Don Ameche
Acting
Born May 31, 1908 · Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
Biography
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"…
Known For · 40 titles
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Mike Douglas Show
The Love Boat
Columbo
The Merv Griffin Show
What's My Line?
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Climax!
The Golden Girls
Quincy, M.E.
Petticoat Junction
Burke's Law
The Ed Sullivan Show
McCloud
The Kennedy Center Honors
Trading Places
Alias Smith and Jones
Coming to America
Ellery Queen
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
The Greatest Show on Earth
DuPont Show of the Month
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
The Lux Show
Good Heavens
Oscar
Harry and the Hendersons
Cocoon
Cocoon: The Return
Corrina, Corrina
Sleep, My Love
Heaven Can Wait
Guest Wife
Girl Trouble
Night of 100 Stars
Folks!
Greenwich Village
Happy Landing
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Midnight