Gene wilder net worth

PERSONAL

Original name, Jerome "Jerry" Silberman; born June 11, 1935, in Milwaukee, WI; son of William J. (an importer and bottle manufacturer) and Jeanne (maiden name, Baer) Silberman; married Mary Mercier (a playwright), July 22, 1960 (divorced); married Mary Joan Schutz, October 27, 1967 (divorced, 1974); married Gilda Radner (an actress and comedienne), 1982 (died, May 20, 1989); married Karen Boyer (some sources cite Karen Webb; a speech and hearing specialist and actress), September 8, 1991; adopted children: (first marriage) Katharine Anastasia. Education: University of Iowa, B.A., 1955; studied acting with Herman Gottlieb, 1946–51, at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, 1955–56, at Herbert Berghof Studio (now HB Studio), 1957–59, and at Actors Studio, New York City. Avocational Interests: Tennis, fencing, bridge, water–color painting.

Addresses:Agent— Nevin Dolcefino, Innovative Artists, 1505 10th St., Santa Monica, CA 90401. Manager— Andrew Hersh, Howard Entertainment, 10850 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1260, Los Angeles, CA 90024.

Career: Actor, director, producer, and writer. Actors Studio, New York City, member, beginning 1961; appeared in commercials, including one for Gillette razors, 1965. Cedars–Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, cofounder of Gilda Radner Ovarian Detection Center, c. 1990; Gilda's Club (support group), founding member. Worked as a chauffeur, toy salesperson, and fencing instructor. Military service: U.S. Army, 1956–58.

Member: Actors' Equity Association, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Directors Guild of America, Writers Guild of America, Alpha Epsilon Pi (life member).

Awards, Honors: Clarence Derwent Award, Clarence Derwent Award Trust, 1962, for The Complaisant Lover; Academy Award nomination, best supporting actor, 1969, for The Producers; Golden Globe Award nomination, best motion picture actor in a musical or comedy, 1972, for Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory; Academy Award nomination and Writers Guild of America Award nomination, both best screenplay adapted from other material (with Mel Brooks), 1975, and Nebula Award, best dramatic presentation, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, 1976, all for Young Frankenstein; Golden Globe Award nomination, best motion picture actor in a musical or comedy, 1977, for Silver Streak;Edgar Allan Poe Award nomination, best television feature or miniseries (with Gilbert Pearlman), Mystery Writers of America, 2000, for Murder in a Small Town; Emmy Award, outstanding guest actor in a comedy series, 2003, for Will & Grace; Lifetime Achievement Award, Las Vegas Film Critics Society, 2003.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Eugene Grizzard, Bonnie and Clyde (also known as Bonnie and Clyde ... Were Killers! ), Warner Bros., 1967.

Leo Bloom, The Producers, Embassy, 1967.

Quackser Fortune, Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin inthe Bronx (also known as Fun Loving ), UMC, 1970.

Claude Coupe and Philippe DeSisi, Start the Revolution without Me (also known as Two Times Two ), Warner Bros., 1970.

Willy Wonka, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Paramount, 1971.

Dr. Ross, Everything You Always Wanted to Knowabout Sex* (*but Were Afraid to Ask) (also known as Everything You Always Wanted to Know aboutSex ), United Artists, 1972.

Jim (the Waco Kid), Blazing Saddles, Warner Bros., 1974.

The fox, The Little Prince, Paramount, 1974.

Stanley, Rhinoceros, American Film Theatre, 1974.

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein (also known as Frankenstein, Jr. ), Twentieth Century–Fox, 1974.

Sigerson Holmes, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'Smarter Brother (also known as Sherlock Holmes'Smarter Brother ), Twentieth Century–Fox, 1975.

George Caldwell, Silver Streak, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1976.

Rudy Valentine, The World's Greatest Lover, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1977.

Avram Belinsky, The Frisco Kid (also known as NoKnife ), Warner Bros., 1979.

Skip Donahue, Stir Crazy, Columbia, 1980.

Title role, "Skippy," a segment of Sunday Lovers (also known as An Englishman's Home, Les seducteurs, and I seduttori della domenica ), United Artists, 1980.

Michael Jordon, Hanky Panky, Columbia, 1982.

Theodore Pierce, The Woman in Red, Orion, 1984.

Larry Abbot, Haunted Honeymoon, Orion, 1986.

Hello Actors Studio (documentary), Actors Studio, 1987.

Dave Lyons, See No Evil, Hear No Evil, TriStar, 1989.

Duffy Bergman, Funny about Love, Paramount, 1990.

George/Abe Fielding, Another You, TriStar, 1991.

Voice of Snowbell, Stuart Little, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1999.

Film Director:

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (also known as Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother ), Twentieth Century–Fox, 1975.

(And producer) The World's Greatest Lover, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1977.

"Skippy," a segment of Sunday Lovers (also known as An Englishman's Home, Les seducteurs, and Iseduttori della domenica ), United Artists, 1980.

The Woman in Red, Orion, 1984.

(And producer) Haunted Honeymoon, Orion, 1986.

Television Appearances; Series:

Voice of Letterman, The Electric Company, 1972–1977.

Gene Bergman, Something Wilder (also known as Young at Heart ), NBC, 1994–1995.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Happy Penny, "Wingless Victory," Play of the Week, WNTA, 1961.

Muller, "The Sound of Hunting," Dupont Show of theWeek, NBC, 1962.

The reporter, "Windfall," Dupont Show of the Week, NBC, 1962.

Wilson, "The Interrogators," Dupont Show of the Week, NBC, 1962.

German voice, The Twentieth Century, CBS, 1962.

