Don Ameche
Don Ameche (; born Dominic Felix Amici; May 31, 1908 – December 6, 1993) was an American actor, comedian and vaudevillian. After playing in college shows, stocks, and vaudevilles, 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. As a handsome, debonair leading man in 40 films over the next 14 years, he starred in comedies, dramas, and musicals. 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) and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Cocoon (1985). |
Birth and Death Data: Born May 31, 1908 (Kenosha), Died December 6, 1993 (Scottsdale)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1933
Roles Represented in DAHR: speaker
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | LCS-75857 | 12-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | 6/6/1933 | Here's how. CU-2 | Don Ameche ; Tom Post | Talk, with dubbed recordings | speaker | |
Victor | LCS-75858 | 12-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | 6/6/1933 | Here's how. CU-2 | Don Ameche ; Tom Post | Talk, with dubbed recording | speaker |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Ameche, Don," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/104909.
Ameche, Don. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/104909.
"Ameche, Don." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Ameche, Don - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85129724
Wikidata: Don Ameche - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q310413
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/272862
MusicBrainz: Don Ameche - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/98c73787-b980-44c4-86b1-b42f558c2631
ISNI: 0000 0000 6308 3529 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000063083529
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