Gene Wilder

Also known as Jerome Silberman

American actor (1933–2016)

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Gene Wilder was an American actor known for his comedic and dramatic roles in film and television during the late 20th century. He remains culturally significant for his distinctive performances and contributions to entertainment before his death in 2016.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1933-06-11
Died: 2016-08-29
Works: 11

Top works

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
The woman in red
Kiss Me Like a Stranger
Mo︠i︡a fran︠t︡suzska︠i︡a shl︠i︡ushka
Young Frankenstein

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1933-06-11
Active to: 2016-08-29

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 92,611
Total plays: 437,814

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,383x
The american rheumatism association 1987 revised criteria for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis
· 1988 · cited 15,766x
Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,341x
CheckM: assessing the quality of microbial genomes recovered from isolates, single cells, and metagenomes
· 2015 · cited 11,533x
The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,177x

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Quotes

“[On Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory] I thought the script was very good, but something was missing. I wanted to come out with a cane, come down slowly, have it stick into one of the bricks, get up, fall over, roll around, and they all laugh and applaud. The director asked, ‘what do you want to do that for?’ I said from that time on, no one will know if I’m lying or telling the truth.”

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Wikidata facts

Official website: www.genewilder.net
Image: Gene Wilder 1970.JPG
Number of children: 1

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Commons category: Gene Wilder
start of work period: 1961-00-00
date of birth: 1933-06-11
Commons gallery: Gene Wilder
date of death: 2016-08-29
birth name: Jerome Silberman
end of work period: 2016-00-00

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Gene Wilder (born Jerome Silberman; June 11, 1933 – August 29, 2016) was an American actor, author, comedian, writer and filmmaker. He was mainly known for his comedic roles, including his collaborations with Mel Brooks on the films The Producers (1967), Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein (both 1974), and with Richard Pryor in the films Silver Streak (1976), Stir Crazy (1980), See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) and Another You (1991), as well as his portrayal of Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971).

He began his career on stage, and made his screen debut in an episode of the television series The Play of the Week in 1961. His first film role was that of a hostage in the 1967 motion picture Bonnie and Clyde. His first major film role was as Leopold Bloom in the 1967 film The Producers, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. It was the first in a series of collaborations with writer/director Mel Brooks, including Young Frankenstein, which Wilder co-wrote, garnering the pair an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. He also starred in Woody Allen's Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) (1972).