
Don Ameche
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). Don Ameche was an Academy Award winning American actor.
Ameche, standing in at a height of 5' 11" (1.8 m) was born May 31, 1908 (Gemini) in Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA as Dominic Felix Amici to mother, Barbara Edda (Hertel) and father, Felice Amici, a bartender. Has a younger brother Jim Ameche. His father was an Italian immigrant. His mother had German, English, Irish and Scottish ancestry. Americans pronounced his last name incorrectly in Italian ("Ah-mee-see"). So he changed it from "Amici" (correctly pronounced "Ah-mee-chee") into "Ameche", in order to keep the original Italian pronunciation. He had the nickname "The Latin Lover". Married Honore Prendergast on the 6th of December 1932. They had 6 children together. Became a father for the first time at age 25 when his wife Honore gave birth to their son Dominic Felix Ameche--aka Don Ameche Jr. on October 3, 1933. Became a father for the second time at age 27 when his wife Honore gave birth to their son Ronald Ameche on December 30, 1935. He died on January 2, 2001 in Iowa, aged 65. Became a father for the third time at age 31 when his wife Honore gave birth to their son Thomas Anthony Ameche on July 20, 1939. Became a father for the fourth time at age 32 when his wife Honore gave birth to their son Lawrence Michael Ameche on July 20, 1940. Became a father for the fifth time at age 36 when his wife Honore gave birth to their daughter Barbara Balinda Ameche on March 13, 1945. Became a father for the sixth time at age 39 when his wife Honore gave birth to their daughter Constance Victoria Ameche on February 22, 1948. His wife of 54 years, died on the 5th of September 1986. He died on December 6, 1993 at the age of 85 in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA from prostate cancer.
Acting (66 movies)

Trading Places
1983

Cocoon
1985

Cocoon: The Return
1988

Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
1993

Midnight
1939

Oscar
1991

Harry and the Hendersons
1987

The Boatniks
1970

Moon Over Miami
1941

Down Argentine Way
1940

Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938

Happy Landing
1938

That Night in Rio
1941

Folks!
1992

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939

Heaven Can Wait
1943

Wing and a Prayer
1944

Hollywood Cavalcade
1939

Things Change
1988

Love Is News
1937

Sleep, My Love
1948

The Feminine Touch
1941

Confirm or Deny
1941

So Goes My Love
1946

In Old Chicago
1938

Something to Shout About
1943

Picture Mommy Dead
1966

Four Sons
1940

The Three Musketeers
1939

One in a Million
1937

Guest Wife
1945

Ramona
1936

Love Under Fire
1937

Swanee River
1939

A Fever in the Blood
1961

Greenwich Village
1944

Lillian Russell
1940

Ladies in Love
1936

Oddball Hall
1990

Gidget Gets Married
1972

Pals
1987

Slightly French
1949

Kiss the Boys Goodbye
1941

Happy Land
1943

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
1970

That's My Man
1947

The Magnificent Dope
1942

You Can't Have Everything
1937

Land of Liberty
1939

Josette
1938

Gateway
1938

Girl Trouble
1942

It's in the Bag!
1945

Sins of Man
1936

Shadow Over Elveron
1968

Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
1997

Coming to America
1988

Rings Around the World
1967

Fifty Roads to Town
1937

Corrina, Corrina
1994

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997

Sunstroke
1992

Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
1939

Night of 100 Stars
1982

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
2009

The Chinese Typewriter
1979
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