Gene Wilder (né Jerome Silberman, June 11, 1933 – August 29, 2016) was an American actor, comedian, writer and filmmaker. He was mainly known for his...
58 KB (5,683 words) - 22:14, 4 September 2024
Remembering Gene Wilder is a 2023 American biographical documentary film about Gene Wilder's life and career, as well as his battle with Alzheimer's disease...
9 KB (808 words) - 06:16, 5 September 2024
Willy Wonka (section Gene Wilder's performance)
times. In 1971, Willy Wonka was portrayed by Gene Wilder in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. Wilder's portrayal in the film is considered widely beloved...
35 KB (3,849 words) - 07:10, 14 August 2024
based on his 1964 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It stars Gene Wilder as chocolatier Willy Wonka. The film tells the story of a poor child...
84 KB (7,851 words) - 04:26, 2 September 2024
Something Wilder is an American sitcom television series starring Gene Wilder that ran on NBC from October 1, 1994, to June 13, 1995. The series was created...
22 KB (926 words) - 17:24, 4 February 2024
1979 American Western comedy film directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Gene Wilder as Avram Belinski, a Polish rabbi who is traveling to San Francisco,...
16 KB (2,185 words) - 05:03, 6 September 2024
Young Frankenstein (category Films with screenplays by Gene Wilder)
directed by Mel Brooks. The screenplay was co-written by Brooks and Gene Wilder. Wilder also starred in the lead role as the title character, a descendant...
37 KB (3,833 words) - 14:24, 15 August 2024
Bricusse and Anthony Newley specifically for the movie. It was sung by Gene Wilder who played the character of Willy Wonka. Bricusse has stated that the...
7 KB (596 words) - 23:23, 28 July 2024
written by Bruce Jay Friedman, produced by Hannah Weinstein, and starring Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor as two unemployed friends who are given 125-year prison...
18 KB (2,037 words) - 16:42, 7 May 2024
Julie Nimoy (section Remembering Gene Wilder)
Remembering Leonard Nimoy. Remembering Gene Wilder is a 2023 American biographical documentary film about Gene Wilder's life and career, as well as his battle...
7 KB (610 words) - 15:10, 20 June 2024
personal struggles, including her struggles with the illness. Her widower, Gene Wilder, carried out her wish that information about her illness would be used...
40 KB (4,216 words) - 17:04, 30 August 2024
and produced and written by Ziggy Steinberg. It stars Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder, Mercedes Ruehl, Vanessa Williams and Kevin Pollak. It was released in...
13 KB (1,629 words) - 04:59, 3 September 2024
film. It was written and directed by Mel Brooks, and stars Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Dick Shawn, and Kenneth Mars. The film is about a con artist theater...
44 KB (5,001 words) - 20:57, 29 August 2024
thriller Metrocolor film directed by Sidney Poitier, starring Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner. Wilder and Radner met during filming and later married. Michael...
7 KB (575 words) - 21:36, 1 September 2024
Walker-Pearlman was born in New York City, and is the nephew of actor Gene Wilder with whom he lived for a period of time in childhood. Walker-Pearlman...
7 KB (599 words) - 01:31, 29 August 2024
See No Evil, Hear No Evil (film) (category Films with screenplays by Gene Wilder)
and Gene Wilder as a deaf man who work together to thwart a trio of murderous thieves. This is the third film (in a series of four) featuring Wilder and...
11 KB (1,322 words) - 06:20, 14 August 2024
It was directed by Arthur Hiller, written by Colin Higgins, and stars Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh, and Richard Pryor, with Patrick McGoohan, Ned Beatty...
17 KB (1,878 words) - 20:04, 29 August 2024
adaptation, while Depp paid homage to Gene Wilder's portrayal and praised it as "brilliant but subtle". Wilder was appreciative towards Depp's comments...
144 KB (12,381 words) - 03:34, 6 September 2024
Murder in a Small Town (category Films with screenplays by Gene Wilder)
crime thriller film produced and broadcast by A&E. The period film stars Gene Wilder as Larry "Cash" Carter, a stage director, theater manager, former actor...
13 KB (1,595 words) - 04:38, 6 September 2024
Haunted Honeymoon (category Films directed by Gene Wilder)
1986 American comedy horror film starring Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Dom DeLuise and Jonathan Pryce. Wilder also served as writer and director. The title...
15 KB (1,841 words) - 03:42, 15 August 2024
based on a story treatment by Bergman. The film stars Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder. Brooks appears in two supporting roles: Governor William J. Le Petomane...
46 KB (4,952 words) - 05:01, 6 September 2024
American romantic comedy film directed by Leonard Nimoy and starring Gene Wilder in his first romantic lead. With a screenplay by Norman Steinberg and...
12 KB (989 words) - 04:23, 23 November 2023
Ostrum described Wilder's 2016 death as "like losing a parent"; in the 2023 documentary Remembering Gene Wilder, Ostrum remembered Wilder being fun to work...
25 KB (2,319 words) - 13:57, 2 August 2024
film directed by Waris Hussein and written by Gabriel Walsh. It stars Gene Wilder as the title character, a poor Irish manure collector who falls in love...
4 KB (305 words) - 07:35, 13 August 2024
British-French-American period comedy film directed by Bud Yorkin, and starring Gene Wilder, Donald Sutherland, Hugh Griffith, Jack MacGowran, Billie Whitelaw, Orson...
6 KB (605 words) - 05:09, 22 June 2024
starred mainly in comedies. He gained acclaim for his collaborations with Gene Wilder, including the films Silver Streak (1976), Stir Crazy (1980), See No...
80 KB (7,652 words) - 19:57, 5 September 2024
documentary film directed and produced by Mark Bussler, and narrated by Gene Wilder. The documentary tells the story of Chicago's World's Columbian Exposition...
3 KB (195 words) - 04:14, 5 September 2024
cast members at fan conventions. Following the 2016 death of co-star Gene Wilder, who played Willy Wonka, Böllner expressed regret that he had not talked...
7 KB (546 words) - 12:37, 26 August 2024
My French Whore (category Works by Gene Wilder)
novel written by the American actor, director, screenwriter and author, Gene Wilder. Set towards the end of World War I, in 1918, it tells the story of a...
6 KB (569 words) - 17:48, 4 September 2023
Producers, Young Frankenstein and Robin Hood: Men in Tights. According to Gene Wilder, who co-wrote the script of Young Frankenstein and played the title character...
4 KB (404 words) - 18:25, 5 August 2024