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Maybe it's just the "Wonka" effect, but Gene Wilder is getting a lot of closeups in 2024. The Milwaukee-born actor who brought the fantastical chocolatier to life in the beloved 1971 movie "Willy ...

The English filmmaker also acclaimed for Paddington and Paddington 2 noted his Wonka ends about 25 years before Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, in part because Wilder's broken beginning ...

Wilder, who passed away in 2016, played Willy Wonka in director Mel Stuart's 1971 classic musical comedy, "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," which captivated "Wonka" director Paul King as a kid.

Gene Wilder, known for memorable performances in classic films like Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein and more, died of complications from Alzheimer's ...

LOS ANGELES -- Gene Wilder, who regularly stole the show in such comedic gems as "The Producers," "Blazing Saddles," "Young Frankenstein," "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" and "Stir Crazy ...

W hile Johnny Depp and Timothée Chalamet tried with varying degrees of success, neither actor was able to step out from the shadow of the late, great Gene Wilder when playing Willy Wonka. That's ...