Don Ameche | Living or Dead?

American actor

Dead

Born	31 May 1908 in Kenosha
Died	6 Dec 1993 in Scottsdale
Age	85 years, 6 months
Cause	prostate cancer

Correction?

Don Ameche

Photo of Don Ameche from the television program International Showtime.

Don Ameche (; born Dominic Felix Amici; May 31, 1908 – December 6, 1993) was an American actor and voice artist. 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, debonaire leading man in 40 films over the next 14 years, he was a popular star in comedies, dramas, and musicals. In the 1950s he worked on Broadway and in television, and was well known as the host of NBC's International Showtime from 1961 to 1965. Returning to film work in his later years, Ameche won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Cocoon (1985). Ameche was married to his wife Honore for 54 years, and they had six children.

On December 6, 1993, Ameche died at his son Don, Jr.'s house in Scottsdale, Arizona of prostate cancer at age 85. He was cremated and his ashes are buried at Resurrection Catholic Cemetery in Asbury, Iowa.

Don Ameche has worked on the following films:

Trading Places

1983 comedy film

Down Argentine Way

1940 film by Irving Cummings

Harry and the Hendersons

1987 film by William Dear

Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

animal adventure film, 1993 live-action loose adaptation of the novel with voice actors for the animals

1988 film by John Landis

1985 film by Ron Howard

1994 American film

1991 film by John Landis

1944 film by Walter Lang

1937 film by Henry King, Robert D. Webb

1944 film by Henry Hathaway

1941 film by Irving Cummings

1938 film by Henry King

1988 film by Daniel Petrie

1939 film by Mitchell Leisen

1943 film by Ernst Lubitsch

1935 film by Richard Boleslawski

1943 film by Irving Pichel

1992 film by Ted Kotcheff

1970 film by Norman Tokar

1961 film by Vincent Sherman

1940 film by Sidney Lanfield

1948 film by Douglas Sirk

1935 film by Harry Lachman

1941 film by Walter Lang

1940 film by Irving Cummings

1937 film by Tay Garnett

1946 film by Frank Ryan

1942 film by Walter Lang

1936 film by Sidney Lanfield

1970 film by Hy Averback

1939 film by Irving Cummings

1936 film by Edward H. Griffith

1942 film by Harold D. Schuster

1936 film by Henry King

1945 film by Richard Wallace

1988 comedy drama film

1945 film by Sam Wood

1939 film by Allan Dwan

1937 film by Norman Taurog

1941 film by W. S. Van Dyke

1939 American film

1947 film by Frank Borzage

1966 film by Bert I. Gordon

1941 film by Victor Schertzinger

1938 film by Alfred L. Werker

1937 film by George Marshall

1936 film by Otto Brower, Gregory Ratoff

1943 film by Gregory Ratoff

1938 film by Allan Dwan

1937 film by Norman Taurog

1938 film by Roy Del Ruth

1940 film by Archie Mayo

1950 film by Douglas Sirk

George H. W. Bush

Parkinson's disease

American politician, 41st President of the United States.

Stephen Hillenburg

American cartoonist

Robert Spaemann

German philosopher

Ambareesh

myocardial infarction

Indian politician

Xavier Tilliette

French philosopher

C. N. Balakrishnan

Indian politician

About Us FAQ Contact Privacy Policy

Terms of Use

Living or Dead relies on advertising and donations from the community to keep it running.

© Copyright 2018 All rights reserved.