Wilder is also famous for his portrayal of the eccentric Willy Wonka in 1971’s Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, as well as his work with Richard Pryor, which included Silver Streak, Stir Crazy, Another You and See No Evil, Hear No Evil.
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Gene Wilder’s nephew has spoken about his uncle’s final touching moments as he passed away, due to complications relating to his Alzheimer’s Disease.
Ticket information: All screenings are $5 and may be purchased right now HERE. ‘He blessed every film we did with his magic & he blessed me with his friendship’.
Tweeted Jim Carrey: “Gene Wilder was one of the funniest and sweetest energies ever to take a human form”.
That role earned him the first of his two Oscar nominations and cemented a collaborative relationship with Brooks that led to other hit comedies, including Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein. Wilder captivated audiences as the magical candymaker that no one was sure they could fully trust.
Writer and Director – Mel Brooks cast him as Leo Bloom and played the role of an anxious accountant in the movie – The Producers.
“It’s pronounced Fronkensteen, Gene Wilder matter-of-factly advises Marty Feldman, early in the comedy classic Young Frankenstein“.
FILE – In this March 16, 2005 file photo, actor Gene Wilder speaks about his life and career at Boston University in Boston.
The world lost an imaginative, loving legend this week when Gene Wilder, iconic film star and comedian, died at 83.
Jordan Walker-Pearlman spoke of the family’s ‘indescribable sadness’ but also their “spiritual gratitude for the life lived” by Wilder, one of the most gifted comic actors of all time.
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He started taking acting classes at age 12 and continued studying through college. In total he has worked in over 30 big screen and television productions. “It’s kind of like losing a parent”, he said. “Particularly in the previous year or two, the restaurants we would go to, which sometimes would be more family restaurants than where he would take me back in the day, there would be children there”, said Walker-Pearlman. He is survived by his wife Karen Boyer, according to the International Movie Database.
