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Don Ameche

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Nascita
31 maggio 1908 · Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
Morte
6 dicembre 1993

Biografia

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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Il principe cerca moglie
Film · 1988 · ★ 6,9
Locandina di Una poltrona per due
Una poltrona per due
Film · 1983 · ★ 7,2
Locandina di Cocoon - L'energia dell'universo
Cocoon - L'energia dell'universo
Film · 1985 · ★ 6,6
Locandina di In fuga a quattro zampe
In fuga a quattro zampe
Film · 1993 · ★ 7,0
Locandina di Cocoon 2 - Il ritorno
Cocoon 2 - Il ritorno
Film · 1988 · ★ 6,5
Locandina di Colombo
Colombo
Serie · 1971 · ★ 8,1
Locandina di Bigfoot e i suoi amici
Bigfoot e i suoi amici
Film · 1987 · ★ 6,1
Locandina di Oscar - Un fidanzato per due figlie
Oscar - Un fidanzato per due figlie
Film · 1991 · ★ 6,4
Locandina di Una moglie per papà
Una moglie per papà
Film · 1994 · ★ 6,7
Locandina di Cuori senza età
Cuori senza età
Serie · 1985 · ★ 7,6
Locandina di Il cielo può attendere
Il cielo può attendere
Film · 1943 · ★ 6,9
Locandina di Love Boat
Love Boat
Serie · 1977 · ★ 6,2

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