Nephew: Gene Wilder, star of Mel Brooks movies, dies at 83
- by Leland Aguilar
- in Entertaiment
- — Aug 30, 2016
Wilder's barely contained hysteria made him a go-to lead for director-writer Mel Brooks, who cast him in "Blazing Saddles", "Young Frankenstein" and "The Producers" in the 1960s and '70s.
Then came "The Producers", in which he played the hysterical Leo Bloom, an accountant lured into a money bilking scheme by a theatrical producer played by Zero Mostel. For many, these two roles were a deeper dive into the mind of Wilder.
Born Jerome Silberman to Russian immigrants in Milwaukee, Wilder studied at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre in Bristol, England, and then studied method acting at the Actors Studio. Wilder battled Alzheimer's disease.
Gene Wilder is Willy Wonka, but he's also so much more than that.
Wilder had largely faded from public view; his last film credit was 25 years ago.
Wilder was well known for his roles in Willy Wonka and other Mel Brooks comedies.
"Expecting to hear people were fans of Blazing Saddles, Producers and Stir Crazy, but unbelievable number going for See No Evil, Hear No Evil". "I said from that time on, no one will know if I'm lying or telling the truth". The pair Wednesday in 1984, just five years before Radner's death, of ovarian cancer, in 1989.
That same year, he appeared in his final film role: "Another You" with Pryor. In 1961, Wilder became a member of Lee Strasberg's prestigious Actor's Studio in Manhattan.
He was eighty-three and passed holding our hands with the same tenderness and love he exhibited as long as I can remember. This news story is related to Latest/146210-Willy-Wonka-star-Gene-Wilder-dead-at-83/ - breaking news, latest news, pakistan ne. The actor was active in raising cancer awareness in the wake of Radner's death.
He is survived by Karen, Jordan, and the Webbs (Kevin, Gretchen, Tucker, Spencer), along Jordan's wife Elizabeth. After Radner's death they got back in touch, and they married in 1991, remaining together in Wilder's semi-retirement.
