Post by topbilled on May 14, 2024 15:40:52 GMT
Don Ameche was one of 20th Century Fox’s most versatile leading men. He could play dramatic roles, such as the title character in THE STORY OF ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL; and he could also play screwball comedy with great skill (in LOVE IS NEWS and THE MAGNIFICENT DOPE). But his crowning achievement at the studio was his role in Ernst Lubitsch’s HEAVEN CAN WAIT with Gene Tierney. After Don left the company in 1943, he freelanced at other studios for the remainder of the decade, plus he could be heard weekly in the hit radio program The Bickersons with Frances Langford. He would become a reliable character actor in films of the 1960s, turn up on television in the 1970s, then make a big comeback in feature films during the 1980s, earning an Oscar for his excellent work in COCOON.
Check out:
LOVE IS NEWS (1937)
THE STORY OF ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL (1939)
HEAVEN CAN WAIT (1943)