Don Ameche


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Don Ameche 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....

Place of Birth: Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA

Date of Birth: May 31, 1908

Date of Death: Dec 6, 1993


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Actor (60 Known Credits)


Corrina, Corrina

Grandpa Harry

Folks!

Harry Aldrich

Oscar

Father Clemente

Oddball Hall

G. Paul Siebriese

Coming to America

Mortimer Duke / Homeless Man #2

Cocoon: The Return

Arthur 'Art' Selwyn

Harry and the Hendersons

Dr. Wallace Wrightwood

Pals

Fern Stobbs

Cocoon

Arthur Selwyn

Trading Places

Mortimer Duke

The Love Boat

Stewart Coolidge

Columbo

Frank Simpson

The Boatniks

Commander Taylor

Shadow Over Elveron

Justin Travers

Rings Around the World

Host/Ringmaster

Picture Mommy Dead

Edward Shelley

A Fever in the Blood

Senator Alex S. Simon

Slightly French

John Gayle

Sleep, My Love

Richard W. Courtland

That's My Man

Joe Grange

So Goes My Love

Hiram Stephen Maxim

It's in the Bag!

Don Ameche

Guest Wife

Joseph Jefferson 'Joe' Parker

Wing and a Prayer

Flight Cmdr. Bingo Harper

Greenwich Village

Kenneth Harvey

Heaven Can Wait

Henry Van Cleve

Happy Land

Lew Marsh

The Magnificent Dope

Dwight Dawson

Girl Trouble

Pedro Sullivan

That Night in Rio

Larry Martin / Baron Manuel Duarte

Moon Over Miami

Phil O'Neil (Credits) / Phil 'Mac' McNeil

The Feminine Touch

Prof. John Hathaway

Confirm or Deny

'Mitch' Mitchell

Down Argentine Way

Ricardo Quintana

Four Sons

Chris Bern

Lillian Russell

Edward Solomon

Midnight

Tibor Czerny

Hollywood Cavalcade

Michael Linnett 'Mike' Connors

Swanee River

Stephen Foster

Happy Landing

Jimmy Hall

In Old Chicago

Jack O'Leary

Josette

David Brassard Jr.

Gateway

Dick Court

Love Is News

Martin J. Canavan

Love Under Fire

Tracy Egan

Fifty Roads to Town

Peter Nostrand

One in a Million

Bob Harris

Ramona

Señora Moreno

Ladies In Love

Dr. Rudi Imre

Sins of Man

Karl Freyman / Mario Signarelli

Grandpa Harry
Folks! (1992)
Harry Aldrich
Oscar (1991)
Father Clemente
Oddball Hall (1990)
G. Paul Siebriese
Mortimer Duke / Homeless Man #2
Arthur 'Art' Selwyn
Things Change (1988)
Gino
Dr. Wallace Wrightwood
Pals (1987)
Fern Stobbs
Cocoon (1985)
Arthur Selwyn
Mortimer Duke
The Love Boat (1977 - 1987)
Stewart Coolidge
Otis Ramsey
Columbo (1971 - 2003)
Frank Simpson
The Boatniks (1970)
Commander Taylor
Justin Travers
Host/Ringmaster
Edward Shelley
Senator Alex S. Simon
John Gayle
Richard W. Courtland
That's My Man (1947)
Joe Grange
Hiram Stephen Maxim
Don Ameche
Guest Wife (1945)
Joseph Jefferson 'Joe' Parker
Flight Cmdr. Bingo Harper
Kenneth Harvey
Henry Van Cleve
Ken Douglas
Happy Land (1943)
Lew Marsh
Dwight Dawson
Girl Trouble (1942)
Pedro Sullivan
Larry Martin / Baron Manuel Duarte
Phil O'Neil (Credits) / Phil 'Mac' McNeil
Prof. John Hathaway
'Mitch' Mitchell
Lloyd Lloyd
Ricardo Quintana
Four Sons (1940)
Chris Bern
Edward Solomon
Midnight (1939)
Tibor Czerny
Michael Linnett 'Mike' Connors
Alexander Graham Bell
D'Artagnan
Swanee River (1939)
Stephen Foster
Charlie Dwyer
Happy Landing (1938)
Jimmy Hall
Jack O'Leary
Josette (1938)
David Brassard Jr.
Gateway (1938)
Dick Court
Love Is News (1937)
Martin J. Canavan
Tracy Egan
George Macrae
Peter Nostrand
Bob Harris
Ramona (1936)
Señora Moreno
Dr. Rudi Imre
Sins of Man (1936)
Karl Freyman / Mario Signarelli

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