Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
2009 · Movie
as (archive footage)
Don Ameche
1908-05-31
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Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
Don Ameche born Dominic Felix Amici May 31, 1908 – December 6, 1993) 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. Ameche, standing in at a height of 5' 11" (1.8 m) was born May 31, 1908 (Gemini) in Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA as Dominic Felix Amici to mother, Barbara Edda (Hertel) and father, Felice Amici, a bartender. Has a younger brother Jim Ameche. His father was an Italian immigrant. His mother had German, English, Irish and Scottish ancestry. Americans pronounced his last name incorrectly in Italian ("Ah-mee-see"). So he changed it from "Amici" (correctly pronounced "Ah-mee-chee") into "Ameche", in order to keep the original Italian pronunciation. He had the nickname "The Latin Lover". Married Honore Prendergast on the 6th of December 1932. They had 6 children together. Became a father for the first time at age 25 when his wife Honore gave birth to their son Dominic Felix Ameche--aka Don Ameche Jr. on October 3, 1933. Became a father for the second time at age 27 when his wife Honore gave birth to their son Ronald Ameche on December 30, 1935. He died on January 2, 2001 in Iowa, aged 65. Became a father for the third time at age 31 when his wife Honore gave birth to their son Thomas Anthony Ameche on July 20, 1939. Became a father for the fourth time at age 32 when his wife Honore gave birth to their son Lawrence Michael Ameche on July 20, 1940. Became a father for the fifth time at age 36 when his wife Honore gave birth to their daughter Barbara Balinda Ameche on March 13, 1945. Became a father for the sixth time at age 39 when his wife Honore gave birth to their daughter Constance Victoria Ameche on February 22, 1948. His wife of 54 years, died on the 5th of September 1986. He died on December 6, 1993 at the age of 85 in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA from prostate cancer.
Filmography
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
1997 · Movie
as Self (archiveFootage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Corrina, Corrina
1994 · Movie
as Grandpa Harry
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
1993 · Movie
as Shadow (voice)
Folks!
1992 · Movie
as Harry Aldrich
Sunstroke
1992 · Movie
as Jake
Oscar
1991 · Movie
as Father Clemente
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Our Shining Moment
1991 · Movie
as John 'Papa' McGuire Sr.
Oddball Hall
1990 · Movie
as G. Paul Siebriese
Cocoon: The Return
1988 · Movie
as Art Selwyn
Things Change
1988 · Movie
as Gino
Coming to America
1988 · Movie
as Mortimer Duke / Homeless Man #2 (uncredited)
Harry and the Hendersons
1987 · Movie
as Dr. Wallace Wrightwood
Pals
1987 · Movie
as Art Riddle
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A Masterpiece of Murder
1986 · Movie
as Frank Aherne
Cocoon
1985 · Movie
as Arthur Selwyn
The Golden Girls
1985 · TV Show
as Brother Martin
Trading Places
1983 · Movie
as Mortimer Duke
Night of 100 Stars
1982 · Movie
as Self
The Chinese Typewriter
1979 · Movie
as Armand Beller
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · TV Show
as Self
The Love Boat
1977 · TV Show
as Stewart Coolidge, Henry Dobson, Hollis Witkin
Good Heavens
1976 · TV Show
Quincy, M.E.
1976 · TV Show
as Harry Whitehead
Ellery Queen
1975 · TV Show
as Dr. Norman Marsh
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 · TV Show
as Self
Gidget Gets Married
1972 · Movie
as Otis Ramsey
Alias Smith and Jones
1971 · TV Show
Columbo
1971 · TV Show
as Frank Simpson
The Boatniks
1970 · Movie
as Commander Taylor
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
1970 · Movie
as Col. Flanders
McCloud
1970 · TV Show
Shadow Over Elveron
1968 · Movie
as Justin Travers
Rings Around the World
1967 · Movie
as Host/Ringmaster
Picture Mommy Dead
1966 · Movie
as Edward Shelley
Burke's Law
1963 · TV Show
as Whitman Saunders
Petticoat Junction
1963 · TV Show
as Uncle George
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The Greatest Show on Earth
1963 · TV Show
as Collie McCullough
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · TV Show
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · TV Show
as Self
A Fever in the Blood
1961 · Movie
as Senator Alex S. Simon
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · TV Show
as Self - Co-Host, Self
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The Lux Show
1957 · TV Show
as Self
DuPont Show of the Month
1957 · TV Show
as Harry Graves
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Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957 · TV Show
as Self
Climax!
1954 · TV Show
as Sam Waterman
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Coke Time with Eddie Fisher
1953 · TV Show
What's My Line?
1950 · TV Show
as Self
Slightly French
1949 · Movie
as John Gayle
Sleep, My Love
1948 · Movie
as Richard W. Courtland
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · TV Show
as Self
That's My Man
1947 · Movie
as Joe Grange
So Goes My Love
1946 · Movie
as Hiram Stephen Maxim
Guest Wife
1945 · Movie
as Joseph Jefferson 'Joe' Parker
It's in the Bag!
1945 · Movie
as Don Ameche
Wing and a Prayer
1944 · Movie
as Bingo Harper
Greenwich Village
1944 · Movie
as Kenneth Harvey
Heaven Can Wait
1943 · Movie
as Henry Van Cleve
Something to Shout About
1943 · Movie
as Ken Douglas
Happy Land
1943 · Movie
as Lew Marsh
The Magnificent Dope
1942 · Movie
as Dwight Dawson
Girl Trouble
1942 · Movie
as Pedro Sullivan
Moon Over Miami
1941 · Movie
as Phil O'Neil (Credits) / Phil 'Mac' McNeil
That Night in Rio
1941 · Movie
as Larry Martin / Baron Manuel Duarte
The Feminine Touch
1941 · Movie
as John Hathaway
Confirm or Deny
1941 · Movie
as 'Mitch' Mitchell
Kiss the Boys Goodbye
1941 · Movie
as Lloyd Lloyd
Down Argentine Way
1940 · Movie
as Ricardo Quintana
Four Sons
1940 · Movie
as Chris Bern
Lillian Russell
1940 · Movie
as Edward Solomon
Midnight
1939 · Movie
as Tibor Czerny
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939 · Movie
as Alexander Graham Bell
Hollywood Cavalcade
1939 · Movie
as Mike Connors
The Three Musketeers
1939 · Movie
as D'Artagnan
Swanee River
1939 · Movie
as Stephen Foster
Land of Liberty
1939 · Movie
as Alexander Graham Bell (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
1939 · Movie
as Don Ameche
Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938 · Movie
as Charlie Dwyer
Happy Landing
1938 · Movie
as Jimmy Hall
In Old Chicago
1938 · Movie
as Jack O'Leary
Josette
1938 · Movie
as David Brassard Jr.
Gateway
1938 · Movie
as Dick Court
Love Is News
1937 · Movie
as Martin J. Canavan
One in a Million
1937 · Movie
as Bob Harris
Love Under Fire
1937 · Movie
as Tracy Egan
You Can't Have Everything
1937 · Movie
as George Macrae
Fifty Roads to Town
1937 · Movie
as Peter Nostrand
Ramona
1936 · Movie
as Alessandro
Ladies in Love
1936 · Movie
as Dr. Rudi Imre
Sins of Man
1936 · Movie
as Karl Freyman / Mario Signarelli