Head waiter, "Reunion with Death," The Defenders, CBS, 1962.

Armstrong Circle Theatre, CBS, 1962.

Yonkel, "Home for Passover," Eternal Light, NBC, 1966.

Interviewee, Inside the Actors Studio, 1995.

Himself, The Frank Skinner Show, 1997.

Mr. Stein, "Boardroom and a Parked Place," Will &Grace, NBC, 2002.

Mr. Stein, "Sex, Losers, and Videotape," Will & Grace, NBC, 2003.

Appeared as himself in an episode of Sesame Street.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Lord Ravensbane/The Scarecrow, "The Scarecrow," Hollywood Television Theatre, PBS, 1972.

Harry Evers, Thursday's Game (also known as TheBerk ), ABC, 1974.

Larry "Cash" Carter, Murder in a Small Town, NBC, 1999.

Mock Turtle, Alice in Wonderland, NBC, 1999.

Larry "Cash" Carter, The Lady in Question, Arts and Entertainment, 1999.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Bernard, Death of a Salesman, CBS, 1966.

Ernie, "The Office Sharers," The Trouble with People, NBC, 1972.

Marlo Thomas in Acts of Love—and Other Comedies, ABC, 1973.

Home for Passover, NBC, 1973.

Annie and the Hoods, ABC, 1974.

Baryshnikov in Hollywood, CBS, 1982.

The Making of "The Woman in Red, " 1984.

Face to Face with Connie Chung, CBS, 1990.

A Party for Richard Pryor, CBS, 1991.

Laughing Matters (also known as Funny Business ), Showtime, 1993.

Gilda Radner: In Her Own Words, Arts and Entertainment, 1993.

Countdown to Christmas (also known as Santa's Journey ), NBC, 1994.

Interviewee, Gilda Radner: The E! True HollywoodStory, E! Entertainment Television, 1997.

Interviewee, 20th Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years, AMC, 2000.

Stage Appearances:

(Stage debut) Balthazar, Romeo and Juliet, Milwaukee Playhouse, Milwaukee, WI, 1948.

Rosen, The Late Christopher Bean, Reginald Goode Theatre, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1949.

The Cat and the Canary, Reginald Goode Theatre, 1949.

Vernon, Summer and Smoke, Tower Ranch Tenthouse Theatre, Eagle River, WI, 1951.

The Drunkard, Tower Ranch Tenthouse Theatre, 1951.

Mansky, The Play's the Thing, Tower Ranch Tenthouse Theatre, 1951.

Mr. Weatherbee, Arsenic and Old Lace, Tower Ranch Tenthouse Theatre, 1951.

Howard, Death of a Salesman, Tower Ranch Tenthouse Theatre, 1952.

Ed, Come Back, Little Sheba, Tower Ranch Tenthouse Theatre, 1952.

The principal, The Happy Time, Tower Ranch Tenthouse Theatre, 1952.

Twelfth Night, Cambridge Drama Festival, Cambridge, MA, 1959.

Macbeth, Cambridge Drama Festival, 1959.

(Off–Broadway debut) Frankie Bryant, Roots, Mayfair Theatre, 1961.

Andrew, All the Way Home, Playhouse in the Park, Philadelphia, PA, 1961.

Hotel valet, The Complaisant Lover, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1961.

The captain, Mother Courage and Her Children, Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 1963.

Billie Bibbit, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, Cort Theatre, New York City, 1963.

Smiley, Dynamite Tonight, York Theatre, New York City, 1964.

Multiple roles, The White House,Henry Miller's Theatre, New York City, 1964.

Harry Berlin, Luv, Royal Poinciana Playhouse, Palm Beach, FL, then Booth Theatre, New York City, both 1966.

Max Prince, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Queens Theatre, London, 1996.

Major Tours:

Hotel valet, The Complaisant Lover, U.S. cities, 1962.

Julius Sagamore, The Millionairess, Theatre Guild, U.S. cities, 1963.

Various roles, The White House, U.S. cities, 1964.

Stage Work; Fencing Choreographer:

Twelfth Night, Cambridge Drama Festival, Cambridge, MA, 1959.

Macbeth, Cambridge Drama Festival, 1959.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

(With Mel Brooks) Young Frankenstein (also known as Frankenstein, Jr. ), Twentieth Century–Fox, 1974.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (also known as Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother ), Twentieth Century–Fox, 1975.

(And songwriter, "Ain't It Kinda Wonderful") TheWorld's Greatest Lover, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1977.

"Skippy," s segment of Sunday Lovers (also known as An Englishman's Home, Les seducteurs, and Iseduttori della domenica ), United Artists, 1980.

(And songwriter) The Woman in Red, Orion, 1984.

(With Terence Marsh) Haunted Honeymoon, Orion, 1986.

(With Earl Barret, Arne Sultan, Eliot Wald, and Andrew Kurtzman) See No Evil, Hear No Evil, TriStar, 1989.

Television Writing; Movies:

(With Gilbert Pearlman) Murder in a Small Town, NBC, 1999.

The Lady in Question, Arts and Entertainment, 1999.

Books:

(With M. Steven Piver) Gilda's Disease: SharingPersonal Experience with a Medical Perspective onOvarian Cancer, Prometheus Books, 1996.

ADAPTATIONS

Wilder's screenplay Young Frankenstein was adapted as a novel by Gilbert Pearlman and published by Ballantine Books in 1974.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 3: Actors and Actresses, St. James Press, 1996.

Periodicals:

People Weekly, February 21, 2000, p. 60.

TV Guide, November 18, 2000, pp. 34–38.

Us, May 29, 1989, pp. 30–37.