Gene Wilder

Gene Wilder was an American actor, comedian, writer and filmmaker. He was mainly known for his comedic roles, but also for his portrayal of Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971). He collaborated with Mel Brooks on the films The Producers (1967), Blazing Saddles (1974) and Young Frankenstein (1974), and with Richard Pryor in the films Silver Streak (1976), Stir Crazy (1980), See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) and Another You (1991).

11 June 1933

Born on the same birth day (11 June): Adrienne Barbeau • Charlie Tahan • Hugo Wieslander • John Moore (Lord Mayor) • Johnny Neel • Maggie Gripenberg • Mano Menezes • Michael Cacoyannis • Olaf Kapagiannidis • Richard Strauss • Yasumasa Morimura

Born in the same month (June 1933): Bernie Kopell • Bob Cole (sportscaster) • Dianne Feinstein • Eddie Adams (photographer) • Heinrich Rohrer • Jerry Lumpe • Jerzy Kosiński • Joan Murrell Owens • Joan Rivers • Norman Lloyd-Edwards • Predrag Koraksić Corax • Sam Jones (basketball, born 1933) • Sasao Gouland • Tom King, Baron King of Bridgwater • Tomislav Ivić • Vladislav Rastorotsky