Ameche was Faye's leading man in Hollywood Cavalcade (1939), then played another real-life figure, Stephen Foster, in Swanee River (1939). Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. Try again later. Verify and try again. We do not have any photo volunteers within fifty miles of your requested photo location. Fox then turned into 20th Century Fox who put Ameche under long term contract. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. 'Bell' and Break-Dancing, Mr. Ameche was indelibly linked with the title role in "The Story of Alexander Graham Bell" and for many years after the 1939 film, many Americans referred to their telephones as "the Ameche." In the latter 1960s and early 1970s, Ameche directed the NBC television sitcom Julia, featuring Diahann Carroll. [7][8] Ameche attended Marquette University, Loras College, and the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where his cousin Alan Ameche played football and won the Heisman Trophy in 1954. Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. Ameche played so many roles based on real people that on one of his radio broadcasts, Fred Allen joked, "Pretty soon, Don Ameche will be playing Don Ameche." Don Ameche (/əˈmiːtʃi/; born Dominic Felix Amici; May 31, 1908 – December 6, 1993)[1] was an American actor and comedian. Ameche made his film debut in 1935, with an uncredited bit in Dante's Inferno (1935) produced by Fox Corporation. He often appeared with Fox stars including Alice Faye, Betty Grable, Tyrone Power and Loretta Young. Ameche's best-known television role came between 1961 and 1965, when he traveled throughout Europe with a television videotape unit and camera crew to cover a different European resident circus or ice show that was taped for presentation on a weekly series titled International Showtime on NBC television. He was in Goldilocks (1958–59) which went for 161 performances. The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional, No animated GIFs, photos with additional graphics (borders, embellishments. 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. Oops, some error occurred while uploading your photo(s). Your Scrapbook is currently empty. Don Ameche's versatility and dapper good looks brought him a wide variety of roles, notably that of Alexander Graham Bell in the 1939 film biography of the inventor. See the article in its original context from. He had a lead role in Harry and the Hendersons (1987) and he and Bellamy reprised their Trading Places roles with a cameo in Coming to America (1988). Known For Biography Thanks (1999) All Filmography. He had credited roles in a feature film every year for the last decade of his life except 1986 (although he starred in the TV movie A Masterpiece of Murder with Bob Hope that year) and attributed his continued productivity to an active lifestyle, which included regular six-mile walks. Don Ameche Jr. Don Ameche Jr. was born on October 3, 1933 in Chicago, Illinois, USA as Dominic Felix Ameche. He did Guest Wife (1945) with Colbert, So Goes My Love (1946) with Myrna Loy and Will Tomorrow Ever Come? Ameche followed this with Sleep, My Love (1948) with Colbert, and Slightly French (1949) with Dorothy Lamour. Ameche starred with Gene Tierney in Ernst Lubitsch's Heaven Can Wait in 1943, a film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Don Ameche was born as Dominic Felix Amici on May 31, 1908, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Both were turned into films but Ameche did not reprise his stage performance. A system error has occurred. 1930 U.S. Federal Census; Kenosha, Kenosha, Wisconsin; Roll: 2577; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0017; Image: 716.0; FHL microfilm: 2342311. Ameche made a horror movie Picture Mommy Dead (1966) and a TV film Shadow Over Elveron (1968). In an interview some years later on Larry King Live, co-star Jamie Lee Curtis said that Ameche, a proper old-school actor, went to everyone on the set ahead of time to apologize when he was called to start cursing in the film.
Mr. Ameche won praise from reviewers, with Brooks Atkinson of The New York Times hailing him as "the perfect musical comedy hero, crackling in style, deadpan, assured, sardonic.".
Ameche made That Night in Rio (1941) with Faye and Miranda and Moon Over Miami (1941) with Grable and Robert Cummings. Ameche did Happy Land (1943), Wing and a Prayer (1944), and Greenwich Village (1944). or don't show this again—I am good at figuring things out. Ameche's most recent films had not been successful. Select a place on the map to place the pin. He appeared in the musical "Silk Stockings," a 1955 satire on Communism based on the Greta Garbo film "Ninotchka," with lyrics and music by Cole Porter, and "Goldilocks," a 1958 spoof of silent movie making with a Leroy Anderson score. In between he returned to Broadway for Henry, Sweet Henry (1967) which ran for 80 performances. Drag images here or select from your computer for Don Ameche Harris Jr. memorial. The Original "Heaven Can Wait", Reviewers considered his best movie performance the rakish hero in a satirical fantasy, "Heaven Can Wait," directed by Ernst Lubitsch in 1943. Add to your scrapbook.
