Happy 75th birthday Gene Wilder!!!!

[Torgo]

[Joe the Destroyer]

I Google'd some picks on him to see what he looks like now... Is it me, or does he somewhat resemble Jigsaw in some of those pictures?

[AndyC]

I had no idea Gene Wilder was that old. Wow.

[Patient7]

I had no idea Gene Wilder was that old. Wow.

Yeah, you don't think he was working in the 60's but he was in The Producers, kinda shocking.

[Allhallowsday]

  Torgo

[trekgeezer]

At 53 myself, when I see stuff like this it really makes me feel old.  I remember being stationed in Virginia and a bunch of us went to a local mall to watch Blazing Saddles, I was 19 and Wilder would've been considered an old guy at the time.


I did see him on TV a while back and he didn't look real good.

[Oldskool138]

Is he officially retired....The last time I saw him was when he had his own short-lived sitcom and that was ages ago.  I figured he'd get some bit parts or cameos.  Still, he is/was very funny.  Happy B-Day and many more to come!

[AndyC]

I saw him in some sort of A&E murder mystery a few years back.

I think what throws me off about guys like Wilder is that my favourite of his movies are all 35 years old or more - The Producers, Willy Wonka, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein. Didn't pay much attention to his work with Richard Pryor. So 75 makes sense when you do the math (although I sure wouldn't have guessed he was 40-ish back then), but it's kind of a shock to watch Blazing Saddles repeatedly and then hear the guy is 75.

[CheezeFlixz]

Happy 75th birthday Gene!! Thanks for all the GREAT GREAT movies, hope to see more.

I did see a recent photo of him and he didn't look to bad for a guy 75 years old.