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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 31, 1908
Died
December 6, 1993
Place of Birth
Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
Also Known As
- Дон Амичи
- Dominic Felix Amici
Don Ameche
0.7 Popularity
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. 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.
Known For
6.0
(archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
2009
7.0
Self (archiveFootage)
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
1997
4.9
Self (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997
6.7
Grandpa Harry
Corrina, Corrina
1994
7.0
Shadow (voice)
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
1993
3.0
Jake
Sunstroke
1992
5.5
Harry Aldrich
Folks!
1992
🎬
0.0
Our Shining Moment
1991
6.3
Father Clemente
Oscar
1991
0.0
G. Paul Siebriese
Oddball Hall
1990
Credits
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
as (archive footage)
2009
6.0
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
as Self (archiveFootage)
1997
7.0
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
as Self (archive footage)
1997
4.9
Corrina, Corrina
as Grandpa Harry
1994
6.7
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
as Shadow (voice)
1993
7.0
Sunstroke
as Jake
1992
3.0
Folks!
as Harry Aldrich
1992
5.5
🎬
Our Shining Moment
1991
0.0
Oscar
as Father Clemente
1991
6.3
Oddball Hall
as G. Paul Siebriese
1990
0.0
Things Change
as Gino
1988
6.1
Cocoon: The Return
as Art Selwyn
1988
6.5
Coming to America
as Mortimer Duke / Homeless Man #2 (uncredited)
1988
6.9
Harry and the Hendersons
as Dr. Wallace Wrightwood
1987
6.1
Pals
as Fern Stobbs
1987
3.7
🎬
A Masterpiece of Murder
as Frank Aherne
1986
0.0
The Golden Girls
as Brother Martin
1985
7.6
Cocoon
as Arthur Selwyn
1985
6.6
Trading Places
as Mortimer Duke
1983
7.2
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
6.7
The Chinese Typewriter
as Armand Beller
1979
0.0
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
1978
7.4
The Love Boat
as Stewart Coolidge
1977
6.3
The Love Boat
as Henry Dobson
1977
6.3
The Love Boat
as Hollis Witkin
1977
6.3
Quincy, M.E.
as Harry Whitehead
1976
7.5
Good Heavens
1976
5.5
Ellery Queen
as Dr. Norman Marsh
1975
7.4
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
6.3
Gidget Gets Married
as Otis Ramsey
1972
5.6
Columbo
as Frank Simpson
1971
8.1
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
7.0
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
as Col. Flanders
1970
5.0
The Boatniks
as Commander Taylor
1970
5.3
McCloud
1970
7.1
Shadow Over Elveron
as Justin Travers
1968
6.5
Rings Around the World
as Host/Ringmaster
1967
0.0
Picture Mommy Dead
as Edward Shelley
1966
5.4
Petticoat Junction
as Uncle George
1963
5.7
Burke's Law
as Whitman Saunders
1963
6.0
🎬
The Greatest Show on Earth
as Collie McCullough
1963
5.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
A Fever in the Blood
as Senator Alex S. Simon
1961
6.0
DuPont Show of the Month
as Harry Graves
1957
6.8
🎬
The Lux Show
as Self
1957
6.0
🎬
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
7.0
Climax!
as Sam Waterman
1954
3.3
🎬
Coke Time with Eddie Fisher
1953
0.0
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
6.9
What's My Line?
as Self - Panelist
1950
6.9
Slightly French
as John Gayle
1949
7.2
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Sleep, My Love
as Richard W. Courtland
1948
6.3
That's My Man
as Joe Grange
1947
6.0
So Goes My Love
as Hiram Stephen Maxim
1946
7.0
Guest Wife
as Joseph Jefferson 'Joe' Parker
1945
6.0
It's in the Bag!
as Don Ameche
1945
5.7
Greenwich Village
as Kenneth Harvey
1944
6.0
Wing and a Prayer
as Bingo Harper
1944
6.5
Happy Land
as Lew Marsh
1943
6.2
Heaven Can Wait
as Henry Van Cleve
1943
6.9
Something to Shout About
as Ken Douglas
1943
5.8
Girl Trouble
as Pedro Sullivan
1942
6.5
The Magnificent Dope
as Dwight Dawson
1942
7.2
Confirm or Deny
as 'Mitch' Mitchell
1941
3.8
The Feminine Touch
as John Hathaway
1941
4.6
Kiss the Boys Goodbye
as Lloyd Lloyd
1941
5.0
Moon Over Miami
as Phil O'Neil (Credits) / Phil 'Mac' McNeil
1941
6.1
That Night in Rio
as Larry Martin / Baron Manuel Duarte
1941
6.2
Down Argentine Way
as Ricardo Quintana
1940
6.2
Four Sons
as Chris Bern
1940
7.0
Lillian Russell
as Edward Solomon
1940
6.1
Swanee River
as Stephen Foster
1939
6.7
Hollywood Cavalcade
as Mike Connors
1939
5.3
Land of Liberty
as Alexander Graham Bell (archive footage)
1939
0.0
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
as Don Ameche
1939
4.0
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as Alexander Graham Bell
1939
6.0
Midnight
as Tibor Czerny
1939
7.3
The Three Musketeers
as D'Artagnan
1939
5.8
Gateway
as Dick Court
1938
6.5
Josette
as David Brassard Jr.
1938
6.5
Alexander's Ragtime Band
as Charlie Dwyer
1938
6.7
In Old Chicago
as Jack O'Leary
1938
6.6
Happy Landing
as Jimmy Hall
1938
5.3
Love Under Fire
as Tracy Egan
1937
4.7
You Can't Have Everything
as George Macrae
1937
5.7
Fifty Roads to Town
as Peter Nostrand
1937
0.0
Love Is News
as Martin J. Canavan
1937
6.0
One in a Million
as Bob Harris
1937
6.8
Ladies in Love
as Dr. Rudi Imre
1936
5.8
Ramona
as Alessandro
1936
5.1
Sins of Man
as Karl Freyman / Mario Signarelli
1936
0.0