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Don Ameche

Don Ameche

Actor

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.

Born: May 31, 1908 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA

Died: December 6, 1993 (Age 85)

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Don Ameche  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
6.2
ActorSenator Alex S. Simon1961
Movie
6.9
ActorCharlie Dwyer1938
Movie
6.6
ActorArthur Selwyn1985
Movie
5.5
ActorArt Selwyn1988
Movie
7.3
ActorMortimer Duke / Homeless Man #2 (uncredited)1988
Movie
6.2
Actor'Mitch' Mitchell1941
Movie
6.2
ActorRicardo Quintana1940
Movie
5.9
ActorHarry Aldrich1992
Movie
6.3
ActorChris Bern1940
Movie
6.5
ActorPedro Sullivan1942
Movie
6
ActorKenneth Harvey1944
Movie
6.2
ActorJoseph Jefferson 'Joe' Parker1945
Movie
6.5
ActorLew Marsh1943
Movie
6.1
ActorJimmy Hall1938
Movie
6
ActorDr. Wallace Wrightwood1987
Movie
7.2
ActorHenry Van Cleve1943
Movie
6.3
ActorMike Connors1939
Movie
7.2
ActorShadow (voice)1993
Movie
6.5
ActorJack O'Leary1938
Movie
6.4
ActorDon Ameche1945
Movie
5.8
ActorDavid Brassard Jr.1938
Movie
6.1
ActorDr. Rudi Imre1936
Movie
6.2
ActorEdward Solomon1940
Movie
6.6
ActorFather Clemente1991
Movie
7.9
ActorTibor Czerny1939
Movie
6.9
ActorGino1988
Movie
6.9
ActorRichard W. Courtland1948
Movie
6.4
ActorBingo Harper1944
Movie
6.8
ActorAlexander Graham Bell1939
Movie
6.5
ActorPhil O'Neil (Credits) / Phil 'Mac' McNeil1941
Movie
6.2
ActorJohn Hathaway1941
Movie
5.3
ActorCommander Taylor1970
Movie
6.5
ActorLarry Martin / Baron Manuel Duarte1941
Movie
6.7
ActorMartin J. Canavan1937
Movie
5.7
ActorD'Artagnan1939
Movie
5.1
ActorEdward Shelley1966
Movie
6.6
ActorDwight Dawson1942
Movie
5.2
ActorCol. Flanders1970
Movie
6.4
ActorHiram Stephen Maxim1946
Movie
5.8
ActorBob Harris1937
Movie
5.8
ActorAlessandro1936
Movie
6.1
ActorJohn Gayle1949
Movie
6.1
ActorGeorge Macrae1937
Movie
6
ActorStephen Foster1939
Movie
5.2
ActorKen Douglas1943
Movie
4.2
ActorG. Paul Siebriese1990
Movie
5.9
ActorJoe Grange1947
Movie
6.2
ActorKarl Freyman / Mario Signarelli1936
Movie
6.1
ActorPeter Nostrand1937
Movie
6.5
ActorLloyd Lloyd1941
Movie
6.2
ActorDick Court1938
Movie
5.8
ActorTracy Egan1937
Movie
7.6
ActorHost/Ringmaster1967
Movie
6.8
ActorGrandpa Harry1994
Movie
7.7
ActorMortimer Duke1983
Movie
6.1
ActorSelf (archive footage)1997
Movie
7.4
ActorAlexander Graham Bell (archive footage)1939
Movie
8
ActorSelf (archive)2009
TV Show
7.5
Actor1 Episode1953-1957
TV Show
6.1
Actor1 Episode1976-1976
TV Show
7.5
ActorCollie McCullough
1 Episode
1963-1964
TV Show
6.7
Actor1 Episode1970-1977
TV Show
8.2
ActorDr. Norman Marsh
1 Episode
1975-1976
Limited Series
5.8
ActorSelf
1 Episode
1973
TV Show
6.8
ActorHarry Graves
1 Episode
1957-1961
TV Show
8.2
ActorFrank Simpson
1 Episode
1971-2003
TV Show
6.4
ActorHollis Witkin
1 Episode
1977-1987
TV Show
6.4
ActorStewart Coolidge
1 Episode
1977-1987
TV Show
6.4
ActorHenry Dobson
1 Episode
1977-1987
TV Show
8.3
ActorSelf - Panelist
1 Episode
1950-1967
TV Show
6.4
ActorSelf
1 Episode
1962-1986
TV Show
8.1
ActorBrother Martin
1 Episode
1985-1992
TV Show
7.7
ActorHenry Orient
1 Episode
1948-1971
TV Show
6.8
ActorUncle George
1 Episode
1963-1970
TV Show
6.3
ActorSam Waterman
1 Episode
1954-1958
TV Show
7.1
ActorWhitman Saunders
1 Episode
1963-1966
TV Show
7.4
ActorHarry Whitehead
1 Episode
1976-1983
TV Show
7.4
Actor1 Episode1971-1973
TV Show
8.5
ActorSelf
1 Episode
1957-1958
TV Show
8.3
ActorSelf - Mystery Guest
1 Episode
1950-1967
TV Show
7.7
ActorSelf
1 Episode
1948-1971
TV Show
8.3
ActorSelf
2 Episodes
1962-1992
TV Show
6.9
ActorSelf
2 Episodes
1961-1982
TV Show
8.1
ActorSelf
1 Episode
1957-1962
TV Show
6.9
ActorSelf - Co-Host
5 Episodes
1961-1982
Short Film
1.5
ActorDon Ameche1939
Movie
4.4
ActorOtis Ramsey1972
Movie
5.1
ActorFern Stobbs1987
Movie
5.3
ActorFrank Aherne1986
Movie
6.8
ActorJustin Travers1968
TV Special
6.9
ActorSelf1982
TV Show
7.5
DirectingDirector
1 Episode
1968-1971
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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