--- title: Gene Wilder: See His Best Movie Roles description: From 'Blazing Saddles' to 'Silver Streak', see some of Gene Wilder's best movie roles in the wake of his death canonical: https://time.com/4471474/see-gene-wilders-best-acting-roles/ author: Kenneth Bachor article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-29T21:47:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:59:33.688Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: See Gene Wilder's Best Acting Roles og:description: From 'Blazing Saddles' to 'Silver Streak' og:url: https://time.com/4471474/see-gene-wilders-best-acting-roles/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc2b09fa6d3ab9a13/6988a416656a3f47e6bcce92/gene-wilder-facebook.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: gene-wilder-facebook og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See Gene Wilder's Best Acting Roles twitter:description: From 'Blazing Saddles' to 'Silver Streak' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc2b09fa6d3ab9a13/6988a416656a3f47e6bcce92/gene-wilder-facebook.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See Gene Wilder's Best Acting Roles > Sponsored content. 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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account. by [Kenneth Bachor](https://time.com/author/kenneth-bachor/) ## Kenneth Bachor Aug 29, 2016 9:47 PM UTC  Warner Bros. by [Kenneth Bachor](https://time.com/author/kenneth-bachor/) ## Kenneth Bachor Aug 29, 2016 9:47 PM UTC Aside from acting, Gene Wilder’s [prolific talents](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/30/movies/gene-wilder-dead.html) extended to being a film director, screenwriter and author. Known for his [neurotic, animated acting](http://time.com/4471438/gene-wilder-death-willy-wonka-blazing-saddles/), Wilder’s partnerships with Mel Brooks (_The Producers_, _Young Frankenstein_ and _Blazing Saddles_) and Richard Pryor (_Silver Streak_, _Stir Crazy_ and _See No Evil, Hear No Evil_), yielded some of his most unforgettable work. His first big break came in 1968, as Leopold Boom in _The Producers_, which earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Wilder directed a number of his own work, most notably 1984’s _The Woman in Red_. After his last acting role in _Will & Grace_ in 2003, Wilder transitioned his focus to writing [with a memoir](http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/07/books/a-kindly-comic-willing-to-tell-all.html), _Kiss Me Like a Stranger: My Search for Love and Art_, writing several subsequent novels after its release in 2005. “My quiet exterior used to be a mask for hysteria,” Wilder [told TIME in 1970](http://time.com/4471442/gene-wilder-dead-history/), “After seven years of analysis, it just became a habit.”  The Producers, 1968. Embassy Pictures  Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, 1971. Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images  Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex, But Were Afraid To Ask, 1972. United Artists/Getty Images  The Little Prince, 1974. Keith Hamshere—Getty Images  Blazing Saddles, 1974. Warner Bros.  Young Frankenstein, 1974. Stanley Bielecki Movie Collection/Getty Images  Silver Streak, 1976. Hulton Archive/Getty Images  The World's Greatest Lover, 1977. 20th Century-Fox/Getty Images  The Frisco Kid, 1979. Warner Brothers/Getty Images  Stir Crazy, 1980. Columbia Pictures  The Woman in Red, 1984. Orion Pictures  Haunted Honeymoon, 1986. Orion Pictures  See No Evil, Hear No Evil, 1989. 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