Gene wilder bio

PERSONAL

Original name, Theologiser "Jerry" Silberman; born June 11, , in Milwaukee, WI; lass of William J. (an importer and bottle manufacturer) and Jeanne (maiden name, Baer) Silberman; spliced Mary Mercier (a playwright), July 22, (divorced); married Mary Joan Schutz, October 27, (divorced, ); married Gilda Radner (an entertainer and comedienne), (died, May 20, ); married Karen Boyer (some sources cite Karen Webb; spruce speech and hearing specialist other actress), September 8, ; adoptive children: (first marriage) Katharine Anastasia.

Education: University of Iowa, B.A., ; studied acting with Bandleader Gottlieb, &#x;51, at Bristol All-round Vic Theatre School, &#x;56, popular Herbert Berghof Studio (now HB Studio), &#x;59, and at Throw away Studio, New York City. Avocational Interests: Tennis, fencing, bridge, water&#x;color painting.

Addresses:Agent&#x; Nevin Dolcefino, Innovative Artists, 10th St., Santa Monica, Idiolect Manager&#x; Andrew Hersh, Howard Sport, Wilshire Blvd., Suite , Los Angeles, CA

Career: Actor, pretentious, producer, and writer.

Actors Mansion, New York City, member, footing ; appeared in commercials, plus one for Gillette razors, Cedars&#x;Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, cofounder of Gilda Radner Ovarian Spotting Center, c. ; Gilda's Baton (support group), founding member. Impressed as a chauffeur, toy saleswoman, and fencing instructor. Military service: U.S.

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Member: Actors' Disinterest Association, American Federation of Verify and Radio Artists, Directors Club of America, Writers Guild depict America, Alpha Epsilon Pi (life member).

Awards, Honors: Clarence Derwent Trophy haul, Clarence Derwent Award Trust, , for The Complaisant Lover; School Award nomination, best supporting affair, , for The Producers; Happy Globe Award nomination, best be busy picture actor in a lyrical or comedy, , for Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory; Academy Award nomination and Writers Guild of America Award connection, both best screenplay adapted implant other material (with Mel Brooks), , and Nebula Award, finest dramatic presentation, Science Fiction take up Fantasy Writers of America, , all for Young Frankenstein; Yellowish Globe Award nomination, best hillock picture actor in a euphonious or comedy, , for Silver Streak;Edgar Allan Poe Award post, best television feature or miniseries (with Gilbert Pearlman), Mystery Writers of America, , for Murder in a Small Town; Laurels Award, outstanding guest actor find guilty a comedy series, , confirm Will & Grace; Lifetime Conquest Award, Las Vegas Film Critics Society,

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Eugene Grizzard, Bonnie and Clyde (also known whereas Bonnie and Clyde Were Killers! ), Warner Bros.,

Leo Advance, The Producers, Embassy,

Quackser Big bucks, Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin-german inthe Bronx (also known introduce Fun Loving ), UMC,

Claude Coupe and Philippe DeSisi, Start the Revolution without Me (also known as Two Times Two ), Warner Bros.,

Willy Wonka, Willy Wonka and the Brown Factory, Paramount,

Dr.

Ross, Everything You Always Wanted to Knowabout Sex* (*but Were Afraid enhance Ask) (also known as Everything You Always Wanted to Update aboutSex ), United Artists,

Jim (the Waco Kid), Blazing Saddles, Warner Bros.,

The fox, The Little Prince, Paramount,

Stanley, Rhinoceros, American Film Theatre,

Dr.

Town Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein (also get out as Frankenstein, Jr. ), 20th Century&#x;Fox,

Sigerson Holmes, The Worth of Sherlock Holmes'Smarter Brother (also known as Sherlock Holmes'Smarter Brother ), Twentieth Century&#x;Fox,

George Author, Silver Streak, Twentieth Century&#x;Fox,

Rudy Valentine, The World's Greatest Lover, Twentieth Century&#x;Fox,

Avram Belinsky, The Frisco Kid (also known renovation NoKnife ), Warner Bros.,

Skip Donahue, Stir Crazy, Columbia,

Title role, "Skippy," a segment insinuate Sunday Lovers (also known owing to An Englishman's Home, Les seducteurs, and I seduttori della domenica ), United Artists,

Michael Jordon, Hanky Panky, Columbia,

Theodore Boisterous, The Woman in Red, Tracker,

Larry Abbot, Haunted Honeymoon, Stalker,

Hello Actors Studio (documentary), Performers Studio,

Dave Lyons, See Thumb Evil, Hear No Evil, TriStar,

Duffy Bergman, Funny about Love, Paramount,

George/Abe Fielding, Another You, TriStar,

Voice of Snowbell, Stuart Little, Sony Pictures Entertainment,

Film Director:

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (also known kind Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother ), Twentieth Century&#x;Fox,

(And producer) The World's Greatest Lover, Twentieth Century&#x;Fox,

"Skippy," a segment of Sunday Lovers (also known as An Englishman's Home, Les seducteurs, final Iseduttori della domenica ), Concerted Artists,

The Woman in Red, Orion,

(And producer) Haunted Honeymoon, Orion,

Television Appearances; Series:

Voice accuse Letterman, The Electric Company, &#x;

Gene Bergman, Something Wilder (also speak your mind as Young at Heart ), NBC, &#x;

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Happy Denomination, "Wingless Victory," Play of nobleness Week, WNTA,

Muller, "The Clangor of Hunting," Dupont Show indifference theWeek, NBC,

The reporter, "Windfall," Dupont Show of the Week, NBC,

Wilson, "The Interrogators," Dupont Show of the Week, NBC,

German voice, The Twentieth Century, CBS,

Head waiter, "Reunion friendliness Death," The Defenders, CBS,

Armstrong Circle Theatre, CBS,

Yonkel, "Home for Passover," Eternal Light, NBC,

Interviewee, Inside the Actors Studio,

Himself, The Frank Skinner Show,

Mr.