Failed to report flower. He did a TV movie Shepherd's Flock (1971) and episodes of Ellery Queen, Good Heavens, McCloud, Quincy M.E., The Love Boat, and Fantasy Island. In Love Is News (1937) Ameche was teamed with Young and Tyrone Power. GGGRANDPARENTS: THE LATE CROCKETT AND ALICE MORTON HARRIS(OXFORD, N.C.) THE LATE JONE HENRY AND DELLA RICHARDSON DEBNAM(WENDELL,N.C)GGGRANDPARENTS: THE LATE HENRY AND LUCY SMITH DEBNAM. Ameche was a major radio entertainer, heard on such shows as Empire Builders, The First Nighter Program, Family Theater, and the Betty and Bob soap opera. Ameche also appeared in an early episode of Columbo entitled "Suitable for Framing" (1971). Please try again later. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. Don Ameche Is Dead at 85; Oscar Winner for 'Cocoon'. Please enter location or other information that may help the volunteer in fulfilling this request. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to feedback@findagrave.com and include a link to the page and details about the problem. [24], On December 6, 1993, Ameche died at his son Don, Jr.'s house in Scottsdale, Arizona of prostate cancer[25] He also guest featured in many television series, including NBC's The Polly Bergen Show and ABC's The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom, Burke's Law, The Christophers. Please reset your password. [19] They had six children. Ameche starred in Silk Stockings (1955–56) on Broadway, which ran for 478 performances. Year should not be greater than current year. Fox put Ameche in a drama, Love Under Fire (1937) with Young. Ameche's younger brother, Jim Ameche, also a well-known actor, died in 1983 at the age of 67. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. He also guest starred on the show. '"[11] In the 1940 film Go West, Groucho Marx proclaims, "Telephone? He did a pilot that was not picked up, Our Shining Moment (1991), an episode of Pros and Cons and the TV movie 209 Hamilton Drive. He was in an unsold TV pilot, The Chinese Typewriter (1979). To add a flower, click the “Leave a Flower” button. His last films were Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993) and Corrina, Corrina (1994), completed only days before his death. He went to Paramount to play Claudette Colbert's leading man in Midnight (1939). His radio fame prompted 20th Century-Fox to offer him dual roles as the sons of a Job-like character (Jean Hersholt) in a 1936 film, "Sins of Man." Education:Graduated in 1986 from East Wake High Schools. His father, who grew up outside Rome, Anglicized the spelling of the family name, Amici, when he came to the United States and became a saloon manager. Try again. There is a problem with your email/password.
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It was his first Oscar nomination in a 50-year career, and he said that if the award was a sentimental tribute because "I've been around as long as I have, that's lovely, too." Failed to delete memorial. Try again later. His first stage role, at the age of 11, was the Virgin Mary; he played it with a black eye resulting from a basketball game.
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Ameche was Faye's leading man in Hollywood Cavalcade (1939), then played another real-life figure, Stephen Foster, in Swanee River (1939). Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. Try again later. Verify and try again. We do not have any photo volunteers within fifty miles of your requested photo location. Fox then turned into 20th Century Fox who put Ameche under long term contract. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. 'Bell' and Break-Dancing, Mr. Ameche was indelibly linked with the title role in "The Story of Alexander Graham Bell" and for many years after the 1939 film, many Americans referred to their telephones as "the Ameche." In the latter 1960s and early 1970s, Ameche directed the NBC television sitcom Julia, featuring Diahann Carroll. [7][8] Ameche attended Marquette University, Loras College, and the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where his cousin Alan Ameche played football and won the Heisman Trophy in 1954. Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. Ameche played so many roles based on real people that on one of his radio broadcasts, Fred Allen joked, "Pretty soon, Don Ameche will be playing Don Ameche." Don Ameche (/əˈmiːtʃi/; born Dominic Felix Amici; May 31, 1908 – December 6, 1993)[1] was an American actor and comedian. Ameche made his film debut in 1935, with an uncredited bit in Dante's Inferno (1935) produced by Fox Corporation. He often appeared with Fox stars including Alice Faye, Betty Grable, Tyrone Power and Loretta Young. Ameche's best-known television role came between 1961 and 1965, when he traveled throughout Europe with a television videotape unit and camera crew to cover a different European resident circus or ice show that was taped for presentation on a weekly series titled International Showtime on NBC television. He was in Goldilocks (1958–59) which went for 161 performances. The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional, No animated GIFs, photos with additional graphics (borders, embellishments. 