Gene Wilder

About

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...

Known for

Will & GraceSeries • 1998The DefendersSeries • 1961The Electric CompanySeries • 1971Willy Wonka & the Chocolate FactoryMovie • 1971Blazing SaddlesMovie • 1974Bonnie and ClydeMovie • 1967Young FrankensteinMovie • 1974See No Evil, Hear No EvilMovie • 1989The ProducersMovie • 1968The Woman in RedMovie • 1984Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to AskMovie • 1972Alice in WonderlandMovie • 1999Stir CrazyMovie • 1980Silver StreakMovie • 1976The Little PrinceMovie • 1974Hanky PankyMovie • 1982Funny About LoveMovie • 1990The World's Greatest LoverMovie • 1977Another YouMovie • 1991The Frisco KidMovie • 1979The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter BrotherMovie • 1975Start the Revolution Without MeMovie • 1970Haunted HoneymoonMovie • 1986Richard Pryor: Omit the LogicMovie • 2013