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Don Ameche

1908 - 1993

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Don Ameche (; born Dominic Felix Amici; May 31, 1908 – December 6, 1993) was an American actor, comedian and vaudevillian. After playing in college shows, repertory theatre, and vaudeville, he became a major radio star in the early 1930s, which led to the offer of a movie contract from 20th Century Fox in 1935. In the 1950s he worked on Broadway and in television, and was the host of NBC's International Showtime from 1961 to 1965. Returning to film work in his later years, Ameche enjoyed a fruitful revival of his career, beginning with his role as a villain in Trading Places (1983). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Don Ameche is the 1,043rd most popular actor (down from 881st in 2019), the 2,032nd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,578th in 2019) and the 518th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Don Ameche ranks 1,043 out of 13,578. Before him are Macaulay Culkin, Akim Tamiroff, Bill Pullman, Gene Tierney, Ed Lauter, and Rossana Podestà. After him are Arletty, Taron Egerton, Jesper Christensen, Sofía Vergara, Song Hye-rim, and Adam Scott.

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Among people born in 1908, Don Ameche ranks 73. Before him are Maria Prymachenko, Robert Merle, Bjarni Benediktsson, Martha Gellhorn, Percy Williams, and Yousuf Karsh. After him are André Martinet, Alain Cuny, Lionel Stander, Remedios Varo, Max Bill, and Henri, Count of Paris. Among people deceased in 1993, Don Ameche ranks 53. Before him are Hans Baur, György Sárosi, Helen Hayes, River Phoenix, Bruno Pontecorvo, and Dražen Petrović. After him are Lucia Popp, Rahmon Nabiyev, Leonid Gaidai, Léo Ferré, Roy Raymond, and Eddie Constantine.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Don Ameche ranks 2,032 out of 20,380. Before him are Elisha Gray (1835), Bill Pullman (1953), Michael Johnson (1967), Gene Tierney (1920), Sean Lennon (1975), and Ed Lauter (1938). After him are Anna Nicole Smith (1967), George W. De Long (1844), Sidney Bechet (1897), James Baldwin (1924), Spiro Agnew (1918), and Peter Bogdanovich (1939).

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Among actors born in United States, Don Ameche ranks 518. Before him are Wes Studi (1947), Joe Mantegna (1947), Macaulay Culkin (1980), Bill Pullman (1953), Gene Tierney (1920), and Ed Lauter (1938). After him are Adam Scott (1973), Charlie Murphy (1959), Wilford Brimley (1934), Khloé Kardashian (1984), Jake Gyllenhaal (1980), and Jackie Coogan (1914).

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