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. Oops, some error occurred while uploading your photo(s). Your Scrapbook is currently empty. Don Ameche's versatility and dapper good looks brought him a wide variety of roles, notably that of Alexander Graham Bell in the 1939 film biography of the inventor. See the article in its original context from. He had a lead role in Harry and the Hendersons (1987) and he and Bellamy reprised their Trading Places roles with a cameo in Coming to America (1988). Known For Biography Thanks (1999) All Filmography. He had credited roles in a feature film every year for the last decade of his life except 1986 (although he starred in the TV movie A Masterpiece of Murder with Bob Hope that year) and attributed his continued productivity to an active lifestyle, which included regular six-mile walks. Don Ameche Jr. Don Ameche Jr. was born on October 3, 1933 in Chicago, Illinois, USA as Dominic Felix Ameche. He did Guest Wife (1945) with Colbert, So Goes My Love (1946) with Myrna Loy and Will Tomorrow Ever Come? Ameche followed this with Sleep, My Love (1948) with Colbert, and Slightly French (1949) with Dorothy Lamour. Ameche starred with Gene Tierney in Ernst Lubitsch's Heaven Can Wait in 1943, a film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Don Ameche was born as Dominic Felix Amici on May 31, 1908, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Both were turned into films but Ameche did not reprise his stage performance. A system error has occurred. 1930 U.S. Federal Census; Kenosha, Kenosha, Wisconsin; Roll: 2577; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0017; Image: 716.0; FHL microfilm: 2342311. Ameche made a horror movie Picture Mommy Dead (1966) and a TV film Shadow Over Elveron (1968). In an interview some years later on Larry King Live, co-star Jamie Lee Curtis said that Ameche, a proper old-school actor, went to everyone on the set ahead of time to apologize when he was called to start cursing in the film.
Mr. Ameche won praise from reviewers, with Brooks Atkinson of The New York Times hailing him as "the perfect musical comedy hero, crackling in style, deadpan, assured, sardonic.".
Ameche made That Night in Rio (1941) with Faye and Miranda and Moon Over Miami (1941) with Grable and Robert Cummings. Ameche did Happy Land (1943), Wing and a Prayer (1944), and Greenwich Village (1944). or don't show this again—I am good at figuring things out. Ameche's most recent films had not been successful. Select a place on the map to place the pin. He appeared in the musical "Silk Stockings," a 1955 satire on Communism based on the Greta Garbo film "Ninotchka," with lyrics and music by Cole Porter, and "Goldilocks," a 1958 spoof of silent movie making with a Leroy Anderson score. In between he returned to Broadway for Henry, Sweet Henry (1967) which ran for 80 performances. Drag images here or select from your computer for Don Ameche Harris Jr. memorial. The Original "Heaven Can Wait", Reviewers considered his best movie performance the rakish hero in a satirical fantasy, "Heaven Can Wait," directed by Ernst Lubitsch in 1943. Add to your scrapbook.
Failed to report flower. He did a TV movie Shepherd's Flock (1971) and episodes of Ellery Queen, Good Heavens, McCloud, Quincy M.E., The Love Boat, and Fantasy Island. In Love Is News (1937) Ameche was teamed with Young and Tyrone Power. GGGRANDPARENTS: THE LATE CROCKETT AND ALICE MORTON HARRIS(OXFORD, N.C.) THE LATE JONE HENRY AND DELLA RICHARDSON DEBNAM(WENDELL,N.C)GGGRANDPARENTS: THE LATE HENRY AND LUCY SMITH DEBNAM. Ameche was a major radio entertainer, heard on such shows as Empire Builders, The First Nighter Program, Family Theater, and the Betty and Bob soap opera. Ameche also appeared in an early episode of Columbo entitled "Suitable for Framing" (1971). Please try again later. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. Don Ameche Is Dead at 85; Oscar Winner for 'Cocoon'. Please enter location or other information that may help the volunteer in fulfilling this request. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to feedback@findagrave.com and include a link to the page and details about the problem. [24], On December 6, 1993, Ameche died at his son Don, Jr.'s house in Scottsdale, Arizona of prostate cancer[25] He also guest featured in many television series, including NBC's The Polly Bergen Show and ABC's The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom, Burke's Law, The Christophers. Please reset your password. [19] They had six children. Ameche starred in Silk Stockings (1955–56) on Broadway, which ran for 478 performances. Year should not be greater than current year. Fox put Ameche in a drama, Love Under Fire (1937) with Young. Ameche's younger brother, Jim Ameche, also a well-known actor, died in 1983 at the age of 67. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. He also guest starred on the show. '"[11] In the 1940 film Go West, Groucho Marx proclaims, "Telephone? He did a pilot that was not picked up, Our Shining Moment (1991), an episode of Pros and Cons and the TV movie 209 Hamilton Drive. He was in an unsold TV pilot, The Chinese Typewriter (1979). To add a flower, click the “Leave a Flower” button. His last films were Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993) and Corrina, Corrina (1994), completed only days before his death. He went to Paramount to play Claudette Colbert's leading man in Midnight (1939). His radio fame prompted 20th Century-Fox to offer him dual roles as the sons of a Job-like character (Jean Hersholt) in a 1936 film, "Sins of Man." Education:Graduated in 1986 from East Wake High Schools. His father, who grew up outside Rome, Anglicized the spelling of the family name, Amici, when he came to the United States and became a saloon manager. Try again. There is a problem with your email/password.
