Don Ameche (/ ə ˈ m iː tʃ i /; born Dominic Felix Amici; May 31, 1908 – December 6, 1993) was an American actor, comedian and vaudevillian. After playing in college shows, stock, and vaudeville, he became a major radio star in the early 1930s, which led to the offer of a movie contract from 20th Century Fox in 1935. As a handsome, debonair leading man in 40 films over the next 14 …

Don Ameche, pseudonimo di Dominic Felix Amici (Kenosha, 31 maggio 1908 – Scottsdale, 6 dicembre 1993), è stato un attore statunitense. Vinse il premio Oscar al miglior attore non protagonista nel 1986 per Cocoon - L'energia dell'universo di Ron Howard Biografia. Nacque da padre di origini ...

Carrera Inicios: vodevil y cine. Ameche comenzó su carrera con el vodevil junto a Texas Guinan, aunque posteriormente dejaron de trabajar juntos ya que Guinan consideraba a Ameche demasiado estirado.. Debutó en el cine en 1935 y, a finales de la década, se había convertido en uno de los principales actores de Hollywood.Interpretó con éxito películas como Alexander's …

Don Ameche, eigentlich Dominic Felix Amici (* 31.Mai 1908 in Kenosha, Wisconsin; † 6. Dezember 1993 in Scottsdale, Arizona) war ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler.. Leben und Karriere. Ameche war in den 1940er Jahren in den USA ein bekannter und populärer Filmdarsteller. Er spielte in mehreren Filmbiografien, darunter in der Titelrolle in Liebe und …

Alan Ameche (/ ə ˈ m iː tʃ i /; June 1, 1933 – August 8, 1988), nicknamed "The Iron Horse", or simply "The Horse", was an American football player who played six seasons with the Baltimore Colts in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and won the Heisman Trophy during his senior season in 1954.

Cocoon is a 1985 American science fiction comedy-drama film directed by Ron Howard and written by Tom Benedek from a story by David Saperstein. The film stars Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Brian Dennehy, Jack Gilford, Steve Guttenberg, Maureen Stapleton, Jessica Tandy, Gwen Verdon, Herta Ware, Tahnee Welch, and Linda Harrison, and follows a …

Career. Born James Amici in Kenosha, Wisconsin,. When his elder brother, Don, left his position as the host and announcer for The Chase and Sanborn Hour in the early 1940s, Jim took over for the remainder of the show's run. He also was heard as mountie Jim West on ABC's Silver Eagle (1951–55). Other shows Ameche was heard on included Grand Hotel, Hollywood Playhouse, …

A libretto (Italian for "booklet") is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or musical.The term libretto is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major liturgical works, such as the Mass, requiem and sacred cantata, or the story line of a ballet.. Libretto (pronounced ; plural libretti), from Italian, is the ...

Sir Sean Connery (born Thomas Connery; 25 August 1930 – 31 October 2020) was a Scottish actor.He was the first actor to portray fictional British secret agent James Bond on film, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983. Originating the role in Dr.No, Connery played Bond in six of Eon Productions' entries and made his final appearance in Never Say Never Again.

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