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Don Ameche

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American actor (1908-1993)

United StatesActorsLived 1908 to 1993 · aged 85
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Don Ameche was an American actor, comedian and vaudevillian. After playing in college shows, repertory theatre, and vaudeville, he became a major radio star in the early 1930s, which led to the offer of a movie contract from 20th Century Fox in 1935.

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Ameche and Carmen Miranda in That Night in Rio (1941)Ameche and Carmen Miranda in That Night in Rio (1941)Ameche in 1946Ameche in 1946Ameche in the 1938 film Alexander's Ragtime BandAmeche in the 1938 film Alexander's Ragtime BandAmeche in Down Argentine Way (1940)Ameche in Down Argentine Way (1940)Jack Haley (left), Alice Faye (center), Don Ameche and Tyrone Power (right) in a trailer for Alexander's Ragtime BandJack Haley (left), Alice Faye (center), Don Ameche and Tyrone Power (right) in a trailer for Alexander's Ragtime Band

Filmography 40

Trading Places1983 · ★ 7.2
Coming to America1988 · ★ 6.9
Cocoon1985 · ★ 6.6
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey1993 · ★ 7.0
Harry and the Hendersons1987 · ★ 6.1
Cocoon: The Return1988 · ★ 6.5
Oscar1991 · ★ 6.3
Corrina, Corrina1994 · ★ 6.7
Heaven Can Wait1943 · ★ 6.9
Midnight1939 · ★ 7.4
Things Change1988 · ★ 6.1
Sleep, My Love1948 · ★ 6.3
In Old Chicago1938
Alexander's Ragtime Band1938
Folks!1992
The Boatniks1970
Down Argentine Way1940
That Night in Rio1941
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell1939
Moon Over Miami1941
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender1997
Wing and a Prayer1944
Guest Wife1945
Picture Mommy Dead1966
Lillian Russell1940
The Three Musketeers1939
The Magnificent Dope1942
Love Is News1937
The Feminine Touch1941
Hollywood Cavalcade1939
It's in the Bag!1945
One in a Million1937
Greenwich Village1944
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?1970
Slightly French1949
Gidget Gets Married1972
Shadow Over Elveron1968
Something to Shout About1943
Ladies in Love1936
Night of 100 Stars1982

95 credits on file

Television 24

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962
Columbo1971
The Mike Douglas Show1961
The Love Boat1977
What's My Line?1950
Quincy, M.E.1976
Petticoat Junction1963
The Golden Girls1985
The Merv Griffin Show1962
Climax!1954
Burke's Law1963
The Ed Sullivan Show1948
McCloud1970
Alias Smith and Jones1971
Tonight Starring Jack Paar1957
Ellery Queen1975
Julia1968
The Kennedy Center Honors1978
DuPont Show of the Month1957
The Greatest Show on Earth1963
The American Film Institute Salute to ...1973
Good Heavens1976
The Lux Show1957
Coke Time with Eddie Fisher1953

Awards 3

1988Volpi Cup for Best Actor
1986Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
1960star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

In their orbit 1

Connected to Don 6

Tom SelleckAlso in Folks! (1992)Jean SmartAlso in Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993)Zsa Zsa GaborAlso in Picture Mommy Dead (1966)Claudette ColbertAlso in Guest Wife (1945)Billy WilderAlso in Midnight (1939)Gene TierneyAlso in Heaven Can Wait (1943)

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1908 to 1993 · aged 85
Wikipedia
32 languages

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