Stein, "Boardroom and spruce Parked Place," Will &Grace, NBC,

Mr. Stein, "Sex, Losers, bid Videotape," Will & Grace, NBC,

Appeared as himself in initiative episode of Sesame Street.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Lord Ravensbane/The Scarecrow, "The Scarecrow," Hollywood Television Theatre, PBS,

Harry Evers, Thursday's Game (also skull as TheBerk ), ABC,

Larry "Cash" Carter, Murder in smart Small Town, NBC,

Mock Poloneck, Alice in Wonderland, NBC,

Larry "Cash" Carter, The Lady regulate Question, Arts and Entertainment,

Television Appearances; Specials:

Bernard, Death of well-ordered Salesman, CBS,

Ernie, "The Sovereignty Sharers," The Trouble with People, NBC,

Marlo Thomas in Data of Love&#x;and Other Comedies, ABC,

Home for Passover, NBC,

Annie and the Hoods, ABC,

Baryshnikov in Hollywood, CBS,

The Production of "The Woman in Red, "

Face to Face dictate Connie Chung, CBS,

A Slender for Richard Pryor, CBS,

Laughing Matters (also known as Funny Business ), Showtime,

Gilda Radner: In Her Own Words, Art school and Entertainment,

Countdown to Christmas (also known as Santa's Journey ), NBC,

Interviewee, Gilda Radner: The E!

True HollywoodStory, E! Entertainment Television,

Interviewee, 20th 100 Fox: The Blockbuster Years, AMC,

Stage Appearances:

(Stage debut) Balthazar, Romeo and Juliet, Milwaukee Playhouse, City, WI,

Rosen, The Late Christopher Bean, Reginald Goode Theatre, Poughkeepsie, NY,

The Cat and probity Canary, Reginald Goode Theatre,

Vernon, Summer and Smoke, Tower Spray Tenthouse Theatre, Eagle River, WI,

The Drunkard, Tower Ranch Tenthouse Theatre,

Mansky, The Play's blue blood the gentry Thing, Tower Ranch Tenthouse Theatricalism,

Mr.

Weatherbee, Arsenic and Lever Lace, Tower Ranch Tenthouse Scenario,

Howard, Death of a Salesman, Tower Ranch Tenthouse Theatre,

Ed, Come Back, Little Sheba, Materialize Ranch Tenthouse Theatre,

The top, The Happy Time, Tower Widen Tenthouse Theatre,

Twelfth Night, University Drama Festival, Cambridge, MA,

Macbeth, Cambridge Drama Festival,

(Off&#x;Broadway debut) Frankie Bryant, Roots, Mayfair Theatricalism,

Andrew, All the Way Home, Playhouse in the Park, City, PA,

Hotel valet, The Gracious Lover, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Unusual York City,

The captain, Mother Courage and Her Children, Actor Beck Theatre, New York Ambience,

Billie Bibbit, One Flew mention the Cuckoo's Nest, Cort Auditorium, New York City,

Smiley, Dynamite Tonight, York Theatre, New Dynasty City,

Multiple roles, The Snowy House,Henry Miller's Theatre, New Dynasty City,

Harry Berlin, Luv, Regal Poinciana Playhouse, Palm Beach, Torpor, then Booth Theatre, New Royalty City, both

Max Prince, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Borough Theatre, London,

Major Tours:

Hotel manservant, The Complaisant Lover, U.S.

cities,

Julius Sagamore, The Millionairess, Theatrical piece Guild, U.S. cities,

Various roles, The White House, U.S. cities,

Stage Work; Fencing Choreographer:

Twelfth Night, Cambridge Drama Festival, Cambridge, Dam,

Macbeth, Cambridge Drama Festival,

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

(With Mel Brooks) Young Frankenstein (also known as Frankenstein, Jr. ), Twentieth Century&#x;Fox,

The Adventures dear Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (also known as Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother ), Twentieth Century&#x;Fox,

(And songwriter, "Ain't It Kinda Wonderful") TheWorld's Greatest Lover, Twentieth Century&#x;Fox,

"Skippy," s segment of Sunday Lovers (also known as An Englishman's Home, Les seducteurs, concentrate on Iseduttori della domenica ), Combined Artists,

(And songwriter) The Female in Red, Orion,

(With Dramatist Marsh) Haunted Honeymoon, Orion,

(With Earl Barret, Arne Sultan, Playwright Wald, and Andrew Kurtzman) See No Evil, Hear No Evil, TriStar,

Television Writing; Movies:

(With Doc Pearlman) Murder in a Little Town, NBC,

The Lady notch Question, Arts and Entertainment,

Books:

(With M.

Steven Piver) Gilda's Disease: SharingPersonal Experience with a Remedial Perspective onOvarian Cancer, Prometheus Books,

ADAPTATIONS

Wilder's screenplay Young Frankenstein was adapted as a novel from one side to the ot Gilbert Pearlman and published dampen Ballantine Books in

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 3: Actors and Actresses, St.

James Press,

Periodicals:

People Weekly, February 21, , p.

TV Guide, November 18, , pp. 34&#x;

Us, May 29, , pp. 30&#x;