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Melvin James Brooks (né Kaminsky; born June 28, 1926) is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, and songwriter.With a career spanning over seven decades, he is known as a writer and director of a variety of successful broad farces and parodies. [1]
When Things Were Rotten is an American sitcom television series created in 1975 by Mel Brooks and set in 1197 as a parody of the Robin Hood legend. [1] It aired for half a season on the ABC network. [2] The series starred Dick Gautier as the handsome and heroic Robin Hood.
Mel Brooks July 26, 1991 Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer $4,102,526: Comedy drama: 18% [11] 1992: The Vagrant: Chris Walas May 15, 1992 $5,900: Comedy horror: N/A 1993: Robin Hood: Men in Tights: Mel Brooks July 28, 1993 20th Century Fox $35,739,755: Musical adventure comedy 43% [12] 1995: Dracula: Dead and Loving It: December 22, 1995 Columbia ...
Brooks receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010. Mel Brooks is an actor, comedian, and filmmaker of the stage, television, and screen. He started his work as a comedy writer, actor, and then director of 11 feature films including The Producers (1967), Young Frankenstein (1974), and Blazing Saddles (1974).
The following is a List of awards and nominations received by Mel Brooks.. Mel Brooks is an American actor, writer, director, producer, comedian, and composer. Over his 70 year career in film, theatre, and television Brooks has won an Academy Award (plus an Honorary Academy Award), four Emmys, three Tony Awards, three Grammys, and has been nominated for six Golden Globes and one BAFTA Award.
The entertainment world was an escape for Melvin Kaminsky, the youngest of four brothers whose father died when Melvin was 2 and whose mother worked hard to get enough pennies for a movie ticket.
ADRIAN — Opening Friday, Oct. 18, at the Croswell Opera House is a musical based on a premise that could be considered abnormal. "Young Frankenstein" tells the story of Frederick Frankenstein ...
Mel Brooks won the award for Funniest Male Guest Appearance in a TV series twice Carol Burnett won the award for Funniest Female Guest Appearance in a TV series in 1997 and 1998 The American Comedy Award is an annual accolade created by George Schlatter in recognition of excellence in the field of comedy, most notably in film and television.