Don Ameche

Don Ameche

1908-05-31 Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA 67 Credits

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)...

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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing

2009

as (archive footage)

6.0
Acting

This is a two-hour in-depth exploration into the Hollywood musicals of the 1940s.

Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults

Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults

1997

as Self (archiveFootage)

7.0
Acting

Documentary featuring more than one dozen musical outtakes from classic 20th Century-Fox films.

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

1997

as Self (archive footage)

5.2
Acting

A film scrapbook, images, phrases from our past, hiding their meanings behind veils. Let's lift those veils, one by one, to find how images, at one ti...

Corrina, Corrina

Corrina, Corrina

1994

as Grandpa Harry

6.7
Acting

When Manny Singer's wife dies, his young daughter Molly becomes mute and withdrawn. To help cope with looking after Molly, he hires sassy housekeeper ...

Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

1993

as Shadow (voice)

7.0
Acting

Before the Seavers leave for a family vacation to San Francisco, they drop off their pets -- Chance, an adventurous American bulldog; Shadow, a wise g...

Sunstroke

Sunstroke

1992

as Jake

3.0
Acting

After a bitter divorce, Teresa embarks on a noir journey to recover custody of her daughter. Murder, blackmail, and a mysterious stranger await her at...

Folks!

Folks!

1992

as Harry Aldrich

5.5
Acting

A slightly self absorbed yuppie takes in his parents including his senile father, after their home burns down. But his personal and professional life ...

Oscar

Oscar

1991

as Father Clemente

6.3
Acting

Angelo "Snaps" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman. Despite ...

Oddball Hall

Oddball Hall

1990

as G. Paul Siebriese

Acting

Elderly jewel thieves on the run from the law pass themselves off as wizards to a village of bewildered Africans.

Things Change

Things Change

1988

as Gino

6.1
Acting

Jerry, a misfit Mafia henchman, is assigned the low-level job of keeping an eye on Gino, a shoe repairman fingered by the Mob to confess to a murder h...

Cocoon: The Return

Cocoon: The Return

1988

as Art Selwyn

6.5
Acting

The reinvigorated elderly group that left Earth comes back to visit their relatives. Will they all decide to go back to the planet where no one grows ...

Coming to America

Coming to America

1988

as Mortimer Duke / Homeless Man #2 (uncredited)

6.9
Acting

An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise...

Harry and the Hendersons

Harry and the Hendersons

1987

as Dr. Wallace Wrightwood

6.1
Acting

Returning from a hunting trip in the forest, the Henderson family's car hits an animal in the road. At first they fear it was a man, but when they exa...

Pals

Pals

1987

as Fern Stobbs

3.7
Acting

Two retired fishing buddies stumble on an unmarked suitcase filled with three million dollars in cash. Then the fun starts flying as fast as bullets.

A Masterpiece of Murder

1986

as Frank Aherne

Acting

An over-the-hill gumshoe reluctantly teams with worldly retired master thief to solve a string of art thefts and murders.

Cocoon

Cocoon

1985

as Arthur Selwyn

6.6
Acting

When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor.

Trading Places

Trading Places

1983

as Mortimer Duke

7.2
Acting

A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.

Night of 100 Stars

Night of 100 Stars

1982

as Self

6.7
Acting

The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City ...

The Chinese Typewriter

The Chinese Typewriter

1979

as Armand Beller

Acting

Two private investigators are hired by an airline company to retrieve a stolen prototype jet. Starring Tom Selleck. Released 1979.

Gidget Gets Married

Gidget Gets Married

1972

as Otis Ramsey

5.6
Acting

Gidget finally gets married and rebels against the social caste system in her new husband's company.

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?

1970

as Col. Flanders

5.0
Acting

War is brewing between the soldiers at an otherwise quiet army base and the civilians of a nearby Southern town. Brian Keith is an officer who tries t...

The Boatniks

The Boatniks

1970

as Commander Taylor

5.4
Acting

Young and awkward, The Coast-Guard's ensign Thomas Garland suffers from the comparison with his late father, a war hero. Which does not prevent him fr...

Shadow Over Elveron

Shadow Over Elveron

1968

as Justin Travers

6.5
Acting

A corrupt sheriff knows the secrets of everyone in town and uses that information to go unchallenged. But after the arrest of an innocent teenager, th...

