Gene Wilder listening to one of his favorite songs, a rendition of "Over the Rainbow" sung by Ella Fitzgerald. Gene Wilder Jerome Silberman (June 11, 1933 – August 29, 2016), known professionally as Gene Wilder, was an American actor, screenwriter, director, producer, singer-songwriter and author. Wilder began his career on stage, and made his screen debut in an episode of the TV series "The Play of the Week" in 1961. Although his first film role was portraying a hostage in the 1967 motion picture "Bonnie and Clyde", Wilder's first major role was as Leopold Bloom in the 1967 film "The Producers" for
Richard Keith (writer/actor/director) Way Way Back) and starred Johnny Simmons & Odette Annable. Richard Keith (writer/actor/director) Richard Keith (born November 29, 1982 in North Carolina) is an American writer, producer, director and actor. As a writer, he is best known for creating "Life Sentence" on The CW, as well as writing and co-executive producing the "Full House" sequel "Fuller House" for Netflix and creating the CW series, "Significant Mother" all with his partner Erin Cardillo. He also wrote and directed the short film "Grow Up Already" and as an actor he has appeared on countless TV series including "Grey's Anatomy" and Roger on