Gene Wilder copies of Mel Brooks films, while "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" was not a commercial success, although it later gained a cult following and an Oscar nomination for Best Score, as well as a Golden Globe award nomination for Wilder. When Woody Allen offered him a role in one segment of "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)", Wilder accepted, hoping this would be the hit to put an end to his series of flops. "Everything ... " was a hit, grossing over $18 million in the United States alone against a $2-million
Robert Q. Lewis television, and nightclub schedule. Later in his career, Lewis acted in a few movies, notably "An Affair to Remember" (1957), "Good Neighbor Sam" (1964), "Ski Party" (1965), "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)" (1972), "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" (1967), and the TV movie "The Law" (1974), in which he played a dinner speaker at a lawyers' convention. He also performed on a number of television series, including "Room for One More"; "The Hathaways"; "Branded"; "The Patty Duke Show"; "Ichabod and Me"; "Slattery's People"; "Grindl"; "Bewitched"; "Love, American Style"; and