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Mel Brooks is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Songs and Thanks American born on 28 june 1926 at New York City (USA)
Melvin James "Mel" Brooks (né Kaminsky, born June 28, 1926) is an American film director, screenwriter, comedian, actor, producer, composer and songwriter. He was married to Anne Bancroft from 1964 until her death in 2005.
Brooks is best known as a creator of broad film farces and comic parodies. He began his career as a comic and a writer for the early TV variety show Your Show of Shows. He became well known as part of the comedy duo with Carl Reiner in the comedy skit, The 2000 Year Old Man. He also created, with Buck Henry, the hit television comedy series, Get Smart, which ran from 1965 to 1970.
In middle age, he became one of the most successful film directors of the 1970s, with many of his films being among the top ten money makers of the year that they were released. His best known films include The Producers, The Twelve Chairs, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Silent Movie, High Anxiety, History of the World, Part I, Spaceballs and Robin Hood: Men in Tights. More recently, he had a smash hit on Broadway with the musical adaptation of his first film, The Producers.
In 2001, having previously won an Emmy, a Grammy, and an Oscar, he joined a small list of EGOT winners with his Tony award for The Producers. He received a Kennedy Center Honor in 2009, the 41st AFI Life Achievement Award in June 2013, and a British Film Institute Fellowship in March 2015. Three of his films ranked in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 comedy films of all-time, all of which ranked in the top 20 of the list: Blazing Saddles at number 6, The Producers at number 11, and Young Frankenstein at number 13.
In 2010, Brooks, a widower, credited Bancroft as being the guiding force behind his involvement in developing The Producers and Young Frankenstein for the musical theater, citing an early meeting as "From that day, until her death on June 5, 2005, we were glued together."
Regarding religion, Brooks has said, "I'm rather secular. I'm basically Jewish. But I think I'm Jewish not because of the Jewish religion at all. I think it's the relationship with the people and the pride I have. The tribe surviving so many misfortunes, and being so brave and contributing so much knowledge to the world and showing courage.
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(2008)
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(1974)
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Mel Brooks
Birth name Melvin Kaminsky
Nationality USA
Birth 28 june 1926 (97 years) at New York City (USA)
Awards Grammy Award, Primetime Emmy Award
Nationality USA
Birth 28 june 1926 (97 years) at New York City (USA)
Awards Grammy Award, Primetime Emmy Award
Brooks is best known as a creator of broad film farces and comic parodies. He began his career as a comic and a writer for the early TV variety show Your Show of Shows. He became well known as part of the comedy duo with Carl Reiner in the comedy skit, The 2000 Year Old Man. He also created, with Buck Henry, the hit television comedy series, Get Smart, which ran from 1965 to 1970.
In middle age, he became one of the most successful film directors of the 1970s, with many of his films being among the top ten money makers of the year that they were released. His best known films include The Producers, The Twelve Chairs, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Silent Movie, High Anxiety, History of the World, Part I, Spaceballs and Robin Hood: Men in Tights. More recently, he had a smash hit on Broadway with the musical adaptation of his first film, The Producers.
In 2001, having previously won an Emmy, a Grammy, and an Oscar, he joined a small list of EGOT winners with his Tony award for The Producers. He received a Kennedy Center Honor in 2009, the 41st AFI Life Achievement Award in June 2013, and a British Film Institute Fellowship in March 2015. Three of his films ranked in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 comedy films of all-time, all of which ranked in the top 20 of the list: Blazing Saddles at number 6, The Producers at number 11, and Young Frankenstein at number 13.
Biography
Brooks was married to Florence Baum from 1951 to 1961; that union ended in divorce. Mel and Florence had three children, Stephanie, Nicky, and Eddie. Brooks was married to stage, film and television actress Anne Bancroft from 1964 until her death from uterine cancer on June 6, 2005. They met at a rehearsal for the Perry Como Variety Show in 1961 and married three years later, August 5, at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau. Their son, Max Brooks, was born in 1972, and their grandson, Henry Michael Brooks was born in 2005.In 2010, Brooks, a widower, credited Bancroft as being the guiding force behind his involvement in developing The Producers and Young Frankenstein for the musical theater, citing an early meeting as "From that day, until her death on June 5, 2005, we were glued together."
