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Don Ameche

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.

  • Nacimiento: 1908-05-31, Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
  • Fallecimiento: 1993-12-06
  • Valoración en CMNetwork Actors: 3,0 de 5

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Conocido por

  • Entre pillos anda el juego (1983) — Mortimer Duke
  • Cocoon: El retorno (1988) — Art Selwyn
  • Cocoon (1985) — Arthur Selwyn
  • De vuelta a casa: Un viaje increíble (1993) — Shadow (voz)
  • El príncipe de Zamunda (1988) — Mortimer Duke / Homeless Man #2 (sin acreditar)
  • Bigfoot y los Henderson (1987) — Dr. Wallace Wrightwood
  • El diablo dijo no (1943) — Henry Van Cleve
  • Oscar ¡Quita Las Manos! (1991) — Father Clemente

Filmografía

  • Corina, Corina (1994) — Grandpa Harry
  • De vuelta a casa: Un viaje increíble (1993) — Shadow (voz)
  • Sunstroke (1992) — Jake
  • Folks! (1992) — Harry Aldrich
  • Our Shining Moment (1991) — John 'Papa' McGuire Sr.
  • Oscar ¡Quita Las Manos! (1991) — Father Clemente
  • Oddball Hall (1990) — G. Paul Siebriese
  • Las cosas cambian (1988) — Gino
  • Cocoon: El retorno (1988) — Art Selwyn
  • El príncipe de Zamunda (1988) — Mortimer Duke / Homeless Man #2 (sin acreditar)
  • Bigfoot y los Henderson (1987) — Dr. Wallace Wrightwood
  • Colegas (1987) — Art Riddle
  • A Masterpiece of Murder (1986) — Frank Aherne
  • Las chicas de oro (1985) — Brother Martin
  • Cocoon (1985) — Arthur Selwyn
  • Entre pillos anda el juego (1983) — Mortimer Duke
  • The Chinese Typewriter (1979) — Armand Beller
  • Vacaciones en el mar (1977) — Stewart Coolidge / Henry Dobson / Hollis Witkin
  • Quincy, M.E. (1976) — Harry Whitehead
  • Good Heavens (1976)
  • Ellery Queen (1975) — Dr. Norman Marsh
  • Gidget Gets Married (1972) — Otis Ramsey
  • Colombo (1971) — Frank Simpson
  • Los dos mosqueteros (1971)
  • Esta noche vamos de guerra (1970) — Col. Flanders
  • Marineros sin brújula (1970) — Commander Taylor
  • McCloud (1970)
  • Shadow Over Elveron (1968) — Justin Travers
  • La muñeca de trapo (1966) — Edward Shelley
  • Petticoat Junction (1963) — Uncle George
  • El agente Burke (1963) — Whitman Saunders
  • The Greatest Show on Earth (1963) — Collie McCullough
  • A Fever in the Blood (1961) — Senator Alex S. Simon
  • DuPont Show of the Month (1957) — Harry Graves
  • Climax! (1954) — Sam Waterman
  • Coke Time with Eddie Fisher (1953)
  • Con acento francés (1949) — John Gayle
  • Pacto tenebroso (1948) — Richard W. Courtland
  • Ése es mi hombre (1947) — Joe Grange
  • Así es mi amor (1946) — Hiram Stephen Maxim
  • Lo que desea toda mujer (1945) — Joseph Jefferson 'Joe' Parker
  • It's in the Bag! (1945) — Don Ameche
  • Greenwich Village (1944) — Kenneth Harvey
  • Alas y una plegaria (1944) — Bingo Harper
  • Happy Land (1943) — Lew Marsh
  • El diablo dijo no (1943) — Henry Van Cleve
  • Something to Shout About (1943) — Ken Douglas
  • Girl Trouble (1942) — Pedro Sullivan
  • Así vivo yo (1942) — Dwight Dawson
  • Confirm or Deny (1941) — 'Mitch' Mitchell
  • Huellas femeninas (1941) — John Hathaway
  • Kiss the Boys Goodbye (1941) — Lloyd Lloyd
  • Moon Over Miami (1941) — Phil O'Neil (Credits) / Phil 'Mac' McNeil
  • Aquella noche en Río (1941) — Larry Martin / Baron Manuel Duarte
  • Serenata argentina (1940) — Ricardo Quintana
  • Four Sons (1940) — Chris Bern
  • La reina de la canción (1940) — Edward Solomon
  • Swanee River (1939) — Stephen Foster
  • Hollywood Cavalcade (1939) — Mike Connors
  • Land of Liberty (1939) — Alexander Graham Bell (archive footage)
  • El gran milagro (1939) — Alexander Graham Bell
  • Medianoche (1939) — Tibor Czerny
  • The Three Musketeers (1939) — D'Artagnan
  • Gateway (1938) — Dick Court
  • Josette (1938) — David Brassard Jr.
  • La banda de Alexander (1938) — Charlie Dwyer
  • Chicago (1938) — Jack O'Leary
  • Happy Landing (1938) — Jimmy Hall
  • Love Under Fire (1937) — Tracy Egan
  • You Can't Have Everything (1937) — George Macrae
  • Fifty Roads to Town (1937) — Peter Nostrand
  • Amor y periodismo (1937) — Martin J. Canavan
  • One in a Million (1937) — Bob Harris
  • Jóvenes enamoradas (1936) — Dr. Rudi Imre
  • Ramona (1936) — Alessandro
  • Sins of Man (1936) — Karl Freyman / Mario Signarelli