Don Ameche
Age: N/A | From: Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Дон Амичи , Dominic Felix Amici
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
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Movie Involvements: 25
TV Involvements: 8
Most Famous Work
Biography
Don Ameche born Dominic Felix Amici May 31, 1908 – December 6, 1993) was a versatile and popular American film actor in the 1930s and '40s, usually as the dapper, mustached leading man. He was also popular as a radio master of ceremonies during this time. As his film popularity waned in the 1950s, he continued working in theater and some TV. His film career surged in a comeback in the 1980s with fine work as an aging millionaire in Trading Places (1983) and a rejuvenated oldster in Cocoon (1985). Don Ameche was an Academy Award winning American actor. Ameche, standing in at a height of 5' 11" (1.8 m) was born May 31, 1908 (Gemini) in Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA as Dominic Felix Amici to mother, Barbara Edda (Hertel) and father, Felice Amici, a bartender. Has a younger brother Jim Ameche. His father was an Italian immigrant. His mother had German, English, Irish and Scottish ancestry. Americans pronounced his last name incorrectly in Italian ("Ah-mee-see"). So he changed it from "Amici" (correctly pronounced "Ah-mee-chee") into "Ameche", in order to keep the original Italian pronunciation. He had the nickname "The Latin Lover". Married Honore Prendergast on the 6th of December 1932. They had 6 children together. Became a father for the first time at age 25 when his wife Honore gave birth to their son Dominic Felix Ameche--aka Don Ameche Jr. on October 3, 1933. Became a father for the second time at age 27 when his wife Honore gave birth to their son Ronald Ameche on December 30, 1935. He died on January 2, 2001 in Iowa, aged 65. Became a father for the third time at age 31 when his wife Honore gave birth to their son Thomas Anthony Ameche on July 20, 1939. Became a father for the fourth time at age 32 when his wife Honore gave birth to their son Lawrence Michael Ameche on July 20, 1940. Became a father for the fifth time at age 36 when his wife Honore gave birth to their daughter Barbara Balinda Ameche on March 13, 1945. Became a father for the sixth time at age 39 when his wife Honore gave birth to their daughter Constance Victoria Ameche on February 22, 1948. His wife of 54 years, died on the 5th of September 1986. He died on December 6, 1993 at the age of 85 in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA from prostate cancer.
Most Famous Work
Columbo
(1971) Frank Simpson
What's My Line?
(1950) Self - Panelist
Climax!
(1954) Sam Waterman
Burke's Law
(1963) Whitman Saunders
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
(1939) Alexander Graham Bell
Sleep, My Love
(1948) Richard W. Courtland
Wing and a Prayer
(1944) Bingo Harper
In Old Chicago
(1938) Jack O'LearyActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1994 | Grandpa Harry | |
| 1993 | Shadow (voice) | |
| 1992 | Jake | |
| Harry Aldrich | ||
| 1991 | Father Clemente | |
| 1990 | G. Paul Siebriese | |
| 1988 | Gino | |
| Art Selwyn | ||
| Mortimer Duke / Homeless Man #2 (uncredited) | ||
| 1987 | Dr. Wallace Wrightwood | |
| Fern Stobbs | ||
| 1986 | Frank Aherne | |
| 1985 | Brother Martin | |
| Arthur Selwyn | ||
| 1983 | Mortimer Duke | |
| 1982 | Self | |
| 1977 | Stewart Coolidge | |
| Henry Dobson | ||
| Hollis Witkin | ||
| 1976 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| 1975 | N/A | |
| 1973 | Self | |
| 1972 | Otis Ramsey | |
| 1971 | Frank Simpson | |
| N/A | ||
| 1970 | Col. Flanders | |
| Commander Taylor | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1968 | Justin Travers | |
| 1967 | Host/Ringmaster | |
| 1966 | Edward Shelley | |
| 1963 | N/A | |
| Whitman Saunders | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1962 | Self | |
| 1961 | Senator Alex S. Simon | |
| 1957 | Harry Graves | |
| Self | ||
| 1954 | Sam Waterman | |
| 1953 | N/A | |
| 1950 | Self - Mystery Guest | |
| Self - Panelist | ||
| 1949 | John Gayle | |
| 1948 | Self | |
| Henry Orient | ||
| Richard W. Courtland | ||
| 1947 | Joe Grange | |
| 1946 | Hiram Stephen Maxim | |
| 1945 | Joseph Jefferson 'Joe' Parker | |
| Don Ameche | ||
| 1944 | Kenneth Harvey | |
| Bingo Harper | ||
| 1943 | Lew Marsh | |
| Henry Van Cleve | ||
| Ken Douglas | ||
| 1942 | Pedro Sullivan | |
| Dwight Dawson | ||
| 1941 | 'Mitch' Mitchell | |
| John Hathaway | ||
| Lloyd Lloyd | ||
| Phil O'Neil (Credits) / Phil 'Mac' McNeil | ||
| Larry Martin / Baron Manuel Duarte | ||
| 1940 | Ricardo Quintana | |
| Chris Bern | ||
| Edward Solomon | ||
| 1939 | Stephen Foster | |
| Mike Connors | ||
| Alexander Graham Bell (archive footage) | ||
| Don Ameche | ||
| Alexander Graham Bell | ||
| Tibor Czerny | ||
| D'Artagnan | ||
| 1938 | Dick Court | |
| David Brassard Jr. | ||
| Charlie Dwyer | ||
| Jack O'Leary | ||
| Jimmy Hall | ||
| 1937 | Tracy Egan | |
| George Macrae | ||
| Peter Nostrand | ||
| Martin J. Canavan | ||
| Bob Harris | ||
| 1936 | Dr. Rudi Imre | |
| Señora Moreno | ||
| Karl Freyman / Mario Signarelli | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