Regarding religion, Brooks has said, "I'm rather secular. I'm basically Jewish. But I think I'm Jewish not because of the Jewish religion at all. I think it's the relationship with the people and the pride I have. The tribe surviving so many misfortunes, and being so brave and contributing so much knowledge to the world and showing courage.
Best films
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(2008)(Characters)
(1974)(Actor)
(1974)(Director)
(1986)(Producer)
(1976)(Actor)
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Filmography of Mel Brooks (53 films)
| Year | Name | Job | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Toy Story 4 | Actor | Melephant Brooks (voice) |
| 2018 | Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation | Actor | Vlad (voice) |
| 2018 | Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story | Actor | Self |
| 2016 | Ballerina | Actor | Luteau (voice) |
| 2015 | Hotel Transylvania 2 | Actor | Vlad (voice) |
| 2015 | The Guardian Brothers | Actor | Rogman (voice) |
| 2014 | Mr. Peabody & Sherman | Actor | Albert Einstein (voice) |
| 2014 | Ride | Thanks | |
| 2013 | Underdogs | Actor | Manager (voice) |
| 2013 | Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic | Actor | Self |
| 2008 | Get Smart | Characters | |
| 2005 | The Producers | Actor, Scriptwriter, Producer, Songs | Hilda the Pigeon / Tom the Cat (voice) |
| 2005 | Robots | Actor | Bigweld (voice) |
| 2002 | It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie | Actor | Joe Snow (voice) |
| 1999 | Screw Loose | Actor | Jake Gordon |
| 1998 | The Prince of Egypt | Actor | (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1995 | Dracula: Dead and Loving It | Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer | Prof. Abraham Van Helsing |
| 1994 | The Little Rascals | Actor | Mr. Welling |
| 1994 | The Silence of the Hams | Actor | Checkout Guest (uncredited) |
| 1993 | Robin Hood: Men in Tights | Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer | Rabbi Tuckman |
| 1992 | The Vagrant | Executive Producer | |
| 1991 | Life Stinks | Actor, Director, Story, Producer | Goddard Bolt |
| 1990 | Look Who's Talking Too | Actor | Mr. Toilet Man (voice) |
| 1990 | Loose Cannons | Actor | |
| 1989 | The Fly II | Producer | |
| 1989 | How I Got Into College | Actor | Bill Browne |
| 1989 | Get Smart, Again! | Scriptwriter | |
| 1987 | Spaceballs | Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer | President Skroob / Yogurt |
| 1987 | 84 Charing Cross Road | Executive Producer | |
| 1986 | The Fly | Producer | |
| 1986 | Solarbabies | Producer | |
| 1985 | The Doctor and the Devils | Executive Producer | |
| 1983 | Frances | Executive Producer | |
| 1983 | To Be or Not to Be | Actor, Producer | Dr. Frederick Bronski |
| 1982 | My Favorite Year | Executive Producer | |
| 1982 | Bonjour monsieur Lewis | Actor | |
| 1981 | History of the World: Part I | Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer | Moses / Comicus / Torquemada / Jacques / King Louis XVI |
| 1980 | The Elephant Man | Executive Producer | |
| 1980 | The Nude Bomb | Characters | |
| 1980 | Fatso | Producer | |
| 1980 | Loose Shoes | Producer | |
| 1979 | The Muppet Movie | Actor | Professor Max Krassman |
| 1977 | High Anxiety | Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Songs | Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke |
| 1976 | Silent Movie | Actor, Director, Scriptwriter | Mel Funn |
| 1975 | The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother | Actor | Lion victim (voice) |
| 1974 | Young Frankenstein | Actor, Director, Screenstory | Werewolf / Cat Hit by Dart / Victor Frankenstein (voice) |
| 1974 | Blazing Saddles | Actor, Director, Lyricist, Songs | Governor William J. Le Petomane / Indian Chief |
| 1970 | The Twelve Chairs | Actor, Director, Scriptwriter | Tikon |
| 1970 | Shinbone Alley | Author | |
| 1969 | Putney Swope | Actor | Mr. Forget It |
| 1968 | The Producers | Actor, Director, Lyricist, Songs | Singer in "Springtime for Hitler" (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1961 | The Ladies Man | Scriptwriter | |
| 1954 | New Faces | Writer |