Gene Wilder was a well respected American actor, writer, and director. He started his acting career with stage and eventually made his on-screen debut with the TV series ‘The Play of the Week’ in 1961. He eventually made it to the films and started with a very small role in the cult film ‘Bonny and Clyde.’ His performance was noticed in the film, and he got his career breakthrough with his second film, ‘The Producers,’ which earned him an Academy Award nomination for ‘Best Supporting Actor.' After he appeared with Mel Brooks, it became a successful collaboration as the two appeared together in two more successful films, including ‘Blazing Saddles,’ and ‘Young Frankenstein.'
Gene Wilder’s filmography further grew with some more notable films such as ‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,’ ‘Silver Steak,’ ‘Stir Crazy,’ ‘Another You,’ and ‘See no Evil, Hear no Evil.’ With these roles, Gene Wilder established himself as a great actor with numerous notable movies. He later made a guest appearance in the highly popular show ‘Will & Grace,’ which was met with further acclaim and also won him an Emmy award.
Some of his not so successful films are ‘Another You,’ ‘The Woman in Red,’ and ‘Hanky Panky.’
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, grandson of mad scientist Victor Frankenstein, inherits their family estate in Transylvania where he accidentally comes across his grandfather's journals and decides to resume his experiment. However, things gradually go out of hand after young Frankenstein unknowingly implants an abnormal brain into a corpse and his fiancée Elizabeth shows up in the estate.
The movie follows a poor child named Charlie Bucket, who finds one of the five golden tickets hidden in chocolate bars around the world. With the help of these tickets, five children visit Willy Wonka’s magical chocolate factory. One misadventure after another, Charlie ultimately emerges as the heir to Willy Wonka’s factory.
A satirical Western comedy, Blazing Saddles features a criminal who is appointed as the first black sheriff of Rock Ridge in order to anger the residents into abandoning town so that a scheming attorney general can profit from the railroad planned to pass through town. But the sheriff manages to win over the residents and save the town from destruction.
The biographical crime drama follows the notorious bank robbers Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, who go from small-time thieves to violent, murderous bank robbers during the Great Depression. As they are pursued by the law, they attain cult status with Americans but a violent end awaits.
Academy Award-winning satirical film features once-successful Broadway producer Max Bialystock who now has to struggle to raise money for his shows. He teams up with his timid new accountant Leo Bloom, and hatches a plot to earn by producing an assured flop that closes after one show. They gather all necessary ingredients for a flop, starting with the play, ‘Springtime for Hitler.’
During a cross-country train ride, a book editor George Caldwell meets an enigmatic woman named Hilly Burns, and falls for her. However, his vacation is interrupted when he witnesses a murder for which he is then accused. Things get worse when the actual murderers kidnap Hilly and attempt to throw him off the train.
Karue, a blind man, and Dave, a deaf man, are the prime witnesses in the murder of a girl. They try to figure out who the killer is, with their collective senses, but the investigating detective suspects them of the murder.
Inspired by a book of the same name by Dr David Reuben, this film tells seven different stories which try to answer seven different questions about sex.
Two friends are wrongfully accused and convicted, after which they are sent to prison. They realize that they have no other choice but to make a foolproof escape plan. They soon realize that the annual rodeo competition may provide them with a perfect opportunity to escape.
The film tells the story of a working class family, who keeps trying to convince the son to take up a real job. However, the son prefers his job of collecting horse’s dung and selling it as fertilizer.
The Frisco Kid is a western adventure drama film which revolves around a Polish rabbi, wandering through the Old West, while on his way to lead a synagogue in San Francisco. He befriends a bank robber on his way, but things get ugly when he is captured by Native Americans.
The Woman in Red is a romantic comedy film which tells the story of a middle-aged man who has everything that he wishes for in his life. However, things take a turn when he meets a gorgeous woman in a red dress, who turns his life upside down.
Larry and Vickie are both radio voice actors who perform for a show named ‘Manhattan Mystery Theatre’. They decide to get married, but shortly after proposing marriage, he begins to suffer from on-air panic attacks and speech impediments. Fearing that this could get them both fired, they ask Larry’s uncle Dr. Paul Abbot for advice. Dr Abbot decides to treat him with a form of shock therapy.
This sex comedy anthology film consists of four different stories, directed by four different directors. Each story revolves around a different man in a different country chasing his love interest.
The Woman in Red is a romantic comedy film which tells the story of a middle-aged man who has everything that he wishes for in his life. However, things take a turn when he meets a gorgeous woman in a red dress, who turns his life upside down.
Larry and Vickie are both radio voice actors who perform for a show named ‘Manhattan Mystery Theatre’. They decide to get married, but shortly after proposing marriage, he begins to suffer from on-air panic attacks and speech impediments. Fearing that this could get them both fired, they ask Larry’s uncle Dr. Paul Abbot for advice. Dr Abbot decides to treat him with a form of shock therapy.
This sex comedy anthology film consists of four different stories, directed by four different directors. Each story revolves around a different man in a different country chasing his love interest.
Gene Wilder Awards
| Will & Grace | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | 2003 |
