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Don Ameche
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| Known for: | Cocoon, Trading Places, Cocoon: The Return |
| Birth name: | Dominic Felix Amici |
| Birthday: | 31 May 1908, Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA |
| Height: | 5' 11" (1.80 m) |
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Trivia
Brother of actor Jim Ameche.
Father of six children: Ronald, Dominic, Thomas, Lonnie, Bonnie and Connie.
Inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1992.
Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald S. Smith, pg. 51-53 (article titled "The Bickersons"). New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387
Attended Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa
Father of Don Ameche Jr..
American people pronounce his last name in a way was not correct in Italian language. So he changed his name from Amici into Ameche, in order to keep the original Italian pronunciation.
In The French Connection (1971), a mafia figure is followed to a NYC building in which 'the actor, Don Ameche' lives.
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