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): Barnabe Googe • Frank Beard (musician) • George Wither • Joey Graham • Johann Georg Palitzsch • John IV, Duke of Brabant • José Bové • João Garcia • Julia Margaret Cameron • Marsel İlhan • Olaf Kapagiannidis • Penny Ford • Peter Dinklage • Ruth Aarons • Stephen Kearney • Vágner Love • William Baziotes • Yui Aragaki

Born in the same month (June 1933): Charlie Wilson (Texas politician) • Claire Tomalin • Colin Brumby • Eddie Adams (photographer) • Harry Browne • Haruo Remeliik • Jerry Lumpe • Joan Murrell Owens • Joan Rivers • John Bradshaw (author) • Maurice Stokes • Ngina Kenyatta • Norman Lloyd-Edwards • Tom King, Baron King of Bridgwater • Tommy Hunt • Viktor Patsayev • Álvaro Siza Vieira