Rings Around the World

Rings Around the World

1967

as Host/Ringmaster

Acting

While writing a book on the circus, author John Shawcross reflects upon the great acts he has seen over the years and the mystique of circus people. H...

Picture Mommy Dead

Picture Mommy Dead

1966

as Edward Shelley

5.2
Acting

Susan Shelley is released from an asylum where she's been confined to after the shock suffered over the fiery death of her mother. Her father has a ne...

A Fever in the Blood

A Fever in the Blood

1961

as Senator Alex S. Simon

6.5
Acting

A judge, a district attorney and a U. S. senator--each hoping to be elected the next governor--attempt to manipulate a murder trial to advance their o...

Slightly French

Slightly French

1949

as John Gayle

7.2
Acting

A film director, in bad standing with his studio, tries to turn a local carnival dancer into a "French" movie star and pass her off as his big new dis...

Sleep, My Love

Sleep, My Love

1948

as Richard W. Courtland

6.4
Acting

A woman wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she can't remember how she got there. Danger and suspense ensue.

That's My Man

That's My Man

1947

as Joe Grange

6.0
Acting

A poor young man is finally able to achieve his dream of running a horse at the track, but when he starts becoming successful, he begins to lose sight...

So Goes My Love

So Goes My Love

1946

as Hiram Stephen Maxim

7.0
Acting

Country girl Jane Budden goes to the big city, determined to find and marry a wealthy man. Instead, she meets and marries Herman Maxim, a struggling i...

Guest Wife

Guest Wife

1945

as Joseph Jefferson 'Joe' Parker

6.2
Acting

Christopher Price, a small-town bank executive, continues to be loyal to and idolize his boyhood friend, Joseph Jefferson Parker, a famous war corresp...

It's in the Bag!

It's in the Bag!

1945

as Don Ameche

5.0
Acting

The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find which chair it's hidden in.

Greenwich Village

Greenwich Village

1944

as Kenneth Harvey

6.0
Acting

In 1922, a would-be classical composer gets involved with people putting on a musical revue.

Wing and a Prayer

Wing and a Prayer

1944

as Bingo Harper

6.5
Acting

An aircraft carrier is sent on a decoy mission around the Pacific, with orders to avoid combat, thus lulling Japanese alertness before the battle of M...

Happy Land

Happy Land

1943

as Lew Marsh

6.2
Acting

An Iowa drugstore owner becomes embittered when his son is killed in World War II. The druggist believes that the boy's life was cut short before he h...

Heaven Can Wait

Heaven Can Wait

1943

as Henry Van Cleve

6.9
Acting

Spoiled playboy Henry van Cleve dies and arrives at the entrance to Hell, a final destination he is sure he deserves after living a life of profligacy...

Something to Shout About

Something to Shout About

1943

as Ken Douglas

5.8
Acting

A press agent, a composer and a landlord of a theatrical boardinghouse revive vaudeville on Broadway.

Girl Trouble

Girl Trouble

1942

as Pedro Sullivan

6.5
Acting

A South American in New York rents the apartment of a socialite who pretends to be his maid.

The Magnificent Dope

The Magnificent Dope

1942

as Dwight Dawson

7.2
Acting

Dwight Dawson, who runs an unsuccessful success school, stages a contest to find the biggest failure in the USA, for publicity value when the "dope" t...

Confirm or Deny

Confirm or Deny

1941

as 'Mitch' Mitchell

3.8
Acting

Newsman Mitch and teletype operator Jennifer, whose job is to see he doesn't send inappropriate stuff out of the country, dodge bombs during the blitz...

The Feminine Touch

The Feminine Touch

1941

as John Hathaway

5.1
Acting

A college professor who believes there's no place for jealousy in modern marriage, John Hathaway (Don Ameche) moves with his wife, Julie (Rosalind Rus...

Kiss the Boys Goodbye

Kiss the Boys Goodbye

1941

as Lloyd Lloyd

5.0
Acting

New York chorus girl Cindy Lou Bethany becomes frustrated when she prepares for an audition for a Broadway musical, but the auditions close and her ro...

Moon Over Miami

Moon Over Miami

1941

as Phil O'Neil (Credits) / Phil 'Mac' McNeil

6.1
Acting

After losing nearly all of an inheritance to taxes, sisters Kay and Barbara Latimer, waitresses at a drive-in restaurant in Texas, scheme to find rich...

