Gene Wilder
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1933-06-11
Place of Birth
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Gene Wilder
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 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). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Also Known For
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Jun 29, 1971
Bonnie and Clyde
Aug 13, 1967
Young Frankenstein
Dec 15, 1974
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
Jan 01, 1996
The Producers
Mar 18, 1968
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
May 12, 1989
Blazing Saddles
Feb 07, 1974
The Woman in Red
Aug 15, 1984
Silver Streak
Dec 03, 1976
Stir Crazy
Dec 12, 1980
Haunted Honeymoon
Jul 25, 1986
Another You
Jul 26, 1991
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
Aug 06, 1972
Alice in Wonderland
Feb 28, 1999
Hanky Panky
Jun 04, 1982
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
Jan 01, 2003
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
May 20, 2013
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
Dec 14, 1975
The Little Prince
Nov 06, 1974
The World's Greatest Lover
Dec 18, 1977
The Frisco Kid
Jul 06, 1979
Funny About Love
Sep 21, 1990
Rhinoceros
Jan 21, 1974
Hitler: The Comedy Years
May 10, 2007
Start the Revolution Without Me
Feb 04, 1970
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
Jun 13, 1970
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Jan 01, 1991
Murder in a Small Town
Jan 10, 1999
Sunday Lovers
Oct 31, 1980
Wilder
EXPO: Magic of the White City
Sep 16, 2005
The Last Laugh
Apr 18, 2016
Thursday's Game
Apr 14, 1974
Role Model: Gene Wilder
Apr 15, 2008
Hello Actors Studio
Nov 09, 1988
The Trouble With People
Nov 12, 1972
Baryshnikov in Hollywood
Apr 21, 1982
Remembering Gene Wilder
Mar 15, 2024
Scarecrow
Jan 10, 1972
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
Mar 31, 2008
Acts of Love and Other Comedies
Mar 15, 1973
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
Feb 17, 2018
Pure Imagination: The Story of 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'
Nov 13, 2001
The Lady in Question
Dec 12, 1999
Death of a Salesman
May 07, 1966
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Apr 23, 2013
Love, Gilda
Apr 18, 2018
Back in the Saddle
Jun 19, 2001
The Making of 'The Producers'
Dec 03, 2002
Blacks and Jews
Jul 29, 1997
Private Screenings: Robert Osborne
Jan 06, 2014
Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West
May 06, 2014
Inside the Actors Studio
Aug 14, 1994
The View
Aug 11, 1997
CBS News Sunday Morning
Jan 28, 1979
The Electric Company
Oct 25, 1971
Will & Grace
Sep 21, 1998
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Sep 13, 1993
The Frank Skinner Show
Sep 10, 1995
Something Wilder
Oct 01, 1994
Wogan
May 04, 1982
The Defenders
Sep 16, 1961
The DuPont Show of the Week
Sep 17, 1961
The DuPont Show of the Week
Sep 17, 1961
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Oct 01, 1962
After They Were Famous
Mar 30, 2002
Honest Trailers
Feb 13, 2012
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Jan 12, 1975
Legends
Nov 17, 2006