Actor Jon Polito, best known for his roles in Coen Brothers films, including The Big Lebowski and Miller’s Crossing, died of cancer on Thursday at City of Hope Hospital in Los Angeles. He was 65.
Polito, Jon: Actor of Coen Brothers Films (Barton Fink, Big Lebowski) Dies at 65
Wilder, Gene: Last Interview
Johnny Depp is a good actor, but I don’t care for that director (Tim Burton). He’s a talented man, but I don’t care for him doing stuff like he did–Gene Wilder about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Wilder, Gene: Richard Pryor Collaborations
The comedic genius Gene Wilder died this week at age 83. starred in four films alongside stand-up legend Richard Pryor. They first teamed up on the train comedy Silver Streak (1976), followed by Stir Crazy (1980), See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) and Another You (1991), with Wilder writing and directing the latter pair. […]
Wilder, Gene: Genius Actor Remembered
Variety Reports: Beloved actor Gene Wilder died August 28 at the age of 83. Before he achieved movie superstardom in the 1970s, Gene Wilderdid Brecht on Broadway, Shaw in Louisville, and “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” with Kirk Douglas on the Great White Way. He received 7,000 in an arbitration case waged by the […]
Oscar Actors: Wilder, Gene–Star of “Willy Wonka and Chocolate Factory,” Dies at 83
Gene Wilder, who appeared in the cult films “The Producers,” “Blazing Saddles,” “Young Frankenstein,” “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” and “Stir Crazy,” died Monday at his home in Stamford, Connecticutt. He was 83.






