Gene Wilder
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1933-06-11 (83 years old)
Deathday
2016-08-29
Place of Birth
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Also known As
Jerome Silberman
Jerry Silberman
Ζερόμ Ζίλμπερμαν
Τζιν Γουάιλντερ
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 Youn...
Acting
1971
as Willy Wonka
1967
as Eugene Grizzard
1974
as Frederick Frankenstein
1996
1968
as Leo Bloom
1989
as Dave Lyons
1974
as Jim
1984
as Theodore Pierce
1976
as George Caldwell
1980
as Skip Donahue
1986
as Larry Abbot
1991
as George / Abe Fielding
1972
1999
as Mock Turtle
1982
as Michael Jordon
2003
as (archive footage)
2013
as Self (archive footage)
1975
as Sigerson Holmes
1974
as The Fox
1977
as Rudy Valentine / Rudy Hickman
1979
as Avram
1990
as Duffy Bergman
1974
as Stanley
2007
as Leo Bloom (archive footage) (uncredited)
1970
as Claude / Philippe
1970
as Quackser Fortune
1991
as Dr. Frankenstein (archive footage)
1999
as Cash Carter
1980
as Skippy (sketch 'Skippy')
-
as Self (archive footage)
2005
as Narrator (voice)
2016
as Self
1974
as Harry Evers
2008
as Self
1988
as Self
1972
as Ernie (Story 4)
1982
as Self - Special Appearence
2024
as Self (archive footage)
1972
as Lord Ravensbane
2008
1973
as Herb Waterman
2018
as Self (archive footage)
1999
as Larry 'Cash' Carter
1966
as Bernard
2013
as George / Skip Donahue (archive footage)
2018
as Self (archive footage)
2001
as Self
2002
1997
as Self
2014
as Self (archive footage)
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Production
1974
as Screenplay
1989
as Screenplay
1984
as Director
1986
as Director
1975
1977
as Director
1977
as Writer
1980
as Director
1977
as Producer
-
as Novel
1974
as Screenstory
1999
as Writer
1986
as Writer
1999
as Writer
1984
as Writer
1975
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