That Night in Rio

That Night in Rio

1941

as Larry Martin / Baron Manuel Duarte

6.2
Acting

An entertainer in Rio impersonates a wealthy aristocrat. When the aristocrat's wife asks him to carry the impersonation further, complications ensue.

Down Argentine Way

Down Argentine Way

1940

as Ricardo Quintana

6.1
Acting

The story—in which an American heiress on holiday in South America falls in love with an Argentine horse breeder against the wishes of their families—...

Four Sons

Four Sons

1940

as Chris Bern

7.0
Acting

Four Sons is a 1940 film directed by Archie Mayo. It stars Don Ameche and Eugenie Leontovich. It is a remake of the 1928 film of the same name.

Lillian Russell

Lillian Russell

1940

as Edward Solomon

6.1
Acting

Alice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.

Swanee River

Swanee River

1939

as Stephen Foster

6.7
Acting

Swanee River is a 1940 American biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who falls in love with the South, marries a Southern girl, t...

Hollywood Cavalcade

Hollywood Cavalcade

1939

as Mike Connors

5.1
Acting

Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for ...

Land of Liberty

Land of Liberty

1939

as Alexander Graham Bell (archive footage)

Acting

This film tells the history of the United States from pre-Revolution through 1939.

Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8

Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8

1939

as Don Ameche

4.0
Acting

Ice skating is the theme; at the Tropical Ice Garden, in Westwood Hills, are seen a flock of skating stars including Irene Dare and Phyllis Ann Thomos...

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

1939

as Alexander Graham Bell

6.0
Acting

Alexander Graham Bell falls in love with deaf girl Mabel Hubbard while teaching the deaf and trying to invent means for telegraphing the human voice. ...

Midnight

Midnight

1939

as Tibor Czerny

7.3
Acting

An unemployed American showgirl poses as Hungarian royalty to infiltrate Parisian high society.

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers

1939

as D'Artagnan

5.8
Acting

A parodic remake of the story of the young Gascon D'Artagnan, who arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He is taken under ...

Gateway

Gateway

1938

as Dick Court

6.5
Acting

Irish immigrant meets returning war correspondent on a liner bound for New York. When she resists the amours of another passenger, charges result in h...

Josette

Josette

1938

as David Brassard Jr.

6.5
Acting

Two young men try to wrest their father from the clutches of a gold digger but by mistake think the woman is a young nightclub singer with whom they b...

Alexander's Ragtime Band

Alexander's Ragtime Band

1938

as Charlie Dwyer

6.7
Acting

Classical violinist Roger Grant disappoints his family and teacher when he organizes a jazz band, but he and the band become successful. Roger falls i...

In Old Chicago

In Old Chicago

1938

as Jack O'Leary

6.5
Acting

The O'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire.

Happy Landing

Happy Landing

1938

as Jimmy Hall

5.3
Acting

Bandleader and manager discover skater in Norway. They become rivals as she returns with them to America.

Love Under Fire

Love Under Fire

1937

as Tracy Egan

4.7
Acting

A suspense-thriller-comedy set against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War.

You Can't Have Everything

You Can't Have Everything

1937

as George Macrae

5.7
Acting

Starving playwright Judith Wells meets playboy writer of musicals, George Macrae, over a plate of stolen spaghetti. He persuades producer Sam Gordon t...

Fifty Roads to Town

Fifty Roads to Town

1937

as Peter Nostrand

Acting

A man on the lam in the Canadian wilds encounters a young woman in a remote lodge who is also on the run.

Love Is News

Love Is News

1937

as Martin J. Canavan

6.0
Acting

When a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, she turns the tables on him, telling the press that they are e...

One in a Million

One in a Million

1937

as Bob Harris

7.0
Acting

American theatrical manager discovers Greta Muller preparing for the Olympics in Switzerland and brings her to Madison Square Garden.

Ladies in Love

Ladies in Love

1936

as Dr. Rudi Imre

5.8
Acting

Three young women in Budapest share living quarters while searching for romance.

Ramona

Ramona

1936

as Alessandro

5.1
Acting

Half-Indian girl brought up in a wealthy household is loved by the son of the house against his family's wishes and loves another Indian employed by t...

Sins of Man

Sins of Man

1936

as Karl Freyman / Mario Signarelli

Acting

Austrian church bell ringer Freyman loves music and wants his two sons (both played by Ameche) to love it too. The first goes to America and the secon...