Personal Info
Known Credits
67
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1908-05-31 (117 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
Also Known For
Дон АмичиDominic Felix Amici
Don Ameche
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) ...
Known For
Acting
2009 --
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
| (archive footage)
1997 --
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
| Self (archiveFootage)
1997 --
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
| Self (archive footage)
1994 --
Corrina, Corrina
| Grandpa Harry
1993 --
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
| Shadow (voice)
1992 --
Sunstroke
| Jake
1992 --
Folks!
| Harry Aldrich
1991 --
Oscar
| Father Clemente
1990 --
Oddball Hall
| G. Paul Siebriese
1988 --
Things Change
| Gino
1988 --
Cocoon: The Return
| Art Selwyn
1988 --
Coming to America
| Mortimer Duke / Homeless Man #2 (uncredited)
1987 --
Harry and the Hendersons
| Dr. Wallace Wrightwood
1987 --
Pals
| Fern Stobbs
1986 --
A Masterpiece of Murder
| Frank Aherne
1985 --
Cocoon
| Arthur Selwyn
1983 --
Trading Places
| Mortimer Duke
1982 --
Night of 100 Stars
| Self
1979 --
The Chinese Typewriter
| Armand Beller
1972 --
Gidget Gets Married
| Otis Ramsey
1970 --
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
| Col. Flanders
1970 --
The Boatniks
| Commander Taylor
1968 --
Shadow Over Elveron
| Justin Travers
1967 --
Rings Around the World
| Host/Ringmaster
1966 --
Picture Mommy Dead
| Edward Shelley
1961 --
A Fever in the Blood
| Senator Alex S. Simon
1949 --
Slightly French
| John Gayle
1948 --
Sleep, My Love
| Richard W. Courtland
1947 --
That's My Man
| Joe Grange
1946 --
So Goes My Love
| Hiram Stephen Maxim
1945 --
Guest Wife
| Joseph Jefferson 'Joe' Parker
1945 --
It's in the Bag!
| Don Ameche
1944 --
Greenwich Village
| Kenneth Harvey
1944 --
Wing and a Prayer
| Bingo Harper
1943 --
Happy Land
| Lew Marsh
1943 --
Heaven Can Wait
| Henry Van Cleve
1943 --
Something to Shout About
| Ken Douglas
1942 --
Girl Trouble
| Pedro Sullivan
1942 --
The Magnificent Dope
| Dwight Dawson
1941 --
Confirm or Deny
| 'Mitch' Mitchell
1941 --
The Feminine Touch
| John Hathaway
1941 --
Kiss the Boys Goodbye
| Lloyd Lloyd
1941 --
Moon Over Miami
| Phil O'Neil (Credits) / Phil 'Mac' McNeil
1941 --
That Night in Rio
| Larry Martin / Baron Manuel Duarte
1940 --
Down Argentine Way
| Ricardo Quintana
1940 --
Four Sons
| Chris Bern
1940 --
Lillian Russell
| Edward Solomon
1939 --
Swanee River
| Stephen Foster
1939 --
Hollywood Cavalcade
| Mike Connors
1939 --
Land of Liberty
| Alexander Graham Bell (archive footage)
1939 --
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
| Don Ameche
1939 --
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
| Alexander Graham Bell
1939 --
Midnight
| Tibor Czerny
1939 --
The Three Musketeers
| D'Artagnan
1938 --
Gateway
| Dick Court
1938 --
Josette
| David Brassard Jr.
1938 --
Alexander's Ragtime Band
| Charlie Dwyer
1938 --
In Old Chicago
| Jack O'Leary
1938 --
Happy Landing
| Jimmy Hall
1937 --
Love Under Fire
| Tracy Egan
1937 --
You Can't Have Everything
| George Macrae
1937 --
Fifty Roads to Town
| Peter Nostrand
1937 --
Love Is News
| Martin J. Canavan
1937 --
One in a Million
| Bob Harris
1936 --
Ladies In Love
| Dr. Rudi Imre
1936 --
Ramona
| Alessandro
1936 --
Sins of Man
| Karl Freyman / Mario Signarelli