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It was his first Oscar nomination in a 50-year career, and he said that if the award was a sentimental tribute because "I've been around as long as I have, that's lovely, too." Failed to delete memorial. Try again later. His first stage role, at the age of 11, was the Virgin Mary; he played it with a black eye resulting from a basketball game.
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", "I cherish the old days," he said, "but I don't miss them. GREAT NEWS! Later that year, he played Stephen Foster in "Swanee River.".
Ameche was Faye's leading man in Hollywood Cavalcade (1939), then played another real-life figure, Stephen Foster, in Swanee River (1939). Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. Try again later. Verify and try again. We do not have any photo volunteers within fifty miles of your requested photo location. Fox then turned into 20th Century Fox who put Ameche under long term contract. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. 'Bell' and Break-Dancing, Mr. Ameche was indelibly linked with the title role in "The Story of Alexander Graham Bell" and for many years after the 1939 film, many Americans referred to their telephones as "the Ameche." In the latter 1960s and early 1970s, Ameche directed the NBC television sitcom Julia, featuring Diahann Carroll. [7][8] Ameche attended Marquette University, Loras College, and the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where his cousin Alan Ameche played football and won the Heisman Trophy in 1954. Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. Ameche played so many roles based on real people that on one of his radio broadcasts, Fred Allen joked, "Pretty soon, Don Ameche will be playing Don Ameche." Don Ameche (/əˈmiːtʃi/; born Dominic Felix Amici; May 31, 1908 – December 6, 1993)[1] was an American actor and comedian. Ameche made his film debut in 1935, with an uncredited bit in Dante's Inferno (1935) produced by Fox Corporation. He often appeared with Fox stars including Alice Faye, Betty Grable, Tyrone Power and Loretta Young. Ameche's best-known television role came between 1961 and 1965, when he traveled throughout Europe with a television videotape unit and camera crew to cover a different European resident circus or ice show that was taped for presentation on a weekly series titled International Showtime on NBC television. He was in Goldilocks (1958–59) which went for 161 performances. The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional, No animated GIFs, photos with additional graphics (borders, embellishments. 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. Oops, some error occurred while uploading your photo(s). Your Scrapbook is currently empty. Don Ameche's versatility and dapper good looks brought him a wide variety of roles, notably that of Alexander Graham Bell in the 1939 film biography of the inventor. See the article in its original context from. He had a lead role in Harry and the Hendersons (1987) and he and Bellamy reprised their Trading Places roles with a cameo in Coming to America (1988). Known For Biography Thanks (1999) All Filmography. He had credited roles in a feature film every year for the last decade of his life except 1986 (although he starred in the TV movie A Masterpiece of Murder with Bob Hope that year) and attributed his continued productivity to an active lifestyle, which included regular six-mile walks. Don Ameche Jr. Don Ameche Jr. was born on October 3, 1933 in Chicago, Illinois, USA as Dominic Felix Ameche. He did Guest Wife (1945) with Colbert, So Goes My Love (1946) with Myrna Loy and Will Tomorrow Ever Come? Ameche followed this with Sleep, My Love (1948) with Colbert, and Slightly French (1949) with Dorothy Lamour. Ameche starred with Gene Tierney in Ernst Lubitsch's Heaven Can Wait in 1943, a film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Don Ameche was born as Dominic Felix Amici on May 31, 1908, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Both were turned into films but Ameche did not reprise his stage performance. A system error has occurred. 1930 U.S. Federal Census; Kenosha, Kenosha, Wisconsin; Roll: 2577; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0017; Image: 716.0; FHL microfilm: 2342311. Ameche made a horror movie Picture Mommy Dead (1966) and a TV film Shadow Over Elveron (1968). In an interview some years later on Larry King Live, co-star Jamie Lee Curtis said that Ameche, a proper old-school actor, went to everyone on the set ahead of time to apologize when he was called to start cursing in the film.
