Want to know the best Gene Wilder movies? How about the worst Gene Wilder movies? Curious about Gene Wilder box office grosses or which Gene Wilder movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Gene Wilder movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
Gene Wilder (1933-2016) was a 2-time Oscar nominated actor, writer and director. Wilder gained fame for his many movies with Mel Brooks (The Producers, Blazing Saddles & Young Frankenstein) but to many like me he will always be Willy Wonka. Wilder’s IMDb page shows 37 acting credits from 1961-2015. This page will rank Gene Wilder movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television roles, cameos, shorts and straight to DVD movies were not included in the rankings.
Drivel Part: Recently we wrote a page on Wilder’s frequent co-star, Richard Pryor. While doing that research on that page, we thought Gene Wilder would make a good UMR movie star page. Sadly today, August 29th 2016 brings the sad news that Gene Wilder passed away at 83. So as a tribute to his movie career….we put together this page. Rest in peace Mr. Wilder…you will be missed. Drivel Part 2: Wow within a 25 minute window…a got an e-mail from Steve Lensman, a text from my wife and a phone call from son #2 about his passing.
Gene Wilder Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Gene Wilder Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Gene Wilder movies by his co-stars
- Sort Gene Wilder movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Gene Wilder movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Gene Wilder movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Gene Wilder movie received.
- Sort Gene Wilder movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
Possibly Interesting Facts About Gene Wilder
1. Jerome Silberman was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1933.
2. Jerome Silberman took Gene Wilder as his stage name when he was 26. “I had always liked Gene because of Thomas Wolfe’s character Eugene Gant in Look Homeward, Angel and Of Time and the River. And I was always a great admirer of Thornton Wilder.” – Gene Wilder
3. Gene Wilder served with the United States Army from 1956-1958…..serving in the Medical Corps section
4. Gene Wilder was nominated for 2 Oscars®: He received a Best Supporting Actor nomination for 1969’s The Producers and a Best Screenplay nomination for 1974’s Young Frankenstein. Wilder also received 2 Golden Globe® nominations: Best Actor nominations for 1971’s Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and 1976’s Silver Streak.
5. Gene Wilder starred with Richard Pryor in 4 movies: 1976’s Silver Streak, 1980’s Stir Crazy, 1989’s See No Evil, Hear No Evil and 1991’s Another You.
6. Gene Wilder’s performance as Dr. Frederick Frankenstein in 1974’s Young Frankenstein is ranked #9 on Premiere Magazine’s 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).
7. Gene Wilder was married 4 times…he had one child. His 3rd marriage was to actress Gilda Radner.
8. Check out Gene Wilder’s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
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Well that is a bummer. Did not even know he was sick. Sad loss today.
Hey Stein…I agree….not knowing he was sick….made the news even more shocking. I remember when Leonard Nimoy passed away…I knew he was in the hospital….so it was not as shocking. Thanks for stopping by.
Has LawrenceA been commenting on this site, Bruce?
I would expect him to love Wilder.
I emailed him tonight .
Gene Wilder in Young Frankentein is likely a favoutite as he is a fan of horror movies.
Okay about finding out about Gene Wilder’s death via this site.
I also commented on Van’s page, as well as Peck for Robert Roy and Glenn Ford as I saw Love is a Ball for the first time on TCM today
Hey Flora…Larry has been pretty quiet lately. Thanks for all the movie comments…they are greatly appreciated.
5 Awesome Performances…
5) Jim, aka. The Waco Kid in Blazing Saddles
4) Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
3) Skip Donohue in Stir Crazy
2) Leo Bloom in The Producers
1) Dr. Frederick Frankenstein in Young Frankenstein (which he also co-wrote)
…& 5 That Sucked!
5) The Mock Turtle in Alice In Wonderland (1999 Hallmark TV version)
4) Michael Jordon in Hanky Panky
3) Duffy Bergman in Funny About Love
2) George in Another You
1) Larry Abbot in Haunted Honeymoon (which he also wrote/directed)
Rest in peace.
Hey Alexander….great Top 5 Best and 5 worst Wilder performances. I agree with all the best…..but I have not seen all the worst ones listed. Thanks for sharing your Wilder thoughts.
As you can tell by my post on this site –
I found out tht Gene died VIA THIS WEBSITE –
Shows how important this site is for fans.
Hey Flora…in one way, glad you got some news from the website…..but in another way…sorry it was such bad news.