Foto de Don Ameche
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Don Ameche

Profesión
Interpretación
Nacimiento
31 de mayo de 1908 · Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
Fallecimiento
6 de diciembre de 1993

Biografía

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.

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Póster de El príncipe de Zamunda
El príncipe de Zamunda
Película · 1988 · ★ 6,9
Póster de Entre pillos anda el juego
Entre pillos anda el juego
Película · 1983 · ★ 7,2
Póster de Cocoon
Cocoon
Película · 1985 · ★ 6,6
Póster de De vuelta a casa: Un viaje increíble
De vuelta a casa: Un viaje increíble
Película · 1993 · ★ 7,0
Póster de Cocoon: El retorno
Cocoon: El retorno
Película · 1988 · ★ 6,5
Póster de Colombo
Colombo
Serie · 1971 · ★ 8,1
Póster de Bigfoot y los Henderson
Bigfoot y los Henderson
Película · 1987 · ★ 6,1
Póster de Oscar ¡Quita Las Manos!
Oscar ¡Quita Las Manos!
Película · 1991 · ★ 6,4
Póster de Corina, Corina
Corina, Corina
Película · 1994 · ★ 6,7
Póster de Las chicas de oro
Las chicas de oro
Serie · 1985 · ★ 7,6
Póster de El diablo dijo no
El diablo dijo no
Película · 1943 · ★ 6,9
Póster de Vacaciones en el mar
Vacaciones en el mar
Serie · 1977 · ★ 6,2

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