Willy Wonka comic icon Gene Wilder dies - News Summed Up

Willy Wonka comic icon Gene Wilder dies


Tuesday, August 30, 2016 Willy Wonka comic icon Gene Wilder diesGene Wilder in his iconic role as the candymaker in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971). Wilder grew up in the Midwest, trained at the Old Vic in England and brought classical stage technique to Brooks’s outlandish humour. “His job was to make me more broad.”But sometimes Wilder brought important comic ideas to Brooks. After an early Broadway career, Wilder debuted onscreen in a brief role as a kidnapped undertaker in Bonnie and Clyde (1967). After Army service in a psychiatric ward, Wilder picked up his theatrical career and appeared in several Broadway productions.


Source: Bueno Aires Herald August 30, 2016 04:37 UTC



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