
Gene Wilder
Known for: Acting
Born: June 11, 1933
Died: August 29, 2016
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

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
1971

Young Frankenstein
1974

Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
1996

The Woman in Red
1984

Silver Streak
1976

Stir Crazy
1980

Haunted Honeymoon
1986

Hanky Panky
1982

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
1975

The World's Greatest Lover
1977

The Frisco Kid
1979

Funny About Love
1990

Rhinoceros
1974

Start the Revolution Without Me
1970

Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
1970

Murder in a Small Town
1999
Wilder

EXPO: Magic of the White City
2005

Thursday's Game
1974

Role Model: Gene Wilder
2008

Remembering Gene Wilder
2024

The Lady in Question
1999
Gene Wilder: Be in the Moment, Today
2010

The Producers
1968

See No Evil, Hear No Evil
1989

Blazing Saddles
1974

Another You
1991

The Making of 'The Producers'
2002

Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West
2014

The Little Prince
1974

Sunday Lovers
1980

Acts of Love and Other Comedies
1973

Scarecrow
1972

Pure Imagination: The Story of 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'
2001

Back in the Saddle
2001

Blacks and Jews
1997

Alice in Wonderland
1999

Baryshnikov in Hollywood
1982

Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
2008
The Trouble With People
1972

Bonnie and Clyde
1967

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
1972

Death of a Salesman
1966

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013

Hello Actors Studio
1988

Love, Gilda
2018

Private Screenings: Robert Osborne
2014

Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
2018

Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
2003
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013

Inside the Actors Studio
1994

The View
1997

CBS News Sunday Morning
1979

The Electric Company
1971

Will & Grace
1998

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993

The Frank Skinner Show
1995

Something Wilder
1994

Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007

Wogan
1982

The Defenders
1961

The DuPont Show of the Week
1961

The Last Laugh
2016

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962

After They Were Famous
2002

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975

Legends
2006
Please Turn the Page
1977
Film '72
1971