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Melvin James Brooks ( né Kaminsky; [1] born June 28, 1926) is a Jewish actor, comedian, filmmaker, songwriter, and playwright. With a career spanning over seven decades, Brooks is known as a writer and director of a variety of successful broad farces and parodies. [2] .
Mel Brooks. Actor: Spaceballs. Mel Brooks was born Melvin Kaminsky on June 28, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York. He served in WWII, and afterwards got a job playing the drums at nightclubs in the Catskills.
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).
Apr 2, 2014 · Mel Brooks is an iconic filmmaker known for comedies like 'The Producers,' 'Blazing Saddles' and 'Young Frankenstein,' among other works.
Actor: Spaceballs. Mel Brooks was born Melvin Kaminsky on June 28, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York. He served in WWII, and afterwards got a job playing the drums at nightclubs in the Catskills.
4 days ago · Mel Brooks explained 20 years after the film's release that Warner Bros. refused to give Pryor the role of Black Bart — which Pryor had written for himself — because "he was a known sniffer ...
Feb 6, 2024 · Blazing Saddles at 50: Against all odds, Mel Brooks created the wackiest western ever made. The director’s groundbreaking satire of bigotry had a wild journey to the screen, with...
