. "1961"^^ . "Gene Wilder"@en . "Actor, director, writer, author"@en . . . "Best Supporting Actor"@en . . "1961"^^ . "Jerome Silberman"@en . "Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA"@en . . . . "Gene Wilder (June 11, 1933 \u2013 August 29, 2016) was an American actor. He portrayed Willy Wonka in the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory."@en . . "1968"^^ . "1933-06-11"^^ . "1974"^^ . . "Gene Wilder"@en . "Gene Wilder (born Jerome Silberman; June 11th, 1933 \u2013 August 29, 2016) was an American stage and screen actor, director, screenwriter, author, and activist. Wilder first started performing on stage. He made his big screen debut in the TV series, Armstrong Circle Theatre in 1962. His first major movie roll was as Leopold Bloom in the 1968 film The Producers where he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. This was the first of a series of collaborations with writer/director Mel Brooks including the 1974's Young Frankenstein, a script which garnered the pair an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. Wilder was known for his role as Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and for his four films with Richard Pryor in: Silver Streak (1976), Stir C"@en . "Milwaukee, Wisconsin"@en . . "Gene Wilder (June 11, 1933 \u2013 August 29, 2016) was an American actor. He portrayed Willy Wonka in the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory."@en . . . . "Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S."@en . . "One of the greatest comedic actors ever, quite possibly the greatest. Probably best known for being the first actor to portray Willy Wonka, his collaborations with Mel Brooks, and for his four co-starring appearances with Richard Pryor. Wilder met and fell in love with Saturday Night Live original cast member Gilda Radner on the set of the movie Hanky Panky(1982). They wed in 1984 and appeared together again in the films The Woman In Red and Haunted Honeymoon. Radner died after a long battle with ovarian cancer in 1989. Afterwards Wilder established the Gilda Radner Ovarian Detection Center at Cedars-Sinai Hospital."@en . . "Jerome Silberman"@en . . . "Male"@en . . . . . "The Producers"@en . "Actor, Screenwriter, Author, Comedian"@en . . . . "1933-06-11"^^ . . . "in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory"@en . . . "Best Adapted Screenplay"@en . "Gene Wilder (1933-2016) was a comic actor best known for playing Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and for his collaborations with Mel Brooks in Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, and the 1968 version of The Producers. In 1999, Wilder appeared in the Creature Shop TV movie Alice in Wonderland as the Mock Turtle. Wilder was the husband of Gilda Radner, and in the 1970s, was heard on The Electric Company as the voice of Letterman. Other film credits included Bonnie and Clyde and four movies co-starring with Richard Pryor."@en . . "One of the greatest comedic actors ever, quite possibly the greatest. Probably best known for being the first actor to portray Willy Wonka, his collaborations with Mel Brooks, and for his four co-starring appearances with Richard Pryor."@en . . "41.0"^^ . "Sigerson Holmes"@en . . . . . "American"@en . "Gene Wilder (1933-2016) was a comic actor best known for playing Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and for his collaborations with Mel Brooks in Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, and the 1968 version of The Producers. In 1999, Wilder appeared in the Creature Shop TV movie Alice in Wonderland as the Mock Turtle. Wilder was the husband of Gilda Radner, and in the 1970s, was heard on The Electric Company as the voice of Letterman. Other film credits included Bonnie and Clyde and four movies co-starring with Richard Pryor."@en . . . . . "2016-08-29"^^ . . . . . . . "Young Frankenstein"@en . . . "Gene Wilder is an American stage and screen actor, comedian, director, screenwriter, author and activist. Wilder's first major role was as Leopold Bloom in the 1968 film The Producers, This was the first in a series of collaborations with writer/director Mel Brooks, including 1974's Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein. Wilder is known for his portrayal of Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) and for his four films with Richard Pryor: Silver Streak (1976), Stir Crazy (1980), See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989), and Another You (1991)."@en . . . . . . . . "Jerome Silberman (June 11, 1933 \u2013 August 29, 2016), known professionally as Gene Wilder, was an American actor, screenwriter, director, producer, singer-songwriter and author. Wilder directed, wrote, and starred in The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother, a 1975 American musical comedy film."@en . "2"^^ . "Gene Wilder"@en . "Stamford, Connecticut, U.S."@en . . . . . . "Stamford, Connecticut, U.S."@en . "Gene Wilder is an American stage and screen actor, comedian, director, screenwriter, author and activist. Wilder's first major role was as Leopold Bloom in the 1968 film The Producers, This was the first in a series of collaborations with writer/director Mel Brooks, including 1974's Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein. Wilder is known for his portrayal of Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) and for his four films with Richard Pryor: Silver Streak (1976), Stir Crazy (1980), See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989), and Another You (1991)."@en . . "Gene Wilder is a Professional American Football player, known as \"Flash Wilder\". He was known for breaking the NFL record, \"Most consecutive games played\", having played for 285 consecutive games."@en . "Willy Wonka"@en . "Gene Wilder (born Jerome Silberman; June 11th, 1933 \u2013 August 29, 2016) was an American stage and screen actor, director, screenwriter, author, and activist. Wilder first started performing on stage. He made his big screen debut in the TV series, Armstrong Circle Theatre in 1962. His first major movie roll was as Leopold Bloom in the 1968 film The Producers where he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. This was the first of a series of collaborations with writer/director Mel Brooks including the 1974's Young Frankenstein, a script which garnered the pair an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. Wilder was known for his role as Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and for his four films with Richard Pryor in: Silver Streak (1976), Stir Crazy (1980), See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989), and Another You (1991). Wilder has directed and written several of the films he has starred in including, The Woman in Red (1984). He was married to actress Gilda Radner before here death of ovarian cancer leading to his active involvement in promotion cancer awareness and treatment helping found the Gilda Radner Ovarian Cancer Detection Center in Los Angeles and co-founding Gilda's Club. Since his most recent contribution to acting in 2003, Wilder turned his attention to writing/producing a memoir in 2005, Kiss Me Like A Stranger: My Search for Love and Art, and the novels My French Whore (2007), The Woman Who Wouldn't (2008), and What Is This Thing Called Love (2010). Gene Wilder is the son of William J. and Jeanne (Baer) Silberman. He adopted the name \"Gene Wilder\" for his professional name because, \"I had always liked Gene because of Thomas Wolfe's character Eugene Gant in Look Homeward, Angel and Of Time and the River. And I was always a great admirer of Thornton Wilder.\" Wilder first became interested in acting at age 8 when his mother was diagnosed with rheumatic fever and the doctor told him to \"try and make her laugh\". Wilder died on August 29, 2016, at age 83 from complications of Alzheimer's disease."@en . . "Jerome Silberman (June 11, 1933 \u2013 August 29, 2016), known professionally as Gene Wilder, was an American actor, screenwriter, director, producer, singer-songwriter and author. Wilder directed, wrote, and starred in The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother, a 1975 American musical comedy film."@en . "47"^^ . . . . "Actor, director, writer, writer, author, activist"@en . . "Gene Wilder is a Professional American Football player, known as \"Flash Wilder\". He was known for breaking the NFL record, \"Most consecutive games played\", having played for 285 consecutive games."@en . . "2016-08-29"^^ . . . .