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