Gene Wilder

Acting · Born 1933-06-11 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

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…

Filmography

• Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory as Willy Wonka
• Bonnie and Clyde as Eugene Grizzard
• Young Frankenstein as Dr. Frankenstein
• The Producers as Leo Bloom
• Blazing Saddles as Jim
• Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein as Self
• See No Evil, Hear No Evil as Dave Lyons
• The Woman in Red as Theodore Pierce
• Silver Streak as George Caldwell
• Stir Crazy as Skip Donahue

TV

• Inside the Actors Studio as Self
• The View as Self
• CBS News Sunday Morning as Self - Guest
• The Electric Company as Letterman (voice)
• Will & Grace as Mr. Stein
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
• The Frank Skinner Show as Self
• Wogan as Self
• The Defenders as Waiter
• The DuPont Show of the Week as Reporter