The Producers del 1967, per il quale fu candidato all'Oscar come miglior attore non protagonista. Questa fu la prima di una serie di collaborazioni con lo sceneggiatore/regista Mel Brooks, tra cui Blazing Saddles e Young Frankenstein del 1974, che Wilder co-scrisse, valse alla coppia una nomination all'Oscar per la Miglior Sceneggiatura Adattata. È noto per la sua iconica interpretazione di Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka e la fabbrica di cioccolato (1971) e per i suoi quattro film con Richard Pryor: Silver Streak (1976), Stir Crazy (1980), See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) e Another You (1991), oltre a essere protagonista in Tutto ciò che volevi sempre sapere sul sesso di Woody Allen (*Ma avevi paura di chiedere) (1972). Ha diretto e scritto diversi suoi film, tra cui The Woman in Red (1984). Con la sua terza moglie, Gilda Radner, recitò in tre film, gli ultimi due dei quali fu anche diretto. La sua morte nel 1989 per cancro ovarico lo portò a un coinvolgimento attivo nella promozione della consapevolezza e del trattamento del cancro, contribuendo a fondare il Gilda Radner Ovarian Cancer Detection Center a Los Angeles e cofondando il Gilda's Club. Dopo la sua ultima interpretazione nel 2003 – un ruolo da guest star in Will & Grace per il quale ricevette un Emmy Award come miglior attore ospite – si dedicò alla scrittura. Nel 2005 ha prodotto un memoir, Kiss Me Like a Stranger: My Search for Love and Art; una raccolta di racconti, What Is This Thing Called Love? (2010); e i romanzi My French Whore (2007), The Woman Who Wouldn't (2008) e Something to Remember You By (2013).
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Remembering Gene Wilder (2024) as Self (archive footage) |
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Love, Gilda (2018) as Self (archive footage) |
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Mel Brooks: Unwrapped (2018) as Self (archive footage) |
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The Last Laugh (2016) as Self |
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Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West (2014) as Self (archive footage) |
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Private Screenings: Robert Osborne (2014) as Self (archive footage) |
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Mel Brooks: Make a Noise (2013) as Self (archive footage) |
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Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic (2013) as George / Skip Donahue (archive footage) |
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Gene Wilder: Be in the Moment, Today (2010) as Himself |
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Role Model: Gene Wilder (2008) as Self |
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Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation (2008) as Self |
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Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007) as Leo Bloom (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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EXPO: Magic of the White City (2005) as Narrator (voice) |
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Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! (2003) as (archive footage) |
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The Making of 'The Producers' (2002) as Self |
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Pure Imagination: The Story of 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory' (2001) as Self |
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Back in the Saddle (2001) as Self |
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The Lady in Question (1999) as Larry 'Cash' Carter |
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Alice in Wonderland (1999) as Mock Turtle |
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Murder in a Small Town (1999) as Cash Carter |
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Blacks and Jews (1997) as Self |
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Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein (1996) as Self |
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Another You (1991) as George / Abe Fielding |
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Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991) as Dr. Frankenstein (archive footage) |
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Funny About Love (1990) as Duffy Bergman |
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See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) as Dave Lyons |
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Hello Actors Studio (1988) as Self |
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Haunted Honeymoon (1986) as Larry Abbot |
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The Woman in Red (1984) as Theodore Pierce |
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Hanky Panky (1982) as Michael Jordon |
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Baryshnikov in Hollywood (1982) as Self - Special Appearence |
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Stir Crazy (1980) as Skip Donahue |
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Les Séducteurs (1980) as Skippy (sketch 'Skippy') |
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The Frisco Kid (1979) as Avram |
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The World's Greatest Lover (1977) as Rudy Valentine / Rudy Hickman |
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Silver Streak (1976) as George Caldwell |
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The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975) as Sigerson Holmes |
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Young Frankenstein (1974) as Dr. Frankenstein |
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The Little Prince (1974) as The Fox |
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Thursday's Game (1974) as Harry Evers |
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Blazing Saddles (1974) as Jim |
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Rhinoceros (1974) as Stanley |
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Acts of Love and Other Comedies (1973) as Herb Waterman |
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The Trouble With People (1972) as Ernie (Story 4) |
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask (1972) as Dr. Doug Ross |
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Scarecrow (1972) as Lord Ravensbane |
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Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) as Willy Wonka |
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Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx (1970) as Quackser Fortune |
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Start the Revolution Without Me (1970) as Claude / Philippe |
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The Producers (1968) as Leo Bloom |
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Bonnie and Clyde (1967) as Eugene Grizzard |
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Death of a Salesman (1966) as Bernard |
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Wilder () as Self (archive footage) |
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The Lady in Question (1999) Writer |
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Murder in a Small Town (1999) Writer |
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See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) Screenplay |
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Haunted Honeymoon (1986) Director |
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Haunted Honeymoon (1986) Writer |
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The Woman in Red (1984) Director |
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The Woman in Red (1984) Writer |
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Les Séducteurs (1980) Director |
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The World's Greatest Lover (1977) Director |
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The World's Greatest Lover (1977) Writer |
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The World's Greatest Lover (1977) Producer |
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The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975) Director |
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The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975) Writer |
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Young Frankenstein (1974) Screenplay |
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Young Frankenstein (1974) Screenstory |
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My French Amore () Novel |