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Don Ameche

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Geboren
31. Mai 1908 · Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
Gestorben
6. Dezember 1993

Biografie

Don Ameche (born Dominic Felix Amici; May 31, 1908 – December 6, 1993) was an American actor and radio entertainer whose career spanned over six decades. Known for his charming, dapper presence and signature mustache, Ameche became one of 20th Century Fox's premier leading men throughout the 1930s and 1940s. Born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, to an Italian immigrant father and a mother of European descent, he adapted his family's surname from "Amici" to "Ameche" to preserve its original Italian pronunciation in the United States. He began his entertainment career in vaudeville and radio, where he achieved nationwide fame as the host of popular broadcasts like The Chase and Sanborn Hour. He transitioned to film in 1935, starring in a string of successful musical comedies and dramas, most notably Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938), The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939), and Ernst Lubitsch’s classic comedy Heaven Can Wait (1943). As film roles slowed in the 1950s, Ameche worked extensively in live theatre and television. His screen career experienced a celebrated renaissance in the 1980s, beginning with his role as the scheming commodities broker Mortimer Duke in Trading Places (1983). Two years later, he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of a revitalized retiree in Ron Howard’s Cocoon (1985). In his final years, Ameche introduced himself to a new generation of filmgoers providing the warm, patriarchal voice of Shadow the Golden Retriever in Disney's Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993), before completing his final screen appearance in Corrina, Corrina (1994). Ameche was married to Honore Prendergast from 1932 until her death in 1986; the couple had six children. Ameche died of prostate cancer in Scottsdale, Arizona, in 1993 at the age of 85.

Bekannt aus

Poster zu Der Prinz aus Zamunda
Der Prinz aus Zamunda
Film · 1988 · ★ 6,9
Poster zu Die Glücksritter
Die Glücksritter
Film · 1983 · ★ 7,2
Poster zu Cocoon
Cocoon
Film · 1985 · ★ 6,6
Poster zu Zurück nach Hause: Die unglaubliche Reise
Zurück nach Hause: Die unglaubliche Reise
Film · 1993 · ★ 7,0
Poster zu Cocoon II - Die Rückkehr
Cocoon II - Die Rückkehr
Film · 1988 · ★ 6,5
Poster zu Columbo
Columbo
Serie · 1971 · ★ 8,1
Poster zu Bigfoot und die Hendersons
Bigfoot und die Hendersons
Film · 1987 · ★ 6,1
Poster zu Oscar - Vom Regen in die Traufe
Oscar - Vom Regen in die Traufe
Film · 1991 · ★ 6,4
Poster zu Corrina, Corrina
Corrina, Corrina
Film · 1994 · ★ 6,7
Poster zu Golden Girls
Golden Girls
Serie · 1985 · ★ 7,6
Poster zu Ein himmlischer Sünder
Ein himmlischer Sünder
Film · 1943 · ★ 6,9
Poster zu Love Boat
Love Boat
Serie · 1977 · ★ 6,2

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