Celebrity Death: Gene Wilder

[No Fun Shogun]

Damn it.... RIP....

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[Double-Shift Lasse]

Nooo. And insanely funny comic actor, one of my all-time faves. RIP

 

[Papaspud]

Bummer...

 

[Philly85*]

Legend.

RIP

 

[Wolfpuck]

This is one of the ones I was dreading.

Thanks for everything, Mr. Wilder.

 

[PullHard]

**** that sucks

 

[Shrimper]

It feels wrong that I only know him from the "You get nothing" gif and accompanying film.

RIP

 

[Beef Invictus]

It feels wrong that I only know him from the "You get nothing" gif and accompanying film.

RIP

Oh, you really ought to see more. He's on the short list for best comedic actors all-time. Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, The Producers, See No Evil, Hear No Evil are all phenomenal.

RIP

 

[Xelebes]

Classic vaudevillian who could keep the gig going into the 80s and beyond.

 

[Howler Scores]

Legend

 

[silverfish]

2016 can go get ****ed.

RIP

 

[ShootIt]

Well, this sucks.


May he RIP.

Was before my time, but his flicks are still awesome today.

 

[Unholy]

Very sad



One of my favorite movies. They were gold.

edit: nsfw language

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

RIP Willy Wonka

 

[WarriorOfGandhi]

"That's Frankenschtein."

 

[Chairman Maouth]

Very sad. Wilder was deeply in love with Gilda Radner and was married to her when she battled cancer and passed away. It was a true Love Story.

Coincidence that I adopted a Marty Feldman avatar only two days ago? Yes probably.

 

[karnige]

I heard he was a dick at his peak, but it was a different time. He was a great actor. He mellowed out as he got older. RIP.

 

[plank]

****!!

 

[Beef Invictus]

Very sad. Wilder was deeply in love with Gilda Radner and was married to her when she battled cancer and passed away. It was a true Love Story.

Coincidence that I adopted a Marty Feldman avatar only two days ago? Yes probably.

Feldman was so great in that movie

"What hump" kills me every time.


Overall, this may be my favorite Wilder scene:



His entire performance as Willy Wonka is top notch, I can't pick a scene from that movie, though Wonka's fake-cripple intro always sticks out for me.

Edit: ^^Beaten

 

[Jumptheshark]

This one makes me sad. But now his spirit and gilda radner are back together

 

[Acadmus]

I heard he was a dick at his peak, but it was a different time. He was a great actor. He mellowed out as he got older. RIP.

Probably losing your wife (Gilda Radner) to ovarian cancer will do that to you. But I'm not 100% sure that he was - he definitely came across a little coldly on screen at times, but he did have a face that just doesn't scream a***ole. Some people just aren't very good socially, and it comes across to some as unpleasant, but they're still nice people. Just not easy to get close to. Who knows, all speculation.

Anyway, one of my favorite actors - I've never watched the Willy Wonka with Johnny Depp as Gene is the only one I want to see play the role. And he did it to perfection - he was perfectly able to portray that kind of role, that contradiction of the perfectly calm madman. Sadly I didn't catch some of his prime movies - Silver Streak, See No Evil etc., with Richard Pryor since they were rated R and came out when I was still in single digits. I did see some horror spoof he was in called "The Hand" which was nonetheless creepy as hell, and Blazing Saddles. I'm sure a couple other films as well I'm forgetting. But even seeing a limited amount of his work, one actor I wish was still taking roles when I got older, but sadly, didn't.

R.I.P...will this year hurry up and end?

 

[Sharpshooter]

The Snozzberries taste a little less like Snozzberries today.

 

[x Tame Impala]

RIP

My dad is going to be bummed out all day

 

[Soundgarden]

Aww man, huge part of my childhood. Willy Wonka, Young Frankenstein. R.I.P. to a comedy legend.

 

[NewtJorden]

RIP Gene. He's finally back together with Gilda Radner.