What is Don Ameche?
[[File:Don Ameche 1964.JPG|thumb|right|180px|Ameche in September 1964]] '''Dominic Felix Amici''' (May 31, 1908 &ndash; December 6, 1993) was an [[Americans|American]] movie, television, stage, voice, radio actor, and comedian. He was known for his roles as Mortimer Duke in ''[[Trading Places]]'' and in ''[[Coming to America]]'' and as Art Selwyn in ''[[Cocoon (movie)|Cocoon]]'' and in ''[[Cocoon: The Revenge]]''. He has won an [[Academy Award]] and a [[Volpi Cup]]. Ameche was born on May 31, 1908 in [[Kenosha, Wisconsin]]; his father was an [[Italians|Italian]] [[immigrant]] and his mother had an [[Irish people|Irish]]-[[Germans|German]] ancestry. He studied at [[Marquette University]], at [[Loras College]] and the [[University of Wisconsin]]. Ameche was married to Honore Prendergast from 1932 until her death in 1986. He had four sons and two daughters. Ameche died on December 6, 1993 in his son's house in [[Scottsdale, Arizona]] from [[prostate cancer]], aged 85.<ref>{{cite news|title=Oscar-winning Actor Don Ameche, 85|work=Chicago Tribune|date=1993-12-08|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1993-12-08/news/9312080183_1_mr-ameche-international-showtime-silk-stockings|accessdate=2010-11-07|first=Kenan|last=Heise|archive-date=2011-07-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110731190430/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1993-12-08/news/9312080183_1_mr-ameche-international-showtime-silk-stockings|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Don Ameche Is Dead at 85; Oscar Winner for 'Cocoon'|work= The New York Times|date=1993-12-08|url= http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00612F83A550C7B8CDDAB0994DB494D81|accessdate=2010-11-07|first=Peter B.|last=Flint}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * {{IMDb name|747}} * {{IBDB name|29786}} * {{tcmdb name|3280}} * {{Amg name|1323}} * {{Find a Grave|25}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ameche, Don}} [[Category:1908 births]] [[Category:1993 deaths]] [[Category:American Academy Award winning actors]] [[Category:American movie actor