Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley and Hume Cronyn are ... Director Daniel Petrie liked his background. Family and friends were ecstatic when he landed his first acting part, but Schneider is taking ...

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.

Anjelica Huston and veteran Don Ameche won Oscars Monday night for their supporting roles as a wacky Mafia princess in Prizzi’s Honor and a rejuvenated oldster in Cocoon. The 58th annual Academy ...

John Landis' movie Trading Places cemented Eddie Murphy's career and resuscitated that of Don Ameche, who went on to win an Oscar for his next role, in Cocoon. By Seth Abramovitch Senior Writer ...

THE STORY OF ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL is the film for which Don Ameche will be best remembered, despite his Oscar-winning performance in COCOON more than 40 years later. The film opens in 1873 with ...

Q. Why is Don Ameche still acting? – A. Financially independent via investments he made through his first decades as a film star, Ameche certainly does not have to work; he takes work he enjoys.