Mr. Ameche won praise from reviewers, with Brooks Atkinson of The New York Times hailing him as "the perfect musical comedy hero, crackling in style, deadpan, assured, sardonic.".
Ameche made That Night in Rio (1941) with Faye and Miranda and Moon Over Miami (1941) with Grable and Robert Cummings. Ameche did Happy Land (1943), Wing and a Prayer (1944), and Greenwich Village (1944). or don't show this again—I am good at figuring things out. Ameche's most recent films had not been successful. Select a place on the map to place the pin. He appeared in the musical "Silk Stockings," a 1955 satire on Communism based on the Greta Garbo film "Ninotchka," with lyrics and music by Cole Porter, and "Goldilocks," a 1958 spoof of silent movie making with a Leroy Anderson score. In between he returned to Broadway for Henry, Sweet Henry (1967) which ran for 80 performances. Drag images here or select from your computer for Don Ameche Harris Jr. memorial. The Original "Heaven Can Wait", Reviewers considered his best movie performance the rakish hero in a satirical fantasy, "Heaven Can Wait," directed by Ernst Lubitsch in 1943. Add to your scrapbook.
Failed to report flower. He did a TV movie Shepherd's Flock (1971) and episodes of Ellery Queen, Good Heavens, McCloud, Quincy M.E., The Love Boat, and Fantasy Island. In Love Is News (1937) Ameche was teamed with Young and Tyrone Power. GGGRANDPARENTS: THE LATE CROCKETT AND ALICE MORTON HARRIS(OXFORD, N.C.) THE LATE JONE HENRY AND DELLA RICHARDSON DEBNAM(WENDELL,N.C)GGGRANDPARENTS: THE LATE HENRY AND LUCY SMITH DEBNAM. Ameche was a major radio entertainer, heard on such shows as Empire Builders, The First Nighter Program, Family Theater, and the Betty and Bob soap opera. Ameche also appeared in an early episode of Columbo entitled "Suitable for Framing" (1971). Please try again later. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. Don Ameche Is Dead at 85; Oscar Winner for 'Cocoon'. Please enter location or other information that may help the volunteer in fulfilling this request. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to feedback@findagrave.com and include a link to the page and details about the problem. [24], On December 6, 1993, Ameche died at his son Don, Jr.'s house in Scottsdale, Arizona of prostate cancer[25] He also guest featured in many television series, including NBC's The Polly Bergen Show and ABC's The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom, Burke's Law, The Christophers. Please reset your password. [19] They had six children. Ameche starred in Silk Stockings (1955–56) on Broadway, which ran for 478 performances. Year should not be greater than current year. Fox put Ameche in a drama, Love Under Fire (1937) with Young. Ameche's younger brother, Jim Ameche, also a well-known actor, died in 1983 at the age of 67. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. He also guest starred on the show. '"[11] In the 1940 film Go West, Groucho Marx proclaims, "Telephone? He did a pilot that was not picked up, Our Shining Moment (1991), an episode of Pros and Cons and the TV movie 209 Hamilton Drive. He was in an unsold TV pilot, The Chinese Typewriter (1979). To add a flower, click the “Leave a Flower” button. His last films were Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993) and Corrina, Corrina (1994), completed only days before his death. He went to Paramount to play Claudette Colbert's leading man in Midnight (1939). His radio fame prompted 20th Century-Fox to offer him dual roles as the sons of a Job-like character (Jean Hersholt) in a 1936 film, "Sins of Man." Education:Graduated in 1986 from East Wake High Schools. His father, who grew up outside Rome, Anglicized the spelling of the family name, Amici, when he came to the United States and became a saloon manager. Try again. There is a problem with your email/password.
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It was his first Oscar nomination in a 50-year career, and he said that if the award was a sentimental tribute because "I've been around as long as I have, that's lovely, too." Failed to delete memorial. Try again later. His first stage role, at the age of 11, was the Virgin Mary; he played it with a black eye resulting from a basketball game.
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