Gene Wilder was an American actor, comedian, writer and filmmaker. He was mainly known for his comedic roles, but also for his portrayal of Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971). He collaborated with Mel Brooks on the films The Producers (1967), Blazing Saddles (1974) and Young Frankenstein (1974), and with Richard Pryor in the films Silver Streak (1976), Stir Crazy (1980), See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) and Another You (1991).
Wilder in 1970
Wilder in 1984
Wilder with Gilda Radner, 1986
Wilder at a book signing in 2007
Willy Wonka is a fictional character appearing in British author Roald Dahl's 1964 children's novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, its 1972 sequel Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator and several films based on those books. He is the eccentric founder and proprietor of the Wonka Chocolate Factory.
Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005).
Timothée Chalamet as Willy Wonka in the 2023 film Wonka.
A person cosplaying as Willy Wonka, as depicted in the 2005 film