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person_profile-Don Ameche

Don Ameche Died at age: 85

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Don Ameche

Date of Birth:

May 31, 1908

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Dec 06, 1993

Biography of

Don Ameche

    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.

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Don Ameche

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Filmography of

Don Ameche

Found 65 Movies in total

... 2009

... 1997

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1997

Corrina, Corrina

Grandpa Harry ( Actor )

... 1994

... 1993

Sunstroke

Jake ( Actor )

... 1992

Folks!

Harry Aldrich ( Actor )

... 1992

Oscar

Father Clemente ( Actor )

... 1991

Things Change

Gino ( Actor )

... 1988

Cocoon: The Return

Art Selwyn ( Actor )

... 1988

Coming to America

Mortimer Duke / Homeless Man #2 (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1988

Harry and the Hendersons

Dr. Wallace Wrightwood ( Actor )

... 1987

Pals

Fern Stobbs ( Actor )

... 1987

A Masterpiece of Murder

Frank Aherne ( Actor )

... 1986

Cocoon

Arthur Selwyn ( Actor )

... 1985

Trading Places

Mortimer Duke ( Actor )

... 1983

Night of 100 Stars

Self ( Actor )

... 1982

The Chinese Typewriter

Armand Beller ( Actor )

... 1979

Gidget Gets Married

Otis Ramsey ( Actor )

... 1972

... 1970

The Boatniks

Commander Taylor ( Actor )

... 1970

Shadow Over Elveron

Justin Travers ( Actor )

... 1968

Rings Around the World

Host/Ringmaster ( Actor )

... 1967

Picture Mommy Dead

Edward Shelley ( Actor )

... 1966

A Fever in the Blood

Senator Alex S. Simon ( Actor )

... 1961

Slightly French

John Gayle ( Actor )

... 1949

Sleep, My Love

Richard W. Courtland ( Actor )

... 1948

That's My Man

Joe Grange ( Actor )

... 1947

So Goes My Love

Hiram Stephen Maxim ( Actor )

... 1946

Guest Wife

Joseph Jefferson 'Joe' Parker ( Actor )

... 1945

It's in the Bag!

Don Ameche ( Actor )

... 1945

Greenwich Village

Kenneth Harvey ( Actor )

... 1944

Wing and a Prayer

Bingo Harper ( Actor )

... 1944

Happy Land

Lew Marsh ( Actor )

... 1943

Heaven Can Wait

Henry Van Cleve ( Actor )

... 1943

Something to Shout About

Ken Douglas ( Actor )

... 1943

Girl Trouble

Pedro Sullivan ( Actor )

... 1942

The Magnificent Dope

Dwight Dawson ( Actor )

... 1942

Confirm or Deny

'Mitch' Mitchell ( Actor )

... 1941

The Feminine Touch

John Hathaway ( Actor )

... 1941

Kiss the Boys Goodbye

Lloyd Lloyd ( Actor )

... 1941

Moon Over Miami

Phil O'Neil (Credits) / Phil 'Mac' McNeil ( Actor )

... 1941

That Night in Rio

Larry Martin / Baron Manuel Duarte ( Actor )

... 1941

Down Argentine Way

Ricardo Quintana ( Actor )

... 1940

Four Sons

Chris Bern ( Actor )

... 1940

Lillian Russell

Edward Solomon ( Actor )

... 1940

Swanee River

Stephen Foster ( Actor )

... 1939

Hollywood Cavalcade

Mike Connors ( Actor )

... 1939

Land of Liberty

Alexander Graham Bell (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1939

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell ( Actor )

... 1939

Midnight

Tibor Czerny ( Actor )

... 1939

The Three Musketeers

D'Artagnan ( Actor )

... 1939

Gateway

Dick Court ( Actor )

... 1938

Josette

David Brassard Jr. ( Actor )

... 1938

Alexander's Ragtime Band

Charlie Dwyer ( Actor )

... 1938

In Old Chicago

Jack O'Leary ( Actor )

... 1938

Happy Landing

Jimmy Hall ( Actor )

... 1938

Love Under Fire

Tracy Egan ( Actor )

... 1937

You Can't Have Everything

George Macrae ( Actor )

... 1937

Fifty Roads to Town

Peter Nostrand ( Actor )

... 1937

Love Is News

Martin J. Canavan ( Actor )

... 1937

One in a Million

Bob Harris ( Actor )

... 1937

Ladies in Love

Dr. Rudi Imre ( Actor )

... 1936

Ramona

Señora Moreno ( Actor )

... 1936

Sins of Man

Karl Freyman / Mario Signarelli ( Actor )

... 1936