Lewis Stone

He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6524 Hollywood Blvd. Since then he has remained active in promoting cancer awareness and treatment. Wilder himself was hospitalized with cancer in 2000. Stone suffered a heart attack and died in Beverly Hills, California. Wilder was married to Saturday Night Live actress Gilda Radner from 1984 until her death from ovarian cancer in 1989. Stone appeared as the Judge in fifteen movies, beginning with You're Only Young Once. In the late 1970s and 1980s he appeared in a number of movies with Richard Pryor, making them the most prolific inter-racial comedy double act in movies during the period. In 1937, Stone assayed the role which would become his most famous, that of Judge Hardy in the Mickey Rooney Andy Hardy series. Perhaps one of his best known roles is that of Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

After that, he appeared in several movies with Greta Garbo. His appearance in the highly-successful prison film The Big House furthered his career, and he starred with some of the biggest names in Hollywood in the 1930s, such stars as Norma Shearer, John Gilbert, Ramon Novarro and Jean Harlow. His first big part was in Bonnie and Clyde where he played an undertaker abducted by the couple. Stone was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1929 for The Patriot. He was also nominated for an Academy Award for co-writing Young Frankenstein with Mel Brooks. By then he had a white-haired, distinguished appearance, and began appearing in roles which matched his demeanor. He was nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting actor for his role in The Producers. He soon began acting, but his career was interrupted by World War I. Gene Wilder made many movies with Brooks starting with The Producers in 1968.

He fought in the Spanish-American War, then returned to a career as a writer. Gene Wilder (born Jerome Silberman on June 11, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American actor best known for his collaborations with writer, producer, director Mel Brooks. Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, Stone's hair grew gray by the time he was twenty. Bonnie and Clyde (1967). Lewis Shepard Stone (November 15, 1879 - September 12, 1953) was an American actor. The Producers (1968). Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971).

Blazing Saddles (1974). Young Frankenstein (1974). Silver Streak (1976).