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 r ... ole 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.
| Organization | Category | Movie |
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Something Wilder
as Gene Bergman
Episodes: 18
First Aired: Oct 01, 1994
Will & Grace
as Mr. Stein
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 21, 1998
The Defenders
as Waiter
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 16, 1961
The DuPont Show of the Week
as Reporter
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 1961
The DuPont Show of the Week
as Muller
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 1961
Honest Trailers
as Willy Wonka (archive footage)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 13, 2012
The Electric Company
Episodes: 780
First Aired: Oct 25, 1971
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jan 12, 1975
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 14, 1994
The View
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 11, 1997
CBS News Sunday Morning
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 28, 1979
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1993
The Frank Skinner Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1995
Wogan
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 04, 1982
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 01, 1962
After They Were Famous
as Self (archive footage)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 30, 2002
Legends
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 17, 2006
Bitte umblättern
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 20, 1977
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