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Gene Wilder (born Jerome Silberman on June 11,
1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an United
States|American actor best known for his
collaborations with writer, producer, director Mel
Brooks.  Gene Wilder made many movies with Brooks
starting with The Producers in 1968. He was
nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting
actor for his role in The Producers. He was also
nominated for an Academy Award for co-writing
Young Frankenstein with Mel Brooks.

==Biography==
Born in Milwaukee, the son of Russian Jewish
immigration|immigrants, Wilder studied drama at
the University of Iowa and later attended United
Kingdom|Britain's Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
He served in the United States Army from 1956 to
1958.

Returning to the United States, Wilder sought work
in the theater supporting himself by driving a
limousine and teaching fencing.

His first big part was in Bonnie and Clyde
(movie)|Bonnie and Clyde where he played an
undertaker abducted by the couple.  

Perhaps one of his best known roles is that of
Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate
Factory.

In the late 1970s and 1980s he appeared in a
number of movies with Richard Pryor, making them
the most prolific inter-racial comedy double act
in movies during the period.

In 1979 he starred alongside Harrison Ford in the
comedy 'The Frisco Kid'

Wilder was married to Saturday Night Live actress
Gilda Radner from 1984 until her death from
ovarian cancer in 1989. Since then he has remained
active in promoting cancer awareness and
treatment. Wilder himself was hospitalized with
non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 1999 and made a full
recovery in 2000. 

He has been married to actress Karen Boyer since
1991.

On March 1, 2005 Wilder released his
highly-personal memoir Kiss Me Like A Stranger, an
account of his life covering everything from his
childhood, when his mother died of heart disease,
up through his late wife's death.  He has been
praised for the openness and honesty of his
writing, setting it apart from other Hollywood
memoirs.


==Recent controversy==

Gene Wilder is probably best known for his role as
Willy Wonka in 1971's Willy Wonka & the Chocolate
Factory. Prior to the release of Tim Burton's 2005
remake of the movie (entitled Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory (movie)|Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory), Wilder had spoken out against
the new version. He said the remake was "all about
money," and that there was no need to remake the
1971 film. This is perhaps reaction to Tim
Burton's assault on the 1971 version, calling it
"sappy" and indicating that he "rates the musical
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang higher." Still, Wilder has
noted that, if the remake "has to be done," he saw
Johnny Depp as a perfect choice to reprise the
role of Willy Wonka.

==Filmography==

* Death of a Salesman (1966, TV)
* Bonnie and Clyde (movie)|Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
* The Producers (1968)
* Start the Revolution Without Me (1970)
* Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
(1970)
* Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
* The Scarecrow (1972, TV)
* Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex
(But Were Afraid to Ask) (film)|Everything You
Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid
to Ask) (1972)
* Rhinoceros (play)|Rhinoceros (1973)
* Blazing Saddles (1974)
* Thursday's Game (1974, TV)
* Annie and the Hoods (1974, TV)
* The Little Prince (movie)|The Little Prince
(1974)
* Young Frankenstein (1974)
* The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter
Brother (1975)
* Silver Streak (1976 film)|Silver Streak (1976)
* The World's Greatest Lover (1977)
* The Frisco Kid (1979)
* Sunday Lovers (1980)
* Stir Crazy (movie)|Stir Crazy (1980)
* Hanky Panky (1982)
* The Woman in Red (1984)
* Haunted Honeymoon (1986)
* See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
* Funny About Love (1990)
* Another You (1991)
* Murder in a Small Town (1999, TV)
* Alice in Wonderland (1999, TV)
* The Lady in Question (1999, TV)

==Television Series==
* Something Wilder (1994)

==Stage appearances==

* The Complaisant Lover (Broadway, 1962)
* Mother Courage and Her Children (Broadway, 1963)
* One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Broadway, 1963)
* The White House (Broadway, 1964)
* Luv (Broadway, 1966)

==Trivia==

Wilder was the voice of "Letterman" on the
children's educational television series The
Electric Company from 1972 to 1977.

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Gene Wilder (born Jerome Silberman on June 11,
1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an United
States|American actor, who has starred in more
than thirty movies.

