Biography: life and films
Gene Wilder is an American actor, film director and screenwriter whose birth name is Jerome Silberman. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA on 11th June 1933.His best films as an actor include Mel Brooks's comedy The Producers (1968), Mel Stuart's Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), Blazing Saddles (1974) and Young Frankenstein (1974), and whose best work as a film director include The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975), Sunday Lovers (1980) and The Woman in Red (1984).
Gene Wilder has so far appeared in 22 films, scripted 7 films and directed 5 films.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Mel Brooks (3 films), Sidney Poitier (2) and Arthur Hiller (2).
His most frequent genres include: comedy (18 films), comedy-romance (5), Thriller (4), crime-thriller (3), comedy-thriller (3), Fantasy (3), romance (2), Western (2) and Horror (2).
Our average rating for Gene Wilder over all films is: 3.2
Filmography
Key: a = actor; d = director; w = writer
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx (1970) [a]
Start the Revolution Without Me (1970) [a]
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) [a]
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex - But Were Afraid to Ask (1972) [a]
Rhinoceros (1974) [a]
The Little Prince (1974) [a]
Young Frankenstein (1974) [a,w]
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975) [a,d,w]
Silver Streak (1976) [a]
The World's Greatest Lover (1977) [a,d,w]
The Frisco Kid (1979) [a]
Stir Crazy (1980) [a]
Sunday Lovers (1980) [a,d,w]
Hanky Panky (1982) [a]
The Woman in Red (1984) [a,d,w]
Haunted Honeymoon (1986) [a,d,w]
See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) [a]
Funny About Love (1990) [a]
Another You (1991) [a]
The Carry On films, from the heyday of British film comedy
The very best period film dramas
The best French war films ever made
