Gene Wilder (1933-2016) had an unusual career. “He’s naïve,” Mel Brooks says in the documentary “Remembering Gene Wilder” of Wilder’s screen persona. “He’s innocent. He’s sweet ...

Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner at the premiere of "Hannah and her Sisters" in 1986. Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images LOS ANGELES -- When Gene Wilder died Monday of complications from Alzheimer's ...

And when “The Producers” came out, it became a classic in no small part because of that “curly-haired guy” — otherwise known as Gene Wilder. That story is one of many retold about the ...

Over the weekend, it was announced that Gene Wilder – the twinkle-eyed, softly-spoken star of films including Willy Wonka, Blazing Saddles and The Producers – had passed away aged 83.