Gene Wilder

★ Acting #1,142

1933 - 2016 (age 83) • Acting

Born: 6/11/1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Died: 8/29/2016 (age 83)

Known for: Acting

Gene Wilder

★ Acting #1,142

Gene Wilder (born Jerome Silberman; June 11, 1933 – August 29, 2016) was an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer, singer-songwriter, and author.

Known For

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

75%

Willy Wonka

1971

Young Frankenstein

79%

Dr. Frankenstein

1974

Blazing Saddles

72%

Jim

1974

See No Evil, Hear No Evil

68%

Dave Lyons

1989

The Producers

71%

Leo Bloom

1968

Will & Grace

69%

Mr. Stein

1998

The Woman in Red

63%

Theodore Pierce

1984

Stir Crazy

65%

Skip Donahue

1980

Wilder

Self (archive footage)

2026

Remembering Gene Wilder

74%

Self (archive footage)

2024

Love, Gilda

72%

Self (archive footage)

2018

Mel Brooks: Unwrapped

64%

Self (archive footage)

2018

The Last Laugh

70%

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2016

Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West

10%

Self (archive footage)

2014

Private Screenings: Robert Osborne

73%

Self (archive footage)

2014

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

81%

Self (archive footage)

2013

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

71%

George / Skip Donahue (archive footage)

2013

Gene Wilder: Be in the Moment, Today

Himself

2010

Role Model: Gene Wilder

75%

Self

2008

Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation

78%

Self

2008

Hitler: The Comedy Years

50%

Leo Bloom (archive footage) (uncredited)

2007

Legends

50%

Self

2006

EXPO: Magic of the White City

66%

Narrator (voice)

2005

Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!

78%

(archive footage)

2003

The Making of 'The Producers'

79%

Self

2002

After They Were Famous

65%

Self (archive footage)

2002

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

67%

Self

2001

Back in the Saddle

65%

Self

2001

The Lady in Question

60%

Larry 'Cash' Carter

1999

The Lady in Question

60%

Writer

1999

Alice in Wonderland

62%

Mock Turtle

1999

Murder in a Small Town

61%

Cash Carter

1999

Murder in a Small Town

61%

Writer

1999

Will & Grace

69%

Mr. Stein

1998

The View

43%

Self

1997

Blacks and Jews

80%

Self

1997