He is best known as Willy Wonka and also known for
his collaborations with writer, producer, director
Mel Brooks.  Gene Wilder made many movies with
Brooks starting with The Producers in 1968. He was
nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting
actor for his role in The Producers. He was also
nominated for an Academy Award for co-writing
Young Frankenstein with Brooks.

==Biography==
Born in Milwaukee, the son of Russian Jewish
immigration|immigrants, Wilder studied drama at
the University of Iowa and later attended United
Kingdom|Britain's Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
He served in the United States Army from 1956 to
1958.

Returning to the United States, Wilder sought work
in the theater supporting himself by driving a
limousine and teaching fencing.

His first big part was in Bonnie and Clyde
(movie)|Bonnie and Clyde where he played an
undertaker abducted by the couple.  

Perhaps one of his best known roles is that of
Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate
Factory.

In the late 1970s and 1980s he appeared in a
number of movies with Richard Pryor, making them
the most prolific inter-racial comedy double act
in movies during the period.

In 1979 he starred alongside Harrison Ford in the
comedy 'The Frisco Kid'

Wilder was married to Saturday Night Live actress
Gilda Radner from 1984 until her death from
ovarian cancer in 1989. Since then he has remained
active in promoting cancer awareness and
treatment. Wilder himself was hospitalized with
non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 1999 and made a full
recovery in 2000. 

He has been married to actress Karen Boyer since
1991.

On March 1, 2005 Wilder released his
highly-personal memoir Kiss Me Like A Stranger, an
account of his life covering everything from his
childhood, when his mother died of heart disease,
up through his late wife's death.  He has been
praised for the openness and honesty of his
writing, setting it apart from other Hollywood
memoirs.


==Recent controversy==

Gene Wilder is probably best known for his role as
Willy Wonka in 1971's Willy Wonka & the Chocolate
Factory. Prior to the release of Tim Burton's 2005
remake of the movie (entitled Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory (movie)|Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory), Wilder said the remake was
"all about money," and that there was no need to
remake the 1971 film. Wilder has noted that, if
the remake "has to be done," he saw Johnny Depp as
a perfect choice to reprise the role of Willy
Wonka.  Tim Burton's reply was that the 1971
version was "sappy" and that he "rates the musical
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang higher."

==Selected Filmography==

* Death of a Salesman (1966, TV)
* Bonnie and Clyde (movie)|Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
* The Producers (1968)
* Start the Revolution Without Me (1970)
* Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
(1970)
* Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
* The Scarecrow (1972, TV)
* Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex
(But Were Afraid to Ask) (film)|Everything You
Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid
to Ask) (1972)
* Rhinoceros (play)|Rhinoceros (1973)
* Blazing Saddles (1974)
* Thursday's Game (1974, TV)
* Annie and the Hoods (1974, TV)
* The Little Prince (movie)|The Little Prince
(1974)
* Young Frankenstein (1974)
* The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter
Brother (1975)
* Silver Streak (1976 film)|Silver Streak (1976)
* The World's Greatest Lover (1977)
* The Frisco Kid (1979)
* Sunday Lovers (1980)
* Stir Crazy (movie)|Stir Crazy (1980)
* Hanky Panky (1982)
* The Woman in Red (1984)
* Haunted Honeymoon (1986)
* See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
* Funny About Love (1990)
* Another You (1991)
* Murder in a Small Town (1999, TV)
* Alice in Wonderland (1999, TV)
* The Lady in Question (1999, TV)

==Television Series==
* Something Wilder (1994)

==Stage appearances==

* The Complaisant Lover (Broadway, 1962)
* Mother Courage and Her Children (Broadway, 1963)
* One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Broadway, 1963)
* The White House (Broadway, 1964)
* Luv (Broadway, 1966)

==Trivia==

Wilder was the voice of "Letterman" on the
children's educational television series The
Electric Company from 1972 to 1977.

== External links ==
*imdb name | id=0000698 | name=Gene Wilder
*http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php
?prgId=13&prgDate=16-Mar-05 Interview with Wilder
on National Public Radio|NPR's Fresh Air (March
16, 2005)