
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 …
Known For
Young Frankenstein
Dr. Frankenstein
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Willy Wonka
Bonnie and Clyde
Eugene Grizzard
Blazing Saddles
Jim
The Producers
Leo Bloom
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Dave Lyons
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
Dr. Doug Ross
Stir Crazy
Skip Donahue
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Filmography
Acting (69)
Movies (53)
Remembering Gene Wilder
2024as Self (archive footage)
Love, Gilda
2018as Self (archive footage)
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
2018as Self (archive footage)
The Last Laugh
2016as Self
Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West
2014as Self (archive footage)
Private Screenings: Robert Osborne
2014as Self (archive footage)
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013as George / Skip Donahue (archive footage)
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013as Self (archive footage)
Gene Wilder: Be in the Moment, Today
2010as Himself
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
2008as Self
Role Model: Gene Wilder
2008as Self
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007as Leo Bloom (archive footage) (uncredited)
EXPO: Magic of the White City
2005as Narrator (voice)
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
2003as (archive footage)
The Making of 'The Producers'
2002as Self
Pure Imagination: The Story of 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'
2001as Self
Back in the Saddle
2001as Self
Alice in Wonderland
1999as Mock Turtle
Murder in a Small Town
1999as Cash Carter
The Lady in Question
1999as Larry 'Cash' Carter
Blacks and Jews
1997as Self
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
1996as Self
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991as Dr. Frankenstein (archive footage)
Another You
1991as George / Abe Fielding
Funny About Love
1990as Duffy Bergman
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
1989as Dave Lyons
Hello Actors Studio
1988as Self
Haunted Honeymoon
1986as Larry Abbot
The Woman in Red
1984as Theodore Pierce
Hanky Panky
1982as Michael Jordon
Baryshnikov in Hollywood
1982as Self - Special Appearence
Stir Crazy
1980as Skip Donahue
Sunday Lovers
1980as Skippy (sketch 'Skippy')
The Frisco Kid
1979as Avram
The World's Greatest Lover
1977as Rudy Valentine / Rudy Hickman
Silver Streak
1976as George Caldwell
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
1975as Sigerson Holmes
Blazing Saddles
1974as Jim
Young Frankenstein
1974as Dr. Frankenstein
The Little Prince
1974as The Fox
Thursday's Game
1974as Harry Evers
Rhinoceros
1974as Stanley
Acts of Love and Other Comedies
1973as Herb Waterman
Scarecrow
1972as Lord Ravensbane
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
1972as Dr. Doug Ross
The Trouble With People
1972as Ernie (Story 4)
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
1971as Willy Wonka
Start the Revolution Without Me
1970as Claude / Philippe
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
1970as Quackser Fortune
The Producers
1968as Leo Bloom
Bonnie and Clyde
1967as Eugene Grizzard
Death of a Salesman
1966as Bernard
Wilder
as Self (archive footage)
Television (16)
Legends
2006as Self
After They Were Famous
2002as Self (archive footage)
Will & Grace
1998as Mr. Stein
The View
1997as Self
The Frank Skinner Show
1995as Self
Inside the Actors Studio
1994as Self
Something Wilder
1994as Gene Bergman
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993as Self - Guest
Wogan
1982as Self
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979as Self - Guest
Please Turn the Page
1977as Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975as Self
The Electric Company
1971
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962as Self
The Defenders
1961as Waiter
The DuPont Show of the Week
1961as Muller
Crew (16)
Movies (16)
Murder in a Small Town
1999Writer
The Lady in Question
1999Writer
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
1989Screenplay
Haunted Honeymoon
1986Director
Haunted Honeymoon
1986Writer
The Woman in Red
1984Director
The Woman in Red
1984Writer
Sunday Lovers
1980Director
The World's Greatest Lover
1977Director
The World's Greatest Lover
1977Producer
The World's Greatest Lover
1977Writer
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
1975Director
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
1975Writer
Young Frankenstein
1974Screenplay
Young Frankenstein
1974Screenstory
My French Amore
Novel
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