Don Ameche

Personal Info

Birthday

May 31, 1908

Day of Death

1993-12-06

(85 years old)

Place of Birth

Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA

Also Known As

Дон Амичи

Dominic Felix Amici

Don Ameche

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.

Known For

Columbo

The Love Boat

Quincy, M.E.

Climax!

The Golden Girls

Petticoat Junction

Burke's Law

The Greatest Show on Earth

Filmography

2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
as (archive footage)
1997
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
as Self (archiveFootage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
as Self (archive footage)
1994
Corrina, Corrina
as Grandpa Harry
1993
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
as Shadow (voice)
1992
Sunstroke
as Jake
Folks!
as Harry Aldrich
1991
Oscar
as Father Clemente
1990
Oddball Hall
as G. Paul Siebriese
1988
Things Change
as Gino
Cocoon: The Return
as Art Selwyn
Coming to America
as Mortimer Duke / Homeless Man #2 (uncredited)
1987
Harry and the Hendersons
as Dr. Wallace Wrightwood
Pals
as Fern Stobbs
1986
A Masterpiece of Murder
as Frank Aherne
1985
Cocoon
as Arthur Selwyn
1983
Trading Places
as Mortimer Duke
1982
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1979
The Chinese Typewriter
as Armand Beller
1972
Gidget Gets Married
as Otis Ramsey
1970
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
as Col. Flanders
The Boatniks
as Commander Taylor
1968
Shadow Over Elveron
as Justin Travers
1967
Rings Around the World
as Host/Ringmaster
1966
Picture Mommy Dead
as Edward Shelley
1961
A Fever in the Blood
as Senator Alex S. Simon
1949
Slightly French
as John Gayle
1948
Sleep, My Love
as Richard W. Courtland
1947
That's My Man
as Joe Grange
1946
So Goes My Love
as Hiram Stephen Maxim
1945
Guest Wife
as Joseph Jefferson 'Joe' Parker
It's in the Bag!
as Don Ameche
1944
Greenwich Village
as Kenneth Harvey
Wing and a Prayer
as Bingo Harper
1943
Happy Land
as Lew Marsh
Heaven Can Wait
as Henry Van Cleve
Something to Shout About
as Ken Douglas
1942
Girl Trouble
as Pedro Sullivan
The Magnificent Dope
as Dwight Dawson
1941
Confirm or Deny
as 'Mitch' Mitchell
The Feminine Touch
as John Hathaway
Kiss the Boys Goodbye
as Lloyd Lloyd
Moon Over Miami
as Phil O'Neil (Credits) / Phil 'Mac' McNeil
That Night in Rio
as Larry Martin / Baron Manuel Duarte
1940
Down Argentine Way
as Ricardo Quintana
Four Sons
as Chris Bern
Lillian Russell
as Edward Solomon
1939
Swanee River
as Stephen Foster
Hollywood Cavalcade
as Mike Connors
Land of Liberty
as Alexander Graham Bell (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
as Don Ameche
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as Alexander Graham Bell
Midnight
as Tibor Czerny
The Three Musketeers
as D'Artagnan
1938
Gateway
as Dick Court
Josette
as David Brassard Jr.
Alexander's Ragtime Band
as Charlie Dwyer
In Old Chicago
as Jack O'Leary
Happy Landing
as Jimmy Hall
1937
Love Under Fire
as Tracy Egan
You Can't Have Everything
as George Macrae
Fifty Roads to Town
as Peter Nostrand
Love Is News
as Martin J. Canavan
One in a Million
as Bob Harris
1936
Ladies in Love
as Dr. Rudi Imre
Ramona
as Alessandro
Sins of Man
as Karl Freyman / Mario Signarelli