But he also knew how to keep it cool as the boozy gunslinger in Blazing Saddles or the charming candy man in the children's favorite Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. He won the Clarence Derwent Award, given to promising newcomers, for the Broadway work in Graham Greene's comedy The Complaisant Lover. He used his new name, Gene Wilder, for the off-Broadway and Broadway roles. I need to rewatch Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory now #GeneWilder #LastRT — Ian (@WhiskyWithWater) August 29, 2016Putting on a movie with Gene Wilder was always a guaranteed good time. — Bill Slane (@bill_slane) August 29, 2016NOT GENE WILDER.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 29, 2016 19:27 UTC